The College of Arts and Humanities Presents Distinguished Alumnus
Nancy Osborne, B.A. Speech and Communications – Theatre Arts 1976
Anchor Reporter
KFSN-TV ABC30 Action News
So YOU wanna be a Broadcast Journalist?
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Place: Alice Peters Auditorium
If so you better want to win, beat the competition every day and look good doing it. As a daily reporter and news anchor for ABC30 for three decades Nancy Osborne has the ultimate insider’s view of what it takes to succeed.
In an age where faces come and go hers remains steady. That is a source of great pride for one of the first women to join the ranks of broadcast journalism in the Central Valley.
For more information visit: http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/NancyOsborne.htm
Friday, February 6, 2009
"ARMENIAN CONSTANTINOPLE/ISTANBUL: CHURCH, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE" BY DR. RONALD MARCHESE
Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, The University of Minnesota Duluth
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: University Business Center Alice Peters Auditorium
Free Admission
Dr. Marchese has spent the last several years documenting the rich cultural history of the Armenians in Constantinople, by studying the works of art that the Armenians produced. He will present an illustrated lecture on his research.
(Partially funded by the Associated Students, Inc.)
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: University Business Center Alice Peters Auditorium
Free Admission
Dr. Marchese has spent the last several years documenting the rich cultural history of the Armenians in Constantinople, by studying the works of art that the Armenians produced. He will present an illustrated lecture on his research.
(Partially funded by the Associated Students, Inc.)
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
"PLATO'S POLITICAL PESSIMISM: WHY THE IRONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE REPUBLIC ISN'T AS CRAZY AS IT SEEMS".
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Mark Ralkowski, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract: There are several obstacles -- what I call the ontological, epistemological, moral, and political problems -- blocking the standard interpretation of the Republic as a work of utopianism. The first three of these problems are sufficient to show that the ideal state cannot come into existence, and the fourth informs us that an approximation of it is improbable and extremely undesirable. To make this last point, I describe the philosophic nature, explain how it is corrupted, and argue, on the basis of historical evidence and textual evidence from Plato's Republic, that this account applies to Alcibiades. Then I show that the Republic makes three references to Alcibiades, and that the second and third of these links the Republic with the conclusion of the Symposium, where Plato presents what one scholar describes as "the most indelible portrait of Alcibiades from antiquity." This portrait of Alcibiades gives us the best evidence that Plato thought of Alcibiades as a potential philosopher. In his speech, he is portrayed as possessing a significant degree of philosophical insight, despite being ruined by moral weakness. Once we link the Republic and the Symposium in this way, we can see the true tragedy of the Symposium, which is the fate of philosophy in society.
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Mark Ralkowski, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract: There are several obstacles -- what I call the ontological, epistemological, moral, and political problems -- blocking the standard interpretation of the Republic as a work of utopianism. The first three of these problems are sufficient to show that the ideal state cannot come into existence, and the fourth informs us that an approximation of it is improbable and extremely undesirable. To make this last point, I describe the philosophic nature, explain how it is corrupted, and argue, on the basis of historical evidence and textual evidence from Plato's Republic, that this account applies to Alcibiades. Then I show that the Republic makes three references to Alcibiades, and that the second and third of these links the Republic with the conclusion of the Symposium, where Plato presents what one scholar describes as "the most indelible portrait of Alcibiades from antiquity." This portrait of Alcibiades gives us the best evidence that Plato thought of Alcibiades as a potential philosopher. In his speech, he is portrayed as possessing a significant degree of philosophical insight, despite being ruined by moral weakness. Once we link the Republic and the Symposium in this way, we can see the true tragedy of the Symposium, which is the fate of philosophy in society.
Monday, February 2, 2009
BEFORE THEY DIE: THE STORY OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE RIOT AND THEIR QUEST FOR JUSTICE
CELEBRATING AFRICAN PEOPLE’S MONTH
Feb. 6: (2008). 92 min
Before they die: The story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riot and their quest for justice. (2008). Director & Producer Reggie Turner. In 1921 white vigilantes looted and burned
America’s most prosperous black community. This documentary follows the Survivors, and their legal team headed by Professor Charles Ogletree, through the court system all the way to the Supreme Court and on to the US Congress. http://www.beforetheydiemovie.com/
Post screening discussant: Dr. Malik Simba & Dr. Hasan Johnson
Cineculture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
Club President: Roxanne Villaluz lokaane3@csufresno.edu
For more information contact -Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu
Feb. 6: (2008). 92 min
Before they die: The story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riot and their quest for justice. (2008). Director & Producer Reggie Turner. In 1921 white vigilantes looted and burned
America’s most prosperous black community. This documentary follows the Survivors, and their legal team headed by Professor Charles Ogletree, through the court system all the way to the Supreme Court and on to the US Congress. http://www.beforetheydiemovie.com/
Post screening discussant: Dr. Malik Simba & Dr. Hasan Johnson
Cineculture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
Club President: Roxanne Villaluz lokaane3@csufresno.edu
For more information contact -Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu
Friday, January 30, 2009
ON THE ECONOMY OF SPECIALIZATION AND DIVISION OF LABOUR IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC
On the Economy of Specialization and Division of Labour in Plato's Republic
Anna Greco, Ph.D.
University of Guelph
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Abstract: This essay takes issue with the common interpretation of Book II of Plato's Republic as anticipating the modern theory of division of labour, as first promoted by Adam Smith. I argue that, far from anticipating Adam Smith, Plato developed original reflections which, though naturally shaped by the economic reality of his time, reveal a concern for fundamental issues of economic thought; the value of labour, the nature of economic interdependence in a political association, the relation between economic behavior and justice. However, I also show that , despite having recognized some of the fundamental forces behind human economic behavior, Plato ends up with an envisioned ideal state in which those forces are given no scope, for he makes no room for economic competitiveness and technological advancement.
For more information contact Ruth Aparicio, Department of Philosophy at 559-278-2621
559-278-6484 (fax)
Anna Greco, Ph.D.
University of Guelph
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009
Time: 5:00 - 6:00pm
Place: Speech Arts, Room 151
Abstract: This essay takes issue with the common interpretation of Book II of Plato's Republic as anticipating the modern theory of division of labour, as first promoted by Adam Smith. I argue that, far from anticipating Adam Smith, Plato developed original reflections which, though naturally shaped by the economic reality of his time, reveal a concern for fundamental issues of economic thought; the value of labour, the nature of economic interdependence in a political association, the relation between economic behavior and justice. However, I also show that , despite having recognized some of the fundamental forces behind human economic behavior, Plato ends up with an envisioned ideal state in which those forces are given no scope, for he makes no room for economic competitiveness and technological advancement.
For more information contact Ruth Aparicio, Department of Philosophy at 559-278-2621
559-278-6484 (fax)
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