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NOVEMBER 8

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AFTER NOVEMBER 8

      • Mon 11/09/09
        1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
      • Iraqi Art & Culture Discussion with Ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie
      • Battelle-Tompkins Atrium

      • We are thrilled to announce that H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie, the Iraqi Ambassador to the United States, will be visiting American University this Monday to discuss Iraqi art and culture.

        Mr. Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida'ie was appointed Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in July 2004. In April 2006, he moved to Washington to serve as Iraq's first ambassador to the United States ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: Literature

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      • Mon 11/09/09
        6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
      • Fall Art Colloquia: Beyond the Binary: Race-ing Art featuring Sanford Biggers
      • Abramson Family Recital Hall

      • A native of Los Angeles, California, and current New York resident, Sanford Biggers uses the study of ethnological objects, popular icons, and the Dadaist tradition to explore cultural and creative syncretism, art history, and politics. An accomplished musician, Biggers often incorporates performative elements into his sculptures and installations, resulting in multilayered works that act as ...more

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        Host: Art

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      • Wed 11/11/09
        8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
      • "Visual Illusions": Where the Brain, Psychology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Art and Design All Come Together
      • Ward Circle 6

      • "Visual Illusions" Where the Brain, Psychology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Art and Design All Come Together

        Have you ever been deceived? Have your eyes ever "played tricks on you"? How certain are you of your perception of reality? Often, it is not the illusions we see that are tricky; rather, our perception of what is real is flawed. An illusion does not change; it does not create ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: Psychology

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      • Fri 11/13/09
        2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
      • Humanities Initiative: Lewis R. Gordon
      • Battelle-Tompkins Atrium

      • The Humanities Initiative and the Center for Public Arts and the Humanities are pleased to present Professor Lewis H. Gordon, who will speak about his own work and the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary scholarship.

        Professor Gordon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, works in the areas of Africana philosophy, philosophy of culture, philosophy of ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: Literature

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      • Fri 11/13/09
        4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
      • Arts Management Fall Colloquium: "Birth, Life, and Rebirth: Reflections on Change in Cultural Organizations"
      • Katzen AU Museum

      • "If you can keep your head when all about you
        Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
        If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
        But make allowance for their doubting too¿."

        With these words, Kipling might have been talking about founders of arts organizations--those bold and inventive, seemingly fearless, and always fascinating individuals who regularly "meet with Triumph and Disaster ...more

        Type: Lecture/Speaker
        Host: Performing Arts

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