Calendar

• Jeff Rydberg-Cox, English, UMKC
  "Social Networks as a Tool for Visualizing Linguistic Data in Greek Tragedy"
  Seminars: Digital Humanities Seminar
  Tue., Nov. 1, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• New Theatre Restaurant – Move Over Mrs. Markham
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Wed., Nov. 2, 2011, 10:45am - 4:30pm
  Bus trip to New Theatre Restaurant
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• Fall Faculty Colloquium meeting
  Colloquia: Fall Faculty Colloquium 2011: Consciousness in Interdisciplinary Perspective
  Thu., Nov. 3, 2011, 9:00am - 10:30am
  Hall Center Seminar Room
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• Tom Keegan and Marty Patton
  Baseball History – Humor – Happenings
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Thu., Nov. 3, 2011, 9:30am - 10:30am
  Lawrence Country Club
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• John R. McNeill, Georgetown University
  CANCELLED: "A Global Environmental History of the Industrial Revolution, 1780--????"
  Seminars: Nature & Culture Seminar
  Fri., Nov. 4, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
  Co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Environmental Studies Program, and the NSF-IGERT C-Change Program. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• "The Eberhardt Colloquium", In Honor of the Writing of Kenneth Irby.
  Special Events
  Sat., Nov. 5, 2011, 9:00am - 5:00pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
  Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Hall Center
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• Creative Work Fellowship
  Competition Deadlines
  Mon., Nov. 7, 2011, 12:00am - 11:45pm
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• Humanities Research Fellowship
  Competition Deadlines
  Mon., Nov. 7, 2011, 12:00am - 11:45pm
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• Sally Cornelison, Art History
  "From Florence to Lawrence: Vasari's Christ Carrying the Cross at the Spencer Museum of Art"
  Seminars: Early Modern Seminar
  Tue., Nov. 8, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• Chanute Bus Trip – The Safari Museum
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Wed., Nov. 9, 2011, 8:15am - 4:30pm
  Bus trip to Chanute
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• Jake Wagner, Associate Professor of Urban Planning + Design, University of Missouri - Kansas City
  "Disasters as Design Moment: Does Urban Design Make Sense after Disasters?"
  The Commons – (Idea Café)
  Wed., Nov. 9, 2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
  The Commons, Spooner Hall
  Lunch is provided, and RSVP is required by October 31. Limit 40 guests. RSVP to Emily Ryan at thecommons@ku.edu
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• Neil Oatsvall, History
  "Tree Versus Lives: Reckoning Military Success and the Ecological Effects of Chemical Defoliation During the Vietnam War"
  Seminars: Nature & Culture Seminar
  Thu., Nov. 10, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• Bangere "Purna" Purnaprajna, Mathematics
  "Indian Classical Music: The Art of Improvisation"
  Special Events
  Thu., Nov. 10, 2011, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Jerry Niebaum, Assistant Vice Provost for Information Services, Retired.
  Exploring the World with the Apple iPad2
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Fri., Nov. 11, 2011, 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Paul Adam Lounge, Adams Alumni Center
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• Dave Tell, Communications
  "Capote in Kansas: The Making of a Region"
  Seminars: Resident Fellows Seminar
  Fri., Nov. 11, 2011, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. Lunch is provided. RSVP is required a week in advance.
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• Walter Kretchik, History, Western Illinois University
  "US Army Doctrine and the 'Last War' Myth"
  Seminars: Conflict & International Change Seminar
  Fri., Nov. 11, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
  Co-sponsored by the Command and General Staff College. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• Bruce Barlow, Cobbler and Owner, BKB Leather
  A Leather Working Craftsman
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Tue., Nov. 15, 2011, 12:00am
  BKB Leather
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• Kathy Porsch & Sherrie Tucker, Hall Center Grant Development; American Studies
  "External Grant Funding: Why Should I Bother?"
  Workshops: New Faculty Workshop
  Wed., Nov. 16, 2011, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to all new humanities, arts, & social sciences faculty in their first three years. RSVP required one week in advance to hallcenter@ku.edu. Lunch provided.
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• The European Debt Crisis Roundtable Discussion
  Public Symposium
  Thu., Nov. 17, 2011, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• Louis Menand, Cultural critic & author
  "A Man is Shot: The Cold War Meaning of a Cinematic Technique"
  Humanities Lecture Series
  Thu., Nov. 17, 2011, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
  Auditorium, Spencer Museum of Art
  Co-sponsored by Kansas Public Radio.
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• Louis Menand, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English at Harvard University
  "Reform and Resistance in the American University: A Conversation with Louis Menand"
  Humanities Lecture Series: Conversation
  Fri., Nov. 18, 2011, 10:00am - 11:30am
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Faculty Travel Grant
  Competition Deadlines
  Mon., Nov. 21, 2011, 12:00am - 11:45pm
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• Jim Martin Travel Award in the Humanities (Graduate Students)
  Competition Deadlines
  Mon., Nov. 21, 2011, 12:00am - 11:45pm
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• Andrew Debicki International Travel Award in the Humanities (Graduate Students)
  Competition Deadlines
  Mon., Nov. 21, 2011, 12:00am - 11:45pm
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• Bruce Flanders and Kathleen Morgan, Lawrence Public Library
  A Look at Plans for the Renovated Library
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Mon., Nov. 21, 2011, 9:30am - 10:30am
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• Sherrie Tucker & Kim Warren, American Studies; History
  "Gender--Dead or Alive?!: Drs. Warren and Tucker Compare Bodies of Evidence"
  Seminars: Gender Seminar
  Mon., Nov. 28, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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• Rob Hulse, Executive Vice President of the Lawrence Board of Realtors
  Lawrence Board of Realtors
  New Generation Society of Lawrence (NGSL members only)
  Wed., Nov. 30, 2011, 9:30am - 11:00am
  Lawrence Board of Realtors
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• John Hoopes, Anthropology
  "Shamans of the Apocalypse: Mesoamerican Identities and the Invention of Sacred Tradition"
  Seminars: Latin America & Its Diasporas Seminar
  Wed., Nov. 30, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Seminar Room
  Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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