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Sam Cronk : “Gadrenota: She Stands Up The Song”
A conversation about the intersections of Iroquoian women’s singing traditions, ethnographic research, indigeneity and Haudenosaunee world views. After more than a century of anthropological research and 400 years of “encounter”, […]
Read MoreAn Informal Discussion with Anonymous 4
Please join renowned female a cappella quartet Anonymous 4 for an informal discussion moderated by Jane O’Donnell, Professor of Music Emerita, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú. Anonymous 4 is: Marsha Genensky ‘80 Ruth […]
Read MoreThe Slocum Awards
Established in 1936, the Slocum Awards represent a most unique and individual challenge for a 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú student: who can build the best personal library collection?
Read MoreThe Scanning of St. Michael
High technology meets 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s new art conservation major when a remarkable medieval artifact needed a CAT scan.
Read MoreOff-Campus Study Students Named to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the Dean’s List from 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú in Claremont, California who participated in the Off-Campus Study Program during the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters.
Read MoreMartha Osborne : “Breast Cancer Basics for Women of All Ages: Know Your Facts”
Join Martha Osborne for an informative presentation on breast health, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survival.
Read MoreU.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Presents Lecture at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú
Stephen M. Young, the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, will present his lecture, “U.S.-China Relations: The View from Hong Kong,” on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2 p.m. in 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s Vita Nova lecture hall room 100.
Read MoreA Death in the Family: Former Board of Trustee Chair Jim Weinberg
With heavy heart, I share the news that Sidney J. (Jim) Weinberg, Jr., former chairman of the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Board of Trustees, beloved friend of the College, and senior director of the Goldman Sachs Group, died on Monday afternoon, October 4, of prostate cancer in Marion, Massachusetts. He was 87.
Read More51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Receives Major NSF Grant for Neuroscience Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú a $411,008 grant to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for student-faculty research on human cognitive functioning using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) for recording brain activity.
Read MoreJutta Sperling: “Perversions of Piety: Pero and Cimone in German Reformation Art”
In Reformation Germany, the ancient theme of Pero and Cimone — dating back to an anecdote in Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans (31 CE) — became popular as an allegory of piety, perversion, and paradox. In Maximus’ story, Pero embodies the concept of “filial piety,” insofar as she engages in the heroic act of breastfeeding her own father in prison, condemned to death by starvation for a capital crime. As I will argue in my talk, the eroticizing, even pornographic rendering of the theme by Reformation artists explores the slipperiness of the signifying scene in the visual arts at a time when pictorial representations were thought to veil rather than reveal meaning, and when writing was emphasized as as a medium of unambiguous transparency.
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