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1/29/09

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lectures
5 Thursday
“ ‘Es war ein Sieg der Ordnung.’ Die Darstellung der Weimarer Republik in Josdeph Roth’s Roman ‘Das Spinnennetz.’ ” Gertrud Roesch, Universitat Heidelberg. 5:15 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Germanic Languages and Literatures.

6 Friday
“Ethics and Social Responsibility for Scientists and Engineers.” Michael C. Loui, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

8 Sunday
“Claiming Space: Christian and Muslim Stakes in the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain.” D. Fairchild Ruggles, UI. 3 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Archaeological Institute of America, Classics and Krannert Art Museum.

10 Tuesday
“Continuing the Legacy and Bridging the Gaps; The 2008 All Classes Black Alumni Reunion.” Jacqueline Williams, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.
“Hope and History: Past and Present Burdens of Race.” David Roediger, UI. 4 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. Center for Advanced Study.

11 Wednesday
“Becoming Lincoln.” James Oakes, City University of New York. 3:30 p.m. Second floor, Levis Faculty Center. Lincoln Bicentennial Committee.

13 Friday
“Dispelling the Myths About Nuclear Power.” David Ruzic, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

17 Tuesday
Day of the Drum Preview. Rocky Maffit, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

20 Friday
“Clean Energy is Costly; Who Should Pay?” Clark Bullard, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

colloquia
5 Thursday
“Critical Transitions in National Defense Strategy.” John A. Lynn II, UI. Noon. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

“Signal Transduction and Gene Expression.” Alan Wolfe, Loyola University, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Microbiology.

“Death of the Dinos: Giant Impacts and Biological Crises.” H. Jay Melosh, University of Arizona. 4 p.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Physics.

“The Muslim Within: Reflections on the Islamic Dimension of Western Identity.” Anouar Majid, University of New England. 4 p.m. 213 Gregory Hall. Global Studies and South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

“The Power of Heresy.” Anouar Majid, University of New England. 7 p.m. Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St., Urbana. South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Global Studies.

6 Friday
“Nature or Nurture: Judicial Lawmaking in the European Court of Justice and the Andean Court of Justice.” Karen Alter, Northwestern University. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. European Union Center.

“The Priority of Rightful Care to Virtuous Care: A Critique of the Care Tradition.” Helga Varden, UI. 3-5 p.m. 213 Gregory Hall. Philosophy.

9 Monday
“Aminobisphosphonates and Osteosarcoma: From Malignant Osteolysis to Metastases.” Tim Fan, UI. Noon. 2271C Veterinary Medicine Basic Science Building. Veterinary Medicine.

“Structure and Chemistry of Nonribosomal Peptide Natural Product Biosynthesis.” Steven Bruner, Boston College. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Organic Chemistry.

10 Tuesday
Food For Thought: “The Loving Decision: Implications for Asian American Interracial Dating.” Teresa Mok, UI. Noon. Asian American Cultural Center. Asian American Cultural Center.

“Land Reforms in Himachal Pradesh: Thirty Years Later.” Ashwini Chhatre, UI. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Global Cultural Heritage. “Presentations by Illinois Faculty and Advanced Graduate Students of Various Current and Future Cultural Heritage Projects.” 3-5 p.m. 109A Davenport Hall. Center for Advanced Study.

11 Wednesday
“History of Black Leadership.” Julian Bond, former head of NAACP. Noon. BNAACC, 708 S. Mathews, Urbana. Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.

“Ecological and Evolutionary Processes After Host-Arbovirus Interactions.” Barry Alto, UI. Noon. 2506 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Pathobiology Seminar Series.

“Nutrition in Renal Disease Patients.” T. Alp Ikizler, Vanderbilt University. 4 p.m. 103 Mumford Hall. Nutritional Sciences.

“Making the Molecular Movie: Quest for the Structure-Function Correlation in Biology.” R.J. Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto. 4 p.m. 112 Chemistry Annex. Physical Chemistry.

“Need for Speed Seminar Series: Video.” Sam Blackman, Elemental Technologies. 4:15 p.m. B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory. Coordinated Science Laboratory.

12 Thursday
“Ghostly Encounters: Perceptions of Death and the Afterlife in Koryo and Early Choson.” Michael Pettid, Binghamton University, SUNY. 4 p.m. 106 Lincoln Hall. East Asian Languages and Cultures.

“The Triumph of Politics Over Economics in Russia.” Martha Merritt, University of Chicago. 4 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.

“Granular Liquids: Surprises at Ultra-Low Surface Tension.” Heinrich Jaeger, University of Chicago. 4 p.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Physics.

13 Friday
“Spare Respiratory Capacity and Neuronal Survival.” David Nicholls, Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, Calif. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Auditorium. Biochemistry.

“Cascading in Higher Education: Examining the Longitudinal Evidence on Institutional Stratification.” Michael Bastedo, University of Michigan. Noon. 242 Education Building. Education.

“Motherhood in Flavian Epic.” Antonios Augoustakis, Baylor University. 2-4 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Classics.

“X-ray Relectivity Studies on Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: From Analytical to Physical Electrochemistry.” Petr Vanysek, Northern Illinois University. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Analytical Chemistry.

