October 3, 7:00 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Living Myths: Joseph Beuys and Collective Memory
Lasse Antonsen
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Lasse Antonsen, Director of the University Art Gallery at the University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth will speak on the Joseph Beuys Sculpture site and
the need for green, contemplative space on the UMBC campus. Antonsen's lecture
will discuss the relevance of Joseph Beuys' performances, social sculpture,
and art work today. Beuys (1921-1986) was an influential German artist who
came to prominence in the 1960s. He was a charismatic and controversial artist,
a committed teacher, and a political activist.
Sponsors:
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Dresher Center for the Humanities
TKF Foundation
October 17, 4:00 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Webb Lecture
Ideologies of Empires:
The British Case and its American Echoes Dane Kennedy
George Washington University
"Is the United States an empire?" This question has generated a fierce
debate in recent years, a debate that hinges in part on how an empire explains
and justifies its role in the world. Dane Kennedy, Elmer Louis Kayser Professor
of History and International Affairs at George Washington University, will examine
the ideologies of empire that shaped the British imperial experience and consider
the extent to which parallels can be found in contemporary America.
Sponsors:
Department of History
Dresher Center for the Humanities
October 25, 4:00 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Women Writing Letters in Graeco-Roman Egypt Roger Bagnall
New York University
In the papyri from ancient Egypt, we have several hundred letters written by
women-not fictitious women or literary creations, but actual women who needed
to communicate. This lecture explores the difficulties of understanding what
letters women actually wrote themselves or dictated and how these letters can
give us a view of ancient women's lives more diverse than the picture one gets
from ancient literature. Professor Roger Bagnall is Director of the Institute
for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, and a visiting Phi
Beta Kappa scholar.
Sponsors:
Department of Ancient Studies
Phi Beta Kappa, UMBC Chapter
October 30, 4:00 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Ancient Studies Week Lecture
Exploring the Origins of the Temple of the Goddess Mut
at South Karnak Betsy Bryan
Johns Hopkins University
Betsy Bryan holds the Alexander Badawy Chair in Egyptian Art and Archaeology
in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Currently
she leads the Hopkins team of archaeologists investigating the Temple of Mut
at Luxor. She is author, editor, and contributor to many books on Egypt, including Mistress
of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. In this lecture,
Professor Bryan will discuss new information about the complex character of the
goddess Mut, the wife of the chief god Amun and mother of the moon god Khonsu.
Mut was an elite deity associated with kingly power.
Sponsors:
Department of Ancient Studies
Dresher Center for the Humanities
November 7, 4:00 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Media Convergence, Media Democracy Jason Loviglio
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Technological advances in the media of communication, information, entertainment,
and surveillance are always accompanied by a range of predictions about their
benefits and dangers to democracy. What are the consequences for democracy in
light of the convergence of new digital media with older forms of media distribution,
like broadcasting and print? Jason Loviglio is Director of UMBC's new Media and
Communication program and Associate Professor of American Studies. He is author
of Radio's Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy,
and co-editor of Radio Reader: Essays in the Cultural History of Radio.
Sponsors:
Dresher Center for the Humanities
November 14, 7:00 p.m.
University Center Ballroom
The W.E.B. DuBois Lecture
Black Leadership in America and the African Diaspora:
Its Promises and Problems
Ronald Walters
University of Maryland, College Park
The long project of forging unity among peoples of African descent has moved
substantially beyond theory to concrete engagement. In the U.S., although the
promises of unity among people of African descent show promises, the weakening
of the traditional base of the black community and the strengthening of immigrant
African communities pose problems that constitute a new and challenging agenda.
Dr. Walters is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland,
College Park and serves as Director of the African American Leadership Institute.
He is the author of over 100 articles and 8 books, and is the recipient of many
academic and professional awards.
