Newsletter Volume 10 Issue 18 - June 5, 2024 | |
Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, June 10, 2024 | |
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Sharyn Dowd
Retired Baptist Minister and Professor
Barbara Brown
Teacher, Special Education Mathematics, Co-Coordinator, Braver Angels Georgia
Monday, June 10, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Navigating Difficult Conversations”
This is an introduction to the national non-profit Braver Angels, working to help Americans listen to and converse with people whose political opinions are very different from their own. We are not seeking to moderate people's political views. We seek to reduce hostility among voters who lean Republican, Democratic, Independent, etc.
Please see our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=braver+angels and specifically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXIvYmLc-rI&t=22s
About Sharyn Dowd:
Sharyn Dowd is a retired Baptist minister and professor. She has served churches in North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia. Sharyn taught New Testament at Lexington Theological Seminary and at Baylor University. She is the liberal co-coordinator for Braver Angels of Georgia.
About Barbara Brown:
Barbara Brown teaches sixth-grade special education mathematics in Gwinnett County. She also has experience as a small business owner. Barbara is the conservative co-coordinator for Braver Angels of Georgia.
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Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, June 24, 2024 | |
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Dalia Judovitz
National Endowment of the Humanities Professor Emerita of French
Monday, June 24, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Georges de La Tour: The Enigma of the Visible”
Ranked with Vermeer among those seventeenth-century painters whose “unmistakable talent is matched only by their aura of mystery” (Thuillier 2003), Georges de La Tour’s (1593–1652) works continue to solicit public interest and fascination. Having enjoyed artistic acclaim and prominence in his time, La Tour’s paintings were later misattributed and dispersed. His rediscovery in 1915 resulted in the reconstitution of his artistic corpus that is still on-going. At first sight, his paintings suggest a veritable celebration of light and the visible world, but this apparent focus on illumination and light and dark contrasts (chiaroscuro) is deceptive. The familiarity of visual experience blinds the beholder to a deeper understanding of the meanings associated with light and vision in the early modern period. Challenging the supposed transparency and immediacy of the modern idea of vision, this baroque way of seeing relies on verisimilar depictions to further allegorical ends.
La Tour’s naturalism will be in question as a reflection of a metaphysical world view where familiar objects of visible reality are regarded as emblems of an invisible, spiritual reality. Like the many books shown in his paintings asking to be read, La Tour’s paintings will be examined not just as visual depictions but also as instruments of insight, demanding to be deciphered rather than merely seen. His works explore how the attainment of faith as spiritual illumination competes with and challenges the meanings attached to the visual realm of painterly expression. By enabling the passage from sight to insight, his works also encourage today a broader meditation on the nature of painting.
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About Dalia Judovitz:
Dalia Judovitz is National Endowment for the Humanities Professor Emerita of French at Emory University where she taught, since 1988, seventeenth century French literature, philosophy, and aesthetics, early modern and modern. She received her B.A. from Brandeis (1973) and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins (1979). She has published 50 articles and book chapters and presented over 130 conference papers and lectures nationally and internationally. Her books examine the development of notions of self, subjectivity, and literary and artistic representation in the early modern period in Subjectivity and Representation in Descartes: The Origins of Modernity (Cambridge, 1988), and The Culture of the Body: Genealogies of Modernity (Michigan, 2001). She co-edited Dialectic and Narrative (SUNY, 1993). Her books on modern art and aesthetics include Unpacking Duchamp: Art in Transit (California,1995), French trans. (PUS, 2000), and Drawing on Art: Duchamp and Company (Minnesota, 2010). Her latest book explores the role of light and vision in Georges de La Tour and The Enigma of the Visible (Fordham, 2018).
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Faculty Council and University Senate | |
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Faculty/Senate Election
On Thursday, June 6, you will receive a ballot for choosing our faculty senate representative who will serve on both the Faculty Senate and Faculty Life Course Committee. The ballot will be created in the same format as our newsletter and will include statements from the two candidates, Jeffery Lichtman and Samuel Newsom. Please submit your vote by the end of the day on Wednesday, June 12.
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The Emeritus College Mind Matters Committee is looking for your suggestions of speakers (or topics for speakers) for our 2024-2025 lunch colloquia. Additionally, and indeed equally important, please consider joining the Mind Matters committee, which is chaired by Ron Gould, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The committee is seeking additional members.
If interested, please contact Ron Gould: rg@emory.edu
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Athens Pizza -- Follow-up | |
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Our recent Meet, Greet and Eat! was quite enjoyable. Twelve new and not-so-new emeritus members met on Saturday, May 18, 2024 for good food and great conversation.
We will be scheduling another lunch outing soon and hope to have even more members join in the fun.
