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"Fac Chat" Oct. 24
The IC and the Library present the second event in our "Fac Chats" series on Wednesday, October 24, at 1:00 in the Library. Go beyond what you learn in the classroom and see what your professors are up to behind the scenes!
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What emerges is a fascinating picture of the complex,...
What emerges is a fascinating picture of the complex, multilayered relationships within these communities, enhanced by a probing analysis of the gospel quartets’ place within the larger contexts of popular culture and African-American history.
Ultimately, the rise of historicism in the eighteenth century...
Ultimately, the rise of historicism in the eighteenth century turned Latin from a practical tongue to an academic subject. Nevertheless, of all the traces left by the Romans, their language remains the most ubiquitous artifact of a once peerless empire.
When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture,...
When Renaissance artists sought to imitate ancient sculpture, their medium of choice was pure, white marble, but little did they know that the works they emulated were originally painted in dazzling and powerful hues–from red ocher and cinnabar to azurite and malachite.
In this memoir, he weaves together the engaging story of his...
In this memoir, he weaves together the engaging story of his own experiences with forthright and harsh commentary on the people and institutions responsible for the rapidly deteriorating state of the performing arts in the United States and Canada.
Janning has joked, “I’m not a social scientist who...
Janning has joked, “I’m not a social scientist who uses large national datasets to illustrate family life; I’m the social scientist who asks people to examine what’s in their underwear drawers to tell stories about their family life.”
Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic...
Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today’s pop-culture landscape, and the people we used to deride as “nerds” or “geeks” have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it’s finally hip to be square.
Eating is often an emotionally charged event, and as such, it...
Eating is often an emotionally charged event, and as such, it involves powerful feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Why are we driven to eat what we do and how we do, what are the current controversies and debates that surround the psychology of eating, and how are eating patterns outside of the United States different than ours and why?
Equal weight is given to all phases of Greek history - the...
Equal weight is given to all phases of Greek history - the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. But history is not just facts; it is also a matter of how we interpret the evidence.
This volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood...
This volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood death, ranging from issues with parental grief, to the most recent theories of brainstem neurotransmitters.
But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with...
But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we’ve gone from measuring performance to fixating on measuring itself. The result is a tyranny of metrics that threatens the quality of our lives and most important institutions.
Through a range of case studies, the authors address pertinent...
Through a range of case studies, the authors address pertinent themes in football fandom, including anti-discrimination, ‘home,’ ticketing, name changes, 'ownership,’ and broader leftist politics.
In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodríguez surveys...
In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodríguez surveys international college students and foreign nationals working or living in the US to examine the impact of American television on their views of the US and on their expectations of life in the United States.
Startup Cities explains the factors that determine local...
Startup Cities explains the factors that determine local startup success based on a detailed comparison of regional startup cities–pairing the most successful and less successful cities within regions along with insights and implications from case studies of each of the model’s elements.
Boylston shows how practices of feeding and avoidance have...
Boylston shows how practices of feeding and avoidance have remained central even as their meaning and purpose has dramatically changed: from a means of marking class distinctions within Orthodox society, to a marker of the difference between Orthodox Christians and other religions within the contemporary Ethiopian state.
The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat...
The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat in the Hat’s roots in blackface minstrelsy- and more opaque, like how the children’s book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity.
Although these people are located at the margins of mainstream...
Although these people are located at the margins of mainstream economic life, they collectively produce enormous amounts of diverse material commodities and find a livelihood (and often a pathway out of oppressive poverty). The contributions to this book bring these people to the forefront of debates on resource politics.
Fiorino looks at its role in global, national, and local policy...
Fiorino looks at its role in global, national, and local policy making; its relationship to sustainable development; controversies surrounding it (both from the left and right); its potential role in ameliorating inequality; and the policy strategies that are linked with it.
The book highlights and contrasts the differences between...
The book highlights and contrasts the differences between Neandertals and early modern humans and explores the morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptive solutions which led to the extinction of the Neandertals and the population expansion of modern humans.
The focus on an individual soldier - Jimmy Gilch - and the...
The focus on an individual soldier - Jimmy Gilch - and the milieu from which he came, along with the novel use of his cache of letters written home, make this a unique contribution to the historical literature on the Vietnam War.
Recognizing that the measured successes in political...
Recognizing that the measured successes in political emancipation which have been recorded across the African continent do not seem to have translated into economic and social gains for its 1.2 billion citizens, the AU adopted a new development framework dubbed “Agenda 2063.” The framework calls on African leaders to rediscover the “Pan African” spirit and to create the “Africa Africans want.”
Last updated by Joshua Rose on October 19th, 2018