University Honors
Program
Legacy Lectures,
Spring 2008
The following list will be updated periodically, so check
back often. If you hear of any interesting lectures coming up please email Dr.
Lovata (lovata@unm.edu).
UHP Sponsored
Lectures:
Tues, Feb 22, 7pm, UHP Forum, Astronaut Charles Camarda
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Thurs, Feb 28, Noon-1:30, UHP Forum, Indigenous and Human
Rights Lawyer James Anaya
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Tues, March 4, 7pm, UHP Forum, Environmentalist Diane Wilson
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March 26, 7pm, 3rd Floor Student Union, Mirage-Thunderbird
Room, Humanitarian Activist and Photographer Alan Pogue
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Others Lectures
and Events:
January
Ongoing, UNM’s Maxwell
Museum, "North by
Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections." The Maxwell Museum is open Tuesday through Friday
from 9am-4pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm.
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Ongoing, UNM’s Jonson Gallery, 1909 Las Lomas NE, The Jonson
Gallery will mount a memorial exhibition in honor of Florence Miller Pierce,
one of New Mexico's most remarkable modern artists, known for her elegant, luminous
cast-resin paintings." Pierce passed away on October 25, 2007. She was 90
years old and the last living member of the Transcendental Painting Group.
Jonson Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday 10am-4pm and by appointment. The
Gallery is free and open to the public.
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Monday, January 28, 5:00pm-7:00pm, George Pearl Hall,
Auditorium, 2401 Central NE, Architecture Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture
Series; Bernadette Miera, Jeremy Kalin, Ike Benton and Jonathan Seigle will
participate in a panel discussion on the topic of "Designers as Policy
Makers." Lectures are free and open to the public.
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Thursday, January 31, 7:00pm-8:30pm, Hibben
Center, Room 105, Maxwell Museum
invites you to attend "Sivapithecus: the Life and Death of a Miocene
Ape" by Dr. Sherry Nelson. A reconstruction of Sivapithecus' habitat
examining Miocene ape ecology and extinction. Free and open to the Public.
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February
Jeff Tobin of Occidental
College, “Models of Machismo: The
Troublesome Masculinity of Male Tango Dancers in Argentina”
Feb 14, 4pm in the Hibben
Center, free.
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Thursday, February 7, 5:30-7:30, UNM LAW SCHOOL FORUM,
Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature by Dr.
MARC BEKOFF
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Architecture Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture Series, Mary
Miss will present : "Rules of Engagement." Lectures are free and open
to the public. Monday, February 4, 5:00pm-7:00pm, George Pearl Hall,
Auditorium, 2401 Central NE
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Maxwell Museum JAR Lecture Description
Dr. Regna Darnell from the University of Western
Ontario will speak on "Benedictine
Visionings of Southwestern Cultural Diversity: Beyond Relativism." Free
and open to the Public. Date Thursday, February 7, 2008
Time 7:00pm-8:30pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Anthropology Room 163
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Architecture
Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture Series Description Curt Meine, Senior
Leopold Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will speak on "Aldo Leopold
in the Southwest." Lectures are free and open to the public. Date Monday, February 11, 2008
Time 5:00pm-7:00pm Web Link Contact
Dot Waldrip, 505 277-5885 Location George Pearl Hall, Auditorium, 2401
Central NE
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Law School Lecture:
Philip Schrag: Asylum Adjudication Description Philip Schrag, a
prominent law professor at Georgetown
University, will report
on a study he conducted with two colleagues into the asylum adjudication
process. Members of the State Bar of New Mexico may earn 1.5 professionalism
credits for attending the lecture. Cost is $29 in advance or $39 at the door.
The lecture is free if not attended for credit. Date Monday, February 11, 2008
Time 5:30pm-6:30pm Web Link Contact
Claire Conrad, 505 277-0080 Location School
of Law, Room 2402, 1117 Stanford NE
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Colloquium on
Ancient Science, Medieval Manuscripts and Modern Technology Description
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for
Medieval Studeis presents: "Archimedes Revealed" featuring
presentations by leading members of the internationally acclaimed Archimedes
Palimpsest Project. See website for more information. Free and open to the
public. Date Friday,
February 15, 2008 Time 7:00pm-8:30pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~medinst Contact
505 277-2252 Location Woodward Hall, Room 101
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Architecture
Lecture: JB Jackson Lecture Description Kenny Helphand, FASLA,
Professor, University of Oregon and author of Defiant
Gardens, will speak on "Defiant Gardens." Lectures are free and
open to the public. Date Monday, February 18, 2008
Time 5:00pm-7:00pm Web Link Contact
Dot Waldrip, 505 277-5885 Location George Pearl Hall, Auditorium, 2401
Central NE
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Library
Faculty Acknowledgment/ Lecture Description Michele Chwastiak of the
Anderson Schools of Management will speak on "War, Incorporated: Private,
Unaccountable and Profitable." Lecture is free and open to the public. Date
Thursday, February 21,
2008 Time 2:00pm-3:00pm Web Link Contact
Patricia Campbell, 505 277-2678 Location Zimmerman Library, Willard
Reading Room
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Maxwell Museum Alaska Lecture Description
"North by Southwest: Two Views of Two Diverse Collections" will be
presented by the co-curators of the exhibit, Catherine Baudoin and Joyce Szabo.
