Teaching in the New Normal: Translation Symposium</h1> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: Translation Symposium</h1> <p>hhempste — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:34:13 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: Translation Symposium</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-04-27T10:34:13-04:00" title="Monday, April 27, 2020 - 10:34">Mon, 04/27/2020 - 10:34</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="/kirk-ormand">Kirk Ormand</a>, Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics, describes how this year’s Translation Symposium looked different than in years past—most obviously in format but also in the absence of the event’s beloved founder <a href="/news/memoriam-professor-comparative-literature-and-english-jed-deppman">Jed Deppman</a>. Ormand explains that even with these challenges, the symposium continued and student translators shone. </p> <p>Says Ormand: </p> <p>Every year since 2002, the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-literature">comparative literature</a> program has held its <a href="/oclc/languages/translation-symposium">Translation Symposium</a>—an opportunity for students to gather and present brief translations of literary works. The range of works is always impressive, from well-known pieces by canonical authors to little-known poems by artists whose work has remained politically or poetically on the edge. Each presenter has only five minutes to do three things: read a passage in the original language, read their own, original translation into English, and then say a few words about their process of translation. Translations can be as literal or as poetically free as the translator wishes; a central principle has been the assertion that translation is itself artistic creation. The event is polyglottal, multilingual, and polyvalent, and it showcases some of the most creative work of our highly talented majors. </p> <p>This year marked a special moment in the history of the event. First, and most importantly, this year the symposium was officially named after Jed Deppman—the recently departed, much beloved, and much admired—former chair of comparative literature, who founded the event more than fifteen years ago. Jed passed away this summer, after a long battle with advanced cancer. As <a href="/stiliana-milkova">Stiliana Milkova</a>, assistant professor of comparative literature and Italian, said in her opening remarks, “This is the first time we are organizing the translation symposium without the brilliant, inspiring presence of its founder, Professor Jed Deppman…He was a remarkable scholar and an exceptional teacher worshipped by his students. And he cared profoundly about literary translation….Professor Deppman inaugurated the first Translation Symposium in 2002 and since, it has become our signature event, our annual recognition of our students’ linguistic virtuosity and creative talent. To honor Professor Deppman, we have renamed the translation symposium in his memory. In this way, he will always be part of it.”</p> <p>Second, and more obviously, this year we had to reimagine the event as a webcast. With the able help of <a href="/abe-reshad">Abe Reshad</a> of the <a href="/cilc">Cooper International Learning Center</a>, we were able to hold the event over Zoom with a simultaneous livestream over YouTube Live. The sound quality was not perfect, and the video quality is limited by each of the participants’ technology and broadband. But as always, our student translators shine in their brilliant, evocative, sympathetic, funny, and resourceful transformations of literature from eight different languages. </p> <p>Listen to a sampling of student translations from the symposium:</p> <ul> <li>Joshua Reinier translating “Au Lecteur” from Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs de Mal </li> <li>Griffin Nosanchuk translating “Sonnet IX” by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz</li> <li>Antonia Offen reading a translation done with Mumi Vélez of Jorge Drexler’s “Codo con codo” </li> </ul></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-04-26T12:00:00Z">Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at 91ֱ��. In this series we are sharing stories from faculty on how they are navigating this new normal. How have you adapted instruction to a remote learning environment? How have students shifted how they learn and participate? What’s changed, what’s stayed the same, or what has come as a pleasant surprise? <a href="mailto:communic@oberlin.edu">Please share an example or anecdote</a> that addresses one of these areas.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2391">Languages & Literatures</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2581">Cooper International Learning Center (CILC)</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25316">Comparative Literature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/kirk-ormand" hreflang="und">Kirk Ormand</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/stiliana-milkova" hreflang="und">Stiliana Milkova</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/abe-reshad" hreflang="und">Abe Reshad</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-literature" hreflang="und">Comparative Literature</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics" hreflang="und">Classics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/french-and-italian" hreflang="und">French and Italian</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Griffin Nosanchuk translates “Sonnet IX” by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz during the 2020 Translation Symposium that took place virtually, on Zoom.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Kirk Ormand</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id class="o-flex--video-embed"> <div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-bio-card-el-biography field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="biography-card"> <figure> </figure> <div class="biography-card__content"> <h2><span>Kirk Ormand</span> </h2> <ul class="item-list list--clean" style="margin-top: 0px;"> <li class="professional-title">Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics</li> </ul> <a class="view-more" href="/kirk-ormand">View Kirk Ormand’s biography</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Students Present at Ethnomusicology Conference</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:09:02 +0000</p> <span>Students Present at Ethnomusicology Conference</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-04-01T15:09:02-04:00" title="Monday, April 1, 2019 - 15:09">Mon, 04/01/2019 - 15:09</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology <a href="/node/6901">Jennifer Fraser</a> accompanied three students, Lauren Brown, Gabriela Linares, and Catherine Lytle, to the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology 2019 conference March 22-24 in Dayton, Ohio.