College of Arts and Humanities 2009 – 2010 Lecture Series features:
Distinguished Alumnus: Sidney B. Cox, B.A. Journalism 1952, Founder Cox Communications
Date: November 5, 2009
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: McKee Fisk, room 242
Mr. Cox is an icon the field of public relations. After having worked as a reporter for KMJ Radio and TV and later for the Fresno Bee, Sid became Vice President of Producers Cotton Oil in 1960, and in 1988 he founded his own company, Cox Communications, a public relations consultancy.
For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/SidneyB.Cox.htm
Intellectual and Artistic Exploration
College of Arts and Humanities
California State University Fresno
2380 E. Keats Ave.
MS/MB 99
Fresno, CA. 93740
559.278.3056
fax: 559.278.6758
josed@csufresno.edu
http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Presentations by Dr. Peter McLaren
CineCulture Announces:
Presentations by Dr. Peter McLaren, Professor in the Division of Urban Schooling, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
Peter McLaren is the author and editor of forty-five books and hundreds of scholarly articles and chapters. His writings have been translated into 20 languages. Four of his books have won the Critic's Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. McLaren was the inaugural recipient of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Award presented by Chapman University, California. He lectures widely in Latin America, North America, Asia, and Europe. His most recent book (co-authored with Nathalia Jaramillo) is Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire. With Steve Best and Anthony Nocella, he has co-edited a forthcoming book, Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex (AK Press).
Title of Presentation: “Education in a Time of Crisis”
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 2 P.M.
Place: Peters Business 191
Film Screening - Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 5 P.M.
Place: McLane 121
Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech (2009). Director Liz Garbus explores the current state of free speech in America and gives viewers a fascinating perspective on the First Amendment throughout our history. Through contemporary case studies dealing the complex issues of limits on free speech at public gatherings, in school, in print and on the Internet, the film examines the balancing act between protecting both civil liberties and national security in a post 9/11 world. The difficult issues raised in the film are at the heart of what defines America. Garbus’ primary tour guide navigating this perilous landscape is her own father: First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, who in interviewed along with other well-known figures from both the liberal and conservative fronts. 74 minutes.
For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu.
Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu
Presentations by Dr. Peter McLaren, Professor in the Division of Urban Schooling, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.
Peter McLaren is the author and editor of forty-five books and hundreds of scholarly articles and chapters. His writings have been translated into 20 languages. Four of his books have won the Critic's Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. McLaren was the inaugural recipient of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Award presented by Chapman University, California. He lectures widely in Latin America, North America, Asia, and Europe. His most recent book (co-authored with Nathalia Jaramillo) is Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire. With Steve Best and Anthony Nocella, he has co-edited a forthcoming book, Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex (AK Press).
Title of Presentation: “Education in a Time of Crisis”
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 2 P.M.
Place: Peters Business 191
Film Screening - Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 5 P.M.
Place: McLane 121
Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech (2009). Director Liz Garbus explores the current state of free speech in America and gives viewers a fascinating perspective on the First Amendment throughout our history. Through contemporary case studies dealing the complex issues of limits on free speech at public gatherings, in school, in print and on the Internet, the film examines the balancing act between protecting both civil liberties and national security in a post 9/11 world. The difficult issues raised in the film are at the heart of what defines America. Garbus’ primary tour guide navigating this perilous landscape is her own father: First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, who in interviewed along with other well-known figures from both the liberal and conservative fronts. 74 minutes.
For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu.
Club President: Rory Carlberg roryjc@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu
JAZZ – O – WEEN
California State University, Fresno Jazz Bands Presents:
JAZZ – O – WEEN
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Place: Concert Hall
General Admission: $6.00
Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students: $5.00
Come share a fun filled night of ghoulishly swinging tunes at the annual Jazz-O-Ween concert.
This family event will feature your favorite Fresno State Jazz Bands in costume.
We hope to see you in costume as well.
Department of Music
California State University, Fresno
2380 East Keats Avenue, M/S MB77
Fresno, CA 93740-8024
Office: (559) 278-2537
Fax: (559) 278-6800
adurst@csufresno.edu
www.alandurst.com
JAZZ – O – WEEN
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Place: Concert Hall
General Admission: $6.00
Faculty/Staff/Seniors/Students: $5.00
Come share a fun filled night of ghoulishly swinging tunes at the annual Jazz-O-Ween concert.
This family event will feature your favorite Fresno State Jazz Bands in costume.
We hope to see you in costume as well.
Department of Music
California State University, Fresno
2380 East Keats Avenue, M/S MB77
Fresno, CA 93740-8024
Office: (559) 278-2537
Fax: (559) 278-6800
adurst@csufresno.edu
www.alandurst.com
Ron Carlson & Michelle Latiolais
MFA FALL READING SERIES PRESENTS: RON CARLSON & MICHELLE LATIOLAIS
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium (Peters Building 191)
Ron Carlson is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novel Five Skies. His stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, The New Yorker, and Gentleman’s Quarterly. He has received a number of honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a National Society of Arts and
Letters Literature Award, and the 1993 Ploughshares Cohen Prize. He directs the graduate program in fiction at the University of California, Irvine.
Michelle Latiolais is a Professor of English at the University of California at Irvine. She is the author of the novel Even Now which received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the Commonwealth Club of California. Her second novel, A Proper Knowledge, was published in 2008 by Bellevue Literary Press.
