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register now for george orwell conference may 1-3 On May 1-3, a number of the world's most eminent scholars and writers will gather at Wellesley to honor and examine one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. The "George Orwell Centenary Conference: An Exploration of His Work and Legacy" is the largest single event on Orwell in the world on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Orwell is an esteemed writer that both liberals and conservatives agree had tremendous importance for understanding many of the most important political, cultural and social events of his time. In addition, his writings remain uncannily relevant to understanding current world events. "Orwell was one of most honest and probing public intellectuals of the 20th century," said conference organizer Thomas Cushman, sociology. "His ability to subject all sides in political debates to criticism made him many enemies, but his intellectual probity remains a model for the contemporary life of the mind." Orwell's books, such as 1984 and Animal Farm, were among the most influential books of the 20th century. His well-known phrases, such as "Big Brother is watching you" and "Some animals are more equal than others," have made a permanent imprint on the public mind. The word "Orwellian" has come into common usage to describe totalitarian societies and practices. His essays continue to provide insights into today's most heated and contentious issues. The conference features scholars and writers who represent a range of positions on the political spectrum, including liberal thinker Christopher Hitchens, author of the current best-selling book, Why Orwell Matters, who will give the keynote address, and conservative writer Andrew Sullivan. "Interestingly enough, both have been talked about as the heir to Orwell," Cushman said. Other speakers include Susan Sontag, Robert Conquest, Todd Gitlin and Daniel Bell. The nearly 30 presenters at the conference include Wellesley's William Cain, Lawrence Rosenwald and Margery Sabin, English; and Cushman and Jonathan Imber, sociology. The conference is free of charge to the Wellesley College community. Participants must register by April 1 by sending their name and address to JHR@wellesley.edu. For all others, the registration fee is $150 and $50 for non-Wellesley students with a valid student I.D. For more information, go to the web site at www.orwell2003.com or e-mail JHR@wellesley.edu.
lecture series addresses violence against women The second of three lectures in Human Rights and the International Movement Against Violence Against Women Lecture Series will be presented by Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian, professor of criminology, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, on Wednesday, March 26, at 12:30 pm in Pendleton East 239. "Violence Against Women and Politically Progressive/Liberating Methodologies: Sexual Abusers in Israel, Jordan and Palestine" will address sexual violence. "In particular, she has worked on femicide, or killing of women, in Palestine," said Sally Merry, anthropology, the lecture series organizer. Merry chose speakers who are internationally known for their work on violence against women and the role of the international human-rights movement in this work. The final speaker in this series, Radhika Coomaraswamy, director of the International Center for Ethnic Studies in Sri Lanka, will address "Violence Against Women: A Review of the Decade" in May. For more information, call x2138. Wellesley's First Latina Alumnae Reunion is March 29-30. "We will have around 80 people participating in the event, including students, faculty and alumnae," said Mared Alicea-Westort, director, Multicultural Programs and Services. "We are celebrating more than 30 years of Latina history at Wellesley as we come together to share memories, experiences and plans for the future." The keynote speech, "Issues Facing Latinas in the 21st Century," will be presented by Regina Montoya '75, a member of the Board of Trustees. The reunion also will launch a pilot Latina mentoring program. For more information, call x2958. museum exhibit explores racial issues The Space Between: Artists Engaging Race and Syncretism is on view at the Davis Museum through June 8. