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nan levinson will share outspoken free speech stories In her 2003 book, Outspoken: Free Speech Stories, Boston area journalist and Tufts University lecturer Nan Levinson offers a collection of 20 stories that captures the essence of the debate over free expression in a post-9/11 world. On Tuesday, March 16, at 4:30 pm in Pendleton East 239, she will talk about her book and these growing concerns. “America’s national obsession with asserting, and quelling, free speech comes alive in this collection of profiles of First Amendment firebrands,” notes one book review. Levinson’s subjects include a doctor fired from his university position for publishing research on lung disease at a local textile factory; a state department functionary harassed for revealing the CIA’s knowledge of human-rights abuses in Guatemala; a high-school English teacher suspended for assigning books with gay characters; and others on the frontlines of the free speech wars. Levinson aims to show that to sacrifice freedom of speech is to surrender the heart and soul of America. She explores the balance between First Amendment and other rights, such as equality, privacy and security; the relationship among behavior, speech and images; the tangle of suppression, marketing and politics; and the role of dissent in our society. “Taken together, the stories also form a larger picture of the United States and its laws, politics and culture at a particular moment,” she notes. “I began this book with the working title ‘A Democracy of Voices’ because I liked the way the phrase sounded, but that turned out to be exactly what I found. The voices don’t always agree, among themselves or with me, which is as it should be. Democracy is messy, and these stories are meant to make room for the necessary contradictions.” The lecture is the last in the series, “Nonfiction in the 21st Century,” sponsored by the Writing Program. how cultural transformation changed life in iran The Wellesley Persian Students’ Association is sponsoring a lecture, “Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity,” on Wednesday, March 17, at 7 pm in the Library Lecture Room. The talk will be presented by Afsaneh Najmabadi, professor of history and women’s studies at Harvard University, who currently chairs the Harvard Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality. The lecture will look back at the Qajar Dynasty, 1785-1925, when huge changes came about in Iranian society. At the beginning, male and female beauty was very similar, and male-male loving relationships were accepted. By the end of this dynasty, however, a “radical change in sexual mores and erotic sensibilities” took place, says Najmabadi. Her lecture, including several images of the changing ideals of beauty from this period, will deal with these cultural transformations. “Professor Najmabadi’s work is especially poignant to Wellesley women in that her focus is on societal reconfigurations of gender and sexuality,” said Shiveh Reed ’07, WPSA social chair. “Her work focuses on the ways that modernity has changed notions of womanhood and manhood, and the consequences on cultural ideas of sexuality. This lecture is pertinent to cultural studies, Middle Eastern studies, women’s studies, art history and history. Many Wellesley women would be interested in this lecture due to its focus on multicultural views on gender and sexuality.” For more information, e-mail sreed@wellesley.edu. It’s hard to argue with free pizza and a touch of spring. Friends of Horticulture will sponsor a free student pizza party, “Pizza & Bulbs,” at the Greenhouse Visitors’ Center on Thursday, March 18, from 6-8 pm. The event is especially for winter weary Wellesley College students and features pizza, drinks and dessert. Enjoy the ambiance of music and candles in the greenhouse while meeting some of the Friends of Horticulture staff and volunteers in this biannual event. A highlight of the evening will be a look at the beauty of forced bulbs in bloom, a preview of spring. For more information, call x3504. author tells the struggles of the mayan people The Latin American Studies Program will offer a lecture by Beatriz Manz, professor at the University of California Berkeley, on her book, Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, Hope, on Wednesday, March 17, at 5 pm in Pendleton Atrium. A Publishers Weekly review notes, “Studies of genocide, military repression and the victimization of Latin American peasants tend to be ordeals for all but the most dedicated reader, full of stultifying statistics and harrowing violent incidents. But this account of the settlement, destruction and rebuilding of a single Guatemalan village, Santa Maria Tzeja, is as emotionally enveloping as an Isabel Allende novel.” A Chilean anthropologist, Manz has worked for more than 20 years in the Mayan highlands and rain forests. She has developed a familiarity with the Mayan people that allows them to emerge as characters with individual hopes, dreams and political goals. “Santa Maria Tzeja was founded as a farming cooperative in the 1970s by intrepid Mayan and Ladino peasants seeking to escape the crushing debt peonage of the lowland plantations, but precisely because of its remote highland location, it was caught in the crossfire of the Guatemalan civil war,” notes Publishers Weekly. “In 1982, after several years of escalating violence and intimidation, the village was brutally destroyed in an army raid retaliating against villagers’ involvement with the guerrillas.” Manz’s book includes interviews and 23 photos
to show the lives of villagers like Edwin Canil, a young boy who lost his
family in a raid, or Rose, whose husband
