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Visiting Professor of Film History Scott MacDonald has published an article titled “Up Close and Political: Three Short Ruminations on Ideology in the Nature Film,” in the current issue of Film Quarterly.

Assistant Professor of English Katherine Terrell chaired a panel, "Theorizing the Borders: Literature, History and Identity Across the Anglo-Scottish Divide" at the 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University. The panel, which was sponsored by Medieval Scottish Studies, examined how real and imagined relationships between England and Scotland in the Middle Ages informed literary and historical writing and helped to shape conceptions of nation, culture and identity.

Barbara Tewksbury, the William R. Kenan Professor of Geosciences and 1973 graduate of St. Lawrence University, will receive an honorary degree at St. Lawrence University's Commencement on Sunday, May 21, at 10 a.m.

Associate Professor of Art History Steve Goldberg delivered a public lecture in January titled "Chinese Art in an Age of Mongolian Rule: The Yuan Dynasty (1279 – 1368)," at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, in Atlanta.

Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek C. Jones delivered a lecture in May at the University of Split, Croatia, titled "Econometric Case studies of new work practices in the U.S. and Finland.” Currently a visiting professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, Jones is in Croatia conducting research funded by a grant from the Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies,  gave a lecture "Women, Poverty and the Politics of Representation" at Sarah Lawrence College on April 27. This lecture was in conjunction with the photo exhibit, "The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education," which was at Sarah Lawrence College for the entire month of April. The lecture was sponsored by the Graduate Women's History Program as a part of their series on Women, Knowledge and Activism.

Six Hamilton students presented posters at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 27-28. The annual meeting is attended by archaeologists from academia, government and private industry and provides venues for professionals and graduate students to present papers and/or posters on their research. Participation by undergraduates is rare, but this is the seventh year in which Hamilton students have offered results of their research.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Brian J. Glenn chaired a panel on his book project, Conservatives and American Political Development, at the New England Political Science Association conference recently.  The project is a comparative, over-time study of how conservatives have influenced policy development in the fields of federal education policy, environmental regulation, and Social Security from the New Deal to present.

William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed by Beijing Review, China’s only English language weekly news magazine, following Chinese President Hu Jintao’s recent visit to the United States. Li discussed the significance of Hu’s visit, stressing that the “… visit should not be judged in terms of whether or not the two countries have reached some specific agreements… but instead should be understood from a long-term strategic perspective.” 

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on May 5 to four faculty members from the philosophy, mathematics, sociology and anthropology departments. They were honored during the college's Class & Charter Day celebration, an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year. Richard Werner, Jenny Irons, Michelle LeMasurier and Douglas Raybeck were the faculty honored.