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- History, philosophy, religious studies cross boundaries in new school - Asu News
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- Philosophy, Rats & Visible Underpants - Salon
- From lying to philosophy, a day devoted to Shakespeare in Madison - Recorder Community Newspapers
- Readers suggest priorities for new sheriff - Statesman Journal
| History, philosophy, religious studies cross boundaries in new school - Asu News Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT The Arizona State University community is invited to a series of events Oct. 14 to officially launch the new School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The launch celebration begins a year of special lectures, research conferences, colloquia and an art exhibit to introduce students, faculty and staff to the new school. "Though our core is firmly based in the humanities – the critical, historical and comparative study of texts, practices and contexts – we cross boundaries to sustain strong ties with our colleagues in the natural and social sciences, the professional schools and beyond," says Mark von Hagen, a professor of history and founding director of the school. ASU President Michael Crow will be among the speakers at the launch ceremony and reception, which begins at 10 a.m. Oct 14 in Old Main Carson Ballroom on ASU's Tempe campus. Other speakers include von Hagen; Quentin Wheeler, ASU vice president and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Deborah Losse, dean of humanities. The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies was established last year through action by the Arizona Board of Regents. It combines three previous departments: history, philosophy and religious studies. The new school creates a research and teaching environment that cuts across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences while maintaining existing degree programs in traditional areas. Faculty members will develop educational and research opportunities – including new curriculum – at the intellectual intersections of these fields. Within the school are 80 faculty members representing a wide range of disciplines. They are organized into three faculties, each with a faculty leader: Associate Professor Kent Wright (History), Professor Peter de Marneffe (Philosophy) and Associate Professor Joel Gereboff (Religious Studies). Among the current strengths of the new school are: history and philosophy of science, intellectual history and history of philosophy, American and global religious history and cultures, environmental history and bioethics, women's history and feminist philosophy, Native American history and indigenous epistemologies, history and philosophy of politics and the quest for justice; history, philosophy and politics of religion. Also planned for the Oct. 14 launch is a Chinese socialist realist art exhibit, film screening and panel discussion – a retrospective of the past 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The exhibit of Chinese art, including work by Jin Zhilin, will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 30 in the Old Main Basha Family Library, with the exception of Oct. 19-20, when the exhibit is closed. At noon on Oct. 14 is the screening of a segment of the documentary "From the Masses to the Masses: An Artist in Mao's China." The clip depicts China's cultural revolution. "From the Masses to the Masses" is the third in the Beyond the Border eight-part collection of films covering war, geography, politics, history and current affairs. It originally debuted in 2004 and was produced by Combat Films and Research for the David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University. The documentary segment will be shown in Old Main Carson Ballroom and be followed by a panel discussion on a 60-year retrospective of China. Panel members include Assistant Professor John Zou from the School of International Letters and Cultures in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and professors Stephen Mackinnon and Hoyt Tillman from the new School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies. A lecture by von Hagen is set for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in Coor Hall, Room 4403. The lecture is titled "History Wars: Memory and Geopolitics in Eastern Europe and Eurasia." Other events to celebrate the new school are planned throughout the year. Information about those events, the launch ceremony and the new School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies is online at http://shprs.clas.asu.edu or at 480-965-5778. |
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| Philosophy, Rats & Visible Underpants - Salon Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:23 AM PDT There are things I deeply believe. I'm not sure about the nature of God or the lives of saints and I still don't have complete clarity on the curvy-bumpy-arrow-line-thingy they say is some sort of front on the weather map. But, there are some things which I do believe with utter certainty. First, you must remember that I grew up walking distance away from where the Gulf Breeze UFO photos were taken. I had MUFON parked in my front yard for the better part of junior high. Yes, I saw the "UFO" - actually in the air. It was completely silent and looked just like the photos. I was also standing smack between NAS Pensacola and Eglin Air Force Base - even I'm not THAT gullible. That experience made me skeptical. I later went on to hunt ghosts, watch JFK with interest and spend a full afternoon trying to identify a shadow on the bottom of one of the 9/11 planes (more recently than I'd like to admit). I love a good mystery. However, there are still things I do not question. I'll illustrate. I have heard people say that the government introduced crack cocaine into low-income housing projects to force a drug war and kill off minorities. I don't know if that's true, but I do believe that they planted people in the same communities and America's jails who wore their pants down around their ankles so that it would be harder for people to run from the cops. That's just common sense. You want to beat the system? Pull up your pants. I also know for a fact that Netflix envelopes cause more paper cuts than normal envelopes. They are specifically designed for you to stick your index finger in to tear the perforation then they give you a bad enough paper cut between your fingers that you cannot wash dishes, do laundry or put your hands in any sort of cleaning solution but you can still operate the remote control. Imagine the years of engineering that took. It's just common sense. I also know for a fact that sewing machines are designed to weed out people with no patience. If you can get through threading a sewing machine then you've probably got the patience to complete your project without throwing the whole works against a wall while cursing the day Barthelemy Thimonnier was born. (He's the French dude who invented the blasted thing.) We can put a man on the moon, but you have to spend at least $1000 to get a sewing machine