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FALL 2005/SPRING 2006 EVENTS

Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series

Presentations are held at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Murch Auditorium, at 8 pm

Thursday, October 20, 2005
The History of Dark Matter: Vera C. Rubin, Carnegie Institute of Washington

Thursday, November 10, 2005
Einstein’s Biggest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story: Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University

Thursday, December 15, 2005
The Teenage Universe: Distant Quasars and the State of the Universe Soon After the Big Bang:
Michael Strauss, Princeton University

Thursday, March 16, 2006
Binary Minor Planets
Derek Richardson, University of Maryland

Thursday, April 20, 2006
TBA: Paul Harding, Case Western Reserve University

All events sponsored by the department of astronomy at Case, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and The Cleveland Astronomical Society

Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Events

September 21, 2005
Thwing Center Ballroom at 4:30 pm
The Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture and Sculpture
Robert P. Madison, architect

April 2-7, 2006
Humanities Week
A week-long series of events around the theme “Childhoods.”
Keynote address by Anne Lamott, bestselling author, on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 4:30 pm

April 14-16, 2006
Manor House Symposium
Material Religion

All events sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities

Case Eldred Drama Series 2005-2006

All performances are in the Eldred Theater

October 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2005 at 8 pm
October 9 and 16, 2005 at 2:30 pm

The Memory of Water
By Shelagh Stephenson, directed by John Jensen

November 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 2005 at 8 pm
November 13 and 20, 2005 at 2:30 pm

Six Characters in Search of an Author
By Luigi Pirandello, directed by Stephen McCue

February 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 8 pm
February 12 and 19 at 2:30 pm

Look Back in Anger
By John Osborne, directed by Ron Wilson

March 31, April 1, 6, 7, 8 at 8 pm
April 1 and 9 at 2:30 pm
The Philadelphia Story
By Phillip Barry, directed by Jerrold Scott

All events sponsored by the theater arts program in the department of theater and dance

Case Conversations on Children in Research and Policy

All talks are at 11:45 am in Clark Hall Room 206 (check Web site for updates)

Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Involving Children with Life-Shortening Illnesses in Medical Decisions
Myra Bluebond-Langner, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University-Camden; Visiting Scholar, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities

Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Learning to Read: What Twins Can Tell Us
Lee Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Pre-Adoption Stress and its Association with Adoption Outcomes from a Global Perspective
Victor Groza, LISW, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Doctoral Program, MSASS

Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Title forthcoming
Brian Gran, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Title forthcoming
Barbara Cromer, M.D., Frederick C. Robbins Professor of Child and Adolescent Health, Case School of Medicine

Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Title forthcoming
Rob Fischer, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, MSASS

All events sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Development

Mather Dance Series

All performances are in the Mather Dance Center.

November 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 2005 at 8 pm
November 13, 2005 at 2:30 pm

Mélange Danceworks by the Mather Dance Ensemble

March 31, April 1, 6, 7, 8, 2006 at 8 pm
April 6, 2006 at 2:30 pm

Collaborations Danceworks featuring faculty artists from Arts and Sciences

December 1 and 2, 2005 at 8 pm
December 3, 2005 at 7 and 8:30 pm

April 20 and 21, 2006 at 8 pm
April 22, 2006 at 7 and 8:30 pm

MaDaCol
Danceworks by the Mather Dance Collective

All events sponsored by the dance program in the department of theater and dance

Music and Culture Lecture Series

All lectures are in Clark Hall Room 206 at 4 pm

Friday, September 16, 2005
In the Beginning: Creation Scenarios from Mozart to Schubert
Maynard Solomon, biographer

Monday, November 15, 2005
Labyrinths and Music
Craig Wright, Yale University

Thursday, March 23, 2006
Leonard Bernstein in the Early 1950s: Theater, Genre, Cultural Critique
Carol Oja, William Powell Mason Professor of Music, Harvard University

All events sponsored by the department of music

Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies Events

Thursday, October 27, 2005
Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library at 4:30 pm
The Artist Studies the Doctor: A Millennium of Observation
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine

Sponsored by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies

The Inaugural Samuel M. Savin SAGES Lecture

Friday, October 14, 2005
Amasa Stone Chapel at 2:30 pm
Liberal Education as the Knowledge Most Worth Having
Edward Lawry, Samuel M. Savin SAGES Fellow, Fall 2005

Society for Critical Exchange Events

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Gund Hall Room 158 at 4:30 pm
Crimes of the Genome: Literature and the Gene for Violence
Jay Clayton, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Chair of English, Vanderbilt University

October 28-30, 2005
Gund Hall Room 158
Autism and Representation: Writing, Cognition, Disability
A Working Conference of the Society for Critical Exchange

April 20-22 , 2006
Gund Hall Room 158
Con/texts of Invention: A Working Conference of the Society for Critical Exchange

All events sponsored by the Society for Critical Exchange at Case

Women’s Studies Program Events

Sunday, October 2, 2005
Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library at 2 pm
Theatrical Performance: Amigas

Friday, October 21, 2005
Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, at 8 pm
Theatrical Performance: Yo Soy Minerva

All events sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program