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Jay G. Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, has published five articles included in the Theosophical Encyclopedia. Although published in the Philippines in 2006, the volume has only recently been available in the United States. The encyclopedia entries written by Williams deal with Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism. Theravade Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism and Judaism. Some of the articles were expanded by an editor to include more information about Theosophy.

In anticipation of a record crowd for the Sacerdote Great Names Series performance by Jon Stewart, Hamilton College has announced additional parking and shuttle options for the event on Nov. 14. The event is free and organizers anticipate that up to 1000 seats will be available for the general public. 

Iranian feminist scholar Shahrzad Mojab will lecture on the topic of "Demystifying Iranian Women's Movements" on Monday, Nov. 17, at 4 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture will focus on the women's movement in Iran against the patriarchal Islamic theocracy. Women in Iran wish to, after 30 years of Islamic theocracy, demystify their classification as Muslim women and challenge their political identity as Islamic feminists. The event is free and open to the public. 

A showing of the film Persepolis and subsequent discussion will take place on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. Persepolis, which is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name, depicts the coming of age of writer and artist Marjane Satrapi. The event is free and open to the public.

The Banff Mountain Book Festival awarded Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes the 2008 Best Book — Mountaineering History award. The book, written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver, has also received an award for history/biography from the National Outdoor Book Awards and was reviewed by The Sunday Times (London) on Nov. 9.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin gave an invited address at Discrete Mathematics Day at Bard College on Nov 8. In her talk, Boutin surveyed recent results about the determining set - a small set of nodes that captures all the symmetries of a network. Along with recent findings in various families of networks, Boutin highlighted work showing when minimal determining sets have minimum size, and gave new uses for determining sets in solving other network problems.

A. Todd Franklin, associate professor of philosophy, presented a paper at this year's meeting of the Alain Locke Society held Nov. 7-8 at George Washington University. The paper, titled "Unlikely Allies: Nietzsche, Locke and the Counter-Hegemonic Force of Critical Consciousness," focused on the ways in which both philosophers function as Cultural Physicians. 

On November 12, journalist Jeff Sharlet gave a thought-provoking lecture on the direction in which the organized Religious Right could progress under the Obama administration. Far from being destroyed by the recent election, Sharlet believes that the movement will continue its tradition of re-inventing itself in order to transition its ideals and activism into a new era. 

Dr. Drew M. Noden, professor of animal development at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, presented a research seminar to the Biology Department, an evening workshop to students and faculty, and he talked with preveterinary students about the process of preparing for successful application to veterinary medical schools on Nov. 10.

Hamilton students in the New York City program met with Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, on Oct. 29. Singer is the author of One World, and The Ethics of What We Eat, two centerpiece works students in the program read this semester.