Nassau Notes
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Pianist Arcadi Volodos |
Pianist Arcadi Volodos will perform music by Schubert, Scriabin and Liszt at 8:00 pm on March 20 in McCarter Theatre. (Photo by Peter Zander)
Chapel celebrates Bach
The birthday of Johann
Sebastian Bach will be celebrated at 8:00 pm on March
21 in the University Chapel.
The program begins with the Concerto in A
Minor for violin and orchestra in an unusual arrangement:
instead of a violin, the concerto will be played by Michael
Hinton on xylophone, accompanied by piano and
percussion.
The concert continues with Cantata 51,
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen; the Double Concerto in
D Minor; and Cantata 29, Wir danken dir, Gott wir danken
dir, with Joan Lippincott on organ and the University
Chapel Choir.
For more information call 2583654.
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Soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Alan Feinberg will present an evening of American songs entitled "Extraordinary Vistas: American Song From the MacDowell Colony" at 8:00 pm on March 23 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. (Photos by Carol Rosegg and Josef Astor)
Art Museum exhibit
"Untitled 5" by Roy
Lichtenstein is part of "Transfer," an exhibition of large
format prints of the 1960s and '70s at the Art Museum
through April 2. The exhibit was organized by Acting
Museum Director Peter Bunnell, David Hunter McAlpin
Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art, and
Hal Foster, professor of art and
archaeology.
Speakers
Murray speaks on insuring NJ
families
Margaret Murray will speak on
"Insuring New Jersey's Families: Choices and Trends" at 4:30
pm on March 20 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Director of the NJ Division of Medical
Assistance and Health Services, Murray was formerly senior
program analyst for the Office of Management and Budget in
Washington, DC., where she specialized in health financing.
Her responsibilities included managing the federal approval
process to allow states to implement Medicaid managed care
programs.
Murray earned a MPA at the Woodrow Wilson
School in 1992. Her talk is sponsored by the Wilson School
and by the Center for Health Care Strategies. with funding
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Rees delivers Scribner lecture
series
Martin Reese will deliver the
Scribner Lecture Series on "Our Cosmic Habitat," sponsored
by the University and Princeton University Press.
His topics are "From Big Bang to
Biospheres" on March 21, "Cosmos and Microworld:
Exploration, Explanation, Prospects and Limits" on March
28, "Understanding the Beginning and the End" on
April 4, and "Recipes for an Interesting Universe:
Intimations of a Multiverse?" on April 11. All begin
at 8:00 pm in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Reese has been Royal Society Research
Professor and Astronomer Royal at Cambridge University since
1992. Author of several books, including Just Six
Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe, he has
held visiting professorships in the United States and has
been a frequent visitor to Princeton.
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Julian Bond |
Civil rights activist Julian Bond will speak on "2000: A Race Odyssey" at 8:00 pm on March 22 in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50. As a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Bond was one of the founders of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) in 1960. Now chair of the NAACP, he is a veteran of more than 20 years in the Georgia General Assembly, holder of 19 honorary degrees, and a professor at both American University and the University of Virginia.
Hayashi looks at NY economic
development
Kei Hayashi will speak on
"Economic Development: New York City Style" at 4:30 pm on
March 23 in 5 Robertson.
As vice president for financing
initiatives for the New York City Economic Development
Corp., Hayashi assists businesses and not-for-profit
organizations in obtaining financing through industrial
development bonds. Before joining EDC, she spent several
years at New York Consulting Partners, a management
consulting firm that specializes in helping corporations
streamline operations and cut costs. She also served as a
special assistant to NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg.
Hayashi earned a 1992 MPA at the Woodrow
Wilson School, which is sponsoring her talk.
Phi Beta Kappa professor gives
talks
Professor of Philosophy Harry
Frankfurt will give three public talks as the newly selected
Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professor for 1999-2000. Taking as
his theme "Some Thoughts about Norms, Love and the Goals of
Life," he will discuss "How Should We Live?" on March
23, "Some Mysteries of Love" on March 28 and "The
Dear Self" on March 30. All talks will begin at 4:30
pm in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
At Princeton since 1990, Frankfurt was
previously on the faculty at Yale, where he chaired the
philosophy department from 1978 to 1987 and lectured in the
School of Law. He has also taught at Rockefeller University,
the State University of New York and Ohio State University,
and held several visiting professorships.
A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, he is the author of Demons, Dreamers and
Madmen: The Defense of Reason in Descartes' Meditations
(1970); The Importance of What We Care About (1988);
and Necessity, Volition and Love (1999).
His current work, he says, centers on
exploring the relevance of love and non-moral goals and
standards to issues concerning practical reason, and on the
distinction between being active and being passive.
Dean seeks senior fellows for
colleges
The Dean of the College is
seeking faculty members interested in becoming senior
fellows in the residential colleges.
The duties of a senior fellow are agreed
upon by the master of the residential college and the
fellow. In general, they include carrying out specific
projects or responsibilities designed to enhance the
intellectual life of the college, attending college staff
meetings, dining at the college, and being available for
informal counseling and interaction with students.
Compensation includes an administrative
stipend and a meal contract at the residential college
dining facility.
Interested faculty members should send a
curriculum vitae and letter of interest to Dean of the
College Nancy Malkiel, 403 West College, no later than
April 3.
In Print
Ottomam Greeks in the Age of Nationalism: Politics,
Economy and Society in the 19th Century, edited by
Dimitri Gondicas, lecturer in classics and Hellenic studies,
and Charles Issawi, Bayard Dodge Professor of
Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus (Darwin Press, 1999)
"The authors explore several themes: the
multifacted achievements of Ottoman Greeks as they gained
prominence in the political, economic and social life of the
Ottoman Empire during its last phase; the tenuous
relationship of Ottoman Greeks to the newly established
Kingdom of Greece; and the development of a Hellenic
national identity in the context of national revolutions in
the Balkans. Drawing parallels with other ethnic groups in
the empire, such as the Jews and the Armenians, this volume
contributes to our understanding of modern Greek and Ottoman
history and will appeal to scholars of eastern Mediterranean
peoples and cultures in the 19th century. " (from the book
cover)
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