February 2009
EXHIBITS
Through February
To Soma Heliakon, CUB Gallery.
Through March
Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption, Chris Jordan, CUB Gallery.
Through Saturday, April 4
Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers, Museum of Art.
Wednesday, February 4 – Friday, March 13
Threshold: Reclaiming Sacred, works by LisaNa M. Red Bear, Fine Arts Gallery 2. Opening reception at 4:30 p.m. on February 4 in Gallery 2. Red Bear will deliver the Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecture at 6:00 p.m. February 4 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
EVENTS
Monday, February 2
Faculty Notice: Department nominations for Outstanding Graduating Seniors due.
Tuesday, February 3
Music performance: 1st Infantry Division Brass Quintet, Bryan Hall Theatre, 11:00 a.m.
International Film & Lecture Series: Lilya 4-Ever (Sweden/Denmark, 2002; in Russian and Swedish with English subtitles), presented by Birgitta Ingemanson, CUE 202, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 4
Opening reception for Threshold: Reclaiming Sacred exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery 2, 4:30 p.m.
Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecture: LisaNa M. Red Bear, Fine Arts Auditorium, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 5 - Saturday, February 7
Festival of Contemporary Art Music.
Theatre performance: Raised in Captivity, Jones Theatre, Daggy Hall, 7:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.
Thursday, February 5
Festival of Contemporary Art Music: Student composers' concert, Bryan Hall Theatre, 11:10 a.m.
IPEM seminar: "A Phylogenetic Approach to Cultural Evolution: How Much Does Horizontal Transmission of Cultural Traits Matter?" Ruth Mace (anthropology, University College London), Murrow 53 (Pullman) and CL 116 (Vancouver), 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Festival of Contemporary Art Music: Faculty composers' concert, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 6
History Department's Professional Development Series: "Preparing for an Academic Conference: Proposal to Presentation," Jenny Thigpen (assistant professor, history), Wilson-Short Hall 333, 1:10 p.m.
Festival of Contemporary Art Music: Electroacoustic music concert, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 3:00 p.m.
Festival of Contemporary Art Music: Piano Pedagogy Lab School recital, works by Dennis Alexander, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 7
Music performance: Piano Pedagogy Lab School masterclass with Dennis Alexander, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 10:00 a.m.
Music performance: Piano Pedagogy Lab School clinic with Dennis Alexander, Kimbrough Music Building 101, 2:00 p.m.
Festival of Contemporary Art Music: Guest composer concert, works by Charles Argersinger, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 10
Foley Institute event: Christopher Hitchens presents "Religion and Politics: The Place for Religion in Public Life," CUB Auditorium, 6:00 p.m. Book signing to follow. Seating is limited; for reserved places, e-mail foley.events@wsu.edu.
International Film & Lecture Series: 榴槤飄飄 / Durian Durian (China, 2000; in Chinese with English subtitles), presented by Christopher Lupke, CUE 202, 7:00 p.m.
Music performance: Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12
English faculty candidate presentation: "Media Rhetorics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Storytelling as a Cultural Institution," Andréa Davis, Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 3:00 p.m.
IPEM seminar: "Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: Effects of Spatial Structure and the Evolutionary of Cooperators and Defectors," Christoph Hauert (mathematics, University of British Columbia), Murrow 53 (Pullman) and CL 116 (Vancouver), 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Music performance: Jazz concert, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 13
History Department's Professional Development Series: "Jobs in the Public Sector," Rob McCoy (assistant professor, history), Wilson-Short Hall 333, 1:10 p.m.
Anthropology colloquium: "Paleoarchaic Archaeology in the Old River Bed Delta, Western Utah," Dave N. Schmitt, College Hall 125, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Monday, February 16
Presidents' Day, no classes, university offices remain open.
Tuesday, February 17
International Film & Lecture Series: 電車男 Densha otoko / Train Man (Japan, 2005; in Japanese with English subtitles), presented by Puck Brecher, CUE 202, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 18
Music performance: Guest recital, William Doppmann, piano, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 19
Guest recital: Open World Russian Jazz All-Stars, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 11:00 a.m.
Art a la Carte: Chris Arigo, poet, CUB Gallery, 12:00 p.m.
Faculty Notice: VERI information session, Lighty 405, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Enroll online.
IPEM seminar: "Genetic and Linguistic Diversity: What Do They Tell Us About the History of the Human Population?" Daniel Nettle (neuroscience, Newcastle University), Murrow 53 (Pullman) and CL 116 (Vancouver), 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Black History Month lecture: "Race and the War on Poverty: Black Community Organizers before Obama," Robert Bauman (history, WSU Tri-Cities), CUE 203, 4:30 p.m.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Alex Emmons, Fine Arts Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.
Music performance: Wind Symphony/Symphonic Band, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 20
Book signing with Robert Bauman (history, WSU Tri-Cities), author of Race and the War on Poverty: From Watts to East L.A., at the WSU Bookie, 11:00 a.m.
History Department's Professional Development Series: "The Academic Job Search Session 1: CV's & Letters," Wilson-Short Hall 333, 2:10 p.m.
Music Faculty Artist Series: Shannon Scott, clarinet, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m. WSU students with ID admitted free; general admission $10; seniors (60+) and other students $5.
Tuesday, February 24
International Film & Lecture Series: Princesas / Princesses (Spain, 2005; in Spanish with English subtitles), presented by Vilma Navarro-Daniels, CUE 202, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 25
Faculty Notice: VERI information session, Lighty 405, 9:00-10:30 a.m. Enroll online.
Asia Program–Murrow College International Journalist Speaker Series: "Reporting Korea," Donald Kirk, CUE 203, 7:00 p.m.
Fair Trade Awareness Week: Lecture and Q&A by Dan Jaffee (sociology, WSU Vancouver), whose research focuses on the fair trade coffee market and movement, CUE 202, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 26
IPEM seminar: "On the Cladistic Analysis of Culture," Mark Collard (archaeology, Simon Fraser University), Murrow 53 (Pullman) and CL 116 (Vancouver), 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Black History Month lecture: "Reforging the Nation: America's First Elected Black Leaders and the Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction (1867–1869)," Jerry B. Gough and Richard L. Hume (both history), CUE 203, 4:30 p.m.
Visiting Writer Series: Sherry Simpson, Kimbrough Hall 101, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 27
History Department's Professional Development Series: "The Academic Job Search Session 2: Preparation and Interviewing," Wilson-Short Hall 333, 2:10 p.m.
Anthropology colloquium: "The Integrated Primate Biomaterial and Information Resource: Providing DNA, Cell Lines, and Genetic Information to the Research Community for Over Five Years," Joseph Lorenz (Central Washington University), College Hall 125, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
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