Event Roundup
Do you need help broadening your outreach efforts and publicizing events? Please submit your event information to Kate Szumanski at kathryn.szumanski@villanova.edu. Kate will include it in the next issue of the College’s e-newsletter.
Villanova Theatre Presents Our Town
Villanova Theatre has opened its 2005-2006 season with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Our Town, directed by Villanova theatre professor James J. Christy, a two-time Barrymore Award-winner for Outstanding Direction of a Play. Our Town runs from Sept. 27 to Oct. 9 at Vasey Hall.
For information on tickets and show times, please visit
www.theatre.villanova.edu or call the box office at 97474.
A Discussion of Democracy in Chile: The Legacy of September 11, 1973
Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of classical and modern languages and literature, and Fernando Leiva, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies at the University of Albany, SUNY, will discuss their new book, Democracy in Chile: The Legacy of September 11, 1973, on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. in the first floor lounge of Falvey Memorial Library. The event is sponsored by Falvey Memorial Library, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature, and the Latin American Studies Program.
For more information, visit
http://www.classicalmodernlanglit.villanova.edu/events/.
Core Humanities Program Sponsors Living in Antiquity: Jews, Greeks, and Christians
The Core Humanities Program invites the Villanova University community to attend our second interdisciplinary conference, “Living in Antiquity: Jews, Greeks, and Christians,” which will take place on October 5-7, 2005, in the Connelly Center. The conference is dedicated to understanding the period of antiquity from different religious, social, philosophical, and cultural perspectives.
We will be hosting a group of distinguished scholars from across the country and around the world. Our plenary speakers are Rémi Brague of the Sorbonne, Paris; Paula Fredericksen of Boston University; and Beth Berkowitz of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Living in Antiquity will break new ground in linking world-class scholarship with undergraduate education. Villanova students will have the unique opportunity to ask our plenary speakers why, as scholars, they have chosen to spend their careers living in antiquity. All Villanova faculty are welcome to send their students to this session.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.artsci.villanova.edu/corehumanities/antiquity.html.
PMR Conference to be Held on Oct. 14 and 15
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you to participate in its 30th anniversary International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance (PMR) Conference on Oct. 14 and 15. The title of this year’s conference is “Reading, Community, and Identity.”
For more information, please visit:
http://www3.villanova.edu/augustinianinstitute/main/PMR.htm.
Women’s Studies Sponsors Three Upcoming Programs
Karen Zailckas, author of Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, will speak about her book on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jake Nevin Field House.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and author of Einstein Never Used Flash Cards, will speak about her book on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m. in Bartley 1011. Hirsh-Pasek is an internationally respected scholar in the areas of human development, language development, and infancy.
Judy Meisel, a Holocaust survivor, will show and discuss her documentary, Tak for Alt, on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Mendel 154.
For more information on these programs and much more, please visit the Women’s Studies online newsletter at:
http://www3.villanova.edu/womensstudies/newsletters/Fall%202005%20Women's%20Studies%20Newsletter.pdf.
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature Hosts “World Language Day”
“World Language Day” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 2 to 5 p.m. in SAC Room 300. Students are encouraged to attend to learn more about choosing a major or a minor in a language.
The Core Humanities Program Sponsors the Birmingham Lunch Series
A. Maria Toyoda, Ph.D., a faculty member in the department of political science, will discuss, “Postmasters, Pork, and Assassins: Japan’s 9/11 Election,” on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Fedigan Room of SAC. To RSVP, please call 97325.
Social Science Forum Welcomes Larry Diamond to Campus
The Social Science Forum is pleased to welcome Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of Squandered Vistory: The American Occumpation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. in CEER 001.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.sociology.villanova.edu/socialscienceforum.pdf.
Office of Mission Effectiveness Sponsors the “Catholic Social Teaching and Ecology” Conference
The Office of Mission Effectiveness and the Journal of Catholic Social Thought are sponsoring the “Catholic Social Teaching and Ecology” conference on Nov. 9 to 11.
For more information, please visit:
http://www3.villanova.edu/mission/journal/ecology/webdirectory.htm.
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures Hosts Poetry Recital with Fernando Operé
Fernando Operé, a Spanish poet and professor of Hispanic literature, will visit campus on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Connelly Center Cinema.
For more information, please contact Anne-Marie Joyce at:
anne-maire.joyce@villanova.edu.