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, March 25 at 6 pm including a lecture by South African artist Bernadette Searle in Collins Cinema. The forced dispersal of millions of Africans into foreign lands during the African slave trade created the African Diaspora, a global community of Africans and their descendants living outside the African continent. The Space Between explores how artists across the African Diaspora have negotiated and reconciled a variety of cultural and racial heritages and identities. Searle confronts the conditions of apartheid in South Africa and addresses themes of identity, gender and body image. Artist Paul Vanouse uses information technology to create interactive cinema and biotech installations to explore the impact of contemporary culture on race, gender and class. For more information, call x2034. how stories can help children with math skills Can stories make math easier to understand for children? The Wellesley Centers for Women seminar, "Mathematics Problem-Solving Adventures: An Equity-Based Storytelling Approach to Teaching Early Childhood Mathematics," Thursday, March 27, from 12:30-1:30 pm at Cheever House, will address that question. Beth Casey and Michael Schiro, education professors at Boston College, will talk about early childhood mathematics and oral storytelling. This approach addresses language arts and mathematics early childhood competencies. Teachers pose mathematics problems that arise out of adventures confronting characters in the stories. The children solve the problems using hands-on materials designed to help them draw on spatial sense and linguistic-based reasoning skills. "An interdisciplinary team of mathematics and early childhood educators developed the materials," note Casey and Schiro. "In the presentation we will provide the research and mathematics behind the series, describe the books within the series and provide videos of the field classrooms where the books have been field-tested." Bring lunch; coffee and tea are provided. For more information, call x2500. searching for answers: 'muslims and sept. 11' "Muslims and Sept. 11" will be presented by Ahmed Samatar, dean of international studies and professor of government at Macalester College, Monday, March 31, at 4:30 pm in the Library Lecture Room. "This lecture focuses on two paramount questions: (a) the Muslim's question, 'What happened to us?' and (b) the American question, 'Why do they hate us so much?'" said Samatar. "Through an exploration of the first, responsible responses to the second question become possible. This lecture, then, attempts to discern the confluence of three heavy humiliations of Muslim peoples, as well as four different and contesting responses. Here is the crucible to locate the horrible events of Sept. 11, and subsequent and continuing developments." Samatar is the author or editor of four books and more than 20 articles, including Somalis: State Collapse, Multilateral Intervention, and Strategies for Political Reconstruction (Brookings Institution, 1995) and "The Death of a State, and Other Reflections" in State and Sovereignty: Is the State in Retreat? (University of Otago, 1997). The lecture is sponsored by the History Department. For more information, call x2605. charles bu, mathematics, is a contributing photographer to the recently published book Lake Waban, My Love by Wang Bingeng. In October 2001, Bu hosted a delegation of Chinese writers at Wellesley including Wang, an influential writer in China and the secretary of the Bingxin Research Society. Xie Bingxin '26 (MA in English) is widely regarded as one of the top Chinese writers in the last century. This picture book contains 20 articles about Wang's tour of United States after Sept. 11. In chapters 8 and 9, the author wrote favorably about the history, reputation and outstanding achievement of Wellesley College and its long history of ties to China. There are about 25 pictures of the campus and the surrounding area. A picture of Bu and the author appears on the cover page of this nicely written book. deborah weaver, director, LEAP, contributed to a Magic 106 radio program called "Exceptional Women." Reporter Gay Vernon talked to Weaver about Girls' LEAP (Lifetime Empowerment and Awareness Program) Self- Defense, part of the Center for Work and Service. The free programs are offered at a variety of sites, offering a self-defense curriculum for girls age 8-14. Skills learned in the workshop focus on self-esteem and inner awareness. eve zimmerman, Japanese, has been awarded a Fulbright Research Award for academic year 2003-2004. She will use the grant in Japan to work on a project entitled "From the Outside In: Visions of Girlhood in Modern Japanese Women's Writing." This project examines how translation, particularly of 19th- and 20th-century European texts, shaped Japanese women's writing in the postwar period. Zimmerman also has been awarded a research grant from The Japan Foundation.
