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Rainy Mondays – 10/13

Posted by cboyce on October 13, 2014 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

So we’re all back from Fall Break and now it’s raining. But…we’ve got Homecoming to look forward to this weekend! To get ready for this weekend’s festivities, let’s review what’s happening in Ames this week.

Jack Furlong of the Philosophy Department at Transylvania University will present “Reorienting the Question of What We Owe Nonhumans: Beyond Rights Talk Toward Capability Discourse” on Monday at 4pm in the Beckman Auditorium.

On Tuesday, at 4pm, Jennifer McCoy, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and director of the Americas Program at The Carter Center in Atlanta, will speak on Venezuelan political culture and the neo-Bolivarian perspective that is spreading throughout the hemisphere. This event is sponsored by a “Recentering the Humanities” grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as well as the Department of Hispanic Studies, the Latin American Studies team of International Studies, and the Center for Human Rights and Social Justice.

On Wednesday, at 4pm, Dr. Caroline Bishoip of Indiana University will present “How to make a Roman Demosthenes: Cicero and the constrcution of a tradition” as part of the IDES Lecture. In both technology and culture, the Romans were great bridge-builders, and borrowed liberally from ancient Greece. The Roman politician Cicero (106-43 BC) was no exception. When Roman democracy ended with the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, Cicero turned to Greece for an explanation, particularly Demosthenes, the democratic opponent of
King Philip of Macedon. In this talk, I will explore the links Cicero drew between himself and Demosthenes, and explain how they still influence the way we think about the bridges between their civilizations.

On Thursday, at 4pm, Associate Professor of English Joanne Diaz will read from her new book, “My Favorite Tyrants,” which was named the winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. This event is sponsored by Tributaries, IWU’s creative arts journal.

Homecoming Events in Ames

Friday – 1-1:50 – Kris Condon ’84 – 2014 Loyalty Award Winner – “Order in the Court! Or, How I Spent my Summer Vacation at the US Supreme Court”
Friday – 2-2:50 – Robert Bray – R. Forest Colwell Professor of English – “Making Abraham Lincoln Ours”
Friday – 3-3:50 – Kyle Pfortmiller ’92 – 2014 Distinguished Alumnus – “Journey to the Met: More than Practice, Practice, Practice!”
Friday – 4-4:50 – William Jaeckle – Associate Professor of Biology and Student Senate 2014 Professor of the Year – “Living in a bowl of soup and lacking utensils: The many ways that aquatic invertebrates catch their food”
Friday – around 4:00 p.m., the small tree that sits between the two bays of car spaces in our back parking lot will be dedicated to the memory of Jim McGowan. A space on either side of this tree will be cordoned off around 3:00 p.m.
Saturday – 8:30-9:20 – Mark Israel ’91 – Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon – “Mergers and Acquisitions”
Saturday – 9:30-10:20 – Dr. Sean Parsons ’02 – 2014 Rober M. Montgomery Outstanding Young Alumnus – “1959 in Jazz…It Was a Very Good Year”
Saturday – 10:30-11:20 – Robert Delvin – Fine Arts Librarian and Professor – “Moments Musicaux: Episodes from 150 Years of Music at Illinois Wesleyan University”

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