The Ethics Program Sponsors “Science, Religion, and the Environment”
As part of the Ethics Program’s 2005-2006 lecture series, “Caring for the Earth,” come hear Mark Sagoff, Ph.D., senior research scholar at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland College Park, speak about “Science, Religion, and the Environment” on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Villanova Room of Connelly Center. Registration is free for all Villanova faculty and students.
For more information about the conference, please visit:
http://www.ethics.villanova.edu/Lecture%20Series/20042005.htm.
Department of Computing Sciences Hosts 2005-2006 Colloquia Series
The CSC department’s colloquia series invites guest speakers from academia and industry to present their work on campus. The general public is welcome to attend. Refreshments and informal discussion with the speaker follow the presentation.
Please visit http://csc.villanova.edu/events/colloquia to check out who will be visiting campus in the days and weeks ahead.
Department of Sociology to Host 26th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference
The Department of Sociology will host the 26th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference on April 20, 2006. This conference offers undergraduates the opportunity to present their research in a number of topic areas, including African-American Studies, Education Political Science, Psychology, Women’s Studies, Sociology, and many more.
For more information, please contact Thomas Arvanites, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of sociology, at
thomas.avanites@villanova.edu.
In Other News …
Dr. Juliá Publishes Tiempo by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, has published Tiempo by Juan Ramón Jiménez. Critical edition with Introduction and Notes. In La Obra poética de Juan Ramón Jiménez (en verso y prosa), 2 vols. Madrid: Espasa Calpe, S.A., Clásicos castellanos, September 2005.
Heimbold Professor Short-listed for Booker Prize
A novel by Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry, who will be the Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies in spring 2006, has been chosen as a finalist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2005. Professor Barry’s novel, A Long Long Way, about a young Irishman involved both in the battles of the First World War and in the conflicts over Irish independence, is one of six novels on the short list. Professor Barry will teach a course in contemporary Irish drama (cross-listed with Honors) and a graduate course in playwriting.
The winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005 will be announced on Oct. 10, 2005.
For more information, please visit: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/2005prize/.
Dr. Lillian (Boots) Cassel Awarded Digital Library Personalization Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a grant of $449,912 to Villanova and Virginia Tech for support of the project entitled, “Personalization of Content: Bridging the gap between NSDL and its users through the course website.” This three-year project is under the direction of Dr. Cassel at Villanova and three researchers from Virginia Tech.
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) provides organized access to resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. The goal of the new research project is to investigate and develop technologies that will allow a course Web site to be the hub of activity for students who want access to the NSDL.
For more information about the project, please contact Dr. Cassel at
lillian.cassel@villanova.edu.
Department of Communication Publishes First Graduate Program Newsletter
The Department of Communication has published its first graduate program newsletter, The Medium. The first issue features a welcome from Bryan Crable, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department; an interview with Susan Mackey-Kallis, Ph.D., professor and Graduate Program Director; and much, much more.
For more information, please contact Maurice Hall at
maurice.hall@villanova.edu and Kinjal Dagli at
kinjal.dagli@villanova.edu.
Villanova Theater, Science, and Magic: Opening Minds to the Wonders of Science Through Integration with the Arts
The Suburban and Wayne Times ran an article Sept. 1 on “Villanova Theater, Science, and Magic: Opening Minds to the Wonders of Science Through Integration with the Arts,” a two-week program sponsored by the Department of Computing Sciences in partnership with SCIENCE Resources (a non-profit organization that disseminates science activities and resources for home-schooled children) and the Department of Recreation in the City of Philadelphia. (Click here to read the full article: http://www.csc.villanova.edu/sesame/pilot/pictures/suburban050901.gif)
Several other departments at Villanova contributed substantial resources and/or expertise to the success of this year’s program: Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Theater, Part-time Studies, University Information Technologies, Multicultural Affairs, Astronomy, History, and the University Bookstore.
Special thanks and congratulations go out to Mary-Angela Papalaskari, an assistant professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, and Sue McFarland Metzger, program director of Information Systems, who directed the program.
The pilot program welcomed fourteen teenagers, ages 13 to 16, to campus for two weeks (June 20 to July 1, 2005) to create a School of Magic for younger children (the apprentices) who visited Villanova during the second week of the program.
To read more about the program, please visit http://www.csc.villanova.edu/sesame. Also, to view photographs from this past summer, visit:
http://www.csc.villanova.edu/sesame/pilot/pictures/index.html.
