Pop-up Exhibit<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>CLA undergraduate and graduate students (from the Creative Oregon<\/a> and Environmental Arts & Humanities Initiative<\/a>) will be displaying artwork at a pop-up exhibit during the Vice Provost’s Awards for Excellence<\/a> reception from 3:30-6 p.m.<\/strong> in the MU Ballroom<\/strong>. The works showcase the integration of the arts and humanities with marine and other forms of environment science, and the potential for art to serve as a medium for community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration. For more information, contact\u00a0charles.robinson@oregonstate.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Sandra Steingraber Keynote Lecture\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Acclaimed biologist and author Sandra Steingraber will give a keynote lecture, “Fighting with Your Whole Heart: Human Rights and the New Science on Fracking,” at the Whiteside Theatre<\/strong>. It will be paired with “Unsilenced: Art and Sounds of Resistance,” and art exhibit and listening room. Exhibit opens at 6 p.m.<\/strong> and lecture begins at 7 p.m.<\/strong> Register for free tickets on Eventbrite<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Campus Information Session <\/b> \u2014 Dr.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>David M. Levy<\/strong>, Professor in the University of Washington Information School and Board Member of Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, will be joined by OSU faculty to present \u201cContemplation in Higher Education: What\u2019s the Buzz About?\u201d\u00a0 3:30-5:30 p.m.<\/strong>,\u00a0MU 208 (La Raza Room)<\/b>. Sponsored by OSU Contemplative Studies Initiative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Profit and Passion<\/strong> \u2014 Nicole von Germeten<\/strong>, Director of the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion narrates the history of the women who carried and resisted labels of ill repute such as whore and prostitute. Her analysis concentrates on the words women spoke in court and on how their language changed over time, pointing to a broader transformation in the history of sexuality, gender, and how legal processes affected women.\u00a04 p.m. MU, Pan-Afrikan, 213.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Mindful Technology Lecture<\/b>\u00a0\u2014<\/span>\u00a0Dr. David M. Levy<\/strong>, Professor in the University of Washington Information School, will discuss \u201cMindful Technology: How to Bring Balance to our Digital Lives.\u201d 6:30 pm<\/strong> in the Belluschi Wing<\/strong> of Corvallis Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Street<\/strong>. Sponsored by OSU Contemplative Studies Initiative<\/strong> and Corvallis Public Library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Fake News<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>Do we live in an age of \u2018alternative facts\u2019 and fake news? What does that even mean? This panel discussion aims to help make sense of recent trends and challenges regarding facts, news, misinformation, and more. Panelists: Dr. Tekla Bude<\/strong>, School of Writing, Literature, and Film, Dr. Daniel Faltesek<\/strong>, New Media Communications, and\u00a0Prof. Finn John<\/strong>, New Media Communications. Lightly catered.\u00a0<\/span>4 p.m. MU, Asian Pacific, 206.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference <\/b>\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Join undergraduate students and their peers, professors, and parents for the first annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference. Hear outstanding presentations, engage in exciting conversations, and enjoy talking with OSU Undergraduate Research Fellows.<\/span>\u00a08:30 a.m.-3 p.m. MU, Journey Room: 104.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n OSU Anthropology Lecture Series<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Vasiliki Touhouliotis<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Language and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis, will give a lecture titled, \u201cShrapnel: Wounds, a War Regime of Care, and Political Subjects in South Lebanon.\u201d \u00a0Dr. Touhouliotis will speak from 12-12:50 p.m.<\/strong> in Waldo Hall Room 201A. <\/strong><\/p>\n Author Reading\u00a0<\/b>\u2014<\/span>\u00a0Writer Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich<\/strong> will give a reading of her recent book, “The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir,” a true crime\/memoir hybrid.\u00a0 The reading will be followed by a Q&A and book signing, and is part of the School of Writing, Literature, and Film\u2019s 2017-2018\u00a0Visiting Writers Series<\/a>.\u00a07:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, Valley Library Rotunda.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Teacher Resistance in Tibetan Life Writing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Tibetan Buddhism famously asks practitioners to be devoted to their religious master, deferring to a teacher’s authority in all aspects of their lives. What happens when conflict arises? Geoff Barstow<\/strong>, assistant professor in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion, and the author of “Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet<\/a>.”\u00a0Monday, May 21, 4 p.m., OSU Center for the Humanities, Autzen House, 811 SW Jefferson.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Haptic\/Visual Identities<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Christian Villavicencio, University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Villavicencio’s work explores perception in moving images with a focus on the interconnectedness of vision and the body. His pieces have been exhibited in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, and other international venues. In this talk, he’ll demonstrate the process of filming with DIY haptic hand cameras and discuss the relationship between embodiment and the politics of technology. Thursday, May 24, 4 p.m., OWEN 103.<\/strong> Sponsored by SWLF Film Studies and the OSU Center of the Humanities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n CFP<\/strong>\u00a0Humanities Research Clusters<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0The Center for Humanities invites proposals for the 2018-2019 Humanities Research Clusters. Supported through a partnership with the OSU Office of the Provost, this program offers scholars with expertise in different disciplines the opportunity to explore a topic of shared interest in common and in depth. Deadline: Friday, June 8. More information and application instruction at:\u00a0<\/a><\/span>http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/humanities\/research-clusters<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The editorial board of “American Art,” the Smithsonian American Art Museum\u2019s peer-reviewed journal for new scholarship, has awarded the 2017 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award<\/strong> to Peter Betjemann<\/strong> for his article \u201cThe Ends of Time: Abolition, Apocalypse, and Narrativity in Robert S. Duncanson\u2019s Literary Paintings,\u201d which appeared in the fall 2017 issue (vol. 31, no. 3).\u00a0The Frost Award recognizes excellent scholarship in the field of American art history by honoring an essay, published the previous year in “American Art,” that advances the understanding of the history of the arts in America and demonstrates original research and fresh ideas.<\/p>\n Nabil Boudraa <\/strong>presented the following:\u00a0“North African pluralistic Society”, COCC, Bend, Oregon, May 3-4, 2018.<\/p>\n Professor of Art Julie Green\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0“Food, Fashion and Capital Punishment,” her second exhibition at the Upfor Gallery in Portland, Oregon, weaves together several\u00a0creative threads that have figured in the artist\u2019s work for decades. The focal point of the exhibition is a series of\u00a0paintings titled “Fashion Plate” that blend \u201chigh\u201d and \u201clow\u201d technique and materials. 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