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A Symposium
Saturday, April 25, 2009
9:30 am-5:00pm
Recital Hall, The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
5:00 - 6:30pm Reception
The Sculpture Center
1834 East 123rd Street
A Symposium sponsored by the Department of Art History and Art, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University; the Sculpture Center; the Intermuseum Conservation Association; the Cleveland State University Art Department; and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Free and open to the public.
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Know Your Part of the Story: Reporting, Writing, and Loyalty to One's Self
2004 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards® Winner
Friday, September 12, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Free Public Lecture
Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and the Coming of Age in the Bronx. Her documentary-style articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Yankee Magazine and The Village Voice. She is a 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.”
This program is made possible through the generosity of the Cleveland Foundation and Case Western Reserve University Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and SAGES, in conjunction with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards®.
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards® recognizes recent books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.
 Related Resources Guide (Teachers)
New York Magazine feature article on Adrian LeBlanc
The New Journalism: Adrian LeBlanc
NPR Morning Edition: "Random Family"
Photo courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation
Taking Folklore Seriously: John Henry, Steel-Drivin' Man, and a Story of Unmarked Graves
October 30, 2008
11:30 AM
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Scott Nelson's book "John Henry, Steel Drivin' Man" is available at the Case Western Reserve University Bookstore!
Was John Henry a real man or folk legend? Using a peculiar mix of sources – folklore, penitentiary records, court documents, and engineering notes in Cleveland's own Western Reserve Historical Society – Professor Nelson recounts the story of a nineteen-year-old black man arrested under the infamous Black Codes of Virginia who died hammering his way through the Lewis Tunnel on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. The song “John Henry” both mourns such shameful and unrecognized deaths and remains a depiction of black strength and pride. By looking beneath the song's surface, we find that one of America's most enduring legends rests on a tragic real life story of unmarked graves.
Musician Bruce Springsteen describes Scott Nelson's award-winning book Steel Drivin' Man as “a tribute and requiem to the real steel drivin' men who built this country.” Nelson, Legum Professor of History at the College of William and Mary, is the winner of the 2007 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Made possible with thanks to the generous support of the Cleveland Foundation, and co-sponsored with Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, and Western Reserve Historical Society, in collaboration with The Lit.
Reception and Book Signing:
Scott Reynolds Nelson
Thursday, October 30, 2008
7:00 PM
At The Lit: Cleveland's Literature Center
Artcraft Building
2570 Superior Avenue, Suite 203
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Free and open to the public
Scott Reynolds Nelson Biographical Sketch
New York Times Review of "Steel Drivin' Man"
Article on children's version of "Steel Drivin' Man"
Article by Scott Reynolds Nelson in "Reviews in American History" journal
led by Gilbert Doho, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Gilbert Doho
September 4, 2008
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Director of Ethnic Studies Case Western Reserve University.
Adolescents in Postcolonial Badjoko, Dongola, Kourouma and Monenembo Novels
Koffi Anyinefa
September 25, 2008
2:45 - 4:00 PM
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Koffi Anyinefa is Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Haverford College.
Resource Guide
Cilas Kemedjio
October 7, 2008
2:45 PM
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Cilas Kemedjio is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Rochester.
Cheryl Toman
October 16, 2008
2:45 - 4:00 PM
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Cheryl Toman is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Case Western Reserve University.
Exploding Bodies: Palestinian Weapons of Destruction
Alice Bach
Please note
Professor Bach's lecture, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4th at 2:45 p.m. has been canceled. The Baker-Nord Center apologizes for any inconvenience this cancellation may cause.
Alice Bach is the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University.
Podcast of lecture
December 4, 2008
2:45 - 3:50 PM
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe is Project Coordinator for St. Monica’s Girls Tailoring Center in Gulu, Uganda. She is also the winner of December 2007 CNN Heroes Award. Sr. Rosemary has received international recognition for her extensive and courageous work with young girls victimized by violence and civil war in Uganda. Guerillas from the Lord's Resistance Army abducted many young girls and forced them to be soldiers and sex slaves. These young women found themselves largely outcast from society, many with young babies, and with very few practical skills to provide for themselves and their children. St. Monica's Girls Tailoring Center offers the young women a refuge, in addition to counseling, education, and vocational skills to help rebuild their lives and work toward self-sufficiency.
Part of the Research working Group Series, The Subaltern and the Poetics of War in Africa, led by Gilbert Doho.
