The Center for the Humanities

All presentations at 4:00 p.m. at the Center, Autzen House, 811 SW Jefferson

2007 FALL LECTURE SCHEDULE

OCTOBER

8th “Sex Is Gender.” Guest lecture by Robert Nye, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, OSU. 4 p.m. Autzen House. Reception to follow.

22nd “Sailing to ‘Berzerkely’: Nostalgia, Nostology, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Adaptation of To the Lighthouse.” Lecture by Janet Winston, Department of English, Humboldt State University, Former Center Research Fellow. 4 p.m. Autzen House.

NOVEMBER

5th “Spiritual Transformation and Lessons for Environmental Negotiations, or, Conflict, Cooperation, and Kabbalah.” Lecture by Aaron Wolf, Center Research Fellow, Department of Geography, OSU. 4 p.m. Autzen House.

12th “Shakespeare at Sea: The Third Voyage of the London East India Company.” Lecture by Richmond Barbour, Center Research Fellow, Department of English, OSU. 4 p.m. Autzen House.

26th “John Dewey, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov and the Ecology of the Everyday.” Lecture by Neil Browne, Center Research Fellow, Department of English, Cascades Campus, OSU. 4 p.m. Autzen House.

2008 WINTER LECTURE SCHEDULE

JANUARY

17th ““Mind that Melody: The Artistic and Cerebral Workings of a Choral Composer.” Guest lecture by David Childs, composer, Department of Music, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University.

28th “Ideal Critics, Bad Art, Rotten Reviews.”Lecture by Stephanie Ross, Center Research Fellow, Philosophy Department, University of Missouri.

FEBRUARY

4th “Possessed to Write: A New Biography of Marianne Moore.” Lecture by Linda Leavell, Center Research Fellow, Department of English, Oklahoma State University.

11th “Benvenuto Cellini's American Renaissance: Poe, Hawthorne, and Old World Workmanship." Lecture by Peter Betjeman, Center Research Fellow, Department of English, OSU.

18th “The Oud Player: a novella.” Reading by Marjorie Sandor, Center Research Fellow, Department of English, OSU

MARCH

3rd "Environmental Justice in China: Problems and Prospects." Lecture by Bryan Tilt, Center Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, OSU.

2008 SPRING LECTURE SCHEDULE

APRIL

21st “Capitalism and Its Discontents: Investigating Foodways in Rural Oregon.” Lecture by Joan Gross, Research Fellow, Professor of Anthropology, OSU.

28th "Living with (and Embracing) Change in Public Higher Education." Lecture by Mary Cullinan, Center Guest, President, Southern Oregon University.

MAY

5th "What Are We Saying When We Talk About Art? Some Thoughts about Aesthetic Qualities." Lecture by Stephanie Ross, Research Fellow, Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri.

19th “Re-thinking Elements of Normative Democratic Theory in an Age of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Voter Micro-Managing.” Lecture by Robert Sahr, Research Fellow, Associate Professor of Political Science, OSU.