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goldman lecture: when economics and politics collide The
2002 Goldman Lecture will be presented Monday, April 8,
at 8 pm in Pendleton West 212. Speaker Alan S. Blinder
will speak on "Economic Advice and Political Decisions: A
Clash of Civilizations." The
Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial professor of economics and
co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Studies at
Princeton University, Blinder is the author or co-author
of 12 books, including the textbook Economics: Principles
and Policy (with William J. Baumol), now in its eighth
edition, from which more than a million college students
have learned introductory economics. He also has written
scores of scholarly articles on topics such as fiscal
policy, monetary policy and the distribution of income.
He served as a member of President Clinton's original
Council of Economic Advisers from Jan. 1993 until June
1994, in charge of the administration's macroeconomic
forecasting. He also worked intensively on budget,
international trade and health-care issues. From 1985
until joining the Clinton Administration, he wrote a
lively monthly column in Business Week magazine. The
brother of Wellesley's Vice President for Resources and
Public Affairs David Blinder, he is also a partner in
Promontory Financial Group and vice chairman of the G7
Group. He earned an A.B. degree at Princeton University, an M.Sc. at London School of Economics and a Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in economics. At Princeton, he chaired the Department of Economics from 1988 to 1990 and founded Princeton's Center for Economic Policy Studies. He has taught there since 1971. For more information on the lecture, call x2154. midwifery book details 19th-century doctor's life Midwifery
and Medicine in Boston by Amalie M. Kass ;49
(Northeastern University Press, 2002) is a biography of
Walter Channing, M.D. (1786-1876). "Channing
was Boston's leading obstetrician for more than 60
years," writes Kass, a lecturer on the history of
medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of
Wellesley's board of trustees. "There were changes during
that long period"changes in the lives of women, in the
social and economic character of the city, in medical
procedures and in the social and economic character of
the city, in medical procedures, and in therapeutics. Yet
the fundamental principles that guided Channing as he
assisted women in childbirth and provided postpartum care
to mothers and their babies, as well as when he attended
to gynecological disorders, remained substantially the
same. In
addition to a thoughtful look at what was often a scary
time in medicine, the book explores the tragic life of
the doctor himself. "Pain
is a theme -emotional pain in his own private world and
the excruciating physical pain and loss associated with
childbirth," said William Fowler Jr., director of the
Massachusetts Historical Society. "He endured the former
stoically, but never ceased to seek relief for the
latter." Warren Pearse, former executive director of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and editor of Women's Health Issues calls the book "a fascinating and detailed biography of a physician-obstetrician leader active during...a period seldom covered in obstetrical history." Ever feel that you can't find the journals you need for a research project or class assignment? Thanks to an Information Services team, Wellesley's online library catalog now contains links to more than 11,000 full-text journals (in addition to books, videos, DVDs, musical scores and other media). The library has long subscribed to electronic journal services, but there was no easy way for users to find the individual journals. Now that the journal titles have been integrated into the library catalog, users need only search for a title in order to be connected to an online link to the journal. To sample the enhancements, visit http://luna.wellesley.edu/search/. future of the media is in our hands If
you are discouraged with today's media, there is hope for
a better tomorrow. Anthony Wilhelm, senior director of
the Washington, D.C.-based Benton Foundation, will
present "Breaking Down Barriers: Accelerating Digital
Opportunities for All Peoples," Tuesday, April 2, at 4:30
pm in Pendleton East 239, part of the "Patriotism, Power
and Privacy Online" series on electronic discourse
sponsored by the Mellon Residential Life Grant. taking a fresh look at van gogh's postman Kirk Varnedoe, one of most distinguished art curators in the United States, will give an illustrated lecture, "Van Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin," Thursday, April 4, at 5 pm. Held in Jewett Auditorium, the event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. It is the Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Class of 1919 Lecture, the Art Department's annual lecture celebrating outstanding scholarship and practice in the field of art. As the chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art for 14 years, Varnedoe organized major retrospectives of Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock and Cy Twombly and ambitious thematic exhibitions such as Vienna 1900 and High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. Varnedoe has a distinguished teaching record, including appointments at Williams College, Stanford and Columbia Universities and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, on whose faculty he continues to serve. In January, he began an appointment to the faculty of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute of Advanced Study inPrinceton, N.J. Varnedoe's early art scholarship stems back to the early 1970s when he spent three years in Paris researching Rodin's drawings and their numerous forgeries. His resulting dissertation has been called "the first sound chronology" of the artist's drawings and included criteria for distinguishing between authentic and inauthentic works. Varnedoe also has contributed groundbreaking scholarship to the fields of Impressionism, Scandinavian art, contemporary art and the history of photography. