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November 4, 2013
Newcomb College Institute-affiliated events:
Fridays at Newcomb: "City Without Memory?" with Marta Madeiska, University of Lodz
Friday, November 8, Noon
Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building
Problems with memory and remembrance within the contemporary
City of Lodz (Poland) pushed her research into an area of interest that
examines the various mechanisms of memory and cultural transmission. The
“Memory Project” (an art event connecting New Orleans and Lodz, 2012) a
case study, will demonstrate how we can “read” art to learn something
about the biographical and collective memory. Marta Madejska is a PhD
Candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Culture, University of Lodz.
TEDxTU
Tuesday, November 12, 6pm
Dixon Hall
TEDxTU will celebrate and cultivate social innovation in New
Orleans. From students at Tulane University to native New Orleanians,
residents of our city are acting to create sustainable, scalable
solutions to our city's biggest social challenges. We'll highlight some
of these passionate and transformative individuals, but also, we'll
bring change-makers from all of our city's different micro-communities
together to share an evening of storytelling and inspiration. Speakers
will include some of New Orleans's most active innovators, from
entrepreneurs to educators, and public service professionals to students
including Tulane seniors Mwende Katwiwa (aka FreeQuency) and Ophir
Haberer, Nick Sarillo, Sonny Lee, Todd Shaffer, Jerry DeWitt, Sally
Kenney, Roxanne Heston, and Shira Abramowitz.
This year, the theme is Unlearning, and our diverse group of
speakers will talk about how they have unpacked their biases and
assumptions about the world and unlearn what they thought they knew.
This unlearning process is where progress and growth happens. We ask
that our attendees come in with open minds, ready to unlearn along with
our speakers. Get your tickets for TEDxTU 2013 here!
Newcomb Film Series: "Kate Bornstein: A Work in Progress Screening"
Wednesday, November 20, 6:30pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
Free and open to the public
This film is a character-driven,
feature-length, portrait film about the internationally renowned and
celebrated author Kate Bornstein — a post-modern gender theorist,
performance artist, trans-dyke, former high-ranking scientologist,
heavily tattooed and pierced, 64 year old Jewish, queer icon. This is
not a standard biopic or a linear story. The film chronicles the life of
one of the most influential minds in gender theory. It is a study of a
complex human being and an exploration of form and content to reflect
Kate Bornstein and her universe. The film engages with Kate’s personal
and public persona illuminating her multifaceted, sometimes
contradictory, and always charming personality that has won the hearts
of people worldwide but at times have alienated others’ sensibilities.
This event is brought to you by the Office for Gender and Sexual
Diversity (OGSD), the Newcomb Film Series, and the Gender and Sexuality
Studies Program (GeSS).
Other student-interest events:
Lecture with Tim Wise
Monday, November 4, 6pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Free and open to the public
Tim Wise is among the most prominent
anti-racism writers and educators in the United States. Named one of “25
Visionaries Who are Changing Your World” by Utne Reader,
Wise graduated from Tulane in 1990. He has since written several books
about racial and social justice, and is a regular contributor to
discussions about race on CNN and hundreds of TV and radio programs. He
has been featured in several documentary films, including Vocabulary of Change, a public dialogue with legendary activist and scholar, Angela Davis. His newest film, White Like Me,
uses his personal biography and political analysis to explore race and
racism through the lens of whiteness and white privilege, and features
Michelle Alexander (author of The New Jim Crow), Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, legal scholar Imani Perry, and others. Sponsored
by the Tulane Reading Project, Newcomb-Tulane College Office of
Cocurricular Programs, the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching
(CELT), and the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Tulane University.
For more information, contact the Newcomb-Tulane College Office of
Cocurricular Programs at donuts@tulane.edu or (504) 865-5728. For more information click here.
Southern Smash NOLA
Monday, November 4, 11am-2pm
LBC Quad
SmashTALK 5:30-7:30pm, location TBD
Whether it is the number on the scale, calories, grades, miles,
speed or anything in between…we allow so many exterior things weigh us
down. Sadly, most American women (and men) feel trapped by the number on
the scale. ... Join Southern Smash in breaking those bonds in an
afternoon of empowering activities including a BeYOUtiful Photo Booth,
Let it Go balloons, Dare to Love Yourself cards, and SCALE SMASHING from
11am - 2pm. SmashTALK 5:30-7:30 p.m. - An open discussion with
leading body image and eating disorder experts. (Location TBD)
Visit www.southernsmash.org or our Facebook page to learn more about everything SMASH!!!
Film: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Wednesday, November 6, 8pm
Freeman Auditorium
Tulane
Women in Politics and the Tulane African Society present "Pray the
Devil Back to Hell." The documentary follows the thousands of
Liberian women who joined together demanded an end to their country's
brutal Civil War. Their peaceful protest played a large role in
bringing about an agreement during previously stalled peace talks.
"Pray the Devil Back to Hell," featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner
Leymah Gbowee, is a tale of perseverance and the power of grassroots
activism. The film will be followed by a Q&A discussion from
Professor Elizabeth McMahon.
Lecture with Jessica Lepler
Friday, November 8, 4:30pm
201 Hebert Building
Jessica
Lepler, a Newcomb graduate from the late '90s and Honors
Program Alumna, now an Assistant Professor at the University of New
Hampshire, is coming to campus to talk about her new book The Many Panics of 1837
and the role New Orleans played in that financial upheaval. Sponsored
by The Murphy Institute; the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South;
Newcomb-Tulane College; the Tulane History Department; and the Tulane
Honors Program. For more information about Jessica Lepler, visit: http://cola.unh.edu/faculty-member/jessica-lepler
A Lecture by Angela Davis
Monday, November 18, 8pm
McAlister Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Through
her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis has been
deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her
work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger
public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building
communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice. Davis
is the author of nine books and has lectured throughout the United
States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America.
In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of
social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized
criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty
and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the
early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on
trial, after being placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List." Angela
Davis is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national
organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial
complex.
Sponsored
by the TUCP Direction Lecture Series, the Tulane Reading Project, the
Anna Julia Cooper Project, the Office for Multicultural Affairs, the
Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity, and the Newcomb-Tulane College
Office of Cocurricular Programs. For more information, contact TUCP
Direction at tucp.direction@gmail.com or 325-370-2473.
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