was “disappeared” by the army. how can we create urban school reform? “Building Civic Capacity: What Do We Need to Create Real and Lasting Urban School Reform?” will be presented by University of Maryland Professor Clarence Stone Monday, March 15, from 3-5 pm in Pendleton Atrium. A reception will be held at 2:30. The author of the award-winning book, Building Civic Capacity, Stone will discuss how coalitions of public and private political and educational leaders can successfully create an agenda for urban school reform. The lecture is sponsored by CLCE, Political Science and Education Departments and the Urban Studies fund. squash captain lila mei lee earns honor Lila Mei Lee ’04, captain of the squash team, was honored by the College Squash Association with the prestigious Ann Wetzel Award. The award is presented annually to a senior who began her squash playing career in college and has progressed to a high level of skill, who demonstrates sound understanding of the game and who exhibits good sportsmanship. “Having never played squash before entering college, Lila has worked her way up to the No. 1 position on the team where she is winning,” said head coach Shona Kerr. “From work ethic to dedication, from self motivation to helping others, there is no area that I can think Lila does not exemplify the finest attributes of a top class athlete.” christopher candland and katharine moon, political science, presented papers at the end of February related to South Korea, Pakistan and Indonesia at a Cornell University-Duke University workshop on anti-Americanism. bonnie dix, athletics, has been named the 2004 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference women’s swimming and diving Coach of the Year, in a vote by league coaches. It is the third time Dix has been named Coach of the Year, earning the honor for the 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 seasons. Now in her 17th year as head swimming and diving coach, she has compiled a career record of 113-22 in dual meet competition. She has tutored 17 NCAA Qualifiers, 10 All-Americans and two New England Champions. In addition, she has led Wellesley to three undefeated campaigns: 1993-94, 1999-00 and 2000-01. This season she led Wellesley to a 7-3 record in dual meet competition, its seventh consecutive Seven Sisters Championship and a third-place finish in the NEWMAC Championships, in which Wellesley established a NEWMAC championship record and broke seven school records. Invited by the Department of Art and Archaeology and the Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University, heping liu, art, conducted a graduate seminar on the early Song imperial painting academy and gave a public lecture from his latest research on the ecology of 11th-century Chinese landscape painting in Princeton, Feb. 23-24. His 60-page article, “Empress Liu’s Icon of Maitreya: Privacy and Portraiture at the Early Song Court,” will appear in the upcoming issue of Artibus Asiae, the semi-annual scholarly journal of Asian art and archaeology.
cws workshop. “Job Search Correspondence.” 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352. lecture. “Building Civic Capacity: What Do We Need to Create Real and Lasting Urban School Reform?” Speaker: Clarence Stone, U Maryland. 3-5 pm; reception, 2:15, Pendleton Atrium. (See story, above.) Sponsors: Education, Political Science, Urban Studies. Info: x3235. lecture. “Becoming American: The Chinese Experience.” Speaker: Bill Moyers, journalist. 4:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Reception follows. Info: x2373. CHANGE discussion. “Faculty, Student and Staff Round Table Discussion on The Passion of the Christ.” 5-6:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Religious and Spiritual Life. Info: x2685. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. italian table. 6 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall Conference Room. Info: x2616. panel. “Jewish Straight Talks.” 7 pm, Pomeroy living room. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: x1787. open class session. Eng 364: Race and Ethnicity in American Literature, “Mothers and Daughters.” 11:10 am, Print Study Corridor. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2588. lecture. “Prewar Manga and Anime.” Speaker: Rei Okamoto, Northeastern University. 12:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. president’s open office hour. 12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 350. Info: x2243. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. CHANGE lecture. “The Patriot Act and National Security after Sept. 11.” Speaker: Viet Dinh, Georgetown Law School. 4-5:30 pm, Academic Council Room. Sponsors: Wellesley College Republicans, Sociology, Psychology. Info: x7412. lecture. “Recontextualizing Roman Literature: from Petrarch to Pulp Fiction.” Speaker: Stephen Hinds, U Washington. 4:15 pm, FND 307. Sponsor: Classical Studies. Info: x2630. reading/lecture. “Outspoken: Free Speech Stories.” Speaker: Nan Levinson, journalist. 4:30 pm, PNE 239 Sponsor: Writing Program. (See story, above.) Info: x2576. lecture. “How Astronomical, Meteorological and Topographical Data Shed Light on Van Gogh’s Moonrise.” Don Olson, physics and astronomy, and Marilynn Olson, English, Texas State University. QR & Art Series. 4:30-6 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: QR. Info: x2157. lecture. “John Calvin Stevens and the Shingle Style in Maine.” Speaker: Earle Shettleworth Jr., director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission. 5 pm, Jewett 450. Reception follows, Jewett Sculpture Court. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2042. unitarian universalist meeting. 6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. panel. “Jewish Men’s Panel.” 7 pm, Severance Living Room. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. st. patrick’s day. