Princeton Weekly Bulletin February 15, 1999 Nassau Notes Creative Writing celebrates 60 years A Gala Reading at 4:30 p.m. on February 17 in Richardson Auditorium will kick off a year-long celebration of the Creative Writing Program's 60 years at Princeton. The reading will begin with an introduction by President Shapiro, to be followed by current and former faculty members reading from their own work.     Participating authors include Agha Shahid Ali, Jeffrey Eugenides, Laurie Sheck, A. J. Verdelle and Edmund White (lecturers in the Council of Humanities and Creative Writing); Yusef Komun-yakaa (professor in the Council of the Humanities and Creative Writing), Toni Morrison (Goheen Professor in the Humanities), Paul Muldoon (Clark University Professor in the Humanities), Joyce Carol Oates (Berlind Professor in the Humanities), James Richardson (professor of English) and C. K. Williams (lecturer with rank of professor in the Council of the Humanities and Creative Writing); and Russell Banks (Clark University Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus), Edmund Keeley (Straut Professor of English, Emeritus), and Renee and Theodore Weiss (Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature, Emeritus).     The event is part of the 1998-99 Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series.         University Concert Pianist Alexander Mikhailuk will perform at 8:00 p.m. on February 18 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Chapel music Peter Sykes, with Victoria Wagner, will perform Gustav Holst's The Planets at 8:00 p.m. on February 19 in the University Chapel. For information call 258-3654.   International service award nominations The International Center invites members of the University community to nominate an undergraduate or graduate student or student organization for the International Service Award. This award is given for humanitarian endeavors at Princeton that promote international understanding among fellow students and area residents, or initiate or support activities that assist individuals or communities in other parts of the world.     Send nominations, with a brief description of the nominee's accomplishments, to Paula Chow, 91 Prospect Ave., or e-mail pchow@princeton.edu.       Sisso speaks on Israeli elections Shmuel Sisso, consul general of Israel in New York, will give a talk on "The Role of the Peace Process in the Upcoming Israeli Elections" at 4:30 p.m. on February 17 in 1 Robertson Hal1.     A native of Morocco, Sisso emigrated to Israel with his parents at the age of five in 1952. He interrupted his studies at the Hebrew University in 1972 to fight on the southern front of the Yom Kippur War, then went on to earn a law degree in 1976. He launched his political career in 1978 as a city councilman in his hometown of Kiryat Yam and was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected with 81 percent of the vote in 1993.     During his term as mayor, Kiryat Yam's population grew by 50 percent, largely due to the absorption of approximately 20,000 immigrants. Sisso oversaw large-scale municipal projects, including the construction of 3,000 new housing units and the establishment of a technical college. His efforts earned him many awards, including the Environment Ministry's National Prize and an Education Ministry award for increasing the rate of graduation from high schools.     Sisso has also been a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Social Policy, National Council for the Prevention of Road Accidents and Association for the Promotion of Secondary Education. He has traveled as an envoy of the foreign ministry and of the Jewish Agency, and as a guest of the U.S. Information Agency Forum for Young Leadership.     His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.   Schauer gives Moffett lecture on ethics Frederick Schauer will speak on "Obedience to the Law, Obedience to the Courts and the Obligations of Citizenship" at 4:30 p.m. on February 18 in 1 Robertson.     Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Schauer teaches and writes about the philosophical grounding, legal contours and practical implications of constitutionalism. He also studies the relationship between law, ethics and policymaking.     Former chair of the section on constitutional law of the Association of American Law Schools and editor of the journal Legal Theory, he is author of The Philosophy of Law, among other publications.     This is the James A. Moffett '29 Lecture in ethics is sponsored by the Program in Ethics and Public Affairs.     A reception will follow the lecture in the lower lobby of Robertson Hall. Brumberg looks at experience of American girls Joan Brumberg will give an illustrated lecture titled "From Corsets to Body Piercing: How History and Culture Shape the Experience of American Girls" at 8:00 p.m. on February 22 in 1 Robertson Hall.     Weiss Professor of History, Human Development and Women's Studies at Cornell University, Brumber is the author of The Body Project, on which her talk is based. It draws on diary excerpts and media images from the 1830s to the present and traces the shift in girls' attitudes from the Victorian concern with good works to the modern concern about good looks.     Brumberg's talk is sponsored by the Women's Center and Raising Women's Voices, along with numerous other campus organizations and departments.         In print Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates, by Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities Alexander Nehamas. (Princeton University Press, 1998)     "Nehamas presents here a collection of his most important essays on Plato and Socrates. The papers are unified in theme by the idea that Plato's central philosophical concern in metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics was to distinguish the authentic from the fake … The papers represent Nehamas's distinct and original contributions to scholarship on Plato and Socrates and serve as a comprehensive introduction to the thought of these two philosophers." (from the book cover) Celebrating the Duke The University Gospel Ensemble will join the Concert Jazz Ensemble and Glee Club for a performance celebrating the sacred music of Duke Ellington at 8:00 p.m. on February 20 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. (photo: Ron Carter)