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Members of two of Visiting Professor of Government Andy Milstein’s classes—Congress & Legislative Politics and The American Presidency—will be holding a lively mock Senate floor session on Tuesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit.

David LaGuardia, professor of French and comparative literature at Dartmouth College and Hamilton’s scholar in residence, will give a lecture “Two Queens, a Dog, and a Purloined Letter:  on Memory as a Discursive Phenomenon in Late Renaissance France,”  on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 4:15 p.m., in KJ 102.

Amit Taneja, director of the Days-Massolo Center, has been honored with a Peace Studies award from The Central New York Peace Studies Board and Peace Studies Conference Committee.  He received the award at the organization’s 23rd annual conference on Nov. 12 in Syracuse.

The Hamilton College choir directed by Professor G. Roberts Kolb, will lead a Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m., in the Chapel. The service is free and open to the public.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents the Hamilton College and Community Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra (formerly known as the Oratorio Society) on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, home to one of the largest and most renowned art collections in the world, was the destination for Hamilton’s students in the New York City program last week. They were treated to a guided tour of the Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary galleries.

On the Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College marks the occasion of Hamilton’s 200th anniversary in 2012.  Written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman, it is the first official and full-scale history of the College to be published since 1962, the year of its sesquicentennial. This slide show features some photos from the 400-page book, highlighting important events in the College’s history.

William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Hong Gang Jin and Lian Xue, teaching fellow in Chinese, presented a paper at the annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Chinese Language Teachers Association (ACTFL/CLTA) conference on Nov. 18 in Denver.

Construction on the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is proceeding on schedule. Steel beams are being put in place and work continues through Hamilton's Thanksgiving recess.  The 30,000-square-foot museum and teaching facility is being built at the corner of College Hill and Griffin Roads.

Heather Buchman, associate professor of music and director of the Hamilton College Orchestra, conducted Symphony Syracuse on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Syracuse Civic Center. A review that appeared in the Post-Standard the following day described her performance. “Buchman’s every gesture, every breath, was purposeful, and the Symphony Syracuse artists responded in kind, turning in a performance marked by precision as well as passion.”