16 Monday
“Something That Happened Only Once.” Roderick Coover, artist. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Fine and Applied Arts.

17 Tuesday
Food For Thought: “Who was “Tokyo Rose?” Ronald Yates, UI. Noon. Asian American Cultural Center. Asian American Cultural Center.

“Nuclear Reactor Acquisition in the Middle East and West Africa.” Cliff Singer, UI. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building. South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

“Science With the International X-ray Observatory.” Randall Smith, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. 4 p.m. 134 Astronomy. Astronomy.

“Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Reducing CVD Risk.” Michael Davidson, University of Chicago. 4 p.m. 103 Mumford Hall. Nutritional Sciences.

18 Wednesday
“Celebrating Blacks in Performing Arts.” Ashley Davis, UI. Noon. BNAACC, 708 S. Mathews, Urbana. Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.

“Weex Dunx and the Charcoal Quota: Decentralizing Forestry Decisions and Profits in Senegal.” Jesse Ribot, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. African Studies.

“The Internal Life of Politics: The ‘New Left’ in West Germany, 1962-1983.” Belinda Davis, Rutgers University. 3:30 p.m. 111 Gregory Hall. History.

“The Role of Resveratrol in Reducing Age-Related Neurobehavioral Deficits.” Jayne Abraham, UI. 4 p.m. 103 Mumford Hall. Nutritional Sciences.

Need for Speed Seminar Series: “Medical Imaging.” Keith Thulborn, UI. 4:15 p.m. B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory. Coordinated Science Laboratory.

19 Thursday
“Nonproliferation Export Controls in Argentina.” Evangeline Reynolds, UI. Noon. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

“Force-Controlled Biomolecular Function – Newton Revisited.” Hermann Gaub, Ludwig-Maximilians University. 4 p.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

20 Friday
“Getting the Message: Is the Anticodon Enough?” Margaret E. Saks, Northwestern University. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Auditorium. Biochemistry.

“Watching Johnny Read: Agnes Varda’s ‘Gleaners and I.’ ” Leon Sachs, University of Kentucky. 4 p.m. Room 2090B Foreign Languages Building. Department of French.

theater
10 Tuesday
National Acrobats of China. 7 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Traditional Chinese music accompanies these award-winning athletes. Admission charge.

11 Wednesday
National Acrobats of China. 7 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Traditional Chinese music accompanies these award-winning athletes. Admission charge.

12 Thursday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. An American therapist and a human rights worker interview Bosnian women who have survived the conflict in the former Yugoslavia to examine the lingering effects of violence against women and question the definitions of family and community. Admission charge.

13 Friday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

14 Saturday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

18 Wednesday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

19 Thursday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

20 Friday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

21 Saturday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

22 Sunday
“Necessary Targets.” Linda Gillum, guest director. 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

music
5 Thursday
Thursdays@12:20 Concert. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute Atrium. Beckman Institute.

6 Friday
Traffic Jam: The Boat Drunks. 5 p.m. Lobby, Krannert Center. An evening in parrothead paradise.

7 Saturday
Sinfonia da Camera: “English Garden.” Ian Hobson, music director and conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Csaba Erdelyi, viola. Admission charge.

8 Sunday
Black Sacred Music Symposium Final Concert. Ollie Watts Davis, coordinator. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

9 Monday
Faculty Recital. Lawrence Gray, jazz double bass. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

12 Thursday
Thursdays@12:20 Concert. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute Atrium. Beckman Institute.

Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band I. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

13 Friday
Pacifica Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The resident quartet of the UI School of Music. Admission charge. School of Music.

Third Coast Percussion Quartet. 7:30 p.m. 25 Smith Hall.

14 Saturday
UI Symphonic Band II and UI Concert Band I. Peter Griffin and Ken Collins, conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

15 Sunday
Master of Music Recital. Heidi Johanna Radtke Siberz, saxophone. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

Young Concert Artists Winner: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. This Krannert Center debut offers Mozart’s Sonata No. 2, Frank Martin’s Eight Preludes and three mazurkas by Chopin. Admission charge.

16 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying. Faye Joohyun Sung, piano. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

17 Tuesday
Composers Forum: “Blending of Technology, Jazz and the Avant Garde in the Composition ‘Low End.’ ” Glenn Hackbarth, Arizona State University. 3 p.m. 1201 Music Building. Lorado Taft Lectureship/Fine and Applied Arts.

New Music Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

19 Thursday
Thursdays@12:20 Concert. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute Atrium. Beckman Institute.

Hugo Wolf Quartett. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Selections by Haydn and Berg and Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden.” Admission charge. Prelude: 6:45 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.

20 Friday
UI Chamber Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

Master of Music Recital. Rosa Chang, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

22 Sunday
Junior Recital. Jennifer Stanuch, violin. 2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

Illinois Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Classic brass music with Ronald Romm and Jake Walburn, trumpet; Kazimierz Machala, horn; Elliot Chasanov, trombone; and Mark Moore, tuba. Admission charge. School of Music.

