Speakers Announced for Annual Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College09:49AM / Tuesday, February 03, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The annual Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College will be showcased on Thursdays, February 12, 19, and 26, and March 5, 12, and 19. The six-lecture series is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the Science Center's Wege Auditorium. A reception will be held after each talk.
The lectures are free and the public is cordially invited to attend.
The Faculty Lecture Series was founded in 1911 by a faculty wife, who wished "to relieve the tedium of long New England winters with an opportunity to hear Williams professors talk about issues that really mattered to them."
Following in this tradition, members of the faculty are invited to present public lectures each spring and to convey the substance of their special fields in a way that will be of general interest to non-specialists.
Kicking off the lecture series on Thursday, Feb. 12, Dieter Bingemann, associate professor of chemistry, will present the lecture, "Polymer Dynamics-Just One Word: Plastics."
Darel Paul, associate professor of political science, will discuss "Beyond Tolerance: Capitalism. Culture and the Politics of Gay Marriage" on Thursday, Feb. 19.
The following Thursday, Feb. 26, Eric Goldberg, associate professor of history, will give a lecture titled "Hunting in the World of Charlemagne."
Shinko Kagaya, associate professor of Japanese, will present "Japanese Noh in Busan, Korea 1905/2005" on the Thursday, March 5.
On Thursday, March 12, Jennifer French, associate professor of Spanish, will share her research in her lecture "Vindicated: The Triple Alliance War in Paraguayan Literature."
To conclude the lecture series on Thursday, March 19, Manuel Morales, associate professor of biology, will discuss "The Role of Communication in Cooperation Between Species."
Karen Kwitter, the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Astronomy, is chair of the Faculty Lecture Committee. |