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Dept. Lounge, FND, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. academic council meeting. 12:30-2 pm, Academic Council Room. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. cws info session. “Internships.” 4:30 pm, PNW 212. Info: x2352. lecture. “Re-enchantment: How Tibetan Buddhism Came to the West.” Speaker: Jeffery Paine. 4:30 pm, Academic Council Room. Sponsors: English, IR, Political Science, Sociology, Chinese. Info: x2197. films. Grave of the Fireflies and Barefoot Gen. 4:50 and 7:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. lecture. “Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, Hope.” Speaker: Beatriz Manz, UC-Berkeley. 5 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: Latin American Studies. (See story, above.) Info: jgoldma1@wellesley.edu. lecture. “Cultural Transformations of Gender and Sexuality in 19th-Century Iran.” Speaker: Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard. 7 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Persian Students Association. (See story, above.) Info: x1461. lecture. “Jewish Calcutta Through Music and Memory.” Speaker: Rahel Musleah. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x2687. concert. Chamber Music Society. Nancy Cirillo and Isabelle Plaster, directors. 7:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. panel. “Asian Straight Talks.” 8-9 pm, Tower Recreational Room. Info: x2959. seminar. “What Impact Does Infant Child Care Have on Your Children?” Speakers: Wendy Wagner Robeson, Harvard; Joanne Roberts, WCW. 12:30 pm, Cheever House. Sponsor: WCW. Info: x2483. japanese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Severance Conference Room. Info: x4442. french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court seminar room. Info: x2497 reading. “Christa Wolf 75th Birthday Bash.” 4:15 pm, FND 407. Sponsor: German. Info: x2584. lacrosse vs. Tufts. 4:30 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. student gathering. “Pizza & Bulbs at the Greenhouse.” 6-8 pm, Greenhouse Visitors Center. Sponsor: FOH. (See story, above.) Info: x3504. opening reception. Steve McQueen: Prey, Drumroll and Exodus. 6 pm, museum lobby. Discussion with the artist and Anja Chavez, curator, 7 pm, Collins Cinema. (See story, below.) Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2065. bible study. 7-8 pm; worship services, 8-9 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. deadline. Applications for Harvard’s Pluralism Project. muslim prayer. 12:45-2 pm. Little Chapel. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x2656. saturday march
20 lacrosse. Seven Sisters. 9 am. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. naw ruz. Baha’i/Zoroastrian tradition. lacrosse. Seven Sisters. 9 am. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. apt panel. “Major Decision” (with class dean and students). 8 pm, Harambee House. Sponsor: PLTC. Info: x2641. meeting. Darshana prayer and discussion. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsors: Darshana, Hindu Community. Info: x2794. monday march 22 italian table. 6 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall Conference Room. Info: x2616. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: x1787. video exhibit. Steve McQueen: Prey, Drumroll and Exodus. March 19-June 29, DMCC. (See story, below.) Info: x2034. exhibit. Wellesley in the 1950s. Through March 26. Reference Room, Clapp Library. Sponsor: Archives. Info: x2128. exhibit. One Thing Leads To Another: A Vignette of Black History. 4th Floor, Clapp Library. Through April. Sponsor: Archives. Info: x2127. exhibit. Floral Watercolors by Nancy Howell. Botanic Gardens Visitors’ Center. Sponsor: Friends of Horticulture. Info: x3094. book sale. Clapp Library. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... dmcc hosts first new england exhibition of artist steve mcqueen Three video installations by artist Steve McQueen will open Thursday, March 18, at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center. A recipient of England’s prestigious Turner Prize and of the major British award OBE- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, McQueen’s work is included in public and private collections worldwide. In the artist’s first one-person exhibition in New England, the works Exodus (1992-97), the triptych Drumroll (1998) — for which he received the Turner Prize—and Prey (1999), will be on view. An opening reception will be held March 18 at 6 pm in the museum lobby followed by a conversation between the artist and curator Anja Chávez in Collins Cinema at 7 pm. McQueen is one of the leading young international contemporary video installation artists and filmmakers. Most recently in his color video projections he has focused on historic events in Grenada (Caribs’ Leap, 2002), from where his family originates, and on an interdisciplinary approach between art and science using existing images from the Voyager spacecraft, collaborating with scientists from NASA and SETI for Once Upon a Time (2003). London’s Imperial War Museum commissioned McQueen to visit Iraq in 2003 to produce a work in response to the war. McQueen’s room-sized projected video installations immerse the viewer in a cinematic experience. His works, in which he often appears, are characterized by a visual minimalism and formal elements of the film such as framing, point of view, camera movement, speed, sound and lighting. The Davis Museum will offer programs connected to the exhibition over the next months. For more information, see the WellesleyWeek calendar or go to www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/whatsnew/pdf/STEVEMCQUEENATDAVIS.pdf
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