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Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery’s 1968: "You Say You Want A Revolution," which opened on December 5, focuses on a year that was the epicenter of a decade’s major culture-altering political and social events.  The exhibition, curated by 14 student participants in a seminar on the era’s cultural consequences, includes hundreds of artifacts including posters, paintings, music, audio and video tracks, furniture, cartoons, clothing, books, newspapers, buttons, magazines, toys and other representative cultural icons of the era. 

Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery presents the art of Käthe Kollwitz, a German woman and mother who offered the world a unique perspective on war. While her male contemporaries, two of whom are included in this exhibition, were illustrating the horrors of the World War I battlefields, Kollwitz illuminated the agony of the home front and the anxiety of a soldier’s mother. Open through February 15, the exhibition includes more than 30 Kollwitz lithographs and woodcuts along side the works of two male artists, Felix Vallotton and George Bellows.

The Classics Department announces the second in a series of lectures by classics students who have gone on to interesting careers.  Dr. Luigi Maria De Luca, will present  the Winslow Lecture: Why Classics, Why Latin? . . . A Scientist's Perspective, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 4:10 p.m., in the Red Pit (Kirner-Johnson Hall).

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Morrison Ravven will discuss "Did Spinoza Get Ethics Right?  Some Insights From Contemporary Affective Neuroscience" in the Faculty Lecture Series on Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson. Sponsored by The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.

Richard Skinner '92, visiting instructor of government, was interviewed by Cox News Service for a story about how GOP leaders are protecting their legislative priorities by adopting unprecedented tactics in the conference committees, including barring the door to Democrats.  Skinner said, "The Senate is already on the verge of breaking down completely."  He continued, "The House is looking like a European parliament, where the prime minister runs everything and all the opposition party can do is talk and watch."  The article appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Austin American-Statesman among others.

Kevin Williams, a former athlete as well as  former cross-country and track coach at SUNY Albany, is now part of its industrial organizational psychology department.  He has a degree in human psychology focusing primarily on motivation and performance.  Williams gave a lecture at Hamilton College on November 15  titled "The Goal Striving Process in Athletes: Raising the Bar and Missing the Mark".  There are some students in college who excelled in sports in high school, but for one reason or another no longer participate in sports at the collegiate level.  There are a number of different reasons or circumstances for this, but more often than not it is because of a poor first experience.

Kamila Shamsie '94, visiting assistant professor of English, has made the shortlist for The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her book, Kartography. The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was founded in 1942 by Jane Oliver, in memory of her husband, a writer killed in action. It is given annually to an author, under the age of 35 at the time of publication, for a work of fiction, poetry, drama or non-fiction. The Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is the second oldest literary prize in Britain. The winner will be announced on November 20 in London.

Historian Rachel Maines, author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria", the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction, gave a lecture titled "Vibrators and Viagra: The Double Standard" to a packed Events Barn on November 11. The event was part of the Kirkland Project's 2003-2004 Series "Technology, Science and Democracy: What's at Stake?"

Sports psychologist Kevin Williams, of the Psychology department at SUNY Albany, will give a lecture, "The Goal Striving Process in Athletes: Raising the Bar and Missing the Mark," on Friday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. in the Science auditorium. Free and open to the public.  

Leslie Roman, associate professor in the department of educational studies at the University of British Columbia, will give a lecture,  Now You See 'Us'; Now You Don't: Discourses of Disability and Social Justice in and Around Education," on Monday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn, an accessible space. ASL interpreter provided.  Free and open to the public.