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  • Charlotte Rogers, visiting assistant professor of Hispanic Studies, presented her paper "El sabio curandero: Shamanism and Afro-Caribbean Power in the novels of Alejo Carpentier" at the conference "Re-Thinking the Mangrove: Second Symposium of Critical Practices in Caribbean Cultural Studies." The conference was held at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Oct. 15-17.

  • Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Edna Rodríguez-Plate was a guest speaker at the 16th annual "Hispanic Forum" at the University of Vermont on October 23. She was invited to give a lecture on Cuban film and presented "The Cuban Revolution and the Creation of a National Film Industry." She also took part in a panel discussion on the Cuban/Caribbean Exile Experience.

  • The film Journey into America will be screened on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m., in the KJ Auditorium. The screening is hosted by Project Nur, the International Students Association, and STAND (the Student Coalition Against Genocide) and is free and open to the public.

  • More than 1,700 students and their family members will gather on Oct. 29-Nov.1 for Hamilton's annual Family Weekend. The weekend will give guests a good idea of all the Hill has to offer, as activities are planned to entertain and educate.

  • After a recent morning seminar discussing the first 100 days of the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, students in the Washington Program spent the afternoon exploring the New Deal.

  • Michael T. Klare, the Five College Professor of the Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), will present a lecture titled “Oil and War” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton. His talk is part of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2009-10 series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.” All lectures are free and open to the public.

  • Mountain climber, mother and author Jennifer Lowe-Anker will give a lecture titled “Forget Me Not: Summits of the Heart” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium at Hamilton. Her talk, which includes a slide presentation and reading from her book Forget Me Not, will document her emotional struggles after having lost her husband, Alex Lowe, a well-known mountaineer. The lecture is free and open to the public.

  • Trevor Winkfield, a British artist whose paintings create the illusion of layered collages and clean, hard-edged graphic designs, will speak at Hamilton College on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4:15 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson auditorium as part of the Hamilton Visiting Artists Series. The program is free and open to the public.

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  • Rebecca Wadler '00, a representative of the Sierra Club, will speak about global over-population and its adverse environmental impacts, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m., in the Red Pit at Hamilton. The talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Hamilton Environmental Action Group.

  • Bundy Dining Hall was turned into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Oct. 23 and 24 as the 8th annual Hogwarts at Hamilton welcomed muggles and their families for tours. Around 50 Hamilton students took on roles of characters in the popular Harry Potter books and improvised scenes from the J.K. Rowling series.

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