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Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali travelled to Yaounde, Cameroon, over spring break. While there he taught a one-week course on Post-Colonialism and Globalization, at Ecole Normale Superieure, a college that trains teachers. The class consisted of students from different departments (Literature, Linguistics, and philosophy), and addressed questions such as postmodernism vs. post-colonialism, Parisianism vs. negritude, politics and post-colonialism, globalization vs. universalism, and globalization and development. Mwantuali also had rich exchanges with colleagues from both the Ecole Normale Superieure and the Universite de Younde.

A round table discussion titled "Development and Preservation in the Adirondacks: The Tupper Lake Debate," will take place Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson Red Pit at Hamilton College. Panelist include Jim Frenette, Adirondack Park Agency commissioner; Jim Ellis, community assistance specialist for the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA); Dave Gibson, executive director of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks; and Peter Hornbeck, newly-elected chairman of the board of directors of the Resident's Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA). This event is free and open to the public.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Anna Quindlen will deliver the Commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Todd Franklin presented a paper at a one-day symposium at Temple University on April 7. “Heretical Nietzsche Studies” was a meeting of a group of scholars whose research makes creative use of central Nietzschean themes, including political thinking, religious views, critique of gender and contributions to French post-structural thought. Franklin delivered a paper titled “More Eyes, Different Eyes: Visions of Genealogy as Counter-Hegemonic Praxis.” He also presented a lecture titled “Ecce Nietzschean: Reflections on the Allure of Nietzsche’s Philosophy” at Siena College on March 31.

Ted Lehmann, visiting assistant professor of government, presented a paper titled, "Revenge of the Good Neighbors:  Successful Chinese Encroachment in the Western Hemisphere?" at the annual International Studies Association Conference held in San Diego on March 25.  Lehmann’s paper compared President Franklin Roosevelt’s foreign relations policies with those of the current Bush Administration.

The American Education Research Association announced on April 9 that Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education by William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil and former Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin is the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Outstanding Book Award. It honors the year’s best book-length publication in educational research and development. The book was originally published in April 2005 by the University of Virginia Press and will be released in a paperback edition on April 30.

Fourteen Hamilton mathematics majors gave talks at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC) on April 8, held this year at Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass. They were among 240 speakers and 500 attendees from more than 40 institutions. The conference featured short talks by students and faculty and a keynote speech by Ken Ono of the University of Wisconsin.

Professor of Anthropology Douglas A. Raybeck was presented with the Hamilton Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award during Volunteer Weekend activities, April 7-9. Given annually, the award recognizes an employee who has substantially contributed to Hamilton through distinguished performance in his or her position and through involvement in student, alumni or other activities in the College community. Previous winners include former Hamilton President Gene Tobin, Professor of Theatre Carole Bellini-Sharp and Director of Audiovisual Services Tim Hicks.

The Save Seafood Tour, a partnership between Bon Appétit Management Company and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program, is coming to Hamilton College for a presentation on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m., in Beinecke Annex B. The purpose of the tour is to provide information about the endangered state of our oceans, the impact of over-fishing on the global environment, and to teach consumers about sustainable seafood choices. It is free and open to the public.

Michelle Campos, assistant professor of modern Middle Eastern history in the department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, visited Hamilton to lecture on the origins of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict on April 6. Campos, a specialist in the late Ottoman period in Palestine, discussed how the current conflict in Israel was set into motion early in the 20th century. Her lecture was part of Middle Eastern Events Week at Hamilton, sponsored by the Middle Eastern Students Association (MESA).