January 28, 2008,  volume 2, number 45

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Jeff Buechner's (Department of Philosophy) new book on the philosophical foundations of cognitive science, "Goedel, Putnam and Functionalism: A New Reading of Representation and Reality", has just been published by the MIT Press. One reviewer has called it an "important book" and a "must-read." It can be ordered from the Rutgers University bookstore at a 10% faculty discount.

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English Department Professor Carol Heffernan’s book-in-progress, “Comedy in Chaucer and Boccaccio,” has been accepted for publication by Boydell & Brewer. It is expected to appear under the D. S. Brewer, Cambridge imprint.

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Dr. Annette Juliano received a glowing review in the New York Times for her exhibition, “Buddhist Sculpture From China: Selections From the Xi’an Beilin Museum” Follow this link for the full review:  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/arts/design/02xian.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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Dr. Peter Loeb wrote an an interesting Op Ed piece for The Record (Hackensack) about driving and talking on your cell phones. Follow this link for the article:  Op Ed Cell Phones.pdf

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In Saturday, December 8, 2007’s, Star Ledger, it was reported that “Historian and Rutgers Professor Clement Price will lead the committee to find a replacement for Marion Bolden, who for seven years has headed the state-run Newark school district, Gov. Jon Corzine said today. Corzine named all but one member the 17-person committee – comprised of administrators, parents, community and business leaders -- during a press conference at Newark school headquarters. The search is slated to take until March, when a nominee would be put before the state Board of Education, which has final say in the state-operated district. The committee also includes Junius Williams, director of The Abbott Leadership Institute at Rutgers.

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Another season of “Jazz Talk,” with Dr. Lewis Porter, the series he leads at Jazz at Lincoln Center, began on November 8th. The series, now on Thursdays, began with Porter, Roy Haynes, Ira Gitler, and Phil Schaap discussing “Charlie Parker: The Myth vs. The Reality.” You can subscribe at : http://jalc.org/jazzED/subs/jazz_talk.html.

Dr. Paul Sternberger's exhibit, "India:  Public Places, Private Spaces" was review by Holland Cotter in the New York Times Art in Review on January 4th.  Cotter writes "In presenting this exhibition, organized by Gayatri Sinha, an art critic in India, and Paul Sternberger, associate professor of art history at Rutgers, the Newark Museum does everyone interested in international art a major service. And, yet again, it does itself proud." Follow this link for the review: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/arts/design/04gall.html?pagewanted=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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Saturday, February 16, 2008
The 28^th Anniversary of the Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

The 28^th Anniversary of the Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series: Private Grief and Public Mourning in African American Life and History will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Paul Robeson Campus Center on the Newark campus of Rutgers University.

The one-day free public program will acknowledge the deep sadness and enduring commemorative efforts associated with post-World War II African American history, especially as that history relates to the 1968 death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the loss of so many others imperiled during the years of the modern Civil Rights Movement. The fortieth anniversary of Dr. King’s death affords historians an opportunity to shed light on how that singularly tragic event is connected to a larger narrative of the emotional grief and commemoration of the Movement and those who made a sacrifice in its behalf.

Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon will give the Marion Thompson Wright lecture; other speakers include:  Dr. John Vlach, George Washington University, Washington D.C.,  Dr, Kim Lacey Rogers, Dickinson College, PA and Dr. Juanita Moore, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI.   

A reception with live music will follow in the Paul Robeson Art Gallery. For further information please visit:  http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu

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Friday, February 29^th, 2008
Last Day to apply for the Geraldine R. Dodge Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience seeks a recent Ph.D. in the humanities or social sciences to serve as the Institute’s sixth Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow during academic year 2008-2009.  Located at Rutgers-Newark, the Institute is an interdisciplinary program that sponsors scholarly programming for the general public, and serves as a hub for the promotion of research and collegial discussion on the social construction of ethnicity and race in modern societies.

For further information please visit:  http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu

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Friday, March 7 and 14, 2008

Teachers As Scholars

Teachers as Scholars is collaboration between the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience (IECME) and the Newark Public Schools (NPS) that for the third year, is bringing Newark K-12 teachers to the Rutgers-Newark campus for a series of two-day seminars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts, taught by Rutgers-Newark faculty.  The first five seminars took place in November-December 2007; a Spring session is scheduled for March 7 and 14, 2008.

The third year of the program, “Fire Bells in the Night: Conflict and Reconciliation in American History,” is funded by a generous grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, through the National Endowment for the Humanities “We the People” initiative, which encourages a deeper understanding of American history and the founding principles of American democracy. The seminars are free to Newark Public School teachers, and teachers may enroll in any seminar they wish, regardless of the            grade level or subject they teach. Newark Public Schools provide substitute teachers to cover the daily responsibilities of district teachers participating in the seminars. Registered seminar participants will be eligible to earn professional development hours in accordance with the guidelines provided by the New Jersey Department of Education Professional Development Provider Registration System. 

For further information please visit:  http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

U.S. History Saturday Academy

Supported by a grant from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, The Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience (IECME) and Department of History, Rutgers-Newark have launched the second year of the U.S. History Saturday Academy for Newark high school students. Students who enroll in the elective, tuition-free program attend Saturday morning classes on the Rutgers-Newark campus for six sessions offered during over six Saturdays in the spring. All of the teachers in the Saturday Academy are experienced middle school and high school educators.  The spring session begins on Saturday, April 5, 2008.

For further information please visit:  http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu

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Writers at Newark Reading Series: Spring 2008 Schedule of Authors

For further information please visit: http://mfa.newark.rutgers.edu/

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