Academic Affairs

Faculty Seminar Series

Spring 2012

• Wed., Feb. 1, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
  John Lichter (Biology and Environmental Science) Inaugural Lecture, Samuel S. Butcher Professorship
  "Resilience Thinking: Ecological Recovery in Coastal Maine."
• Tues., Feb. 7, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
  Brock Clarke (English)
  “The Happiest People in the World."
• Wed., Feb. 15, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; LANCASTER Lounge, Moulton Union
  Cassandra Borges (Classics)
  "TBA."
• Wed., Feb. 21, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   Erik Nelson (Economics)
  “Estimating the Impact of Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Soil Quality on Global Crop Production.”
• Wed., Feb. 29, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   James Mullen (Visual Art)
  “Zones of Transition: Visualizing the Environment.”
• Tues., Mar. 6, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; LANCASTER Lounge, Moulton Union
  Abbie Killeen (Theater and Dance) and Adrianne Krstansky (Theater, Brandeis University)
  Presenting a portion of Ordinary Mind/Ordinary Day.
• Wed., Mar. 28, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   Megs Gendreau (Environmental Studies and Philosophy)
  “Capabilities and Environmental Justice."
• Tues., Apr. 3, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   Rajarshi Saha (Mathematics)
  “Sea Ice and Periodic Fluctuations of the North Atlantic Current.”
• Wed., Apr. 11, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   Natasha Goldman (Art History)
  "Hidden in Plain View: America's First Holocaust Memorial."
• Wed., Apr. 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
  Aviva Briefel (English)
  “A Face without Eyes': Hands and Racial Identity at the Fin de Siècle.”
• Tues., Apr. 24, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
   David Collings (English)
  “Stolen Future, Broken Present: On Living with Climate Change.”
• Tues., May 1, 12:00-1:00 p.m.; Main Lounge, Moulton Union
  David Hecht (History)
  “Selling Silent Spring: Environmentalism, Economics, and the Public Sphere.”