2019 Ideas Matter Series on the Philosophy of Food: What Should We Do About Our Food?<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Lecture by Dr. David M. Kaplan<\/strong>. Kaplan will discuss ethical consumerism, food justice, and the politics of disgust. Dr. Kaplan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas. He is author of “Food Philosophy”\u00a0(2019), editor of the “Encyclopedia of Food” and “Agricultural Ethics”\u00a0(2014), and several articles on fake, processed, artificial, and junk foods. He also runs the Philosophy of Food Project at UNT, which disseminates information about the philosophical dimensions of food, agriculture, eating, and animals:\u00a0www.food.unt.edu<\/a>. Free and open to the public.\u00a06 p.m., Milam Hall, Room 319.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Star Trek and the Ethics of Genetic Enhancement Technology\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>In the Star Trek Universe, one of the most dangerous villains is a genetically enhanced human being from the 20th century: Khan Noonian Singh. Genetic enhancement is one of the only tabooed forms of science in Star Trek. In this discussion, we will talk about the way Star Trek portrays this kind of medical intervention, in order to consider the ethical and political issues raised by the possibilities of tailor-making stronger and more intelligent human beings.\u00a0<\/strong>Pizza will be provided.\u00a012 p.m. Milam Hall, Room 319.<\/strong><\/p>\n Green Legacy Hiroshima Peace Tree\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Join Corvallis Mayor for Peace Biff Traber<\/strong> to plant a Green Legacy Hiroshima Peace Tree, grown from a tree that survived the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The Peace Tree will be dedicated to Oregon Hiroshima survivor Dr. Hideko Tamura Snider. The ceremony will be followed by refreshments and a facilitated discussion about nuclear weapons.\u00a04 p.m. Asian & Pacific Cultural Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n Race and Racism in Cuba\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Cuban scholar-activist and cultural investigator Roberto Zurbano<\/strong> will give a public talk at the Willamette Room<\/strong> of the CH2M HILL Alumni Center<\/strong> at 7 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0 OSU will be Zurbano\u2019s only stop in the Pacific Northwest and he will present on the topic that has made him internationally recognized and regarded: \u201cRace and Racism in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n Music<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00e0 la\u00a0Carte<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2014 John Sharp, guitar.\u00a012 p.m., MU Lounge.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 5th Annual Pacific Northwest Undergraduate Religious Studies Conference<\/strong>\u00a0showcases the work of student researchers from Oregon State University, the University of Puget Sound, Linfield College, Willamette University, and Lewis and Clark College. Presentations range widely from Islamic architecture, Tibetan Buddhism, and resurrection in Orthodox Christianity to the religious symbolism of Star Wars, the ethical shortcomings of the war on drugs, and the religious roots of the American penal system. Free and open to the public.\u00a0MU, Journey Room 105.<\/strong><\/p>\n Corvallis Repertory Singers<\/strong> \u2014 \u00a0P<\/span>resenting \u201cThe Music Man\u201d in concert on April 13<\/strong>, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> and April 14<\/strong> at 3 p.m.<\/strong> at Corvallis High School<\/strong>, 1400 NW Buchanan St. Tickets and information are available at repsing.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Corvallis-OSU Piano International\u2019s Steinway Piano Concert Series<\/strong> \u2014 <\/strong>Presents Yeol Eum Son on Sunday, 4 p.m.<\/strong> at the LaSells Stewart Center<\/strong>. Tickets and info at\u00a0www.corvallispiano.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Songs of Myself: Monks, Mystical Diaries, and Queer Kinship in 15th-century England\u00a0\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>A work-in-progress talk by Tekla Bude<\/strong>, assistant professor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film. Bude\u2019s research focuses on ways medieval writers were influenced by and influenced the study of music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. Her new book project investigates forms of \u2018silent\u2019 or \u2018metaphysical\u2019 music from 1300-1550.\u00a0In this talk<\/a>, she\u2019ll discuss how the 15th-century diaries of John Norton and Richard Methley, two Carthusian monks, serve as sites for the production of an intersubjective sonic body through which they expressed their affection and desire for one another. Monday, April 15, 4 p.m., Center for the Humanities, Autzen House 811 SW Jefferson.<\/strong><\/p>\n The School of Arts & Communication\u2019s Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series<\/strong> \u2014 <\/strong>Presents\u00a0Cassils<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, April 17 at 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>(note the time change)\u00a0in C&E Hall<\/strong> at the LaSells Stewart Center.<\/strong> A light reception with the artist will take place at 5:30 p.m.<\/strong> in the Myrtle Tree Alcove.