Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities

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Upcoming Events (Fall, 2009)

Cultures of Green

Nature and the Environment


For more information, click the "learn more" link associated with each topic, or call us at 216.-368-8961.

The humanities are the avenue through which scholars contemplate and explore enduring questions of meaning and value that face society. At the core of the humanities is the richness of human cultures and creativity. Case Western Reserve University's location amongst the world-class arts and culture institutions that make up University Circle, offers a distinctive and unique environment for the study of the humanities.

Nature and the Environment offers the opportunity for the Baker-Nord Center to pursue key enduring questions: What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? How does culture reveal how people view nature? How do attitudes then shape actions such as cultivation of the soil or preservation of natural resources? Deeper understanding of how western and non-western societies have conceptualized the relationship of society to nature will lead to better informed, more thoughtful responses to these pressing questions. Nature, in short, cannot be understood separately from how humans describe, envision, or imagine it.

With respect to CWRU, the humanities should, optimally, also function as a bridge between what novelist and scientist C.P. Snow famously termed in his 1959 polemic, "the two cultures." Snow perceived a growing divide between scientists and literary intellectuals, or humanists, that he argued would prevent effective solutions to the world's growing problems. Key to bridging this divide is the understanding of how culture shapes perceptions of nature, including scientific analysis.

Panel Discussion on the Work of Jamaica Kincaid

Marilyn Mobley and Erika Olbricht

Date:Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:Cleveland Public Library (Martin Luther King, Jr. branch) • 1962 Stokes Blvd
Registration:Free and open to the public

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Nation as Enigma: The Smile of the Argentine Sphinx

Gabriela Copertari, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Faculty Work in Progress Series

Date:Thursday, September 17, 2009
Time:4:30 p.m. (Reception at 4:15)
Location:Clark Hall, Room 206
Registration:Free and open to the public.

Gabriela Copertari, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, explores two phenomena of late 20th-century Argentina: the crisis of 2001 and the emergence of an internationally acclaimed "new Argentine cinema." » learn more...


Anisfield-Wolf/SAGES lecture co-sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the Cleveland Public library

Jamaica Kincaid

Date:Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Time:4:30 p.m.
Location:Amasa Stone Chapel
Registration:Free and open to the public, registration required.

Jamaica Kincaid, internationally acclaimed, award winning author of My Garden (Book) and Autobiography of My Mother, among other titles. Her work explores such poignant themes as sense of place, the colonial past and post-colonial present, and tragic familial relationships.
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Poetry in the Garden

Joanna Klink, Kazim Ali, Michael Dumanis, Sarah Gridley, and Mary Quade

Date:Saturday, October 3, 2009
Time:2:00 p.m. (registration starting at 1:30)
Location:Cleveland Botanical Garden • 11030 East Blvd.
Registration:Registration closed.

Local and national poets share their work in the idyllic setting of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, revealing the role played by nature in their work.
» poetry contest guidelines, fall 2009
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Circling the Mountains: Ascetic Endurance in Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

William E. Deal, Department of Religious Studies

Faculty Work in Progress Series

Date:Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time:4:30 p.m. (Reception at 4:15)
Location:Clark Hall, Room 206
Registration:Free and open to the public.

William E. Deal, departments of Religious Studies and Cognitive Science, explores kaihõgyõ, a ritual performed by Japanese Buddist monks of the Tendai lineage.
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Humanities Week Keynote Speaker

Andrew Light - "Ethics and Climate Change"

Date:Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:Amasa Stone Chapel • 10940 Euclid Ave.
Registration:Free and open to the public, registration required.

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Flip Camera Film Festival
Date:Friday, October 23, 2009
Time:12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location:Clark Hall, Room 309
Registration:Free and open to the public, registration required.

Showing of the top contenders from the 2009 Flip Camera Film Contest for the prize of best film and award ceremony.
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Humanities Week Film Festival

Curated by Robert Spadoni

Date:October 25-28, 2009
Time:7:00 p.m. (all films)
Location:Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
Registration:General admission for all films is $8. Tickets for Cinematheque members, as well as CWRU and CIA students, faculty, and staff (with ID) are $6.

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Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture

Douglas Farr

Date:Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:Ford Auditorium • Allen Memorial Medical Library
Registration:Free and open to the public, registration recommended.

Douglas Farr, architect, author of the award winning book, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature, and President and CEO of Farr Associates Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture, a leading designer of LEED certified construction whose work focuses on sustainable urbanism, development and building practices.
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American Music Masters® Series

Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin

November 9-14, 2009

In its 14th year as a collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Music Masters® Series celebrates the lives and careers of artists who have changed the shape and sound of American culture. Visit www.rockhall.com for more information. » learn more...

Schedule of Events


Rock and Roll Night School: A Spotlight on Janis Joplin
Date:November 9, 2009
Time:7:00 p.m.
Location:Clark Hall, Room 309
Registration:free with a reservation; email education@rockhall.org or call 216.515.8426 to RSVP

Rock Hall educators Dr. Lauren Onkey and Jason Hanley will introduce the life and career of Janis Joplin with a multimedia presentation.
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For more information, visit www.rockhall.com.

Lecture

Sarah Rich, editor of Dwell Magazine

Date:Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time:6:00 p.m. (reception to follow in Lobby)
Location:Aitken Auditorium • Gund Building • Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd.
Registration:Free and open to the public, registration required.

Sarah Rich, a leader in the field of sustainability, is recognized for her expertise in sustainable design and architecture, technology, consumer culture, food, and trend forecasting.
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Tomboys and Cowgirls: Mirrors of Masculinity and Race in 19th century Popular Novels

Renée Sentilles, Department of History

Faculty Work in Progress Series

Date:Thursday, December 3 2009
Time:4:30 p.m. (reception at 4:15)
Location:Clark Hall, room 206
Registration:Free and open to the public.

Renée Sentilles, Department of History, identifies assumptions and anxieties about acceptable forms of white and minority masculinity conveyed indirectly by means of the ambitions, personalities and adventures of unconventional girls in nineteenth-century popular fiction.
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