THIS WEEK AT THE UO.Byline: The Register-Guard MONDAY Lecture - 4 p.m. Moniak Biswas, department of film studies at Jadavpur University Jadavpur University (Bengali: যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) (JU) is a premier educational and research institution in India. , Calcutta, will discuss "The City and the Citizen: Forms in Bombay and Bengal in the '50s Cinema." Browsing Room, Knight Library Knight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon's library system, located on the University's campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Its design is emblematic of the architecture of the University's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity. . Free. 346-1521. TUESDAY Lecture - 4 p.m. Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh, Asian and women's studies women's studies pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An academic curriculum focusing on the roles and contributions of women in fields such as literature, history, and the social sciences. , University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. , will discuss "Kamishibai: The Construction of Space and the National Imaginary in Modernizing Japan." Room 182, Lillis Hall. Free. 346-1521. Lecture - 7:30 p.m. Saul Bellow's book "Mr. Sammler's Planet" will be discussed as part of the "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature Jewish literature: see Hebrew literature. - Identity and Imagination" series. Browsing Room, Knight Library. Free. 346-1930. WEDNESDAY Speaker - Noon. Megumi Kaizu, an international student from Japan, will discuss "Beyond Silence: Responses to War Through Art." Part of the series: "Global Views: The Impact of War on Students' Lives." International Resource Center, Erb Memorial Union. Free. 346-1333. Gubernatorial forum - 7 p.m. Candidates for governor will speak and answer questions on higher education and other issues. Room 150, Columbia Hall. Free. 346-4875. Lecture - 7 p.m. Sociology professor Patricia McFadden, Spelman College, will discuss "Plunder TO PLUNDER. The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder. See Booty; Prize. as Statecraft state·craft n. The art of leading a country: "They placed free access to scientific knowledge far above the exigencies of statecraft" Anthony Burgess. Noun 1. : Militarism Militarism See also Soldiering. Adrastus leader of the Seven against Thebes. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] Siegfried killed many enemies; led many troops to victory. [Ger. Lit. Nibelungenlied] and Resistance in the Restructuring of the Neo-colonial African State in the Age of Neo-Imperialism." Browsing Room, Knight Library. Free. 346-5015. THURSDAY Lecture - Noon. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Bich, director of educational methodology and technology at Vietnam National University, will discuss "Educational Reform and Gender Issues In Vietnam." Seating limited to 28. Room 330, Hendricks Hall. Free. 346-5015. FRIDAY Lecture - Noon. UO professor Richard Suttmeier, political science, will discuss "Transforming the Chinese Economy: The Making of A High Tech Competitor." Part of the series "Engaging China: History, Culture, Politics." Room 212, Lillis Hall. Free. 346-1521. Lecture - Noon. Deborah Green, religious studies, will discuss "Soothing Odors: Cultural and Material Evidence for the Use of Perfume and Incense In Ancient Judaism." Room 159, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. Free. 346-3934. Ballroom dance - 7:30 p.m. Dress up or casual; leather-sole shoes advised. No partner necessary. Lessons during the first hour. Room 220, Gerlinger Hall. $5 general public, $4 students and UO faculty. 346-6025. SATURDAY Family Day - 1 p.m. Bring your mystery item to the Museum of Natural and Cultural History and let museum staff help identify it. Specialists in basketry basketry, art of weaving or coiling and sewing flexible materials to form vessels or other commodities. The materials used include twigs, roots, strips of hide, splints, osier willows, bamboo splits, cane or rattan, raffia, grasses, straw, and crepe paper. , bones, archaeology, geology, local history, textiles, antiques and more. Demonstrations of traditional technologies. Museum of Natural and Cultural History. $3 general public, $5 family. Museum members free. 346-3024. |
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