Friday, October 31, 2008
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Kelvin Smith Library, Dampeer Room
Melvyn Goldstein
From Basic Research to Digital Archive, The Tibet Oral History Project
Melvyn Goldstein is a social anthropologist specializing in Tibetan society, history, and contemporary politics as well as in anthropology and history, cross-cultural genealogy, population studies, polyandry, cultural ecology and economic development/change. He is the John Reynold Harkness Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University and Co-Director of the Center for Research on Tibet.
Daniel Germano
The Distributed Production and Dissemination of Local Histories in the Digital Era, A Case Study Based upon the Tibetan and Himalayan Library
David Germano is Director of the Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL, Director of the Center for Emerging Research, Scholarship and the Arts, Co-Director of the Tibet Center, and an Associate Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.
Friday, November 21, 2008
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Clark Hall 206
Daniel J. Cohen
New Directions in Digital History
Daniel Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at George Mason University and the Director of the Center for History and New Media. His research is in European and American intellectual history, the history of science (particularly mathematics) and the intersection of history and computing. At the Center for History and New Media he has co-directed, among other projects, the September 11 Digital Archive and Echo, and has developed software for scholars, teachers, and students, including the popular Zotero research tool.
Dr. Cohen will examine the research practice of the historian in light of these new developments in digitization, highlighting several of the most important trends, including social and semantic computing, text mining, and visualization.
Dr. Cohen is co-author of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web and author of Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith. He is an inaugural recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies Digital Innovation Fellowship.
Lydia Goehr
October 16, 2008
6:00 PM
Reinberger Auditorium
Severance Hall
11011 Euclid Avenue
Reception to follow in Smith Lobby
Lydia Goehr is the author of The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music. She is the recipient of Mellon, Getty, and Guggenheim Fellowships, and has received a Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. She has a particular interest in the relationship between philosophy, politics, history, and music. Co-sponsored with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Co-sponsored by the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Music and Culture Lecture Series of the Department of Music of Case Western Reserve University.
Resource Guide
Inventing Lima: Baroque Modernity in Peru’s South Sea Metropolis
Alejandra B. Osorio
Thursday, October 23, 2008
4:30 PM
Clark Hall, Room 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Free and open to the public.
Alejandra B. Osorio's research focuses on the intersection of politics and urban culture in colonial Latin America. She is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Research Fellowship, the W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship, and Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library, among others. Her current work includes a collaborative project on cities in the Spanish and Portuguese Atlantic Worlds.
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  Capturing the African-American Experience:
The Sepia Magazine Photo Archive
February 4, 2009
7:00 pm
Clark Hall 309
11130 Bellflower Road
As part of its 2009 Black History Month celebration, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, in conjunction with the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University, presents an exciting evening journeying into the history and significance of Sepia magazine. First published in Fort Worth, Texas in 1947 by George Levitan, Sepia magazine often exposed the obstacles facing African-Americans but more importantly, it celebrated their accomplishments. By way of its popular photojournalistic style, the magazine closely focused on various aspects of the culture including politics, lifestyle and music. Especially during the civil rights era, Sepia was a clear and steady outlet for the African-American community to express its views and highlight its accomplishments.
Ms. Anthony’s presentation will include an overview of the Sepia Magazine Photo Archive collection, where she will talk about the history of this project. She will also lead a discussion about several of the significant photos in the collection, providing a historical retrospective of African-American musicians, entertainers, composers and producers in all genres of music.
About Carole Anthony
Carole L. Anthony has over twenty years experience as a consultant and producer of music events, staged concerts and broadcast special events. During this time, she has also worked for major record labels (including RCA, Motown and Universal), major broadcast networks (including MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, and PBS) and other companies including NBA Entertainment, Coca-Cola and Nike.
In 2006, Ms. Anthony began curating the Sepia Magazine Photo Archive collection at the African American Museum of Dallas. The collection will be presented as a traveling museum created to enlighten, educate and entertain national and international communities through exhibitions. The Diversified Funk – an Urban Mosaic project highlights the history of people of African ancestry and their contributions as pioneers and trendsetters in music.
Ms. Anthony has also served as Adjunct Professor for Entertainment Business programs at Baruch College in New York City and the University of Texas at Arlington.
To Listen to a podcast of Carole Anthony's talk click here.