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1993, Varnedoe was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 1984. The author of more than 18 books, he has received numerous honors, including a knighthood and two honorary degrees. jonathan imber, sociology, presented "The Twilight of the Prosthetic Gods" at the Biotechnology, Medicine and Ethics session of Colloquium 2002: Technology and the Human Person, the seventh annual series of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, a nonprofit, privately funded research center at the University of Virginia. With interests in medical sociology, ethics and theory, Imber's recent research traces the meaning of vocation in the lives of physicians and explores how the changing character of the physican-patient relation has affected American medicine and life. He is the author of the forthcoming book from Harvard University Press, Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine. alexandra johnson, writing, spoke on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program on diaries and her book, Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal: The Art of Transforming Life into Stories. People keep diaries, she said, because "beyond wanting to leave a record or a trace of a life, we're always in some ways imagining what is going to happen to those scraps" She noted that each year people buy 10 million blank books, an indication of the interest in keeping a journal. Unfortunately, many are abandoned. She suggests giving a journal a specific purpose, referring to diaries kept by Einstein for formulas, Darwin for theories and Da Vinci for inventions: "They knew how to give a diary a purpose." jean kilbourne, visiting scholar, WCW, received a special recognition award from the Academy for Eating Disorders for her role "in exposing the manner in which gender is used as an advertising tool," said Cynthia Bulik, co-chair of the 2002 Annual International Conference on Eating Disorders. japan
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court small dining room. Info:
x3226. english
tutoring.
Sign up inside PLTC for consultations. 5:30-8 pm, PLTC.
Info: x2480. reception.
In honor of Latina Month. 5:30-7:30 pm, Davis Museum.
Sponsor: Mezcla. Info: x4166. buddhist community gathering and discussion. 8-9 pm, Meditation Room beneath Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2793. lacrosse vs. Wheaton. 4 pm, Keohane Sports Center. Info: x2900. bible study. Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 4:15-5:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. workshop. "Spirituality and the Professions." 4:45 pm, Library Room 3. Sponsor: Newman Catholic Community Center. Info: x2688 film. "Overstay." Followed by a discussion with Japanese American Filmmaker Ann Kaneko. 7-9 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Japanese, History. Info: x3226. lecture. "The Forgotten Story of Edmund Padillo." Speaker: Gregory Rocha, Independent Filmmaker. 7-9 pm, Founders 207. Sponsor: Mezcla. Info: x4166. apt workshop. "Requirements." 8 pm, Dower. Info: x2641. italian
table.
12:30 pm, Tower Court dining room. Info: x1072. sustaining
prayer.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 12:30-1 pm, Little
Chapel. Info: x2655. films.
Gasarki, animation, 4:50 and 7:30 pm, FND 207. Cruel
Story of Youth, 7 pm, FND 307. Japanese; English
subtitles. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. workshop.
"Coptic Binding" with Katherine McCanless Ruffin. 6:30-8
pm, Book Arts Lab, Clapp Library, 4th Floor. March 27
session is prerequisite. Sign up in Art Department.
Sponsor: Applied Arts. Info: x2071. german
table.
7:10-8 pm, Beebe Dining Hall. Info: x2584. lecture.
"In Pursuit of Images and Shadows: A Chinese Daughter
Unveils Her Family's Past." Speaker: MeiMei Ellerman,
research associate, Chinese Department. 7:30 pm, PNE 239.
Sponsor: Chinese. Info: x2187. holy
thursday.
Orthodox Christian tradition. Info: x2685. wcw
seminar.
"Family Violence from a Longitudinal Perspective: When
Does Violence Persist?" Speaker: Vera Mouradian, Ph.D,
and Linda Williams, Ph.D. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House,
828 Washington St. Bring bag lunch; coffee and tea
provided. Info: x2500. chinese
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Stone Davis living room. Grab lunch and
join in discussion. Info: x2188. french
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court small dining room. Info:
x1004. workshop.
"Introduction to Photoshop for Students: Image Correction
Techniques." 4-5:30 pm, Clapp PC Classroom. Sponsor: IS.
