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. 4 p.m., Center for the Humanities, Autzen House 811 SW Jefferson.<\/strong><\/p>\n Trek Theatre of Eugene\u00a0\u2014 <\/strong>Presents their only Corvallis performance of the classic\u00a0Star Trek Episode “Space Seed.”<\/strong>\u00a0The crew of the Enterprise encounters a sleeper ship that contains one of the most dangerous and renowned villains of the Star Trek universe; the genetically enhanced super-tyrant Khan Noonian Singh. With this performance, Trek Theatre continues to perform exciting science fiction community theater that raises important questions about the role of science and technology in contemporary culture and society. Admission is free and open to the public.\u00a07 p.m., MU Ballroom.<\/strong><\/p>\n Songwriters<\/span> in the Round<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Hosted by\u00a0Bob Santelli<\/strong>. All are welcome.\u00a07 p.m., Bexell Hall Lounge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Critical Questions Series <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0Amy D. Propen<\/strong>, assistant professor of writing at UC Santa Barbara, will examine the value systems and lenses that inform decision making about our nonhuman kin at a moment of destabilizing ecologies. She asks how might we best act with compassion and advocacy for vulnerable species while remaining mindful of their own agency and autonomy?\u00a04 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 Presents\u00a0Cassils<\/a>: The Body as Social Sculpture<\/strong>\u00a0at 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0in C&E Hall<\/strong> at the LaSells Stewart Center.<\/strong> Cassils is a performance artist, body builder and transgender icon. They make their body the protagonist of their performances, contemplating the history of violence, representation, struggle and survival. Cassils will speak about past works and their starting points, development processes and historical contexts. 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 Album<\/span> Club<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Hosted by Bob Santelli<\/strong>, featuring \u201cThe Times They Are A-Changin’\u201d by Bob Dylan.\u00a07 p.m.,\u00a0Bexell Hall\u00a0Lounge.<\/strong><\/p>\n An Evening with Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 In his talk “Earth Verse: Writing for the Good Earth,” Stafford will explore how poetry and stories have long provided solace, clarity, and a chance to make peace with ourselves, each other, and the Earth. The<\/strong>\u00a0Valley Library Rotunda<\/strong>, 7 p.m.<\/strong> Free and open to everyone. Sponsors include the Spring Creek Project, OSU Press, and the School of Writing, Literature and Film.\u00a0Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Seminar by Artist David Buckley Borden<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 David Buckley Borden is an interdisciplinary artist and associate fellow and designer-in-residence at Harvard Forest. He is known for making ecological issues culturally relevant through accessible art and design and is currently visiting as an Artist in Residence at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Join us at 4 p.m.<\/strong> in Memorial Union, Room 206.<\/strong> Free and open to everyone. Sponsored by the Spring Creek Project, the Andrews Experimental Forest LTER Program, and the ARTS_SCI group.<\/p>\n Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) Night\u00a0\u2014 <\/strong>Alumni representing a variety of CLA majors will be on hand to share advice with students.\u00a0 Students will have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the varied career paths College of Liberal Arts alumni pursue; find out what alumni wish they\u2019d known or done during college; and practice their networking skills with a friendly group of Beavers.\u00a0 Check out the\u00a0ASK Night web page<\/a>\u00a0to view the list of alumni attending. 6:30-8 p.m., Bexell 214.<\/strong><\/p>\n Music<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00e0 la\u00a0Carte<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2014 Nathan Boal, saxophone and Grace Choi, piano.\u00a012 p.m., MU Lounge.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Interested in Disability Studies?<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0<\/span>Want to help promote diversity, equity, and inclusion? If so, join the OSU Disability Network and the Disability Studies Center for the Humanities Research Cluster for our upcoming event\u00a0“Situating Media and Disability Studies\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>talk by Charlie Deitz,\u00a0\u00a01 p.m., Milam Hall, Room 301.<\/strong><\/p>\n Literary Northwest Series<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Presents\u00a0<\/span>George Estreich<\/strong>, author of “Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories we Tell Ourselves” (MIT Press), and Erica Trabold, author of “Five Plots” (Seneca Review Books) whose lyric essays appear in “The Rumpus,” “Passages North,” “The Collagist,” “South Dakota Review,” “Seneca Review,” “Essay Daily,” and elsewhere, will be reading at The Valley Library Rotunda<\/strong>\u00a0at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ettihad Cultural Festival<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014<\/span> Join the Ettihad Cultural Center to celebrate the 7th Annual Ettihad Cultural Festival featuring over 18 countries from South, Southwestern and Central Asia & Northern Africa.\u00a0<\/strong>Come tour the various cuisines, languages, performances, and clothes of this culturally diverse region all for free! The festival still needs volunteers on April 20th and 21st. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this\u00a0form<\/a>!\u00a05-8 p.m., SEC Plaza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The George & Dorothy Carson Memorial Lecture: Transgender Identities and the Police in Nazi Germany<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014<\/strong> Lecture by Dr. Laurie Marhoefer<\/strong>. Before the Nazis came to power, Germany was one of the global centers of trans activism and home to a thriving subculture of people with transgender identities. This talk looks at transgender activism before 1933 and discusses what happened to trans people under the Nazi State. Free and open to the public.\u00a0Tuesday, April 23, 4 p.m., MU, Journey Room, 105.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 60’s: The Decade That Changed America\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Woodstock, Revisited. <\/strong>A conversation<\/a> with Woodstock publicist Rona Elliot and official Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz. Hosted by Bob Santelli. Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m., La Sells Stewart Center.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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 Dr. Emily Carr<\/strong>, director of the OSU-Cascades MFA in Creative Writing, recently published crossword poems from her hybrid-work-in progress “The Stork Rides Shotgun: Statistically Significant Poems” in “Tupelo Quarterly, 17.”\u00a0In March, Dr. Carr was awarded the “The Capilano Review”\u2019s annual BioFiction Award.\u00a0 Her winning entry \u201cCIRCUMSTANCES\u201d will be published in an upcoming issue of “The Capilano Review.”<\/p>\n OSU-Cascades faculty and undergraduate students Dr. Natalie Dollar<\/strong>, Speech Communication & Social Sciences; Dr. Nichalous Dahl<\/strong>, Speech Communication & Social Sciences; Alexa Tawzer<\/strong>, Liberal Studies major; and Nathan Goldberg<\/strong>, Social Science major, presented at the Northwest Communication Association annual meeting in Coeur d\u2019Alene on April 13, 2019.\u00a0The research team\u2019s panel was titled, “Community Dialogue and Storytelling: A Roundtable Discussion of the Community Dialogue Project” and\u00a0included the following presentations: (1) Community Dialogue Project: Communication as Radically Cultural \u2013 Natalie Dollar, (2) Community Dialogue: Storytelling in Action \u2013 Alexa Tawzer, (3) Blogging for Change \u2013 Nathan Goldberg and (4) Music as Community Dialogue \u2013 Nick Dahl.\u00a0 For more about the Community Dialogue Project please visit our webpage:\u00a0https:\/\/osucascades.edu\/community-dialogue-project<\/a>https:\/\/osucascades.edu\/community-dialogue-project<\/a>.<\/p>\n On April 19th<\/sup>, Assistant Professor of Psychology Anita Cservenka<\/strong> and director of the Substance Use & Neurocognition Lab, will be presenting research from her lab at the Oregon Decision Neuroscience Symposium, which will be held at the University of Oregon. Her talk is titled \u201cHeavy marijuana use and risky decision-making in young adult college students\u201d.<\/p>\n Instructor of Guitar\u00a0Cameron O\u2019Connor<\/strong>\u00a0was an invited guest artist at the Northwest Guitar Festival in Seattle, Washington where he gave a recital, taught a masterclass and adjudicated the Northwest Guitar Competition. Recently, he was also featured in a performance of Camille de Rossi\u2019s last surviving cantata \u201cFra Dori\u201d with the Los Angeles Camerata, a period-performance ensemble at the University of Southern California Brain and Creativity Institute. O\u2019Connor, who is also active as a composer, recently had his guitar composition \u201cThree Northwestern Scenes\u201d accepted for a performance at The 21st<\/sup>-Century Guitar conference which will be held in August, 2019 at the University of Ottawa in Canada.<\/p>\n Coordinator of Contemporary Music and Research\u00a0Dana Reason<\/strong>\u00a0served as the music arranger for the PBS series \u201cReconstruction: American After the Civil War\u201d that premiered on April 9. The two part documentary was executively produced by Henry Louis Gates Jr. who is director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University and features music composed by Paul Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky) and arranged by Reason.<\/p>\n In addition, Reason’s composition \u201cChanson de fleurs: Eleanor of Aquitaine (2017),\u201d for oboe and soundscape, will be performed by oboeist Catherine Lee at Cascadia Composers: All Wired Up | A Micro Festival of New Electronic Music<\/a>, at The Old Church in Portland on Saturday, April 20.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Music Technology\u00a0Jason Fick\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>recent recordings of the American Chamber Players, made for Chamber Music Corvallis have been airing on the All Classical KQAC \u201cPlayed in Oregon\u201d series over the past several weeks.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Philosophy\u00a0Stephanie Jenkins\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0interview about Trey Anastasio\u2019s Ghosts of the Forest debut and existential philosophy was featured on the “Phemale-Centrics\u201d and \u201cThe Drop\u201d Osiris, a media network in partnership with JamBase.<\/p>\n Professor of Art\u00a0Shelley Jordon’s\u00a0<\/strong>work\u00a0is on display in the Fairbanks Gallery through April 25. Jordon is a painter and moving-image artist who explores interior and exterior worlds and connections between past and present experiences. Using traditional drawing and painting media applied to two-dimensional artwork, animation and installation, Jordon expresses the complex nature of memory; physical and emotional, collective and personal. Her recent paintings and animations meditate on the passage of time, the power and beauty of nature and the cycle of life. Fairbanks Gallery is located in Fairbanks Hall, 220 SW 26th<\/sup>\u00a0St.<\/strong>, on the OSU main campus. It is open\u00a08 a.m.-5 p.m., <\/strong>Monday-Friday. Hours are until 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month for the Corvallis Art Walk.<\/p>\n Instructor of Art\u00a0Michael Boonstra<\/strong>\u00a0presented and discussed OSU\u2019s\u00a0Creative Oregon Project<\/a> at the Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education Conference<\/a> in Columbus, Ohio. Boonstra participated in two panels; one titled\u00a0\u201cSpatial Literacy and Sustainable Social Practices in Foundations,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>and the second was\u00a0\u201cFrom Local to Global: ReThinking Community Engagement.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Both focused on different aspects of experiential learning opportunities and the expansion of studio-based programming into site-based creative research.<\/p>\n The<\/strong> A<\/strong>nnual da<\/span> Vinci<\/span> Days STEAM Speaker Series<\/b> will offer the public opportunities to explore the art and science of waves, from the depths of the ocean to the haunting tones of a one-of-a-kind musical instrument and the intersections of art and water. Following the theme of \u201cMaking Waves,\u201d the free, family-friendly presentations will be held every Tuesday<\/strong> in April at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2500 SW Western Ave.<\/strong> in Corvallis. The talks begin at 6 p.m.<\/strong> and are free and open to the public. 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