Russell Wyland
Assistant Director, Division of Research Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
For Workshops about Funding Opportunities with the National Endowment for the Humanities for scholarly research
Thursday, February 5, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m.:General Overview of the NEH and funding opportunites
1:45-3:00 p.m.: Mock Panel Review
Clark Hall 206
11130 Bellflower Road
This workshop is free and open to the public.
Attendees are welcome to bring lunches; soft drinks will be provided.
A limited number of individual appointments are available on February 5th and 6th with Mr. Wyland. For more information please contact Maggie Kaminski at 216-368-8961 or via email at maggie.kaminski@cwru.edu. Those seeking individual appointments will be required to prepare materials for submission; further details are available upon inquiry.
Listen to podcasts of these two sessions by clicking here.
Listen to teleconference with Jennifer Serventi, NEH from September 2008
Photo by Ed Kashi
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
6:00 p.m.
IdeaCenter
1375 Euclid Avenue
Tickets Required
On Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 p.m., the Idea Center™ at PlayhouseSquare will host a public lecture entitled “Literature, Pakistan, Islam and ‘The West’” by Mohsin Hamid, author of Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Mohsin Hamid will make his appearance as part of the Baker-Nord Center/Cleveland Foundation Lecture Series in partnership with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards®, Cuyahoga County Public Library, ideastream® and PlayhouseSquare, with support from Continental Airlines.
Seating is limited for this free event. Tickets are required to attend. For ticket information, please call or email the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University (216.368.8961 / bakernord@case.edu).Ticket holders are asked to be in their seats by 5:45 p.m. to accommodate the live broadcast of the event.
The author’s lecture can also be viewed for free via streaming video from three locations. Tickets are not required to attend any of these broadcasts:
Case Western Reserve University
Clark Hall, Room 206 / 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 / 216.368.8961
Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Beachwood Branch
25501 Shaker Boulevard / Beachwood, OH 44122 / 216.831.6868
Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Parma-South Branch
7335 Ridge Road / Parma, OH 44129 / 440.885.5362
Mohsin Hamid received the 2008 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award® for the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which tells the story of a successful Pakistani immigrant’s love affair and eventual disillusionment with the American Dream. The author will speak on literature, politics and spirituality; and his experiences living in Pakistan, the U.S. and Britain. He will also address the current issues in Pakistan, the role of literature, the creative potential of the novel and his hopes for the U.S. under the administration of President Barrack Obama. A brief question and answer session will follow the lecture.
About the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards®
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize outstanding works that contribute to our understanding and appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. For further information, visit www.anisfield-wolf.org.
Listen to a special WCPN "Around Noon" broadcast about Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and Mohsin Hamid
About The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University
Established in 1996 with a generous gift of endowment from Eric and Jane Nord, the Baker-Nord Center at Case Western Reserve University is dedicated to highlighting and invigorating the arts and humanities through public lectures, panels, performances and special programs: supporting research and creative work in the humanities and arts; encouraging new and innovative directions in research and creativity; and facilitating cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary collaborations that address questions and problems of broad human interest. For further information, visit www.bakernord.org.
About Cuyahoga County Public Library
Cuyahoga County Public Library consistently ranks as one of the nation’s ten busiest and best library systems. Its 28 branches serve 47 communities. The Library’s mission is to provide our community open access to resources that inform, entertain and enrich. For further information, visit www.cuyahogalibrary.org.
Resource Guide
Mohsin Hamid's website
Mr. Hamid on NPR (radio interview with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air")
Booker Foundation Interview with Mr. Hamid
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Conference co-sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and Cleveland Museum of Art
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM
Saturday, March 14, 2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cleveland Museum of Art
Recital Hall
11150 East Blvd.
This interdisciplinary program, co-sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the Cleveland Museum of Art, explores the use of the museum as a learning and teaching laboratory. Experts in such fields as pedagogy, cognitive science, conservation, and museology will present lectures. Break-out discussion sessions, led by area specialists, will be scheduled at CMA and other area museums. Certificates of attendance will be available for teachers.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Resource Guide
Break-Out Sessions
The following break-out sessions will be offered for a hands-on discussion and application of learning and teaching issues in-situ. When registering, please select your desired session. Maximum enrollment in each session is 20 people.
Cleveland Botanic Garden: tour of the collections and hands-on exercise, led by Geri Unger, Director of Education, Cleveland Botanical Garden.
Cleveland Museum of Art: tour of the retrospective of photographer Lee Friedlander, led by Dr. Michael Weil, Case Western Reserve University.