that doesn't require you to wind the thread around eight different corners to get it properly threaded. They are also cleverly designed to break beyond fixing every 7-10 years. Genius. As if that weren't bad enough, I KNOW why we're all fat. It's because a cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins. Really. If you think about that too much, your head will explode. The good news is that the official weight on your death certificate won't include your head. There are also things I know about people that I do not question. People are optimists. They may not always give people another chance, but they will always give machines another go. Don't believe me? Most people have to be bodily removed from a stalled vehicle before they will quit trying to turn the key. Still skeptical? If your vacuum cleaner doesn't pick up a piece of fuzz the first time, you'll pick up the offending bit then drop it down in front of the machine to give it another try at it. People will lie and say they do not - only because they trust machines more than people. People are fun to prove wrong. Machines just fail to suck up dust bunnies when they are wrong – not nearly as satisfying. My dad's best friend once told me that the best way to catch a rat is to put a white piece of cloth in a room over a trap. A rat may not always take bait, but it will never fail to crap on something pure. He said that was some sort of lesson about people. I didn't get it when I was nine, but I think I've gotten the hint since then. The one thing I truly believe more than anything else is that you can't make anyone completely happy - not your mom, not your spouse, not the voting public and sure as hell not yourself. We live to be dissatisfied. Utopia only exists in our minds and when we think we've gotten all we ever wanted, we'll find a reason why things could be better. That's how things like sewing machines and Netflix are invented. That one truth that I completely believe makes me want to give people at least as much chance as I do a vacuum cleaner. If we don't, we're all just rats looking for something to crap on. Images: |
| From lying to philosophy, a day devoted to Shakespeare in Madison - Recorder Community Newspapers Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:24 AM PDT New Jersey teachers may receive professional development credit by attending. For information, call (973) 443-8711 or contact colloquium coordinator Harry Keyishian at harrykeyishian@gmail.com, or at the the Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Philosophy, M-MS3-01, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Ave., Madison, N.J. 07940. The Power Of Objects Eric Johnson-Debaufre's presentation, "That Obscure Desire of Objects: Subject and Object in 'Hamlet' " will begin at 9:30 a.m. He will discuss the powerful role played by Yorick's skull in shaping Hamlet's changing cognition about death and subjectivity, and the ways material objects and physical contact with them actually enable new and previously unavailable forms of thinking in Shakespeare. Johnson-DeBaufre holds a doctoral degree from Boston (Mass.) University. He has written for the online journal "CounterPunch" and for "Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England," and has taught at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The Art Of Lying At 10:45 a.m., professor Andrew Majeske will discuss "Literature, Law, and the Art of Lying" in relation to "Measure for Measure" and "As You Like It," in which the playwright deals directly with the education of future rulers in the art of deception – both committing it, and learning to see through it. Majeske is an associate professor of English at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where he teaches "Literature and Law," "Shakespeare," and "Medieval and Renaissance Literature." In addition to his doctoral degree in literature, Majeske holds a juris doctor degree from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and practiced law for 11 years. He is the author of "Equity in English Renaissance Literature" (2006) and editor of "Justice, Women, and Power in English Renaissance Drama" (2009). Lunch will be available at the campus dining hall from noon to 1 p.m. Moved By Tragedy At 1 p.m., professor Paul A. Kottman, discussing "Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare," will ask whether audiences are still moved by Shakespeare, and if so, why, and how. Kottman will explore the ways Shakespeare may force audiences to move beyond the classical ways of thinking about tragedy and social life. Kottman teaches Comparative Literature and Liberal Studies at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of "Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) and "A Politics of the Scene" (Stanford University Press, 2008), and is the editor of "Philosophers on Shakespeare" (Stanford University Press, 2009). He has also translated two books by the Italian philosopher Adriana Cavarero, and his writing has appeared in "The Oxford Literary Review," "Shakespeare Studies," "Theatre Journal," the "Journal of Cultural and Religious Studies" and "The Revue Internationale de Philosophie." Aesthetic Theory In the final presentation, starting at 2:15 p.m., professor Hugh Grady will speak on "Aesthetics and Subjectivity in 'Hamlet:' From Classical Aesthetics to Postmodernism." Grady will note how late 18th and early 19th-century German discourse on Shakespeare's "Hamlet" was complexly interconnected with the great literary and philosophical revolutions that produced German Idealist philosophy and German Romanticism – and much of the content of aesthetic theory. Grady, professor of English at Arcadia University, has published extensively in the field of Shakespeare studies, with some 35 journal and anthology articles, four monographs, and two critical anthologies. His newest book, "Shakespeare and Impure Aesthetics" has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The Oct. 24 Shakespeare Colloquium is made possible by grants from the Columbia University Seminar on Shakespeare and by voluntary donations. |
| Readers suggest priorities for new sheriff - Statesman Journal Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:08 PM PDT Jason Myers was sworn in last week as Marion County's new sheriff. We asked readers on StatesmanJournal.com for their ideas on where the Marion County Sheriff's Office should focus its efforts. Here is a sampling of their comments, which are unedited except for length: "Gang related crimes, substance abuse/distrubution, DUI. These seem to be more prevalent crimes, tougher enforcement would be good to see on them." — StatesmanJournal.com user Docc44 "How about all areas of criminal behaviour?" — StatesmanJournal.com user mahzeltoffee "I sincerely hope that Sheriff Isham's philosophy of prevention through community outreach isn't abandoned in favor of some get-tough enforcement policy. ..." — StatesmanJournal.com user piggle "They need to start by ticketing the slow drivers in this town." — StatesmanJournal.com user TheOnlyKayEm |
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