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Sixth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis host free screenings Nov. 21
Nov. 12,
2009 --
Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Sixth Annual Children's Film Symposium Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled "An Exploration of Children's Films and Their Audiences," the symposium is presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis and will feature five screenings as well as a Q&A with Michael Barrier, an animation and comics historian and author of The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney (2007).
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"Celebrating Our Books"
Faculty book colloquium to feature Pulitzer Prize-winner Louis Menand Nov. 17
Nov. 5,
2009 --
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Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist and literary critic Louis Menand will present the keynote address for "Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors," the university's eighth annual faculty book colloquium, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Graham Chapel. The event — organized by the Center for the Humanities and University Libraries — also will feature presentations by faculty members William Lowry, Ph.D., professor of political science, and Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and International & Area Studies.
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"African American Literature Today"
April 15 panel to discuss two new anthologies
March 27,
2009 --
Three prominent writers will examine "African American Literature Today" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Hurst Lounge. The discussion — sponsored by the African & African-American Studies Program and by the Center for the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences — will focus on a pair of new anthologies, Best African American Essays 2009 and Best African American Fiction 2009, both published by Bantam Books.
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William Gass obit
Feb. 12,
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"War and emotion"
Johannes von Moltke to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Series Jan. 27
Jan. 9,
2009 --
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Recent blockbuster films and "television events" devoted to World War II and its aftermath have claimed to break new ground by breaking taboos on the representation of German suffering, yet the work of German writer and director Alexander Kluge predates these developments by decades. On Jan. 27 Johannes von Moltke, professor of screen arts and cultures at the University of Michigan, will speak on "Confusion of Feelings: War and Emotion in the Films of Alexander Kluge" as part of the Center for the Humanities' 2009 Faculty Fellows' Lecture and Workshop Series.
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Fifth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to host screenings and talks Nov. Nov. 21 and 22
Nov. 5,
2008 --
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Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Fifth Annual Children's Film Symposium Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 22. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the festival will feature five screenings as well as introductions and post-show discussions by a half-dozen of the films' creators.
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In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan to receive Washington University Humanities Medal Nov. 20
Nov. 4,
2008 --
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Celebrated food writer Michael Pollan will receive the Washington University Humanities Medal as part of "Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors," the university's seventh annual faculty book colloquium. The biannual award is given to a distinguished scholar, writer or artist whose career merits special recognition for excellence and courage.
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2008 Faculty Fellows
Jane Maienschein to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Series Feb. 5-6
Jan. 25,
2008 -- Jane Maienschein, the Regents' Professor and Chair of the Program for Science and Society at Arizona State University, will speak on "From Transplantation to Translation: Why History Matters in Stem Cell Research" at 4 p.m. Feb. 5 in Rebstock Hall, Room 322. Maienschein is the first of six speakers appearing this spring as part of the Center for the Humanities' 2008 Faculty Fellows' Lecture and Workshop Series. In addition, Maienschein will lead a workshop titled "Embryos in Context" at 12 p. m. Feb. 6.
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"Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors"
Famed novelist Joyce Carol Oates to present keynote address Dec. 3
Nov. 20,
2007 --
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Joyce Carol Oates, one of America's most important and distinguished authors, three times nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature, will deliver the keynote address, titled "The Writer's (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration," for "Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors," Washington University's sixth annual faculty book colloquium.
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Fourth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to host screenings and talks Nov. 15 and 17
Nov. 8,
2007 -- Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Fourth Annual Children's Film Symposium Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 17. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006) and a Q&A with Marion Comer, writer and director of the film 48 Angels (2006).
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