Calendar

• Henry Bial, Theater & Film; Sally Cornelison, History of Art; Stuart Day, Spanish & Portuguese & Brian Donovan, Sociology
  Getting Published - Panel Discussion
  Special Events
  Mon., Feb. 2, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Lucia Orth, Indigenous and American Indian Studies Department, Haskell Indian Nations University
  "Reading and Discussion of her new novel, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop"
  Special Events
  Thu., Feb. 5, 2009, 10:30am - 12:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Azzan Yadin, Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
  "The Jewish-Pagan Dialogue"
  Special Events
  Mon., Feb. 16, 2009, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Ann Hagedorn, Author, Simons Public Humanities Fellow
  "The Art of Narrative Nonfiction: How to Enliven Your Scholarship and Attract the General Reader!"
  Special Events
  Thu., Feb. 19, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Tara McPherson, Gender and Critical Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
  "Transforming the Scholarly Imagination"
  Special Events
  Mon., Mar. 9, 2009, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
  Parlors A-C, Kansas Union
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• The Emily Taylor & Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture: Donna Brazile, Veteran Political Strategist and Syndicated Columnist
  "Women in American Politics: Are We There Yet?"
  Special Events
  Mon., Mar. 9, 2009, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• Alessandro Portelli
  "Working-Class Sublime: The Factory and the City"
  Special Events
  Thu., Mar. 12, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Celebration of Books Published by Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts Faculty in 2008
  Don Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History; Margaret Marco, Music & Dance; David Perlmutter, Journalism & Mass Communications; and Laura Mielke, English
  Special Events
  Wed., Mar. 25, 2009, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Julia Wright
  "Uncle Tom's Grandchildren: How My Father Taught Me About Race"
  Special Events
  Mon., Apr. 13, 2009, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  The Commons
  EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLLNESS
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• Paul Laird, Music & Dance
  "Beyond Messiah: The Life and Music of George Frederic Handel (1685 - 1759)"
  Special Events
  Tue., Apr. 14, 2009, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• The Opening of Western China: Problems and Prospects
  Special Events
  Fri., Apr. 17, 2009, 9:00am - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
  This is day one of a two-day event.
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• Susan Ferber, Executive Editor for American and World History, Oxford University Press-USA
  "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Academic Publishing (But Were Afraid to Ask)"
  Special Events
  Tue., Apr. 21, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Monique Laney, Richard and Jeanette Sias Graduate Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies
  "How German Rocket Scientists Became Americans in Huntsville, Alabama"
  Special Events
  Sun., Apr. 26, 2009, 2:00pm
  Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch
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• Leonard Zeskind, Human Rights Activist
  "Behind the Lines: What White Supremacists Think About What They Do"
  Special Events
  Thu., Sep. 17, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• Don Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, Laura Mielke, Assistant Professor of English
  Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award Lecture
  Special Events
  Thu., Sep. 24, 2009, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Svetozar Stojanović
  "Lessons from the Demise of Communism and the Crisis of Capitalism."
  Special Events
  Mon., Oct. 12, 2009, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Marc Bousquet, English, Santa Clara University
  "How the University Works" - Marc Bousquet, English, Santa Clara University
  Special Events
  Wed., Oct. 28, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Marc Bousquet, English, Santa Clara University
  "Open Discussion: The Tenure System, Adjunct, and Graduate Labor"
  Special Events
  Thu., Oct. 29, 2009, 10:00am - 11:30am
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Ronald F. Ferguson, Faculty Co-Chair and Director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University
  "Toward Excellence With Equity: How Parents and Educators Can Help Raise Achievement and Close Racial Gaps"
  Special Events
  Wed., Nov. 4, 2009, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
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• Robert Hemenway, Hall Center Research Fellow and former KU Chancellor
  Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
  Special Events
  Thu., Nov. 5, 2009, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Peter Hessler, Journalist
  "Factory Town: Portraits from a Chinese City"
  Special Events
  Thu., Nov. 12, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Town & Gown Forum
  "Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture & the 1980s"
  Special Events
  Fri., Nov. 13, 2009, 10:00am - 11:30am
  Spencer Museum of Art, Fourth-Floor Galleries
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• Alejandro Planchart, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara
  "Guillaume Du Fay: A Revised Portrait of a Composer's Career"
  Special Events
  Wed., Nov. 18, 2009, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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