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Emeritus College Faculty Retiree Reception | |
Our second annual Faculty Retirement Celebration was held on Friday, May 17 at the Luce Center. Approximately a third of those who retired during the 2023-2024 academic year or who are retiring at the end of August attended the celebration either in person or via Zoom. Highlights included remarks by President Fenves, Provost Bellamkonda, and Pearl Dowe, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, as well as a brief introduction of each retiree. Faculty members described enjoying educating generations of students, conducting groundbreaking research, and setting up innovative programs in their respective schools. | |
Emeritus College Panel Discussion -- Campus Protests | |
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With the interest in the events surrounding the protests on campus, we think it might be useful to host a panel discussion on the pros and cons of student protests. As always we would include questions and comments from the audience. The discussion should be broader than just the Emory protests, but of course, we expect that to be included.
Hence, we seek volunteers to be on the panel. The target date is September 23, 2024 at our usual meeting time of 11:30-1:00 in the Luce Center.
If you are willing to serve on the panel, please contact Ron Gould
at rg@emory.edu.
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Mahlon DeLong, MD
Professor Emeritus of Neurology
and former chair of the Department of Neurology in the
Emory University School of Medicine
Dr. DeLong passed away on May 17, 2024
The Emory Report published an excellent tribute to him -- please click here to view.
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Kids Video Connection - 17th Annual Atlanta Children's Film Festival
June 7-23, 2024
Kids Video Connection, Inc. will present the 17th annual Atlanta Children’s Film Festival (ACFF) from June 7 - 23, 2024. The ACFF features two and a half weeks of eye-opening and exciting activities, including film screenings and workshops for children, teens, and industry professionals. Showcasing films produced by youth and adult independent filmmakers from around the world, the festival promotes positive, educational, and entertaining children and family-oriented independent programs.
- This year, we're thrilled to announce the return of in-person workshops and our Intro to Filmmaking Camp. Departing from the hybrid format of previous years due to Covid, this year's camp will be conducted in partnership with JOY TV, a new local TV station. Students will have the opportunity to attend classes in-studio and collaborate with professional film crews on their projects.
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June 21 - We're excited to partner with the DeKalb County Public Library for a Media Fair at the Decatur Conference Center. Industry professionals will share insights into their careers in film and TV. This event consists of fun activities, games, and special film screenings; Free for all youth ages 5-17. We invite summer camps to come out. The library staff will have a booth on site, and students can also explore books on various careers in the film and TV industries.
- June 22 - Also, we will have our popular Family Day at Emory University. We will have workshops and a special screening of award-winning films, and youth can meet some of the filmmakers.
We have an exciting lineup of creative and entertaining films produced by both youth and adult filmmakers; see link to promo: https://youtu.be/sWYV3617cQc?si=yJ2PCWnorbA6btAM
There are several free events for youth. Prices for the workshops and in-person screenings start at $5.
Kids Video Connection is an educational media arts organization that specializes in teaching youth media literacy, communication skills and video production. For more information about the festival and to register, go to https://kidsvideoconnection.org/acff-24/.
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Emory Farmers Market
McDonough Plaza
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 11:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Through a weekly gathering of farms, restaurants, small-scale artisanal businesses, and Emory community members, the Emory Farmers Market fosters education and personal relationships through food. Community members have the opportunity to engage with small-scale producers and support the local economy, contributing to a more robust and sustainable food system while enjoying delicious, local food. More information can be found by clicking here.
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Aetna Well-being 101
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00pm EDT
We are delighted to announce a collaborative initiative between Healthy Emory and Aetna that brings you an exclusive series of informational webinars designed to provide insights into your overall well-being. With a focus on well-being offerings and discounts, these webinars aim to support your health journey, encompassing chronic conditions and overall well-being.
To register, please click here.
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Details and other information, as well as additional campus events, can be found on the Emory Events Calendar.
If you'd like to share an event/program of interest before the next newsletter
please contact Dianne Becht Dianne.becht@emory.edu
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Walking the Campus with Dianne | |
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The interesting piece of outdoor art from our last walk can be found at the rear entrance of the School of Medicine's James B. Williams Medical Education Building near the Lawley Fountain on Means Drive. Those same symbols can be seen at the main entrances of the connecting Anatomy and Physiology buildings (bottom right and left photos). I'm not exactly sure what the symbols represent, so if any of our members have that information, please feel free to share.
For more information on the James B. Williams Medical Education Building, please click here.
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For our next walk, I found a nice spot on campus surrounded by trees with a beautiful fireplace to warm you if the days or evenings get cool. This place is mostly visited by students and also used for outdoor meetings and events. I'm not sure if the Dooley Chairs are always in place, but when I visited, they were a humorous and welcome sight.
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Where will you find this on the Emory campus?
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