The Museum will stay open until 7:00pm. Free and open to the Public. Date
Thursday, February 21,
2008 Time 7:00pm-8:30pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location
Hibben Center
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Henry R. Hertzfeld, George Washington
University, will discuss
“Who Owns the Moon?” Tuesday, Feb. 5, noon-1:30 p.m. in the University of New Mexico
Student Union Building Luminaria Room. Hertzfeld
is a research professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the
Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington
University. He is an
economist and an attorney who has specialized in research and teaching on legal
and economic issues of space and high technology industries.
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The University of New Mexico's
Hobbit Society proudly presents
Janet Brennan Croft on Tolkien and Shakespeare:
Influences, Echoes, Revisions
This exciting lecture will discuss the subject
and themes of her new book,
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes
and Language (McFarland, 2007)
Wednesday, February 13th at 7:30pm, UNM
Honor's Forum(Ground floor, Student
Health Center,
Room 21).
This event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be provided.
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Wednesday, February 13th, 12 noon
Ziarat Hossain, Assistant Professor, Individual, Family, and Community
Education
“Mothers’ and Fathers’ Involvement with Children and Its Association with
Children’s Care and School Work in Mexican Immigrant Families”
SUB Cherry/Silver
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2pm (co-sponsored by UNM’s Feminist Research
Institute)
Bapsi Sidhwa, Author of Water
Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW
Monday, February 25th, 7pm (co-sponsored by UNM’s Feminist Research Institute)
Bapsi Sidhwa
Reading from her book Water
Woodward Hall 101
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Wednesday, February 27th, noon
Beverly Lanzetta
"Teresa Avila and the Dark Night of the
Feminine"
SUB Lobo A
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March
Maxwell Museum
Lecture: Folk Lore Description Award lecture by a graduate student
involved in investigative research and writing in the area of New Mexico folklore. Free and open to the
public. Date Wednesday,
March 5, 2008 Time 7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Hibben Room 105
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Maxwell Museum Ethnic Lunch and Tour Description
Enjoy lunch by Mediterranean Cafe and tour What's New at the Maxwell Exhibit
and Ethnology and Photography Collections. Lunch will be served from 11am-1pm
and the tour will begin at 1:00pm. Lunch is $5.00 in Maxwell Courtyard. Date
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time 11:00am-1:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location
Maxwell Museum
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Maxwell Museum Celtic Lecture Description
Join Professor Margaret Connell-Szasz of the UNM History Department speaking on
"The Celtic Connection: Gaeltacht and Its Indigenous People." Free
and open to the public. Date Thursday, March 13, 2008 Time
7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Hibben Room 105
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Maxwell Museum Artisans of the World Description
Great event for the whole family featuring Celtic music performed by the Celtic
Lads and Lassies playing traditional music from the Emerald Isles. Free and
open to the public. Date Saturday, March 15, 2008 Time
1:00pm-3:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Maxwell
Museum
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Anderson School
of Management Lecture Series Description Each month on a Wednesday
evening, the Anderson Schools will present a lecture which is free and open to
the public at 7pm in the new Anderson
Student Center.