Info: x3175. panel discussion. "That's My Seat." Students discuss research that examines who sits in what seat in the car. In conjunction with exhibit, Surrounding
Interiors.
4:30 pm, Chandler Gallery. Sponsor: DMCC. Info:
x2051. cws
workshop.
"Interview Skills." 4:30-5:30 pm, CWS Library, Green
Hall, 4th Floor. Preregister. Info: x2352. cws
workshop.
"Planning for Law School."4:30-6 pm, Founders 120. Info:
x2352. luce
lecture.
"Passion, Bigotry and Ideology: The Stem Cell Debate."
Speaker: Daniel Callahan, co-founder of the Hastings
Center. 4:45 pm, Science Center 277. Sponsor:
Reproductive Issues. Info: x3423. catholic
mass.
4:45 pm, Newman Common Room, lower level, Houghton
Memorial Chapel. Info: x2480. bakwin
lecture. "Van
Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin." (See
story, page 2.) Speaker: Kirk Varnedoe, Institute for
Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. 5 pm, Jewett Auditorium.
Sponsor: Art. Info: x2042. discussion.
"Current
Issues in the Catholic Church and Society." 5:30 pm,
Library Seminar Room 3. Sponsor: Newman Catholic
Community. Info: x2688. english
tutoring.
(See 4/1 listing.) unitarian
universalist community gathering.
6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. alumnae
panel.
7 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Mezcla. Info:
x4166. film.
The Getaway, 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info:
x2051. good
friday.
Orthodox Christian tradition. Info: x2685. lecture. "The Pop Music Scene in Japan." Speaker: Jennifer Milioto. 12:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsors: Japanese; Music. Info: x322 tennis.
Seven Sisters Championship. Keohane Sports Center, Time
TBA. Info: x2900. concert. "What is Truth." Performed by Awaken the Dawn. 8 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x4815. easter.
Orthodox Christian tradition. Info: x2685. worship
service.
Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. 11:15 am-12:15 pm,
Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2655. tennis.
Seven Sisters Championships. Keohane Sports Center, Time
TBA. Info: x2900. catholic
mass.
4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688 concert. "Musical Tableaux: Pictures by Mussorgsky and Composers He Influenced." Charles Fiske, pianist. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. deadline.
Applications for Mayling Soong Summer Scholarships for
Language Study in Asia.Applications at
www.wellesley.edu/MSF/application.html. Info: x3226. cws workshop. "Job Search Correspondence." 12:30-1:20 pm, GRH 330. Preregister. Info: x2352. lecture.
"Influence
of the Far East on French Decorative Arts." (See story,
page 4.) Speaker: Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide, curator,
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4:30-5:30 pm, Jewett Arts
Center. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2043. goldman
lecture.
"Economic Advice and Political Decisions: A Clash of
Civilizations." (See story, page 1.) Speaker: Alan
Blinder, economics, Princeton University. 8 pm, PNW 212.
Sponsor: Economics. Info: x2154. buddhist community gathering and discussion. (See 4/1 listing.)
exhibit.
Surrounding
Interiors: Views Inside the Car. Through June 9 at Davis
Museum. Explores artists' responses to ambiguous nature
of car interiors. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Twenty-One. Part of Optik, second annual exhibit and silent auction. Through April 8 at Davis Museum. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. don't miss... learn about french decor with a far eastern flair A curator from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Arts will talk about the impact of the Far East on French decorative arts Monday, April 8, at 4:30 pm in Jewett Auditorium. Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide, curator of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, will present "Influence of the Far East Upon French Decorative Arts," sponsored by the Art Department and the Davis Museum and Cultural Center. "I'll be talking about the influence of the Far East on French decorative arts in the 17th and 18th centuries," Kisluk-Grosheide said. "It's been a fascinating topic for me for a long time; the influence actually went both ways between the two cultures." That influence grew from the opening of trade routes. While the exchange of exotic objects in lacquer and porcelain began with originals coveted by royalty, copies soon followed with a difference in quality and adherence to authenticity. Kisluk-Grosheide will focus on the furniture and furnishings made for the French royal residences at the Manufacture Des Gobelins and in the workshops of the royal cabinetmakers in the Louvre. Highlights of her talk will include the magnificient cabinetry and clocks by French "ebeniste" Andre-Charles Boulle, tables with elaborate floral marquetry by Pierre Golle and other masterpieces made for Louis XIV and the French Court up to the Revolution. For more information, call x2042.
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