<\/strong> Reception and talk are free and open to all.<\/p>\n CFP: 2019-2020 Humanities Research Clusters\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>The OSU Center for the Humanities invites proposals for 2019-2020 Humanities Research Clusters. Supported through a partnership with the 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: Monday, June 3<\/strong>. More information and a link to application instructions are available online:\u00a0https:\/\/humanities.oregonstate.edu\/research-clusters<\/a><\/p>\n Karen Holmberg\u2019s<\/strong> lyric essay, “The Small Selves Haunting Us in the Stones,” appears in the Spring issue of “Tupelo Quarterly”:\u00a0http:\/\/www.tupeloquarterly.com\/tag\/karen-holmberg\/<\/a><\/p>\n On April 4, Nabil Boudraa<\/strong> was a guest on BBC\u2019s history program “The Forum,” \u00a0(bcworldservice.com\/forum<\/a>) to discuss the life and works of the French-Algerian writer, Albert Camus. The show will be aired in few weeks. Details about the broadcast will follow.<\/p>\n Joseph Orosco<\/strong> was the featured speaker for the Cesar Chavez Day Celebration at the University of Detroit-Mercy, sponsored by the Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive and the King\/Chavez\/Parks foundation of the city of Detroit.<\/p>\n Rena Lauer\u2019s<\/strong> book titled \u201cColonial Justice and the Jews of Venetian Crete\u201d has just been published by University of Pennsylvania Press, April 2019.<\/p>\n Coordinator of Contemporary Music and Research\u00a0Dana Reason\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>recent performace of Rosce Mitchell\u2019s \u201cNonaah\u201d was\u00a0favorably reviewed by the New York Times<\/a>. Seth Colter Walls wrote \u201c[that Nonaah by Roscoe Mitchell was] played in a more lyrical arrangement for piano, oboe and flute.\u201d The performance took place at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.<\/p>\n Instructor of Guitar\u00a0Cameron O\u2019Connor<\/strong>\u00a0was recently invited to teach a performance class for guitar students at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thornton School of Music, where he also served as a substitute studio teacher for Thornton faculty member William Kanengiser and was an adjudicator for the ASTA Aaron Green Guitar Competition hosted by USC. While in California, O\u2019Connor also performed a solo recital for the \u201cClassical Guitar in Woodlands Series\u201d in Glendale, Calif.<\/p>\n Associate Professor of Music Technology\u00a0Jason Fick\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0recent composition \u201cI\u2019m The Expert\u201d was performed on March 30 at the College Music Society regional conference held at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. The 2018 work shares stories from residents of Denton, Texas about the effects of fracking on their lives following the overturning of the city\u2019s landmark fracking ban.<\/p>\n Instructor of Music Technology\u00a0Michael Gamble<\/strong>\u00a0presented a performance of the his\u00a0MultiMeteorchestra at Disjecta in Portland, Oregon<\/a>\u00a0on March 28. The group, lead by Gamble, featured an ensemble of electric bass, guitar, keyboard, cello, violin and drums in addition to Gamble\u2019s own compositions, audio effects, projections and improvisations.\u00a0 A preview of the performance was\u00a0featured in Portland\u2019s Willamette Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Instructor of Music History\u00a0Kimary Fick<\/strong>\u00a0and Assistant Professor of Musicology Allison DeSimone from the University of Missouri-Kansas City co-presented a lecture recital titled \u201cVirtute Duce, comite Fortuna: Eignteenth-Century Music for Harpsichord and Flute by Female Composers\u201d at the 50th<\/sup>annual meeting of the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) in Denver, Colorado. The lecture-recital was generously funded by the ASECS Art, Music, and Theater Fund. Fick also presented a lecture-recital at the Parish House Baroque Society in Colorado Springs, CO. This presentation included recent research on publishing eighteenth-century female composers Elisabetta de Gambarini and Anna Bon, followed by a live historically informed performance by Fick (baroque flute) and DeSimone (harpsichord).<\/p>\n Instructor of Art\u00a0Anna Fidler’s<\/strong> exhibition, \u201cHer Kind\u201d at the Johansson Projects in Oakland, Calif., was reviewed in the San Francisco Arts supplement of the New York Times on Sunday, March 3. Arts writer, Christian Frock wrote that Fidler’s work “declares a new world order where feminists call the shots.” Her exhibition ran through March 16.\u00a0Fidler also\u00a0has a painting included in a group show titled \u201cI\u00a0\u2764\ufe0f Paint 3D\u201d at Patel Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 4-28. The exhibition was curated by Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Artists Kim Dorland, who is one of Canada\u2019s best-know contemporary painters.<\/p>\n Associate Professor of Art History Kirsi Peltom\u00e4ki<\/strong> conducted a public conversation with artist Joan Truckenbrod on art, science, history, and technology in the Truckenbrod Gallery (517 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333) on Thursday, March 21, as part of the Corvallis Art Walk.<\/p>\nWednesday, April 10<\/h3>\n
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