lecture. "Sufism and Modernity in Sudan: A Personal Journey." Speaker: William Howard, African studies, Ohio University. 12:20-1:20 pm, SCI 277. Sponsor: History. Info: x2605. japan table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall. Info: x3226. english tutoring. 5-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. lecture. "Small Talk: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria." Speaker: Bonnie Bassler, molecular biology, Princeton. 5:15 pm, SCI 277. Refreshments, 4:45 pm, SCI Lounge. Sponsor: H.W. Deane Memorial Lectureship. Info: x3153. cws information session. "Flight Safety Academy." 5:30 pm, PNE 239. Info: x2352. apt workshop. "To Thesis or Not To Thesis." 7 pm, Stone Davis. Info: x2641. russian table. 12:30 pm, FND 417. Info: x3549. french table. 12:30-1:15 pm, Bates Seminar Room. Info: x2403. discussion. "What's Up with Safer Sex?" Speaker: Scott Fried, AIDS educator. 4 pm, Caz Living Room. Sponsor: Health Service. Info: x2821. discussion. "Freedom of Speech and Dissent at Wellesley College." Speakers: Jonathan Imber and Thomas Cushman, sociology; Jerold Auerbach, history; Pamela Bandyopadhay '03, editor, The Wellesley News. 4:30 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: Sociology. Info: x2142. cws meeting. "Investment Banking: Corporate Finance." Speaker: Caroline Carey '87, VP, Lehman Brothers. 4:45 pm, Library Lecture Room. Co-sponsor: Economics. Info: x2352. opening reception. "The Space Between: Artists Engaging Race and Syncretism." Speaker: Artist Bernadette Searle. 6-8 pm, Collins Cinema; museum lobby. (See story, page 2.) Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. unitarian universalist worship gathering. 6 pm, Little Chapel. Refreshments. Info: x3484. comedy performance. Tina Kim. 7 pm, Schneider. Sponsor: Asian Awareness Month Committee. Info: x2959. german table. 7-8 pm, Beebe Dining Hall. Info: x7256. apt workshop. "Reading Effectively." 7 pm, Freeman. Info: x2641. apt workshop. "To Thesis or Not To Thesis." 7 pm, Caz. Info: x2641. concert. "The Nine." 7 pm, Caz. Info: x1524. lecture. "Living with HIV." Speaker: Scott Fried, AIDS educator. 7:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Health Services. Info: x2821. cws meeting. "Harvard Business School Alumnae Panel." 7:30 pm, PNE 239. Info: x2352. lecture. "Violence Against Women and Politically Progressive/Liberating Methodologies: Sexual Abusers in Israel, Jordan and Palestine." Speaker: Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian, law, Hebrew University. (See story, page 1.) 12:30 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: x2138. lecture. "Maintaining a Healthy Back." Speaker: Brian Sheehan, physical rehabilitation, Harvard Pilgrim. 12:30-1:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: HR. Info: x2212. spanish table. 12:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: randujar@wellesley.edu. vietnamese classes. 12:30-1:30 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: VSA. Info: x1723. discussion. "Living with AIDS." Speaker: Scott Fried, AIDS educator. 12:30-2 pm, Caz Living Room. Sponsor: Hillel, Health Services. Info: x2687. meeting. "Disability Discussion." 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 307. Sponsor: Disability Services. Info: x2434. lecture. "Issues of Faith and Modern Conservative Judaism." Speaker: Rabbi David Lincoln. 1:30 pm, Hillel Lounge. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. workshop. "Mat Cutting." With John Rossetti. 5:30-7 pm, DMCC lobby. Info: ccollari@wellesley.edu. protestant christian gathering. Sustaining prayer, 5:30-6 pm, Billings 202; Bible study, 6:30-7:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. lecture. "On Being a Young, Female, Conservative Rabbi." Speaker: Paulette Gross. 5 pm, Hillel Lounge. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. chinese table. 6 pm, Stone Davis Dining Hall. Info: x2188. gourmet dinner. 6 pm, College Club. Reserve early. Cost, info: x2700. films. To Walk Naked; The Life and Times of Sara Baartman. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. apt workshop. "To Thesis or Not To Thesis." 7 pm, Shafer. Info: x2641. open class. "The Middle East in Modern History." Speakers: Lidwien Kapteijns, history; Dabney Hailey, associate curator. 