</p> <p>Lytle, an honors student in musical studies, presented a paper titled ‘‘Memories of Silence: Music and Privilege in Communist Czechoslovakia,’’ while Lauren Brown, a senior musical studies major, presented ‘‘Indie Music Distribution in Cape Town, South Africa.’’ Christian James, a 2014 graduate in composition and ethnomusicology, presented ‘‘Song Repertories, Social Movements, and the Institutional Goals of a Southern Indiana Church.’’ James is now a graduate student at Indiana University.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-04-01T12:00:00Z">Mon, 04/01/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35766">Ethnomusicology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jennifer-fraser" hreflang="und">Jennifer Fraser</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/musicology" hreflang="und">Musicology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">From left, Lauren Brown, Catherine Lytle, Jennifer Fraser, and Gabriela Linares.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Jennifer Fraser</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Former U.S. Ambassador, Cleveland Native Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Will Give Public Talk March 1</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:48:24 +0000</p> <span>Former U.S. Ambassador, Cleveland Native Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Will Give Public Talk March 1</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-02-25T10:48:24-05:00" title="Monday, February 25, 2019 - 10:48">Mon, 02/25/2019 - 10:48</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the first woman diplomat to lead a U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia and former U.S. ambassador to Malta, will give a public lecture 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, in Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall.</p> <p>The talk, titled <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/ambassador_gina_abercrombie-winstanley_the_generals_shifting_the_lanes_in_us_foreign_policy_making?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=91ֱ��+College+and+Conservatory">“The Generals: Shifting the Lanes in U.S. Foreign Policy Making,”</a> is part of the <a href="/news-and-events/special-events/global-issues-symposium">2019 Global Issues Symposium</a>, the theme of which is “Militarization of Global Politics, Economy & Society.”</p> <p>A native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Abercrombie-Winstanley has been an influential figure in U.S. foreign policy throughout her 30-year career in international diplomacy. Among her many senior roles in world affairs, she was the longest-serving U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Malta, from 2012 to 2016. In another role as the special assistant for the Middle East and North Africa, she monitored the election in the Gaza Strip and supported gender equality as the first woman to lead a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. She also expanded the U.S. government’s counterterrorism partners and programs as deputy coordinator for counterterrorism from 2008 to 2012.</p> <p>She has held senior positions at the Defense Department and the National Security Council of the White House. Her work in diplomacy has garnered Abercrombie-Winstanley many notable accolades, including the Maltese Order of Merit and Department of State Meritorious and Superior Honor awards.</p> <p>Abercrombie-Winstanley now resides in Cleveland, where she is a consultant and public speaker.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-02-25T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/25/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2390">Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Former U.S. Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">U.S. government photo</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Celebration of Undergraduate Research 2018</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:39:23 +0000</p> <span>Celebration of Undergraduate Research 2018</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-11-01T09:39:23-04:00" title="Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 09:39">Thu, 11/01/2018 - 09:39</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Office of Undergraduate Research and the Center for Learning, Education, and Research in the Sciences invite all members of the campus and community to a one-day conference featuring 91ֱ�� of Music students’ research.<br> <br> On Friday, November 2, more than 100 students will share research they completed in summer 2018. Forty-three students on 12 panels will give 15-minute presentations about their research, and 63 students will be available to explain and discuss their work during a poster session. The conference will examine a broad range of topics such as “Puerto Rican Hip Hop after Hurricane Maria” and “The Use of Magnetometers to Search for Dark Matter.”</p> <p>The conference takes place in the Science Center. Concurrent sessions of oral presentations begin at 12 p.m. in various classrooms. There will be a reception at 6 p.m. in Perlik Commons. The poster session will begin at 6:15 p.m. in Bent Corridor and will conclude at 7:30 p.m.</p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zIDqrnNmHcDbo-pYYhUpeioLkSO08Og/view" target="_blank">View the event program</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span>.</p> <p>Get a quick sampling of three of the projects from Friday's presenting students:</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Mobey Irizarry Lambright</strong>, Technology in Music & Related Arts and Comparative American Studies<br> Catastrophe Cypher: Puerto Rican Hip-Hop After Hurricane Maria</p> <p>The purpose of this research project is to analyze the role of Puerto Rican Hip-Hop in the wake of Hurricane Maria. This project focuses on how the rapper Vladi portrays the structural, personal and emotional realities of the hurricane and the subsequent disaster on both a lyrical and sonic level. Following the scholarship of Antonio Vázquez-Arroyo on catastrophization, Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine and disaster capitalism, and recent calls for understanding contemporary Puerto Rican literature through the lense of “Literature of Disaster,” this project poses a new way of understanding Hip-Hop post-Maria as a “Hip Hop of Disaster.’’ Through lyrical and production analysis, I will focus on Vladi’s most recent EP “Rápfagas,” analyzing his lyricism and production. I hope to convey how this EP proposes new futures for the role and possibilities of Puerto Rican Hip-Hop after Hurricane Maria.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Regina Stasser de Gonzalez</strong>, Chemistry<br> The Use of Magnetometers to Search for Dark Matter</p> <p>This experiment uses a group of highly sensitive atomic optical magnetometers located around the world in order to search for dark matter existing as a coherent field. If dark matter truly did exist in this form, it could create domain walls around the universe that the earth would eventually pass through. Our magnetometer works by processing potassium and helium atoms around the magnetic field inside the magnetometer’s cell. While domain walls would not cause a change in the magnetic field, passing through one would mimic that kind of change. Thus, by measuring the magnetic field around the world with the use of the various magnetometers, we would be able to detect the change if it occurred. The numerous detectors around the world allow for the ability to discount false signals due differences in local variations of the magnetic field. We are currently working in junction with other stations to upload data that will later be analyzed onto a group server located in Mainz, Germany.</p> <p><strong>Karisma Palmore</strong>, Flute Performance and Individual Major<br> Using Spectral Analysis to Inform Flute Playing</p> <p>The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of manipulation of the vocal tract on the harmonic spectra of the flute sound. Continuing my research from last year on the similarities of voice and the flute, to begin this project I examined the movement of the vocal tract when playing flute, which proved very similar to that of a vocalist while singing. This can be attributed to the changes in vowel shape which are noted in flute pedagogy as useful for changing timbre/tone color. My research studies just how much this movement affects the flute sound and how this data can be recorded. Through this research I have found that not only can this movement be analyzed, but it can affect the tone of a flute player, though it may not cause a great auditory difference to the untrained ear.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-11-01T12:00:00Z">Thu, 11/01/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� Hosts Midwest Asian American Student Conference</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:09 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� Hosts Midwest Asian American Student Conference</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:09-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Vice President and Dean of Students Eric Estes speaks in Wilder Hall for the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_19th_biennial_midwest_asian_american_student_conference">19th biennial Midwest Asian American Student Conference</a> on April 2. Featured conference speakers—including An Na, Paul Tran, Martin Manalansan, and Elephant Rebellion—covered topics ranging from poetry on the trauma of war to the pressure of Western beauty standards.</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-04-21T12:00:00Z">Thu, 04/21/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Pang Fei Chiang</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� Hosts 5 Symposia in April</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:19:09 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� Hosts 5 Symposia in April</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:19:09-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:19">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:19</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>91ֱ�� will host an impressive five symposia throughout the month of April on topics ranging on everything from Asian American identity to climate change. The symposia are all free to attend and are welcoming of students, staff, and faculty.</p> <h3>Midwest Asian American Student Conference</h3> <p></p><p>Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2</p> <p>Wilder 208</p> <p>This <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_19th_biennial_midwest_asian_american_student_conference#.VvqUP2QrJaQ">biennial conference</a> strives to highlight Asian American stories that are ignored due to racial generalizations and stereotypes. From poetry on the trauma of war to pressure from Western beauty standards, a variety of topics will be covered throughout the two-day conference. Featured speakers and performers include hip-hop collective Elephant Rebellion, poet Paul Tran, author An Na, and Professor Martin Manalansan of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.</p> <h3>Global Issues Symposium, Climate Change Consequences: Disruption, Migration, and the Development of Resilient Communities</h3> <p></p><p>Wednesday, April 6 through Friday, April 8</p> <p>Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Hallock Auditorium and Atrium</p> <p>The inaugural Global Issues Symposium seeks to address both the global urgency of climate change and the possibilities of climate resilient action in communities around the world. The three-day event kicks off April 6 with a <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/global_issues_symposium_keynote_address#.VvmDcGQrJO0">keynote address from Igor Krupnik</a> of the Smithsonian Institute. Other featured speakers include Caroline Cannon, environmental activist and tribal elder in the Inupiat community in Point Hope, Alaska, and Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and an expert in sustainable energy sources. 91ֱ�� faculty and staff will participate in several sessions, and students will present research projects at an evening poster session. More information on this symposium can be found on <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/events-activities/global-issues-symposium/index.dot">this webpage</a>.