2016-2017

Faculty-Work-in-Progress – Italy by Way of India: Routes of Devotional Knowledge in the Early Modern Period

Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Faculty-Work-in-Progress – Walking Stories: Digital literature and a Poetics of Drift

Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

2016 Ubbelohde Lecture: What Ails Democracy?

Location: Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C, 11038 Bellflower Road

Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture and Sculpture: Now I Sit Me Down

Location: Thwing Center Ballroom, 11111 Euclid Avenue

Have you ever wondered where the rocking chair came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are everywhere? The way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear. Architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from ancient Egypt to the present-day. He shows how design, construction, social mores, and aesthetics come together in this ordinary, everyday object.

Free and open to the public. 

Humanities@Work: Food

Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Panelists discuss how studying the humanities influenced their careers and answer questions from the audience. Panelists include:

Patrick Conway (Loyola University Chicago, ‘74) majored in Urban Studies. He founded the Great Lakes Brewing Company with his brother Dan in 1988.

Noelle Celeste (Yale ‘92) majored in American Studies. She is Director of Advancement for The City Club of Cleveland and Publisher of Edible Cleveland.

Faculty-Work-in-Progress: Jordan’s Long War

Since its inception as a monarchy and a state during World War One, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has participated in or been linked to nearly every major war in the Middle East. From multiple Arab-Israeli wars to civil wars and through to today’s violent conflicts in Syria and Iraq, observers have often portrayed Jordan as “surviving” or “weathering” regional conflict. In his project, Pete Moore, M. A. Hanna Associate Professor of Political Science, charts a different political history of war in the Middle East. It seeks to understand how war making and war preparation have shaped the construction of the Jordanian state and its socio-economic development.

Graduate Student Work-in-Progress: American Femmes fatales

Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

A Place at the Table: An Evening with Chef and Culinary Activist Michael Twitty

Location: Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106

Renowned chef, food writer and scholar, culinary historian and Judaic studies teacher Michael Twitty examines the emerging topic of culinary justice – the idea that historically oppressed peoples have a right to authority, sovereignty, prosperity and acknowledgment for their contribution to national and global foodways. Join in a lively discussion of how the preparation of food unites and divides narratives and how food can be used for good.

Humanities@Work: Media

Location: Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Panelists discuss how studying the humanities influenced their careers and answer questions from the audience. Panelists include:

2017 Baker-Nord Distinguished Faculty Lecture : The Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) from Praxiteles to Charles Ray

Location: Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Road

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