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october

2005

parker j. palmer to talk about living an ‘undivided life’

Writer, lecturer, teacher and activist Parker J. Palmer will speak on “Leading from Within: Reclaiming Selfhood in Professional Life” on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. [Palmer's lecture is available online, in both podcast and streaming format, via Wellesley's partnership with the WGBH Forum Network. Click here to access the lecture.]

Palmer is the author of several books including the ground-breaking The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. The Leadership Project, a 1998 survey of 10,000 American educators, named him one of the 30 most influential leaders in higher education and one of 10 key “agenda-setters” of the past decade.

In his book The Courage to Teach, Dr. Palmer writes that ‘good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher,’” said Lisa Sankowski, Stone Center. “In A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, Dr. Palmer expands on this idea and extends it to people of all professions who yearn to live ‘undivided lives’—lives that are congruent with their own inner truth. In his talk, Dr. Palmer will speak to the challenge of joining soul and role in public and private life, particularly in a world filled with the forces of fragmentation.”

Palmer has written in his book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, “Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.”

The event is co-sponsored by Wellesley College, the Open Circle Social Competency Program, Lesley University, Lynch School of Education at Boston College, Boston Higher Education Partnership, MIT Edgerton Center, Facing History and Ourselves and the Boston Public Schools. Although it is free, reservations are required by calling x2832 or online.

filmmakers illuminate lives under the red light

From Oct. 25-Nov. 2, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center and the Women’s Studies Department will present a film festival documenting the lives of sex workers in India and South Korea. The festival, which takes place in Collins Cinema, features the Academy Award winning documentary Born into Brothels.

Filmmakers will discuss the role of documentary films in shaping our understanding of people’s lives in sex work. “This series of events—ranging from film screenings to a roundtable discussion to a workshop—examines the powers of the camera and the ethics and politics of representation in documentary films,” said Sealing Cheng, the Henry W. Luce Foundation Assistant Professor in Asian Studies.

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 5:30-9 pm, two films are featured: Born into Brothels, at 5:30 pm, by filmmakers Ross Kaufman and Zana Briskiz, a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, India, where their mothers work as prostitutes. At 7 pm, Tales of the Night Fairies, by Shohini Ghosh, tells the stories of five sex workers in Calcutta. The film explores the power of collective organizing and resistance while reflecting upon contemporary debates around sex work.

On Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 pm, a discussion with filmmakers Kaufman, Briskiz and Ghosh will provide a forum to explore how these documentaries are made. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6 pm, “Women in U.S. Military Camp Towns in South Korea” will include films and a discussion with Cheng and Katharine Moon, political science. For more, e-mail scheng2@wellesley.edu.

be mindful of stress

Through Nov. 1, on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 pm, a little rest for the weary is being offered by Buddhist Community Adviser Ji Hyang Sunim in the form of a presentation, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.”

“In the class, I share a variety of techniques to release stress and find greater joy and energy in day-to-day life, based on the principles of mindfulness-based stress reduction,” she said.

Sunim says mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. “It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment,” she said. “We feel more alive. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for dealing effectively with stress.” Preregister by calling x2793.

concert features renowned indian musicians

“An Evening of Indian Music” will be presented Friday, Oct. 28 from 7-8:30 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. The concert will feature Ravindra Goswami and Ramchandra Pandit, renowned masters of sitar and tabla from Varanasi, India.

Goswami is recognized as a senior artist of classical music in the musically rich city of Varanasi. An All India radio artist, Goswami has won national music competitions and performed throughout India and in Greece, Switzerland and Nepal. Pandit is a lifelong performer and teacher of classical, folk and popular music.

He has accompanied many of Varanasi’s top classical artists and performed on film soundtracks in Bombay for the legendary composer S.D. Burman. The concert is hosted by the Meru Education Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Lexington, Mass., that brings unique learning programs based on the arts, culture, history and languages of India.
For more information, call x2685.

questioning the googlization of information

A discussion, “The Googlization of Information,” will be held Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 4:30-5:45 pm and Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 12:30-1:45 pm in the Library Lecture Room. Wellesley librarians will talk about libraries and Google, and how each provides information—while examining the implications of a company like Google controlling access to the world’s information. Two short videos will also be shown.

