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Fridays at Newcomb: "'It's paradise for gluttons': A Sensory History of the French Market"

Friday, February 21, noon
Caroline Richardson, Anna Many Lounge

Ashley Young will argue that sound, more so than sight, touch, taste or smell informed the ways in which racial and ethnic identities were imagined and recast in the ethnographic literature of the late nineteenth century. The complex soundscape of the French Market, its customers, and its vendors play a crucial role in contextualizing the lived experiences of the New Orleanians. Similar to many American port cities, the French Market served as a meeting ground for the city's diverse urban population- a key space where the daily rituals of consumption bonded community members from Europe, West Africa, the Caribbean, and North America together. Ashley Young is a doctoral candidate in History at Duke University. She is a Visiting Scholar at the Newcomb College Institute and a Research Fellow at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. For more information click here.

February 20, 2014

Tulane Black Arts Festival

February 17- 23
Free and open to the public
The Tulane Black Student Union presents the Tulane Black Arts Festival.
Monday, Feb. 17 - Lecture by Laverne Cox
Wednesday, Feb. 19- discussion with Big Freedia followed by Big Freedia's Bounce Twerkshop
Thursday, Feb. 20- No 'Art for Art's Sake' Workshop and "Strong Light" Screening and ProjectBe Panel
Friday, Feb. 21- Fridays at the Quad- B.A.F. Collaboration
Saturday, Feb. 22- Preforming Arts Showcase ft. Sunni Patterson
Sunday, Feb. 23- 'In the Black of Our Minds' Visual Showcase
For more information on locations and times please visit the website or check out the Facebook event page.
 

Newcomb Fellows Grants

Spring Deadline: March 10, 2014
Information about Newcomb grants to faculty for research, teaching, community engagement and special initiatives can be found on our website. The spring application deadline is March 10. Please also tell your students (undergraduate and 4+1 women) that Newcomb grants are available in support of their academic research and conference attendance. They can learn more about applying on our website as well.


Emily Schoenbaum and NAA Community Grants available

Funding is available for community organizations you support! These grants provide funding to community organizations within New Orleans and support projects that enhance community development through efforts that improve the well-being of women and girls/children. Preference may be given to organizations with whom we may develop future internship or service learning partnerships and to organizations affiliated with a Newcomb or Tulane alumna. The grant application is available here and due April 15, 2014.
 

For your students: Senior Oak Wreath Applications

Please encourage senior women to apply! The Oak Wreath is bestowed upon a select group of senior women who have distinguished themselves through an engaged pursuit of learning, leadership in student activities, and contribution to the Newcomb/Tulane community. A dinner will be held in honor of Oak Wreath recipients and a faculty member of their choosing who has positively influenced their college career on Wednesday, May 14th. In addition, this year selected seniors will be honored individually at the Under the Oaks graduation ceremony on Friday, May 16. Application: click here.
 

Other spring events:
 

Susan Choi: 2014 Zale-Kimmerling writer-in-residence

Monday, March 17, 2014, 7pm
Freeman Auditorium
Reading and Interview, followed by a book signing and reception
Susan Choi is the author of four books. Her first novel, The Foreign Student, was a finalist of the Discover Great New Writers Award at Barnes & Noble and won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was selected as a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. In 2009, A Person of Interest was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her most recent novel, My Education, was published in 2013. Susan Choi has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She was selected as the inaugural recipient of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award in 2010. Susan lives in Brooklyn, New York.
 

Newcomb Film Series: Girl Rising

Monday, March 24, 8pm
Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Room
Girl Rising is a groundbreaking feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to transform societies. The film presents the remarkable stories of nine girls around the world, told by celebrated writers and voiced by renowned actors revealing a critical truth: educate girls and change the world. Co-Sponsored by TUCP and CELT.
 

Newcomb Film Series: Hannah Arendt

Wednesday, April 2, 6:30pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
This award-winning film profiles the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Co-Sponsored by Women in Politics.
 
Please note that the event with Kate Bornstein scheduled for April 10, 2014 has been cancelled. For more information, contact lwolford@tulane.edu
 
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