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BIKE-A-THON

2010-12-01T20:53:08.000Z

When: Thu Mar 3, 2011 10am to Thu Mar 3, 2011 8pm EST

Where: LeFrak Gym
Event Status: confirmed

Third International Annual Arakawa and Gins Architecture and Philosophy Conference

2010-04-29T17:48:59.000Z

When: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4pm to Fri Apr 30, 2010 8pm EDT

Where: Held Auditorium, Barnard Hall
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Madeline Gins, class of 1962, comes to Barnard on Friday April, 30 to host an evening of artist presentations, lectures and interactive events. This multi-media arena and lecture series is one of three concluding events to the Third International Annual Arakawa and Gins Architecture and Philosophy Conference. Gins is an active participant in the current architecture dialogue with her books titled Making Dying Illegal and Architectural Body. Along with Professor Serge Gavronsky, Barnard professor of French, Gins with be hosting the interactive event and lecture from 4-8 in Held Auditorium with a reception to follow in Sulzberger Parlor on the third floor of Barnard Hall. For more information go to: http://ag3.griffith.edu.au/conference

"Necessary Wars of Choice: How the US Creates Political and Military Realities" Professor Marilyn Young, New York University

2010-04-06T20:06:15.000Z

When: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7pm to Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:30pm EDT

Where: Held Lecture Hall, Barnard 304
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Professor Marilyn Young, New York University "Necessary Wars of Choice: How the US Creates Political and Military Realities" Wednesday, April 21 7 PM Held Lecture Hall, Barnard 304 Sponsored by the Willen Seminar Workshop on Gender, Empire and War.

Architecture as Total Art Work: Iannis Xenakis and Le Corbusier

2010-01-13T15:42:21.000Z

When: Mon Feb 1, 2010 6:30pm to Mon Feb 1, 2010 8pm EST

Who: Faculty Events
Where: Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall Columbia University, GSAPP
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 6:30PM Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall Columbia University, GSAPP www.arch.columbia.edu/events Architecture as Total Art Work: Iannis Xenakis and Le Corbusier Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture, GSAPP Sharon Kanach, Co-author of Music and Architecture (Pendragon Press, 2008) David Lieberman, University of Toronto Moderated by Raphael Mostel, composer / Barnard College Organized in association with Source Music, Inc and with the exhibition - Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary 1/15 4/8 at The Drawing Center / www.drawingcenter.org

Organist Gail Archer Celebrates Bach’s 325th Birthday

2009-12-16T22:24:14.000Z

When: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8pm to 9pm EST

Where: All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue @ 80th Street, Train 6 to Lex/77th
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: This event is free. First come, first served. For more info, contact All Souls at 212.535.5530 or visit http://www.allsoulsnyc.org PROGRAM: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her BWV 769a Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540 Sonata III in d minor BWV 527 Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 532 The Nation’s Premier Female Organist, Gail Archer, Launches a New Album and Concert Tour in Celebration of J.S. Bach’s 325th Birthday As part of a year-long celebration of J.S Bach’s 325th birthday, organist Gail Archer embarks on a Bach recital marathon in tandem with her latest album Bach the Transcendent Genius to be released February 2010 (recorded on a Fritts organ at Vassar College). Both, respectively, pay homage to the genius of the Baroque era and are rich with offerings that feature some of Bach’s most famous works including The Great 18 Leipzig Chorales. This marks the third consecutive year Archer has performed composer-centric concerts; she wowed audiences last year with her Felix Mendelssohn worldwide tour and during the 2007-2008 season her Olivier Messiaen A Mystic in the Making cycle was cited as one of the “Best Classical Moments of 2008” (Time Out New York). (Tour schedule details are below.) Described as playing “with an unflagging power and aggressiveness…and a sense of vulnerability and awe” (New York Times), Archer is thrilled to be sharing some of Bach’s gems that have helped define the breadth and depth of his artistry. “The Great 18 are the great hymns I sang at church with my family as a young girl,” explains Archer. “They are as much a part of my cultural heritage as any heirloom that I might receive from my parents or grandparents. In celebration of Bach’s birth in Eisenach, it is a joy to share these extraordinary improvisations upon the old German hymns.” Demonstrating a wide-ranging interest in all types of organ literature, “The Great 18” Leipzig Chorales are virtuosic settings of Lutheran chorale melodies that Bach knew from his earlier years. The original chorale preludes were composed from 1708-1717 at Weimar, where Bach served as organist and chamber musician. Bach later developed the final versions of the pieces in Leipzig between 1739-1742 and then again from 1746-1747. Six of the chorales are cantus-firmus paraphrases - BWV 651, 655, 656, 657, 664, 665 - while another six are decorated melodies - BWV 653, 653, 659, 660, 662, 663. Only two pieces are trios, BWV 655 and 664; there is a single cantus firmus work without pedal, BWV 666, and two pedal cantus firmus chorales, BWV 661 and 665. About Gail Archer “A passionate musician who is helping to change the image of the church organ.” -NY 1 TV Archer holds a DMA in organ performance from the Manhattan School of Music and earned an artist diploma from the Boston Conservatory. An active recitalist in both the United States and Europe; she was recently featured at the Dresden Musicfestspiel in May 2009. Ms. Archer lives in New York City and is college organist at Vassar College, a member of the organ and music history faculty at Manhattan School of Music and director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University. She serves as director of the Young Artist and Artist Organ Recitals at historic Central Synagogue. http://www.gailarcher.com