“The program’s goal is to raise awareness among undergraduates to issues related to libraries and information, and to alert them to the Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program, which provides internships to students interested in pursuing a career in librarianship,” said Joan Campbell, research and instruction librarian.

Among the questions to be raised: What do people like best or least about doing research using Google or a library? How are libraries and Google working together? What if people relied on Google to deliver only the news they wanted to read? Should a commercial company control access to information? What if there were no more libraries? For more information, call x2108.

english professor takes on death and beauty

"The Death of a Beautiful Woman: Deconstruction, Memento and the Idea of Form,” a lecture by Walter Benn Michaels, English professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will be presented Friday, Oct. 28, from 4:15-6 pm in the Library Lecture Room.
Michaels’ books include Promises of American Life: 1880-1920 (forthcoming) and Our America: Nativism, Modernism and Pluralism (1995). He is currently working on a book that critiques the politics of diversity.

“His lecture at Wellesley concerns the idea of aesthetic form, focusing on the Christopher Nolan movie, Memento,” said Yoon Sun Lee, English. “Professor Michaels is one of the foremost critics of American literature and culture working today. His writing is brilliant and thought-provoking, offering us new knowledge and challenging us to question well-established beliefs.” The lecture is sponsored by the English Department, the Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Brandeis University English and History Departments, Brandeis Dean’s Office and the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis. For more information, call x 2561.

don't miss...for colored girls who considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

A student performance of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be on stage in Jewett Arts Center Auditorium Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 pm and Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 pm.

“From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, written by Ntozake Shange, has been exciting, inspiring and transforming audiences all over the country,” said Mfoniso Udofia ’06, director. “Shange’s work takes us across a myriad of locations and through expansive amounts of time chronicling both the glorifying highs and the devastating lows in the women’s lives, finally resulting in each of the women finding the true beauty and strength that had always resided within.”

Udofia, who co-chairs the sponsoring organization Ethos’ Black Arts Committee with Carmella Britt ’08, said, “This is just the beginning of our programming and we see it as the perfect opener for an intense and explosive year of Black Arts productions.” There is no cost but donations will be taken for hurricane victims through the organization Doctors Without Borders. The cast includes Shayla Adams ’08, Shavanna Calder ’08, Deanna Evans ’06, Daphne Francois ’06, Nyvette Grady, Shafer residence director, Brianna Knight ’06, Fiona Maurissette ’07 and Udofia. For more information, e-mail mudofia@wellesley.edu.

colleagues in the news

selwyn cudjoe, Africana Studies, presented a lecture, “Rupert Gray and the Pan Africanist Vision,” at the Wellesley Free Library Oct. 19. Cudjoe is the president of the National Association for the Empowerment of African People (NAEAP) and the author of a new introduction to the novel Rupert Gray: A Study in Black and White.

mei-mei ellerman, East Asian languages and literature, has helped to establish the first Freedom Run, held over Columbus Day weekend on an old Underground Railroad route between Townshend and Grafton, Vt. The run is part of the Polaris Project, a grassroots organization committed to combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Polaris provides emergency shelters, national hotlines and other forms of outreach. Ellerman also spoke on the topic, “Slavery Still Exists,” in September at the Wellesley Free Library.

melinda lopez, theatre studies, has been interviewed by WCVB-TV’s CityLine program, which focused on the Ideas Boston Conference, sponsored by the Boston Globe. The conference brought together 24 people who are “changing the world,” Lopez among them. CityLine host Karen Holmes Ward asked Lopez about her role in the movie Fever Pitch, shot at Fenway Park last fall. Lopez is an award-winning playwright and performance artist who often draws on her Cuban-American background.

fahrudin “fahro” tutic is the new executive chef of the College Club. An award-winning chef with 25 years’ experience, he had been serving as interim executive chef since November 2004 before the appointment this past summer. He is responsible for catering and special event menus and kitchen management.

calendar

monday october 24

shemini atzeret. Jewish tradition. At sundown.

cws info sessions. “Vanderbilt Law School,” 12:30 pm, PNE 251. “Luce Internships in Asia,” 12:30 pm, Academic Council Room. Info: x2352.

japanese table. 12:30-1:20 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: x7922.

lecture. “Oil, the Global Environment and U.S. Security.” Speaker: Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council’s Campaign on Oil Security Issues. 3-4:30 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: International Relations Council. Info: IRCmail@wellesley.edu.

