2001-2002

Dora-Heita (Alley Cat)

Linda Ehrlich, Stephen Prince

Sep 22 2001

Linda Ehrlich, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at CWRU, and Stephen Prince will lead an informal discussion after the film.Sponsored by the Cleveland Cinematheque.

With support from:

The Cleveland Cinematheque


Data Dada: An Experiment in Digital/Analog Film

Kasumi Minkin

Sep 26 2001

A presentation by Kasumi Minkin


On the Twenty-Fourth Hour of My Day: An Anthology of Last Works

John Ciofalo

Oct 11 2001

A discussion with John Ciofalo.


Violence in Art and Literature: September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response

Martin Helzle, David Carrier, Heather Meakin

Oct 25 2001

Martin Helzle (Classics): Aeneas in the Whitehouse

David Carrier (Art History): Representations of Violence in Visual Art

Heather Meakin (English): Speculations on Terrorism in Milton’s Samson

This event is part of the “September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response” series. The events of September 11 and since have affected all of us at CWRU in different and lasting ways. To explore how academic disciplines may interpret and be interpreted by the current climate, the Baker-Nord Center presents three interdisciplinary faculty discussions intended to offer humanities’ perspectives on recent events, and to engage the campus community in dialogue.


Media Response and Responsibility: September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response

Ted Gup, Mary Step, Steve Litt, David Kordalski, Leon Bibb

Oct 29 2001

This event is part of the “September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response” series. The events of September 11 and since have affected all of us at CWRU in different and lasting ways. To explore how academic disciplines may interpret and be interpreted by the current climate, the Baker-Nord Center presents three interdisciplinary faculty discussions intended to offer humanities’ perspectives on recent events, and to engage the campus community in dialogue.


Religion and Violence: September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response

Tim Beal, Julie Exline, Peter Haas, James Pfeiffer

Oct 30 2001

This event is part of the “September 11, 2001: A Humanities Response” series. The events of September 11 and since have affected all of us at CWRU in different and lasting ways. To explore how academic disciplines may interpret and be interpreted by the current climate, the Baker-Nord Center presents three interdisciplinary faculty discussions intended to offer humanities’ perspectives on recent events, and to engage the campus community in dialogue.


Watteau’s Pilgrimage to Cythera, Louis XIV, and the Subversive Utopia

Georgia Cowart

Nov 1 2001

Dr. Cowart will discuss her explication, published in the latest issue of The Art Bulletin, that Antoine Watteau’s well-known painting The Pilgrimate to Cythera may be traced to a set of subversive opera-ballets at the Paris Opera House. Satirizing roles actually danced by Louis XIV in the earlier court ballet, these works posit Venus, Cupid, and their island home of Cythera as a pacifist and egalitarian counterutopia to Louis’s court.


Beyond Swords and Samurai: Another Look at the Films of Kurosawa

Linda Ehrlich

Nov 7 2001

A discussion with Linda Ehrlich.


The Jewish Messiah Who Became a Muslim: Shabbetai Zvi and His Disciples from the 17th Century Through Today Yom Tom Assis

Yom Tom Assis

Nov 14 2001

When Shabbetai Zvi, the mystic Jew from Izmir, Turkey, proclaimed himself the messiah in the second half of the 17th century, almost the entire Jewish population of the world accepted him as such and began preparations for the return to their homeland.

The shock and embarrassment were great, therefore, when under Turkish pressure, Shabbetai converted to Islam as Mehmet Efendi. He was followed by his most loyal supporters who also converted and became known as the Donmeh – a crypto-Jewish sect which survives in Turkey today.


Equality: A Problematic Object of the Imagination

Laura Hengehold

Dec 6 2001

A discussion with Laura Hengehold.


Healing and the Human Condition: Scenes from the Present Moment in Navajoland

Thomas Csordas

Jan 24 2002

A discussion with Thomas Csordas.


Christoph von Dohnanyi

Jan 28 2002

Christoph von Dohanyi, Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, in conversation with Donald Rosenberg, Classical Music Critic at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.


“Princess Mononoke”

Feb 10 2002

This event is part of “Disney in the World Week.”


Private Spaces, Public Places: Women’s Altars as a Sign of Lived Religion

Alice Bach

Feb 21 2002

A discussion with Alice Bach.


How to Get a Book Published:

William Germano

Mar 1 2002

William Germano Vice-President and Publishing Director at Routledge and author of “Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books”, will speak about preparing and producing an academic book.


Roundtable Discussion

James Badford

Mar 18 2002

This lecture is part of the Susie Gharib Distinguished Lecture Series in Journalism.


Open Class Discussion

Leonard Downie, Jr.

Mar 21 2002

This lecture is part of the Susie Gharib Distinguished Lecture Series in Journalism.


The Body Electric: Stories of Shock Therapy

Jonathan Sadowsky

Mar 21 2002

A discussion with Jonathan Sadowsky.


Transfer of Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean: A New Approach

Alain Touwaide, Ph.D.

Mar 25 2002

Dr. Touwaide will discuss some new developments in his current studies.


Roundtable Discussion

Mary Jordan, Kevin Sullivan

Apr 1 2002

This lecture is part of the Susie Gharib Distinguished Lecture Series in Journalism.


Infections & Inequalities: The Modern Plagues:

Paul Farmer, MD

Apr 4 2002

A Lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer.

With support from:

College Scholars Program


Violence, Natality & Mortality: Sectarian Conflicts and the Claims of the Other

Veena Das, Ph.D.

Apr 8 2002

A discussion with Dr. Veena Das.

With support from:

Interdisciplinary Initiative on Religion and Culture, Department of Anthropology, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities


Just Cause

Catherine Pinkerton

Apr 12 2002

Keynote Presentation: “Justice and ‘The Butterfly Effect’ by Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ.

Saturday, April 13 will feature a series of workshops to choose from covering Hunger and Homelessness, After 9/11, Jobs with Justice, Race & the Death Penalty, and Welfare Reform. Featured luncheon speaker will be Elizabeth McAllister, “Speaking Truth to Power.”

“All fees will be donated to the St. Augustine Hunger Center. ”

With support from:

The Hallinan Project


Queers and Jews: Questions of Community and Diaspora in France

David Caron

Apr 13 2002

This talk is held in conjunction with the Northeast Ohio French Studies Colloquium.

With support from:

Program in French Studies, Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Art History, and History at CWRU


The Beginning of Tourism in the U.S.

Christine Cano

Apr 25 2002

A discussion with Christine Cano.