A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF NATALIE BOYMEL KAMPEN

2009-10-07T13:35:36.000Z

When: Sat Oct 24, 2009

Where: Barnard College, Julius Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF NATALIE BOYMEL KAMPEN Professor of Women's Studies and Barbara Novak '50 Professor of Art History Saturday, October 24, 2009 Barnard College, Julius Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall PROGRAM 9:30 Welcome and Coffee 10am Introductions by Barnard and Columbia Art History Department Chairs Keith Moxey Robert Harrist 10:30 Keynote Address Elaine Gazda Women on the Walls: Work and Wonder in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii 11:30 Session One Elizabeth Marlowe ‘Bisogna Misurare!' On Interpretation and Not Writing the History of the Velabrum Quadrifrons James Frakes The Visual Topography of the Porte de Mars in Reims Rebecca Molholt Monsters in the Baths of North Africa 12:45 break 2:30 Session Two Celeste L. Guichard The Sacrificial Word at Hadrianic Klaros Lisa Mignone The Matrons, The Virgins, The Androgyne & The Queen: Processing through Rome in 207 BCE Hérica Valladares What is in a Shoe? Narrative and Desire in Roman Art 3:45 Session Three Pamela Fletcher Gossiping at the Royal Academy Meredith Davis Hogarth in Flight Laura Auricchio Priapic Politics in French Revolutionary Caricature 5pm Closing Remarks Richard Brilliant Reception to Follow

China and the Internet

2009-06-08T14:22:24.000Z

When: Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:30pm to 7pm EDT

Where: Jones Day New York City, 222 E 41st, Suite # 2
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: The National Committee invites you to attend a program on the Internet in Chinese society with Professors Ashley Esarey and Yang Guobin. Esarey and Yang will focus on the extent of the development of the Internet in China today; where the IT revolution is going over the next five years; how freedom of political discourse on the Internet affects political activism, the official media and state-society relations in China; and the implications of these developments for U.S.-China relations. The program will take place on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the offices of Jones Day in New York City. There is no registration fee, but advance registration is required. Kindly direct your RSVP to event@ncuscr.org by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. Website: www.ncuscr.org/programs/china-and-internet-discussion-ashley-esarey-and-yang-guobin

Pixley ka Isaka Seme: John Dube and the Evanescent Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Zulu Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism. Professor Hlonipha Mokoena Department of Anthropology Columbia University

2009-04-13T14:03:27.000Z

When: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:30pm to 4pm EDT

Where: 405 Barnard Hall, Barnard College, NY 10027
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: n the year that South Africa holds its fourth democratic elections, the presidential candidate of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma is not only a 'Zulu' but he is also a former exile, guerrilla operative, polygamist and he is accused of corruption. In all the debates that have swirled around 'JZ' – as he affectionately known – the meaning of Zuluness has been both a question mark and a taken for granted assumption. The talk is an examination of the historical antecedents of Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1882-1951) and John Dube (1871-1946), who were both ethnically Zulu and committed nationalists and cosmopolitans. Their instrumental role in the establishment of the ANC is one of the ghosts that has returned to haunt the party as JZ prepares himself for the presidency of the republic. *** Refreshments will be served. Open to the public.***

