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Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, recently published an article titled "Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia," with Panu Kalmi (Helsinki School of Economics) and Niels Mygind (Copenhagen Business School). It was published in Post-Communist Economies, Volume 17, Number 1 (March, 2005).

Professor of Music Samuel Pellman led a workshop on music technology at the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College on March 21-22. Workshop participants included instructional technologists and librarians from many of the 37 liberal arts colleges in the mid-Atlantic and New England region that are affiliated with the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education.

Described by Professor of History Maurice Isserman as the anti-Arthur Schlessinger, author Rick Perlstein presented a lecture at Hamilton on April 26 titled “Hell in the City of Angels: the Watts Riot of August 1965, and the End of the Liberal Consensus.” Perlstein shared the manuscript of the prologue to his new book, a sequel to the New York Times bestseller Before the Storm. He explained that the sequel will be much like the original except the red-thread, or the “anti-red thread,” of this book will be the story of Richard Nixon.

Charles Brumley, author of “Guides of the Adirondacks: A History” presented a lecture as part of Hamilton Environmental Action Group’s Green Week celebration on April 25. Brumley, a guide from the Adirondack State Park, discussed the history and preservation of the park, focusing specifically on the history and evolution of Adirondack guiding and guide boats.

The Hamilton College English Department, Burke Library, Emerson Gallery and Creative Writing Program, in conjunction with Colgate University, are hosting a conference on April 28-May 1 to observe the centenary of American poet and critic Ezra Pound's graduation from Hamilton. From 1903 to 1906 Pound studied Anglo-Saxon and Romance languages on the Hill.  

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government was interviewed by the BBC on Tuesday, April 26.  Li commented on the ongoing visits to China's mainland by the head of the Nationalist Party of Taiwan and its implications to peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu recently presented papers at SUNY Binghamton and Syracuse University. His paper at Binghamton was "Fatalistic Tendencies: An Explanation of Why People Don't Save." At Syracuse he delivered the paper, "The Search for Research Talent: Information Networks and Admissions to Economics Ph.D. Programs."

James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner participated in a panel discussion titled "Democracy and Voice" at the Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future: Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 conference held in April at Yale University. The conference goal was to make a critical assessment of the impact of the Voting Rights Act on both the study and practice of politics and to examine how it transformed the political landscape.

Kirk Pillow, associate dean of the faculty and associate professor of philosophy, presented an invited paper at Williams College in Massachusetts on April 22. Titled "Understanding Aestheticized," the paper attempts to turn 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant into a late 20th-century neo-Pragmatist.

The Hamilton College Choir and Community Oratorio Society presents Verdi's Requiem on Tuesday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Admission is free for Hamilton students, $4 general admission.