</p> <h3>Student Translation Symposium</h3> <p></p><p>Wednesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 7</p> <p>Science Center Craig Lecture Hall</p> <p>The fast-paced, multilingual, and transformative <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/2016_annual_student_translation_symposium#.VvqUr2QrJaQ">Translation Symposium</a> exposes audiences to 20 literary pieces from a dozen or more languages. The symposium also features a keynote lecture from Benjamin Paloff, former poetry editor at the <em>Boston Review</em> and author of two collections of poems, <em>And His Orchestra</em> (2015) and <em>The Politics</em> (2011). The symposium is made possible with the support of the 91ֱ�� Center for Languages and Cultures, the English Department Flint Fund, and the Comparative Literature Program.</p> <h3>Senior Symposium</h3> <p></p><p>Friday, April 29</p> <p>King Hall</p> <p>Now in its seventh year, the annual Senior Symposium gives graduating seniors and fifth-year students the opportunity to share their scholarly and artistic endeavors with the greater 91ֱ�� community. Anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of graduating students have participated in the symposium for the last few years. The symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Dean of Studies.</p> <h3>Oppenheim Symposium, How Complexity Science is Changing Our Understanding of the World</h3> <p></p><p>Saturday, April 30</p> <p>Science Center Craig Lecture Hall</p> <p>Five international experts from different scientific disciplines will present talks about how they deal with complexity in their research at this symposium. A highlight of the day will be a panel discussion, with audience participation, on the topic of identifying common principles in diverse models of complex systems. Scientists from all disciplines are invited to attend. Those interested in attending are asked to register at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/js7b4mz">http://tinyurl.com/js7b4mz</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-03-29T12:00:00Z">Tue, 03/29/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Gatherings of Scholars</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:21:16 +0000</p> <span>Gatherings of Scholars</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:21:16-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:21">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:21</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Department of Economics and the Allen Memorial Art Museum are hosting symposia this week that have atracted presenters and participants from 91ֱ�� and from across the country.</p> <h2>Religion, Ritual, and Performance in the Renaissance</h2> <p>The museum’s scholarly symposium, Religion, Ritual, and Performance in the Renaissance, takes place Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, and includes lectures, musical performances, and a public reception. Alumnus <a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/laurence-kanter-appointed-chief-curator-yale-university-art-gallery" target="_blank">Laurence Kanter</a> ’76, chief curator and Lionel Goldfrank III Curator of European Art at the Yale University Art Gallery, will give the keynote address, “On Connoisseurship.” Presenters include <a href="http://www.wlu.edu/x23509.xml">George Bent</a> ’85, Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts at Washington & Lee University; <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/people/faculty/hood.htm" target="_blank">William Hood</a>, Mildred C. Jay Professor of Art Emeritus; 91ֱ�� faculty members from the art, English, history and musicology departments; and 91ֱ�� students selected via a competitive process.</p> <p>All <a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/renaissancesymposium.html">events</a> take place in the museum’s King Sculpture Court and are free and open to the public. The symposium is held in conjunction with the AMAM’s yearlong focus on the theme of “Religion, Ritual, and Performance.” Multiple exhibitions relating to the theme from cultures around the world have been on view at the museum since August 2012 and will continue until summer 2013. <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/home/news-media/press/detail.dot?id=5254164">Read more about the symposium</a>.</p> <h2>Learning and Labor Economics</h2> <p> </p> <figure> <p></p> <figcaption class="credit">Image by John Seyfried</figcaption> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Hirschel Kasper</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><br> On Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, the country’s top labor economists, including several generations of alumni, will come together for Learning and Labor Economics, a conference marking three milestones — the 100th anniversary of the economics major at 91ֱ��, the 70th anniversary of the graduation of Albert Rees ’43, one of the college’s foremost alumni and donors; and the 50th year of Professor Hirschel Kasper’s teaching at 91ֱ��.</p> <figure> <figcaption class="caption"><em>Albert Rees ’43</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><br> The conference features a keynote address by Alan B. Kreuger, chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the Cabinet. Presenters include <a href="http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/angrist">Joshua Angrist</a> ’82, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT; <a href="http://www.irs.princeton.edu/people/orley-c-ashenfelter">Orly Ashenfelter</a>, professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University; and <a href="https://clas.ucdenver.edu/economics/daniel-rees" target="_blank">Daniel Rees</a> ’86, professor of economics at the University of Colorado, Denver.</p> <p>All panels and talks are free and open to the public. Friday’s events take place in the Science Center’s Craig Lecture Hall, and Saturday’s events take place in the A.J. Lewis Center’s Hallock Auditorium.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-04-23T12:00:00Z">Tue, 04/23/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2567">Conference-Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25341">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics" hreflang="und">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Italian, Creto-Venetian School. Virgin and Child, ca. 1500. Tempera on softwood panel.<br> <br> AMAM, Gift of Robert Lehman, 1944.34</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>