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Claremont Colleges Hosts Feminism and Science Workshop
A collaborative workshop, “Feminism and Science: Building Bridges for Teaching and Research Innovation,” will be held January 4芒鈧��6, 2011, at The Claremont Colleges. Funded by a Mellon 23 grant, the workshop will draw faculty interested in developing teaching and research projects that bring together science, gender studies, and/or feminist science studies.
Read MoreVictoria Romero Named 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Vice President for Enrollment
President Lori Bettison-Varga has announced the appointment of Victoria A. Romero as vice president for enrollment at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料.
Read MoreScripps and Pomona Dance Present 2010 “In The Works” Student Danceworks Concert
“In The Works…,” the annual fall concert by 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 and Pomona College dance students opens Thursday, December 2, at the Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College. The concert is open to the public.
Read MoreAlice Waters, Chef, Author, and Organic Food Advocate Speaks at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料
Alice Waters, the pioneering chef who revolutionized the food world with fresh, organic restaurant fare, comes to 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 as inaugural speaker of the Roxanne Wilson Fund for Women’s Leadership.
Read MoreFirst Lady Michelle Obama Gives National Award to 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料
First Lady Michelle Obama presents 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 with the 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award.
Read MoreOff-Campus Study Students Named to 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the Dean’s List from 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 in Claremont, California who participated in the Off-Campus Study Program during the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters.
Read MoreU.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Presents Lecture at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料
Stephen M. Young, the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, will present his lecture, “U.S.-China Relations: The View from Hong Kong,” on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2 p.m. in 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料’s Vita Nova lecture hall room 100.
Read More澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Receives Major NSF Grant for Neuroscience Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 a $411,008 grant to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for student-faculty research on human cognitive functioning using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) for recording brain activity.
Read MoreJutta Sperling: “Perversions of Piety: Pero and Cimone in German Reformation Art”
In Reformation Germany, the ancient theme of Pero and Cimone — dating back to an anecdote in Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans (31 CE) — became popular as an allegory of piety, perversion, and paradox. In Maximus’ story, Pero embodies the concept of “filial piety,” insofar as she engages in the heroic act of breastfeeding her own father in prison, condemned to death by starvation for a capital crime. As I will argue in my talk, the eroticizing, even pornographic rendering of the theme by Reformation artists explores the slipperiness of the signifying scene in the visual arts at a time when pictorial representations were thought to veil rather than reveal meaning, and when writing was emphasized as as a medium of unambiguous transparency.
Read MoreJack Zipes and David Kaplan Discuss “Fairy Tales and Film” at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料
Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota, and writer/director David Kaplan share their perspectives on film and the literary tradition of fairy tales at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 on October 5 and 6.
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