Distinguished Lecture Series
THE 2007-08 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
All lectures are from 12-1:30PM
At the Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Cost: $35 which includes lunch
Presented by: the Colleges of Fine Arts, Science and the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Thanks to our sponsors: The Tucson Citizen and The President's Club
For more info: 520-626-3445
To register, please call 520-626-3445
November 14, 2007, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Harold Dixon, Professor, School of Theatre Arts, University Distinguished Professor
"Why Theatre? Why Theatre At All?"
The noted British director Peter Brooke first posed the above question in his book The Empty Space. Dixon will explore how, where, and why live theatre fits in contemporary society.
Dixon is a member of Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors' Guild, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He has directed and acted in theatres across the country. Dixon received the Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence; the James Anthony Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching; and the Arizona Service award, presented by Actors' Equity Association for lifetime achievement. He is currently touring the country in the new Ella Fitzgerald musical Ella, in which he plays Ella's agent Norman Granz.
December 10, 2007, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Chris Segrin, Professor and Head, Department of Communication
"How Marriage is Tied to Physical and Psychological Health"
Segrin will discuss his research on marital interactions and how they are associated with people's mental and physical health. This will include an analysis of how communication patterns can predict the success/decline of a marriage and how the illness of a spouse can affect the partner's well-being.
Segrin's research focuses on communication skills, family relationships, and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital distress. Recently he has been conducting studies on the intergenerational transmission of divorce. Segrin is working with colleagues at the UA College of Nursing to develop methods for improving quality of life for women undergoing treatment for breast cancer and their partners, as well as for men with prostate cancer and their partners.
January 23, 2008, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Malcolm K. Hughes, Regents' Professor of Dendrochronology, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
"The Drying of the West — Our Future?"
Recent and projected droughts will be discussed in the context of what is known from the last few thousand years. How bad could it get?
Hughes has worked for the last 30 years on the nature and causes of natural climate variability on timescales of years to centuries. Hughes has conducted research projects and given lectures all over the world and is the author of more than 125 scientific publications. Formerly the Director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Hughes is a Fellow of the Galileo Circle and was named a Regents’ Professor in 2007.
February 20, 2008, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Alan Weisman, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism
"The World Without Us"
Alan Weisman will speak about his book The World Without Us, which has received national acclaim. The book spent several weeks over the summer on The New York Times bestseller list and is listed among Amazon.com's bestsellers.
In the book, Weisman, who teaches in the international journalism program at the UA, looks at how the planet would respond if humans suddenly disappeared. Weisman has been featured on venues as diverse as Time Magazine, Scientific American and "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. Come learn more about the book Salon calls "Brilliantly creative. An audacious intellectual adventure."
March 19, 2008, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Tony DeFeo, Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
"From Discovery in Labs to Recovery in Lives: The Quest to Conquer Children’s Communication Disorders"
De Feo serves as Director of UA Speech, Language and Hearing Clinics and his broad mission encompasses the education of prospective clinicians by linking classroom and laboratory principles to the clinical arena, learning from challenging clients, and promoting a passion for the clinical process. For more than a quarter of a century, DeFeo's clinical and research activities have centered on identification, evaluation, and treatment of pediatric communication disorders, especially those related to syndromic and other atypical clinical presentations. He also has been involved in developing several evidence-based treatment programs for all ages in the Department's several clinics.
April 15, 2008, 12 noon
Arizona Inn, Tucson Room, 2200 E. Elm Street
Sarah Moore, Associate Professor, Art History, School of Art
"Mapping Progress: The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893"
Promoted as a celebration of "the march of civilization," the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, was a stunning national accomplishment. Coming only 30 years after the Civil War, the exposition was designed to commemorate progress, as it was understood in the nineteenth century, and emphasize national unity. Moreover, it underscored the United States' international ascendancy, politically and culturally, whose distinguished lineage could be traced back to Christopher Columbus, the namesake of the exposition, some 400 years earlier.
This lecture will consider the World's Columbian Exposition as an ideological construct and as an exercise in cultural representation whose projection of unity and harmony belied the complexity of the period.
Moore is a specialist in the art and visual culture of the United States, concentrating in particular on the turn of the twentieth century. Her recent publications include: "Our National Monument of Art: Debating the National Body at the Library of Congress" (Library Quarterly), and John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity: Cosmopolitan American Art, 1880-1915 (University of Delaware Press).
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