Darwin, Evolution and Cancer [Recommended Event]

History Department Research Colloquium – Fall Semester Talks

Come check out these exciting talks hosted by the GWU History Department this semester:

September 22, 2-3:30, Jennifer Morgan, New York University, “Quotidian Erasures: Gender and the records of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade.”

October 13, 2-2:30, Jessica Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania, “The Rhetoric of Incoherence: Making an Argument for Norms in Geniza Mercantile Texts”

November 10, 4-6, Dagmar Herzog, City University of New York, “Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History,” location t.b.a.

 

All take place on a Thursday and, unless otherwise noted, are located in the departmental seminar room, Phillips Hall 328-329 (801 22nd St NW)

An Upcoming Lecture

Hi, all. My English Department colleague Robert McRuer sends word of a special lecture that may be of interest to some UHP students. Here are the details:

The Department of English, the Program in Women’s Studies, and the University Writing Program are pleased to announce a special lecture:

Entangling the Discourse of Choice:
“Assisted Dying” and Representations of Severe Disability

Kateřina Kolářová
Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, Charles University in Prague

Friday, February 5, 3-4:30 PM
Rome Hall 760
George Washington University

Professor Kolářová critiques the discourse of individual choice that shapes the debate on assisted dying. The discourse of choice calls upon specific heteronormative as well as ableist notions to re-configure notions of sociality, relationality, responsibility, and care. Case studies include German legislation regarding the “patient’s will,” British media coverage of the “voluntary death” of a young rugby player, and the Spanish film The Sea Inside.

I hope to see some of you there, and I would welcome thoughts on the lecture to be posted afterward on the blog! Maria Frawley

Brain Atrophy Recovery w/ Dr. Vincent Poor

The real danger of holiday break isn’t your waistline expanding, it’s your brain power shrinking!  We’ve got just the thing for you (or rather, SEAS does): an interesting lecture by an internationally known figure.  The Wireless lecture looks especially interesting! Check out the details below:

On TUESDAY, January 19, 2010,  Dr. H. Vincent Poor, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University, will be on campus to deliver a GW Welling Professor research lecture and a plenary address.

Please consider joining your SEAS colleagues at these events.

GW Welling Professor Research Lecture: Wireless: Revolution and Evolution

Reception for faculty: 10:00 – 10:30

Colloquium: 10:30 – 11:30

Marvin Center, Room 402

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GW Welling Professor Plenary Address:  Bridging Disciplines in Teaching and Research

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Marvin Center Amphitheatre

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