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The book Negritude Woman (University of Minnesota Press, 2002) by Professor of French and Africana Studies Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting  received a positive review in The Society for French Historical Studies by Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley. "Negritude Women is a must-read for all those interested in modern French history, the Africana diaspora, women's studies and Francophone literature," said Stovall.

Honorees in the Mohawk Valley's Accent on Excellence awards will receive trophies designed by Hamilton alumnus glass artist Josh Simpson '72. The trophies, designed at his studio in Shelburne, Mass., feature a glass sphere or planet on a Plexiglass stand. Simpson is known for his "planet" design, a round piece of multiple layers of glass with layers of colors. The Accent on Excellence award honors young residents of the Mohawk Valley who have excelled in their professional lives and dedicated themselves to serving the community.

Author Carol Goodman will deliver the Winslow Lecture at Hamilton College on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Classics department, is free and open to the public.Goodman is the author of two novels, The Seduction of Water and The Lake of Dead Languages.  Her writing has appeared in such journals as The Greensboro Review, Literal Latté, The Midwest Quarterly, and Other Voices.  After graduating from Vassar College, where she majored in Latin, she taught Latin for several years in Austin, Texas.  She then received an M.F.A. in fiction from the New School University.  Goodman currently teaches writing and works as a writer-in-residence for Teachers & Writers. 

Edward S. "Ned" Walker, Jr., a 1962 graduate of Hamilton College, former ambassador to Israel, and the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs this semester, will give a lecture, “The Middle East After Iraq,” on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center.  Walker's talk will be followed by a question and answer session. Sponsored by the Dean of Faculty’s Office, it is free and open to the public.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture officially began its 2003-2004 series, "Technology, Science and Democracy: What's at Stake?" with a panel discussion on September 10. Three Hamilton faculty from different disciplines (Professor of Computer Science Stuart Hirshfield, Professor of Classics Carl Rubino, and Professor of Anthropology Bonnie Urciuoli) each shared their perspective and their work on the interaction of technology and society.

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer is off to Baton Rouge, La. where he may perform in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, at the Swine Palace, Louisiana State University's professional theatre. He is understudy for the role of Toledo.  The play centers around Ma Rainey and her blues band as they struggle with the price of success in 1927 Chicago. Black Bottom opened on Sept. 24.

The Hamilton College Department of Music continues the tradition of starting the year with a free Fall Jazz Kick-Off concert on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 9 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The evening will feature the premiere of “Groove Boutique” a suite of modern jazz for quintet in eight movements written by Hamilton College’s own “Doctuh” Mike Woods.  

Kartography, a new novel by Hamilton alumna and Visiting Assistant Professor of English Kamila Shamsie '94, is receiving critical acclaim. Kartography (Harcourt Brace & Co.) is set in Shamsie's birthplace, Karachi, Pakistan. A description of the book is provided on the publisher's Web site. "Crib mates, raised together from birth, narrator Raheen and her best friend Karim dream each other's dreams, finish each other's sentences, speak in a language of anagrams. They share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi with parents who are also best friends, even once engaged to the other until they rematched in what they jokingly call "the fiancee swap." The night Karim's family migrates from Karachi to London, Raheen knows that "some of my tears were his tears and some of his tears were mine." But as distance and adolescence split them apart, Karim takes refuge in the rationality of maps while Raheen searches for the secret behind her parents' exchange. What she uncovers takes us back two decades to reveal a story not just of a family's turbulent history but that of a country--and brings us forward to a grown-up Raheen and Karim drawn back to each other in the city that is their true home."

The Hamilton College Department of Music opens the semester with a Fall Faculty Concert on Friday, Sept.  12, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Hamilton College Department of Music faculty artists will present a program of classical and neo-classical solo and chamber work. The program includes pieces for piano, violin, saxophone, voice, and a chamber ensemble. 

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