cws workshop. “Self-Assessment.” 4:30 pm, FND 120. Info: x2352.

lecture. “Comets: Messengers from the Early Solar System.” Speaker: Martha Hanner ’63. 4:45 pm, Observatory 01. Sponsor: Astronomy. Info: x2726.

meeting. CG Senate. 6 pm, Academic Council Room. Info: cgpresident@wellesley.edu.

esl tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC small conference room. Info: x2480.

meditation. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793.

german table. 8-9 pm, Stone. Info: x1685.

bahá’í gathering. 8:30 pm, Freeman. Info: x4188.

tuesday october 25

simchat torah. Jewish tradition. At sundown.

cws workshop. “Internships in Costa Rica.” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352.

chinese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Bates private dining hall. Info: CSAmail@wellesley.edu.

info session. “Study in Europe.” Speaker: Anders Uhrskov, Denmark International Study. 12:30-1:30 pm, GRH 338. Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320.
soccer vs. MIT. 3 pm. Info: x2003.

workshop. “The Googlization of Information.” 4:30-5:45 pm, Library Lecture Room. (See story.) Sponsor: Clapp Library. Info: x2108.

films/discussion. Born into Brothels and Tales of the Night Fairies. 5:30-9 pm, Collins
Cinema. (See story.) Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.

lecture. “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.” 7-8:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. (See story.) Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Preregister: x2793.

cws workshop. “A Different View of the Law School Application Process: BC Law School, BU School of Law, UConn School of Law.” 7-9 pm, PNE 127. RSVP by 10/24: eoconnell@wellesley.edu.

cws workshop. “Using CWS Technology for Your Job Search.” 9-10 pm, SCI 257. For Bates, Dower, Freeman, McAfee. Info: x2352.

wednesday october 26

ws workshop. “Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.” 12:30 pm, PNE 349. Info: x2352.

meditation. 12:30-1 pm. (See 10/24 listing.)

russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 416. Info: x3549.

spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: x3571.

disability discussion. Speakers: Jim Wice, disability services; Ken Hawes, education; Mieko Kamii, psych/education, Wheelock College. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 305. Info: x2434.

workshop. “The Googlization of Information.” 12:30-1:45 pm. (See 10/25 listing.)

workshop. “Writing a Successful Study Abroad Application.” 1-2 pm, GRH 338. Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320.

gathering. 6 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Unitarian Universalists. Info: x3484.

lecture. “Leading from Within: Reclaiming Selfhood in Professional Life. Speaker: Parker J. Palmer, writer. 7 pm, Houghton Chapel. (See story.) Reservations: x2832.

comedy. 8-9:30 pm, Beebe. Sponsor: Dead Serious. Info: DeadSeriousmail@wellesley.edu.

concert. “BASIC Fall Benefit.” 8-10:30 pm, Schneider. Info: BASICmail@wellesley.edu.

cws workshop. “Using CWS Technology for Your Job Search.” 9-10 pm, Clapp PC classroom. For Claflin, Lake House, Severance, Stone-Davis, Tower. Info: x2352.

thursday october 27

open class/poetry reading. “Asian-American Literature.” Speaker: Juliet Kono, Hawaiian Asian-American poet. 9:50-11 am, FND 102. Info: x2561.

lecture. “Conversation with a Communist.” Speaker: Ray Lotta, Revolutionary Communist Party/USA. 12:30-1:20 pm, PNE 225. Sponsor: Political Science. Info: x2201.

cws workshops. “Internships in Africa,” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. “Job Search Strategies,” 12:30 pm, GRH 428. Info: x2352.

arabic table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: x2916.

french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Bates private dining hall. Info: x2403.

lecture. “Exploring and Celebrating Older Women’s Leadership.” Speaker: Ruth Jacobs. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Info: x2500.

lecture. “Disability and College Life: Academic, Social and Physical Access.” Speaker: Jim Wice, disability services. 1-2:30 pm, Library Sanger Room. Info: x2434.

info session. “Study in Ireland.” Speaker: Colin Ireland, Arcadia University. 2-3 pm, English Dept. common room. Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320.

italian table. 5:30-6:45 pm, Tower Court private dining hall. Info: x2616.

