{"id":3108,"date":"2017-10-02T16:09:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/edge\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2017-10-05T18:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T18:09:07","slug":"cla-week-10217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/edge\/2017\/10\/02\/cla-week-10217\/","title":{"rendered":"CLA This Week \u2014 10\/2\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events<\/h2>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Songwriters in the Round \u2014\u00a0<\/b>An informal evening of sharing songs and learning about songwriting greats. Hosted by Bob\u00a0Santelli<\/b>. Bring your instrument, your songs and your enthusiasm!\u00a07 p.m<\/b>. In the\u00a0Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, Oct. 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n

OSU Disability Network\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Join a group of OSU community members interested in discussing Disability Studies<\/strong> teaching and research, in general, and the development of a\u00a0DS curriculum at OSU, in particular, for a film screening of “Deej<\/a>“<\/strong> at 7 p.m.<\/strong> in Milam 319<\/strong>. Students and\u00a0autistic self-advocates will participate in a discussion after the film. This event is free and open to the public. *Please note this event is fragrance free.<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Music \u00e0 la Carte\u00a0\u2014 Becky Jeffers <\/span><\/b>and<\/span> Angela Carlson\u00a0<\/span><\/b>will perform at 12 p.m.<\/strong> in the Memorial Union Lounge.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

OSU Anthropology Lecture Series\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Dr. Quentin Mackie<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria, will give a lecture titled, “Recent Archaeological Research on Ancient Coastlines of British Columbia<\/span>.” \u00a0Dr. Mackie will speak from\u00a012 to 12:50pm<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in Waldo Hall Room 201A<\/strong>. This event is part of the\u00a0Anthropology Program’s<\/a>\u00a0“Tan Sack” Lecture Series.<\/p>\n

OSU Music Presents<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0OSU School of Arts and Communication<\/b>\u00a0hosts the finest jazz ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps at\u00a07 p.m<\/b>. In the\u00a0Memorial Union Lounge.<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 8<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Reformation Hymn Fest: Called, Gathered, Enlightened, Inspired\u00a0<\/b>\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Featuring Dr. Paul Klemme<\/strong>, music director, St. Paul Episcopal Church, Salem; Jim Davidson<\/strong>, music director, First United Methodist Church, Corvallis; Christopher Buckley<\/strong>, music director Grace Lutheran Church, Corvallis; brass choir with tympani; and chorus will take place at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church<\/strong>, 1165 NW Monroe Ave. Refreshments to follow program. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit\u00a0Reformation 500<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n

Degrowth: Subversive Subjectivities and the Transformation of the Social Imaginary<\/b>\u2013a presentation by\u00a0Barbara Muraca<\/span><\/a>. Muraca will participate in a research cluster on futures of sustainability as a visiting scholar this winter at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Hamburg. In this talk, she\u2019ll discuss her work on new worldwide social movements and collective practices that challenge the pervasive logic of economic growth and embody alternative ways of living.\u00a0Mon. Oct 9,<\/b>\u00a04 p.m., OSU Center for the Humanities, Autzen House, 811 SW Jefferson<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join the School of Writing, Literature, and Film<\/strong> for an exclusive screening of a thirty-minute trailer and overview of Ken Burns and\u00a0Lynn Novick\u2019s eighteen-hour series, The Vietnam War<\/strong>. The screening will be followed by a panel and Q&A featuring Charlie Haughey<\/strong>, whose 3,000 photographs captured the experience of the soldiers in his division and the lives of the citizens they encountered. Alongside Haughey, Robert Santelli<\/strong>,\u00a0Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum and Director of Popular Music at OSU, will discuss the representation of the war in music of the sixties. Jon Lewis<\/strong>,\u00a0Distinguished Professor of Film Studies, will discuss the war as it has been portrayed on the screen. And Larry Rodgers<\/strong>, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of English, will detail how the Vietnam War became a literary subject. The panel will be moderated by Marisa Chappell<\/strong>, Associate Professor of History. 7 p.m., the LaSells Stewart Center.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/h2>\n

Anita Guerrini<\/strong>, Horning Professor in the Humanities\u00a0and Professor of History, was honored as Faculty of the Game during this Saturday’s football game at Reser Stadium. Recently,\u00a0Guerrini gave a talk entitled,\u201cThe Whiteness of Bones: the emergence of the skeleton as a commodity, 1500-1800\u201d to the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia University.<\/p>\n

Associate Professor of History Stacey Smith<\/strong> has been appointed associate editor<\/a> for the “Journal of the Civil War Era.” In her new role, Smith will commission, develop and edit cutting edge review essays that explore the latest scholarship on the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Joshua Reeves<\/b>, assistant professor of New Media Communications and Speech Communication, was interviewed about smartphone surveillance in\u00a0The Intercept.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Current Research, Publications and Creative Activity\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

David Kerr<\/strong> of the School of Psychological Science co-authored an article in the journal “Obesity Research and Clinical Practice” with University of Padua, Italy colleague, Gianluca Gini, entitled, \u201cProspective associations between peer teasing in childhood and young men\u2019s obesity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor of History Gary Ferngren\u00a0<\/strong>continued his scholarly output with a second edition of “Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction” from Johns Hopkins University Press; an essay entitled “Medicine and Spirituality: A Historical Perspective,” in “Spirituality and Religion within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice,” edited by Michael J. Balboni and John R. Peteet\u00a0<\/i>(Oxford); and another co-edited volume (with Ekaterina N. Lomperis), “Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion,” also published by Johns Hopkins.<\/p>\n

Barbara Muraca<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, has given a keynote lecture on “Circular Economy Within or Beyond Capitalism? A Degrowth Perspective” at the GRF (Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption) conference “Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy”, University of Sussex, June 27-29 2017.\u00a0Muraca was also invited as a fellow in residence at the Federal Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany for July 2017.<\/p>\n

Latina\/o Studies and Ethnic Studies assistant professor, Daniel L\u00f3pez-Cevallos<\/strong>, recently presented the following: “Health Status of Latinos in Oregon: Trends and Statistics.” Oral session presented at Technical Assistance in Grant Writing for Diverse Communities, US Department of Health and Human Services Region 10 & Health Resources and services Administration in Corvallis. At the same event, he also moderated a panel session titled: “Barriers to Access and Social Determinants of Health in Latino Communities.”<\/p>\n

Ronald L. Mize<\/strong>, Associate Professor in the School of Language, Culture and Society, recently gave the following presentations:<\/p>\n