Assistant Professor of English Brian Hauser has published an excerpt from his memoir-in-progress in the latest issue of “Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Art of Persuasion.” Tentatively titled “Mission: Improbable,” the memoir details the year (2002-2003) he spent on active duty with military intelligence. View the excerpt here.
Chris Duncan, professor of sculpture, recently took part in the third annual “Meltdown” at the National Casting Center at Alfred University, one of the nation’s top academic foundry facilities. The all-day public event includes a pour of thousands of pounds of hot metal into molds. Two of Duncan’s students, Carley Jacobson ’10 and Jacob Pet ’12, participated in the Inter-Collegiate Iron Pour at Salem Art Works in Salem, N.Y., last month.
Pilar Moyano, professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, will be speaking at an international conference at the University of Tehran in Iran Nov. 16-18. She was invited to participate in the event, which focuses on Iran-Europe/Spain cultural dialogue, by the World Studies Center and the Institute for North American and European Studies at the university. She will present a paper that represents a historical and transcultural exploration, through Muslim women’s literature, of the literal and metaphorical meanings of the veil.
Carol Weisse, professor of psychology and director of Health Professions, traveled to South Africa to visit two hospices with the hope of establishing service learning opportunities for students. She and five other local hospice workers offered a “Care for the Caregivers” workshop to 45 South Coast Hospice staff members. During the trip, Weisse was able to accompany hospice workers as they traveled into rural villages to check on HIV+ patients in their home care program. In addition, she visited Tapologo Hospice in Rustenburg. Two students, Lily Cudmore ’11 and Malebogo Thlajoane ’11, have plans to conduct Independent Study Abroad coursework at Tapologo in the spring term.
Peter Bedford, the John and Jane Wold Professor of Religious Studies, delivered a lecture at the Yale Divinity School this month at the invitation of the Divinity School and the Judaic Studies program. The lecture, titled “Colonial Politics in Achaemenid Judah,” was the subject of a seminar led by Prof. Bedford the following day in the Workshop on Ancient Societies, a new interdisciplinary seminar that draws together scholars from a variety of Yale's departments and schools that share an interest in the study of antiquity.
— included in a A new book by Teresa Meade, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of History and Culture, and director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies – “A History of Modern
A new book by Teresa Meade, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of History and Culture and director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of indigenous, African and European backgrounds from the onset of independence until today. Due out in December, “A History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present” is a textbook in the Wiley-Blackwell “Concise History of the World” series. It intersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people and emphasizes gender’s role in influencing political and economic change and shaping cultural identity. The book contains a photograph taken in Cuba by Professor of Visual Arts Martin Benjamin and four photos taken in Buenos Aires by Nancy Borowick ’07.
Tina Lincer, associate director of Communications, is taking part in the Memoir Project of the Arts Center of the Capital Region this month. Lincer joins a dozen other local writers in a public reading of their personal narratives at the center, located in Troy.
This term, for the second straight year, a group of Union students volunteered at Camp Erin, which helps young people ages 6-17 grieve over a death of a family member or loved one. As part of a 10-year grant awarded to Schenectady Community Hospice from the Moyer Foundation, the Kenney Community Center worked with Hospice to select the students, who participated in a weekend-long experience that combines traditional camp activities with bereavement education and emotional support. The Moyer Foundation partners with local hospice and grief counseling organizations in the communities where the camps exist. The 15 Union students who served as buddies at the Fowler Camp and Retreat Center in Lake Sacandaga, N.Y., this fall are: Afrin Nuzhad ’11, Alexandra Dumitrescu ’10, Ashley Gilman ’10, Chenele Mclean ’12, Edward Burnham ’11, Emily Cassello ’12, Jessica Wenger ’10, Julia Mayne ’10, Kathleen Jordan ’12, Leah Pepe ’11, James Cernik ’12, Rebecca Yolowitz ’10, Sarah Gagnon ’12, Zoe Blatt ’12 and Camille Mori ’10. For more photos, go to:www.flickr.com/CampErinAlbany