Cleveland Museum of Art: tour of the Art and Power in the Central African Savanna exhibition, led by curator Dr. Constantine Petridis, Cleveland Museum of Art and Marjorie Williams, Director of Education, Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History: Learn about how the Cleveland Museum of Natural History enhances the visitor experience through object based, docent-interpreted Please Touch carts in the galleries. Visit the Science Resource Center and examine the variety of materials and objects available for educators to borrow to enhance their curriculum.
The Western Reserve Historical Society: first-hand examination of historic photographic processes, led by Dr. Debra Norris, Chair and Professor of Photograph Conservation, University of Delaware; Dr. John Grabowski, Professor of History, Case Western Reserve University, and Interim VP for Collections, The Western Reserve Historical Society; and Ann Sindelar, Reference Supervisor, The Western Reserve Historical Society.
Guest Speakers
Slavko Milekic, Associate Professor, Cognitive Science & Digital Interface Design, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and specialist in the design of digital tools for art education.
Kristina Woolsey, Project Director, Piers 15/17 Capital Project, Exploratorium (the Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception). Formerly Distinguished Scientist at Apple Computer where she co-founded and directed the Apple Multimedia Lab.
Objects Interacting in the World
Objects can stimulate conversation and new ideas in a museum environment.What if you take a view outside though? How does one use objects in the natural and built worlds to stimulate thinking, and then connect these to interactions with objects in the interior spaces of a museum? This talk will describe a set of investigations ongoing at the SF Exploratorium which examine these possibilities.
James Zull, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, and author of The Art of Changing the Brain.
Debra Hess Norris, Henry Francis DuPont Professor of Art Conservation, University of Delaware, recipient of the 2008 University Products Award for Distinguished Achievement in Conservation and 2004 Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award.
Resource Guide
Dr. K. Hannah Holtschneider
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Listen to Dr. Holtschneider's talk here!
Dr. Holtschneider, University of Edinburgh, UK, reflects on the interpretation of the HOlocaust by museums and the championing of such exhibitions as educational opportunities for schools and the wider public. The two case studies focus on the question of how Holocaust exhibitions communicate the Jewishness of the majority of victims of the genocide.
Co-sponsored the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.
Free and open to the public.
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Kelvin Smith Library, Dampeer Room
11055 Euclid Ave.
Part of Digital Library Lecture Series
Kathleen Woodward
The Intellectual Wealth of Digital Networks
Kathleen Woodward is Professor of English at the University of Washington where she directs the Simpson Center for the Humanities which established the digital humanities as a key initiative in 2005. She is the author of the forthcoming Statistical Panic: The Cultural Politics and Poetics of the Emotions and editor of The Myths of Information: Technology and Postindustrial Culture. She serves on the steering committee of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) and the international advisory board of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.
For additional information regarding this series, please visit http://library.case.edu/ksl/ or call the KSL administration office at 216/368-2992 or the Baker-Nord Center at 216/36/-8961.
SAGES Presidential Fellow, Vice President of Education and Public Programs, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Monday, March 30, 2009
7:00 PM
Clark Hall, Room 206
11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
The return of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions to Cleveland provides an exciting opportunity to explore the relationship between popular culture institutions and popular culture consumers. Onkey’s talk explores the role that the Hall of Fame inductions play in shaping the landscape of rock and roll history, as well as debates over the value of artists and even musical styles that the inductions generate. By definition, a Hall of Fame implies an elite membership and agreed upon standards of inclusion, chosen by a select group—a canonizing process. But rock and roll music is a self-consciously anti-elite art form. The tension between rock’s populism and the selectivity of a Hall of Fame has inspired a rich and vibrant cultural conversation about the role of critics, artists, and fans in shaping rock history that reveals the vitality of the music and the fans’ investment in it.
Free and open to the public.
Parking available in Severance Hall Garage, entrance off East Blvd.
For more information please visit bakernord.org or call 216/368-8961
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Simon Chaplin
Thursday, March 26, 2009
6:00 PM
Zverina Room, 3rd Floor Allen Memorial Medical Library
11000 Euclid Ave.
Simon Chaplin, Director of Museums & Special Collections at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, will explore the role of anatomical museums in managing the social tensions between private dissection and public life in 18th century London. Free and open to the public. For reservations, please contact Jennifer Nieves at jennifer.nieves@case.edu or 216/368-3648.
Work in Progress Lecture
by John Orlock
April 2, 2009
Brook.Kitchen.Brook
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