The presenters are members of the faculty. This lecture offers conversations
with Ken Lay: Reflections on the Enron Disaster and to Prevent Ethical
Misconduct Disasters by Dr. O. C. Ferrell. Date Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time 7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link Contact
505 277-7117 Location Anderson Schools of Management, Student Center
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Architecture
Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture Series Description Dr. Jamie Vargas,
Professor, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, will speak on "Techtonic Still
Lifes." Lectures are free and open to the public. Date Monday, March 31, 2008 Time
5:00pm-7:00pm Web Link Contact
Dot Waldrip, 505 277-5885 Location George Pearl Hall, Auditorium, 2401
Central NE
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Monday, March 3rd, noon (co-sponsored by UNM’s Feminist
Research Institute)
Dissertations in Progress Talk by Cynthia Fillmore and Kim Klimek
HUM 108
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Wednesday, March 26th, 12 noon
Katheryn McKnight, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
“African Queens in Colonial Quarrels: Reflections from the Making of an
Ibero-Atlantic Anthology”
SUB Scholars
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Humanitarian activist and photographer Alan Pogue will give
a public lecture on his work and to sign copies of a coffeetable book
retrospective of his career, "Witness for Justice," in events
co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace, the Albuquerque Peace and Justice
Coalition, the Peace
Studies Program and the Honors Program at the University of New Mexico as well as the UNM campus
chapter of Amnesty International.
March 26 7pm 3rd Floor Student Union, Mirage-Thunderbird
Room, No Fee
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April
Maxwell Museum
Indian Bread Demo and Sale Description
Join the Edaakies of Isleta Peublo for a Bread Baking Demonstration and Sale. Indian Tacos, bread
baked in the Maxwell horno and more. Date Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Time
11:00am-3:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Maxwell
Museum
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Maxwell Museum: Kennedy Lecture Description
Award lecture by an outstanding doctorial candidate of the Anthropology
Department. Free and open to the public. Date Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Time
7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Hibben Room 105
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Architecture
Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture Series Description Ian Skelton,
Department of City Planning of the University of Manitoba and Ryan Walker,
Department of Geography of the University of Saskatchewan will speak on
"Indigenous Planning in Canada: First Nations and Urban Aboriginal
Experiences." Lectures are free and open to the public. Date Monday, April 7, 2008 Time
5:00pm-7:00pm Web Link Contact
Dot Waldrip, 505 277-5885 Location George Pearl Hall, Auditorium, 2401
Central NE
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Maxwell Museum Ethnic Lunch and Tour Description
Tina's Thai Cafe will be providing a great lunch to be followed by a tour of
the Archaeology Collection and the Ofice of Contract Archaeology at 1:00pm.
Lunch is $5.00 in Maxwell Courtyard. Date Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Time
11:00am-1:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Maxwell
Museum
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Architecture
Lecture: John Gaw Meem Lecture Series Description Cameron Sinclair,
Co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, will speak on "When Being
Sustainable is a Matter of Survival."." Lectures are free and open to
the public. Date Monday,
April 14, 2008 Time 5:00pm-7:00pm Web Link Contact
Dot Waldrip, 505 277-5885 Location George Pearl Hall, Auditorium, 2401
Central NE
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Maxwell Museum
Indian Bread Demo and Sale Description
Join the Edaakies of Isleta Peublo for a Bread Baking Demonstration and Sale. Indian Tacos, bread
baked in the Maxwell horno and more. Date Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Time 11:00am-3:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location
Maxwell Museum
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Anderson School
of Management Lecture Series Description Each month on a Wednesday
evening, the Anderson Schools will present a lecture which is free and open to
the public at 7pm in the new Anderson
Student Center.
The presenters are members of the faculty. This lecture features Dr. Jackie
Hood discussing Bullying in the Workplace: Challenges to Preserving an Ethical
Organization. Date Wednesday,
April 16, 2008 Time 7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link Contact
505 277-7117 Location Anderson Schools of Management, Student Center
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Maxwell Museum: Southwest Lecture Description
J. J. Brody will present a lecture: "A Mutable Art: Mimbres Pottery
Painting in the Modern World." Free and open to the public. Date Thursday, April 17, 2008 Time
7:00pm-8:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell
Contact Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location Hibben Room 105
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Maxwell Museum Artisans of the World Description
Featuring Mimbres Revival Pottery with acclaimed Acoma Pueblo potters Emma
Lewis Mitchell and Dolores Lewis Garcia. Free and open to the public. Date
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time 1:00pm-3:00pm Web Link http://www.unm.edu/~maxwell Contact
Mary Beth Hermans, 505 277-4405 Location
Maxwell Museum
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 12 noon
Alicia Chavez, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership &
Organizational Learning
“Critical Cultural Feminism and College Teaching”
SUB Cherry/Silver
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Wednesday, April 9th, noon
Sarah Payne
Graduate Student Research Lecture: "Nature in the Contraceptive
Diaphragm? Connecting Bodies, Reproduction, and Environment"
Room TBA, contact femresin@unm.edu or 277-1198 for more information
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Wednesday, April 23rd, noon
Round Table Discussion on “How to Be a Woman in Academia”
Room TBA, contact femresin@unm.edu or 277-1198 for more information
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