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Professor of Government Robert Martin presented "Between Rosanvallon and Ranciere: Toward a Theory of Dissentient Democracy" at "Ideas and Reality of Democracy," the 2013 Symposium of the Civil Constellation Network, held at the Aland Peace Institute, in Mariehamn, Finland in September.  Some of the arguments from the conclusion of Martin’s newest book, Government by Dissent - Protest, Resistance, and Radical Democratic Thought in the Early American Republic, served as the foundation for this paper.

 “A Sense of Place” and “Frohawk Two Feathers - You Can Fall: The War of the Mourning Arrows (An Introduction to the Americas and a Requiem for Willem Ferdinand)” opened on Sept. 28 at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art.

On Friday, Sept. 20, the Hamilton Outing Club launched the annual 46 Peaks Weekend for the campus community, as different groups of students, staff and faculty members attempted to summit all of the Adirondack High Peaks by Sunday, Sept. 22.

Professor of History Shoshana Keller is presenting a series of book discussions at the Utica Public Library from Sept. 25 to Nov. 20 as part of the Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, a series made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association.

An essay by Professor of English and Creative Writing Doran Larson has been published in The Atlantic Monthly online. In “Why Scandinavian Prisons are Superior,” Larson contends that “open” prisons, in which detainees are allowed to live like regular citizens, should be a model for the U.S.

Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny presented a paper titled “The Crisis of the Eurozone and the Return of the ‘German Question’” on Sept. 21 at the 8th Pan-European Conference on International Relations.

On Sept. 23, esteemed professor and author Michael Bérubé delivered a lecture to a crowded Kennedy Auditorium on the value of the humanities, addressing commonly held views about “universalism” and “the human.” Bérubé is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University and the author of seven books. His lecture was sponsored by the Dean of Faculty and the Hansmann Lecture Fund as part of the “Highlighting the Humanities at Hamilton” series.

“When I talk about race, I like to start with shock.”  That is precisely what Allison Williams did on Sept. 23 in KJ’s Red Pit. In front of Hamilton community members, Williams dove head-first into her pursuit of racially charged comedy as she opened her lecture with a tale of different racial preferences in inappropriate Craigslist ads.

Geraldine Ondrizek, research-based artist and professor at Reed College, will present a lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 4:30 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  Her lecture is part of the art department’s Visiting Artist Series, and is free and open to the public.

The American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) has released the first round of revisions to the 2014 college mock trial case, and Hamilton’s mock trial team is preparing for another successful season. The team’s recently announced national rank of 65 out of a competitive field of more than 600 teams has allowed Hamilton to secure an impressive tournament roster for the 2014 season, including invitational tournaments at Tufts, Yale and Cornell Universities.