Master of Music Recital. Justin Kothenbeutel, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

opera
19 Thursday
“Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor, and Stephen Fiol, director. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. A powerful love story with a decidedly science fiction feel. Admission charge.

20 Friday
“Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor, and Stephen Fiol, director. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

21 Saturday
“Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor, and Stephen Fiol, director. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Libretto: 6:30 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.

22 Sunday
“Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor, and Stephen Fiol, director. 3 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Libretto: 6:30 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.

dance
5 Thursday
“White Out.” 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. New and old works by faculty artists Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Renée Wadleigh and Linda Lehovac and alumnus Paul Singh. Admission charge.

6 Friday
“White Out.” 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. New and old works by faculty artists Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Renée Wadleigh and Linda Lehovac and alumnus Paul Singh. Admission charge.

7 Saturday
“White Out.” 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. New and old works by faculty artists Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Renée Wadleigh and Linda Lehovac and alumnus Paul Singh. Admission charge.

16 Monday
Lord of the Dance. 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

films
5 Thursday
“Sunset Boulevard.” 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.

11 Wednesday
Lincoln Bicentennial Film Festival. 6 p.m. 112 Huff Hall. Phi Alpha Theta.

18 Wednesday
Lincoln Bicentennial Film Festival. 6 p.m. 112 Huff Hall. Phi Alpha Theta.

“Eduart.” 7 p.m. 160 English Building. European Union Center.

19 Thursday
“My Favorite Year.” 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.

sports
5 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Michigan State University. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

6 Friday
Wrestling. UI vs. Northwestern University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

8 Sunday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Purdue University. Noon. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

12 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Northwestern University. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

13 Friday
Wrestling. UI vs. Indiana University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

Hockey. Illini vs. Lindenwood. 7:30 p.m. Ice Arena. Admission charge.

14 Saturday
Hockey. Illini vs. Lindenwood. 7:30 p.m. Ice Arena. Admission charge.

18 Wednesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University. 6 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

20 Friday
Wrestling. UI vs. University of Michigan. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

Hockey. Illini vs. Iowa State University. 7:30 p.m. Iowa State University. Admission charge.

21 Saturday
Hockey. Illini vs. Iowa State University. 7:30 p.m. Iowa State University. Admission charge.

22 Sunday
Wrestling. UI vs. Michigan State University. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

et cetera
5 Thursday
Sustainability Seminar Series. “Wind Farms in Central Illinois.” Randy Lloyd, UI. Noon. Stephen J. Warner Conference Room, Waste Management and Research Center, 1 E. Hazelwood Drive, Champaign. Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.

Gallery Conversation. “Photography: Multiple Takes on Warhol’s Portraits and Mylayne’s Birds.” Jennifer Burns, Brigit Kelly, Ernesto Scott, and Terri Weissman, UI. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

6 Friday
Comparative Human Rights: “Literature, Art, Politics.” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 405 Illini Union / General Lounge, Illini Union. Trowbridge Office on American Literature, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, English, Jewish Studies, African Studies, and Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

7 Saturday
“Winter Tales:” American Indian Storytelling Concert. Tim Tingle. 2-3:30 p.m. Spurlock Museum. Spurlock Museum.

11 Wednesday
CITES Security Laptop Clinic. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Heritage Room, ACES Library. Campus Informational Technologies and Educational Services.

16 Monday
Center for Children’s Books Annual Book Sale. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Center for Children’s Books, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign. Center for Children’s Books.

Santee Frazier: A Reading. Santee Frazier, author. 4 p.m. Authors Corner, Illini Union Bookstore. American Indian Studies.

18 Wednesday
Working With Sensitive Data Orientation. 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. General Lounge, Illini Union. Campus Informational Technologies and Educational Services.

Artist Talk and Reception: “Edgar Heap of Birds – Beyond the Chief.” Edgar Heap of Birds. 5:30 p.m. Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 West Nevada Street, Urbana. American Indian Studies.

21 Saturday
“Heirlooms, Artifacts, and Family Treasures: A Preservation Emporium.” Noon-4 p.m. Spurlock Museum. Preservation Working Group of the University of Illinois and the Spurlock Museum.

exhibits
“A Decade of the Humanities at IPRH”
On view Feb. 11.
IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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“Early Birds: A Selection of Bird Books From Belon to Audubon”
Through March 2.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 346 Main Library.
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“Children Just Like Me”
Through May 3.
Five galleries featuring the cultures of the world.
Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana. Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
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“The Archaeological Heritage of Illinois”
Through May 31.
“Collecting East Asia: The Lee Wonsik Collection”
Through July 26.
“Something That Happened Only Once”
Through March 29.
“Jean Luc Mylayne”
Through April 5.
“Audubon at Illinois: Selections From the University Library’s Birds of America”
“Polaroids and Portraits: A Photographic Legacy of Andy Warhol”
Through May 24.
“WowDesign: Marloes Ten Bhomer”
New Installation of the Rosann Gelvin Noel Gallery
Through May 31.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission; $3 donation suggested.
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I space, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

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Editor's note: This calendar is excerpted from the Feb. 5 issue of Inside Illinois, the faculty-staff newspaper at the U