SPEAKERS
HOWARD BOND PRESENTS PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART: TRENDS SINCE 1839
RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER AND PROTÉGÉ OF ANSEL ADAMS,
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, AND BRETT WESTON
Thursday, September 10, 5 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, E.S. Bird Library
Co-sponsors: The S.U. Humanities Center and the Syracuse University Library and its Special Collections Research Center
JANNA LEVIN
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR, BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Thursday, September 17, 4 p.m.
Life Sciences Complex Auditorium, Room 001
Co-sponsors: Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities in co-operation with the Department of Physics
ALAN WALLACH PRESENTS ON LUMINISM: LIGHT AND LANDSCAPE IN MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICA
LEADING SCHOLAR IN 19th CENTURY AMERICAN ART HISTORY AND MUSEUM STUDIES, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Thursday, September 24, 4 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, E.S. Bird Library
Co-sponsors: Department of Music and Art Histories and the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative The lecture is presented concurrently with the Winslow Homer exhibition and symposium
BARRY ANDERSON
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEO ARTIST
Tuesday, September 29, 6 p.m.
Watson Theater (Watson Hall)
This is the keynote lecture for Barry Anderson: Intermissions.
Intermissions is a video art exhibition in the Light Work Gallery and around SU and the city of Syracuse, including projections on buildings and other venues: Presented in cooperation with Light Work
LILY KONG
INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED GEOGRAPHER AND RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Thursday, October 1, 7:30 p.m.
Watson Theater (Watson Hall)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS – THE PLACE/NO PLACE CULTURE AND RELIGION MELLON CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 1-3
Funded by the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative and the Department of Religion
Syracuse Symposium regrets to announce that the October 1 lecture by Lily Kong, world-renowned expert on religiosity and spatiality, has been canceled due to a family illness. The lecture is not being rescheduled at this time. For more information, please contact the SU Humanities Center at (315) 443-7192 or visit Syracuse Humanities
W.J.T. MITCHELL
GAYLORD DONNELLEY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR OF MEDIA, VISUAL ART, AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Thursday, October 8, 7:30 p.m. (Watson Hall)
Watson Theater (Watson Hall)
Funded by the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative and the College of Visual & Performing Arts and the Communication and Rhetorical Studies Department
EDWIDGE DANTICAT
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: BOOKS INCLUDE, THE DEW BREAKER, AND BREATH, EYES, MEMORY, AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK
Wednesday, October 14, 5:30 p.m.
Gifford Auditorium, HB Crouse
Reading at 5:30 p.m., preceded by Q&A at 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. with the students in ENG 107 Both events are free and open to the public
Presented in cooperation with the Raymond Carver Lecture Series and the English Department
RICHARD DYER PRESENTS DARKEN OUR LIGHTNESS: THE ITALIAN HORROR FILM
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FILM SCHOLAR AND PROFESSOR, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
Thursday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.
Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III
KEYNOTE ADDRESS – MUSICOLOGY/MUSIC HISTORY MELLON CONFERENCE AND THE SYRACUSE FILM FESTIVAL (OCTOBER 16-18)
Funded by the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative, in cooperation with the Department of Art and Music Histories
GEORGE CRABTREE PRESENTS THE ENERGY OF LIGHT
AWARD-WINNING PHYSICIST AND MATERIALS SCIENCE EXPERT, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 p.m
Life Sciences Complex Auditorium, Room 001
Co-sponsor: Department of Physics
JAMES SCHMIDT PRESENTS THE LIMITS OF ENLIGHTENMENT
SCHOLAR ON EUROPEAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Thursday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.
Maxwell Auditorium
Co-sponsor: Department of Philosophy and Political Science
IRA GLASS
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, HOST, AND PRODUCER OF THIS AMERICAN LIFE
Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
A joint presentation with University Lectures
A CONVERSATION: POSING BEAUTY
DEBORAH WILLIS
FINE-ARTS PHOTOGRAPHER, LEADING HISTORIAN OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, AND CURATOR OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
CARRIE MAE WEEMS
INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER, FOLKLORIST, AND STORYTELLER
Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m.
Watson Theater (Watson Hall)
Funded by the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation initiative in cooperation with the College of Visual & Performing Arts and the Communication and Rhetorical Studies Department and Light Work
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE; FOUNDER OF THE CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND
Lecture Rescheduled.
Tuesday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
A joint presentation with University Lectures
All events are free and open to the public