11:10 am-12:20 pm, Contemporary Gallery, DMCC. Info: x2051. lecture. "Mathematics Problem-Solving Adventures: An Equity-Based Storytelling Approach to Teaching Early Childhood Mathematics." (See story, page 2.) Speakers: Beth Casey and Michael Schir, Boston College. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Sponsor: WCW. Info: x2500. lecture. "Art and Truth: Episodes from Russian Jewish Life." Speakers: Ruth Rischin '54, Ph.D., on "Shostakovich, Stalin and the Jews"; Rabbi Carole Balin '86, Ph.D., on "Re-imagining Jewish Women of Tsarist Russia." 4:15 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: Jewish Studies. Info: x1131. lecture. "Submitting Your Work for Publication." Speaker: Don Lee, editor, literary journal Plough- shares. 4:30 pm, FND 106. Sponsors: English; Writing Program. Info: x2576. cws workshop. "Career Conversations for Seniors." 4:30 pm, PNW 116. Info: x2352. israeli film night. 6-8 pm, Hillel Lounge. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. panel discussion. "Refugee Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan." Speakers: Najim Azadzoi, Society of Afghan Engineers; Connie Chow, Amnesty International; Westy Egmont, International Institute; Joung-ah Paul Ghedini, U.N. High Commission for Refugees; Ghulam Farooq Parwani, Dreams of Freedom Museum. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. apt workshop. "Planning a Major." 7 pm, Harambee. Info: x2641. film. Mizoguchi Kenji's Ugetsu Monogatari. 7:30 pm, SCI 377. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. cws bus trip. "Wall Street Warm-Up." 3:30 am-8 pm. Breakfast, lunch provided. Sign up: GRH 441; bring resume, $40 check payable to Wellesley College Investment Society. Info: x2352. shabbat services. 5:45 pm, Hillel Lounge. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. family night. 6 pm, College Club. Dinner, entertainment. Cost, info: x2700. concert. "Inspiration and Influence: Organ Music Serving the Court and Church" with Kimberly Marshall. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Info: x2028. pan-asian cultural show. 8 pm, Jewett. Sponsor: Asian Awareness Month Committee. Info: x2959. cws workshop. "Investment Banking, Perspectives of Women of Color." Speakers: Maybel Marte, Goldman Sachs; Courtney Johnson and Anna Johnson, Salomon Smith Barney. 8-9:30 pm, Harambee. Info: x2352. workshop. "The Whys and Hows of Pruning." Instructor: Tricia Diggins. 9 am-noon, Greenhouse Visitors Center. Cost: $15, members of Friends of Horticulture, $18, non-members. Info: x3074. spring celebration. Plant a pot of flower seeds. 1 pm, Greenhouse. Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Community. Info: x4309. protestant christian worship. 11:15 am, Houghton Chapel. Companionship time, 12:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. lacrosse vs. Colby. Noon. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. film. From Swastika to Jim Crow. 4 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. lecture. "The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith." Speaker: Alan Wolfe, director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College. 7 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsors: Interfaith Community. Info: 781-237-4204. career panel. Asian-American alums. 7 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Asian Awareness Month Committee. Info: x2959. administrative council meeting. 11 am-noon, Academic Council Room, GRH. concert. "An Incomparable Musician: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel." Andrea Matthews, soprano; Marion Dry, contralto; Elise Yun, piano. 12:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Info: x2028. study abroad meeting. "Question and Answer Session." 12:30 pm, GRH 338. Info: x2320. open class. "Reparations Politics: Between Past and Future." Speaker: John Torpey, University of British Colombia. 1:30 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: Sociology. Info: x2142. lecture. "Muslims and Sept. 11." Speaker: Ahmed Samatar, dean, international studies, Macalester College. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. (See story, page 2). Sponsor: History. Info: x2605. lecture. "Economic Problems in Israel and the Impact of Terrorism." Speaker: Raviv Druker, Israeli journalist. 7: 30 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. exhibit.
The Space Between: Artists Engaging Race and Syncretism.
(See story, page 2.) Chandler Gallery, DMCC, through June
8. Info: x2051.
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