Gail Archer performs Mendelssohn's organ music

2009-02-17T16:12:37.000Z

When: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:30pm to 9pm EST

Who: Faculty Events
Where: St Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY 110027
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: As part of the massive Mendelssohn bicentennial celebrations, Gail Archer will be performing programs of organ music by the composer, his sister and friends throughout the spring.

Gail Archer performs Mendelssohn's organ music

2009-02-17T16:16:03.000Z

When: Wed May 20, 2009 7:30pm to Wed May 20, 2009 9pm EDT

Who: Faculty Events
Where: Central Synagogue, 123 E.55th St, New York, NY
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: As part of the massive Mendelssohn bicentennial celebrations, Gail Archer will be performing programs of organ music by the composer, his sister and friends throughout the spring.

Gail Archer performs Mendelssohn's organ music

2009-02-17T16:14:45.000Z

When: Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:30pm to Wed Apr 1, 2009 9pm EDT

Who: Faculty Events
Where: Temple Emanu-El, 5th Ave between 65th and 66th St, New York, NY
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: As part of the massive Mendelssohn bicentennial celebrations, Gail Archer will be performing programs of organ music by the composer, his sister and friends throughout the spring.

Casting Jewish Culpability in Finnish Holocaust Historiography - Lecture by Hana Worthen, Department of Theatre

2009-03-16T14:13:00.000Z

When: Mon Apr 6, 2009 7pm to Mon Apr 6, 2009 9pm EDT

Who: Faculty Events
Where: Deutsches Haus, 420 W. 116th St., between Amsterdam Ave. and Morningside Dr., New York, NY 10027
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: In this talk, Hana Worthen considers the relationship between national identity and historical interpretation in Finnish accounts of Finland's possible involvement in the Holocaust. Although Finland became a "co-belligerent" of the Third Reich during their joint attack against Soviet Bolshevism in 1941, conservative Finnish historiography imagines the Holocaust as a separate, isolated event, an affair and an arrangement of their German "brothers-in-arms." Worthen analyzes the rhetoric of this Holocaust historiography, which sustains a morally immaculate Finnishness by creating two distinct, separate categories of Jews living in wartime Finland - Finnish Jews and Jewish refugees - and ironically shifts the ethical question of Finland's participation in the Holocaust to these populations. Addressing the racial discourse suffusing bilateral communication between Finland and the Third Reich and disclosing the work of racial ideologies in foreign relations, Hana Worthen discusses how Finnish conservative historiography embodies a vision of ethnic Finnishness sustaining the performance of national identity. Hana Worthen is Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow (2008-2010) / Assistant Professor (2010-) in the Theatre Department at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the author of Playing "Nordic": The Women of Niskavuori, Agri/Culture, and Imaging Finland on the Third Reich Stage (Helsinki University, 2007). Her articles on performative culture under Nazism and Communism have appeared in Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, GRAMMA: Journal of Theory and Criticism. Worthen's article on the conservative Finnish denial of Finland's contribution to the transnational Holocaust appears in East European Jewish Affairs (2009). Co-Sponsored by The Finnish Program, Department of Germanic Languages, Deutsches Haus at Columbia University, and the Theatre Department at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Reflections on the Historical Practice of Architectural Representations of Lagos, Nigeria

2009-02-10T17:30:14.000Z

When: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:30pm to Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:30pm EST

Where: Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities East Campus Columbia University, 70 Morningside Drive, New York, NY 10027
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Program of: The University Seminar in Contemporary Africa Speaker: Abosede George Assistant Professor History Department Barnard College will be giving a talk on Title: Reflections on the Historical Practice of Architectural Representations of Lagos, Nigeria February 25th 6:30 -8:30 p.m. Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities East Campus Columbia University Please RSVP by Tuesday February 24th and bring I.D.; there is a security check to enter East Campus. Send RSVP to caruso@columbia.edu