She has published writing in three anthologies, Absolute Disaster, Women On The Edge: Writing From Los Angeles and Woof! Writers on Dogs. Her stories and essays have appeared in Zyzzyva, The Antioch Review, Western Humanities Review and the Santa Monica Review. Most recently she had work in issues of the Iowa Review and the Northwest Review.
PARKING RELAXED IN LOT J
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium (Peters Building 191)
Ron Carlson is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novel Five Skies. His stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, The New Yorker, and Gentleman’s Quarterly. He has received a number of honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a National Society of Arts and
Letters Literature Award, and the 1993 Ploughshares Cohen Prize. He directs the graduate program in fiction at the University of California, Irvine.
Michelle Latiolais is a Professor of English at the University of California at Irvine. She is the author of the novel Even Now which received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the Commonwealth Club of California. Her second novel, A Proper Knowledge, was published in 2008 by Bellevue Literary Press.
She has published writing in three anthologies, Absolute Disaster, Women On The Edge: Writing From Los Angeles and Woof! Writers on Dogs. Her stories and essays have appeared in Zyzzyva, The Antioch Review, Western Humanities Review and the Santa Monica Review. Most recently she had work in issues of the Iowa Review and the Northwest Review.
PARKING RELAXED IN LOT J
Battle of the Bands
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Place: Maple Mall (In Front of Joyal Administration Building)
NEW EVENT: BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!
Come and see these bands battle: The Sosa Band, JJ Brown, Cabo Nights,
Fire Cat, Shoebox Confessions, and The Outlaws
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
After you wake up from your October 31 activities...come out to the campus and enjoy a FREE Battle of the Bands as a part of the 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Festival at Fresno State
Featuring: Education Zone! Health Zone! Dancers! Great Food! Arts and Crafts!...and more!
Co-Sponsored by the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the
Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute, and others
For more information call the Cultural Heritage Institute at 278-6946, the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at 495-4817 or go to http://www.cchcc.net/pdf/latino_heritage_2009_9302009.pdf.
The Center for Women and Culture
"A Welcoming Place for Diversity and Gender
Francine L. Oputa, Director
Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute - 559.278.6946
Fax: 559.278.7358
California State University Fresno
5241 N. Maple Ave. MS-TA35
Fresno, CA 93740-8023
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Place: Maple Mall (In Front of Joyal Administration Building)
NEW EVENT: BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!
Come and see these bands battle: The Sosa Band, JJ Brown, Cabo Nights,
Fire Cat, Shoebox Confessions, and The Outlaws
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
After you wake up from your October 31 activities...come out to the campus and enjoy a FREE Battle of the Bands as a part of the 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Festival at Fresno State
Featuring: Education Zone! Health Zone! Dancers! Great Food! Arts and Crafts!...and more!
Co-Sponsored by the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the
Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute, and others
For more information call the Cultural Heritage Institute at 278-6946, the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at 495-4817 or go to http://www.cchcc.net/pdf/latino_heritage_2009_9302009.pdf.
The Center for Women and Culture
"A Welcoming Place for Diversity and Gender
Francine L. Oputa, Director
Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute - 559.278.6946
Fax: 559.278.7358
California State University Fresno
5241 N. Maple Ave. MS-TA35
Fresno, CA 93740-8023
Rhoda Janzen Book Signing "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress"
The Women's Resource and The Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute Proudly Present
Rhoda Janzen in a Book Signing of her newly released memoir,Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: University Student Union, Room 309
Refreshments will be served. Books available for purchase.
Co-sponsored by the Henry Madden Library and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
"It is rare that I literally laugh out loud while I'm reading, but Rhoda Janzen's voice--singular, deadpan, sharp-witted and honest--slayed me, with audible results...The most delightful memoir I've read in ages." -Elizabeth Glibert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
Rhoda Janzen in a Book Signing of her newly released memoir,Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: University Student Union, Room 309
Refreshments will be served. Books available for purchase.
Co-sponsored by the Henry Madden Library and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
"It is rare that I literally laugh out loud while I'm reading, but Rhoda Janzen's voice--singular, deadpan, sharp-witted and honest--slayed me, with audible results...The most delightful memoir I've read in ages." -Elizabeth Glibert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East”
The Armenian Studies Program and the Henry Madden Library cordially invite you to a reception marking the opening of the exhibit
Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East”
Date: Sunday, November 1
Time: 3:00-5:00PM
Place: Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library
Free admission and the public is welcome
Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East” is a traveling exhibit developed and prepared by the Watertown, Massachusetts-based Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), in honor of the Legionnaires and their devotion to their nation and to the cause of liberty during World War I. The exhibit will run through the end of November on the Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library.
The exhibit explores the formation, training, military action, and postwar activities of this all-volunteer force through photographs and narratives.
Contact and information: Armenian Studies Program 278-2669
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Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: armenianstudies.csufresno.edu
Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East”
Date: Sunday, November 1
Time: 3:00-5:00PM
Place: Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library
Free admission and the public is welcome
Légion Arménienne: The Armenian Legion and Its Heroism in the Middle East” is a traveling exhibit developed and prepared by the Watertown, Massachusetts-based Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), in honor of the Legionnaires and their devotion to their nation and to the cause of liberty during World War I. The exhibit will run through the end of November on the Second Floor of the Henry Madden Library.
The exhibit explores the formation, training, military action, and postwar activities of this all-volunteer force through photographs and narratives.
Contact and information: Armenian Studies Program 278-2669
--
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N. Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno CA 93740-8001
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the ASP Website: armenianstudies.csufresno.edu
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