In this lecture, Dr. Sung will discuss how Chinese women artists shaped the terrain of the modern art world and gender positioning during China’s important moments of social-cultural transformation from empire to republic in the 1900s to the 1930s.

A brief introduction to Zen meditation, Zen & Daoist concepts, experimental art - all seen as alternative modes of thinking.  The limitations of reason & achievement.  For this particular Convocation, don't expect to sit there & be talked at.  Dr. Hank Lazer.

Dr. Utz McKnight will discuss the types of research, the methods of research, and the intellectual frameworks of Gender and Race Studies.

Dr. Thomas Robinson will discuss the music theory of the Blues.

The small screen has, in recent years, seen an influx of historical fiction, which has created a great deal of interest in learning about the past amongst viewers. Using Hayden White’s concept of “historiophoty” and Stephanie Genz’s concept of the “postfeminist Supergirl” as a starting point, Dr. Barbara Gray will discuss how we see Spain’s

Dr. Nihat Hakan Akyol will discuss his research in environmental geology.

Professor Joshua Rothman leads a conversation about what being a historian really means. Along the way, he discusses why so many students hate history and how they might be persuaded otherwise.