esl tutoring. (See 10/24 listing.)

discussion. “Documenting Lives in an Indian Red-Light District.” Speakers: Ross Kaufman, Zana Briski and Shohini Ghosh, filmmakers. 6-9 pm, Collins Cinema. (See story) Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.

worship service. 7 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.

cws panel. “MBA Admissions.” 7-8:30 pm, PNE 239. Info: x2352.

performance. “Untyped.” 7-9 pm, PNE 225A. Sponsor: GenerAsians and Ethos Women. Info: GA-Mail@wellesley.edu.

meeting. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. 7-9:30 pm, BIL 100. Info: wivcfmail@wellesley.edu.

film. Memento. 8-10 pm, FND 120. (See story. ) Sponsor: English. Info: x2591.

friday october 28

cws workshops. “Clinton Foundation Internships.” Speaker: Eugenie Bisulco ’94. 12:30 pm, PNE 225A. “Lumpkin Summer Institute Internships.” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352.

prayer/discussion. Muslim communal (Jummah). 12:30-2:30 pm, lower chapel. Info: x2656.

demonstration. “Accessible Computer Technology: Dragon Naturally Speaking and the Kurzweil 3000.” 2-3 pm and 3-4 pm, Clapp Library 311. Sponsor: Disability Services. Info: x2434.

lecture. “The Death of a Beautiful Woman: Destruction, Memento and the Idea of Form.” Speaker: Walter Benn Michaels, English, University of Illinois-Chicago. 4:15-6 pm, Library Lecture Room. (See story.) Sponsor: English. Info: x2561.

shabbat service. 5:30-6:30 pm, BIL 300. Info: x2685.

theatre. for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. 7 pm, Jewett Arts Center Auditorium. (See story.) Sponsor: Ethos. Info: mudofia@wellesley.edu.

films. Young Frankenstein, 7 pm; Wait Until Dark, 9 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: x7043.

bible study. 7 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Asian Baptist Student Koinonia. Info: x1831.

concert. “An Evening of Indian Music.” Performers: Ravindra Goswami; Ramchandra Pandit. 7-8:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. (See story.) Sponsor: Peace & Justice Studies. Info: x2685.

saturday october 29

soccer; field hockey. NEWMAC. 1 pm. Info: x2003.

volleyball vs. Wheaton. 1 pm. Info: x2003.

films. Wait Until Dark, 7 pm, Young Frankenstein, 9 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: x7043.

theatre. for colored girls who have considered suicide. 7:30 pm. (See 10/28 listing.)

sunday october 30

aylat al-qadr. Islamic tradition.

worship service. 11:15 am, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.

basketball. Alumnae scrimmage. 1 pm. Info: x2003.

performance. “World of Wellesley 2005.” 2-5 pm, Sports Center. Sponsor: Administration and Community Affairs. Info: x2875.

catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Newman Catholic Ministry. Info: x2688.

meeting. Darshana. 5 pm, lower chapel. Sponsor: Hindu Community. Info: x2794.

lecture. “Educational Excellence and Black Success.” Speaker: Adelaide Sanford, educational administrator. 6:30-7:30 pm, Harambee House. Sponsor: Ethos. Info: Ethosmail@wellesley.edu.

concert. Claudio Astronio on Fisk Organ. 7 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.

monday october 31

halloween. Also: samhain, Pagan tradition.

administrative council meeting. 11 am-noon. Academic Council Room.

cws workshop. “Los Angeles Film Internships.” 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352.

lecture. “Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Identity in Guatemala.” Speaker: Claudia Acevedo, women’s activist. 4:30-6:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Spanish. Info: x2402.

ongoing

exhibit. Coffee & Conversation: Campus Centers at Wellesley College. Through 10/28. Clapp Library first floor reference room. (See story.) Info: x2128.

exhibit. Underground Studios VII. Through 11/1. Jewett Arts Center student gallery. Info: x2042.

exhibit. Hooked on Lichens: Three Perspectives. Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Through 11/10. Sponsor: FOH. Info: x3504.

exhibits. Hold: Vessel 1. Etchings to Rexroth. Mural by Aaron Noble. Through 12/18. DMCC. Info: x2051.

book sale. Clapp Library reading room. Donations: 50 cents to $4. Info: x2894.

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