Current News

Christopher Phelps, History: "The Radicalism of Randolph Bourne," in Socialism and Democracy, 21.1 (March 2007): 123-131.

Graduate student Mark Soderstrom, History, received a G. Micheal Riley Scholarship from the College of Humanities to support preliminary dissertation research at the Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Leslie Alexander, History, gave several presentations for Black History Month: "Black Political Activism in the Antebellum Era" for the Hands on History Seminar, February 10; she was the keynote speaker for Black History Month at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis where she presented "Black Identity in Antebellum America," February 22; and she delivered a presentation on slave culture to a group of students in Lincoln Tower, February 28. She appeared on WOSU radio along with Hasan Jeffries to discuss the legacy of slavery, February 27. She and graduate students Robert Bennett, Tony Gass, and Jason Perkins went to the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center to discuss the importance of Black History Month to a group of "at-risk" youth, March 1.

Graduate student Kate Epstein, History, gave a presentation on a panel, "The Uses of Grand Strategy" at the conference, "Perspectives on and Approaches to Teaching Grand Strategy," The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University, March 2.

Jennifer Siegel, History, gave a presentation on a panel, "Teaching Grand Strategy" at the conference, "Perspectives on and Approaches to Teaching Grand Strategy," The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University, March 2.

The Creative Writing Program presents Mother Tongue (new MFA recruitment reading), 8:00 pm, March 30, Barley's Underground in the Short North. Contact: Creative Writing Program, 292-2242.

Cartoonist and author Scott McCloud will present "Comics and Storytelling," time TBA, April 4, Wexner Film/Video Theatre, for the Narrative and Cognition Working and the Literacy Studies Working groups. Contact: Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, 688-0265.

Stuart Lishan, Brian Wade, and Amy Monticello, English, will present a Student/Faculty Reading, 7:00 pm, April 5, 311 Denney Hall. Contact: Creative Writing Program, 292-2242.

Howard Sacks (Kenyon College) will present "Food for Thought: Preserving Family Farming in Changing Time," during dinner at 6:30 pm, April 11, Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Avenue, as part of the dinner lecture series sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies. Space for dinner is limited, RSVP to Sheila Bock (smbock99@yahoo.com) by Monday, April 2.

Christopher Dunn (Tulane University) will present "Mr. Citizen and Defective Android: Tom Zé, Music, and Citizenship in Brazil," 3:30 pm, April 6, 046 Hagerty Hall, for the Lusophone Globalicities Working Group. Contact: Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, 688-0265.

Comic book author Frank Espinosa will present "Comics, Animation, and Visual Explorations," time TBA, April 11, Knight House, 104 East 15^th Avenue, for the Narrative and Cognition Working Group. Contact: Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, 688-0265.

Cynthia Selfe, English, will present "The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning: Aurality and Multimodal Composing," 11:30 am, April 12, Knight House, 104 East 15^th Avenue. Contact: Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, 688-0265.

Ronald Hutton (Bristol University) will present "A General Framework for the Study of European Magic," 2:30 pm, April 13, 90 Science and Engineering Library, in The Marvelous Lecture Series. Contact: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 292-7495.