Newsletter Volume 11 Issue 5 - October 30, 2024 | |
Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, November 4, 2024 | |
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Stephen Crist
Professor of Music History
Chair, Department of Music, Emory University
Monday, November 4, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Bach and Jazz: Strange Bedfellows?”
This talk will consider the relationship between the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and jazz. It might seem that these two repertoires would have nothing to do with each other, since Bach worked in Germany in the first half of the eighteenth century and the origins of jazz date to around the beginning of the twentieth century in the United States. But through a series of vignettes—including music by Dave Brubeck, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson, and Nina Simone—I will unfold a taxonomy of the various ways in which jazz musicians have responded to the music of Bach and demonstrate that they aren’t strange bedfellows at all.
About Stephen Crist:
Stephen A. Crist is Professor of Music History and Chair of the Department of Music at Emory University. He works largely in European music of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, with additional interests in jazz and hymnody. Crist has authored Dave Brubeck’s Time Out (Oxford University Press). He is editor of Bach Perspectives 5: Bach in America (University of Illinois Press), editor of Johann Ludwig Krebs: Complete Vocal Music (A-R Editions), coeditor of Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations (University of Rochester Press), coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to the Bach Cantatas (Cambridge University Press), and coeditor of The Cambridge History of Christian Sacred Music since 1500 (Cambridge University Press). In 2023, he was the Derek Brewer Visiting Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
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Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
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Danielle Jung
Associate Professor of Political Science
Monday, November 18, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change”
Climate-induced hazards have been increasing in frequency and intensity and are projected to worsen in the next decades even under stringent climate mitigation policy. Understanding of climate responses globally and in conflict-affected countries in particular, however, is limited. Much of the attention from academics and practitioners focuses on government responses at the national level or on the implementation of climate agreements and treaties. The roles of many other actors, from traditional authorities and community leaders to armed groups and criminal organizations, are still poorly understood. Despite a large literature on rebel governance, there is currently little recognition of the fact that rebel groups engage in environmental governance and how their actions are impacted by climate change. We build on existing knowledge of alternative governance to introduce, theorize, and empirically examine climate governance by rebel groups using novel data on rebel environmental governance.
About Danielle Jung:
Danielle F. Jung is Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research focuses on understanding legitimacy and governance in fragile and emerging states. Dr. Jung uses agent-based models, surveys, focus groups, survey experiments, and field experiments, and she conducts impact evaluations. Using these techniques, she studies social organizations (particularly illicit organizations), accountability, collective action, fraud, and how political mobilization enhances legitimacy (or not) in emerging democracies.
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REMINDER -- Michael C. Carlos Tour | |
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Upcoming Tour of the Carlos Museum
The Emeritus College has arranged for a free docent led tour focusing on “The Science Behind Conservation,” for Emeritus College members at 1:00pm on Friday, November 1, 2024. If you are interested in attending this tour, please sign up by clicking this link. Information about parking and where to meet will be sent to those registered for the tour on Thursday, October 31. Reservations are limited -- spaces still available.
We received very positive comments from those who participated in last spring’s tour which provided an overview of the major collections at the Carlos Museum. Museum tours were one of the activities suggested by members who responded to our member survey a couple of years ago.
We are always looking for new ideas, so if you know of a local activity or tour that might be of interest to other Emeritus College members, please let us know and we’ll send out an announcement or include information about the event in the newsletter.
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Upcoming MedShare Volunteer Opportunity | |
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If you’d like to join this group, we are doing this the second Thursday afternoon of each month. Next dates are November 14 and December 12. Registration on the MedShare web site is required.
To register:
Visit the MedShare event registration page at: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0319&console_type=event&ht=1&res_code=EmoryEmeritus
Click the "Sign Up" button for your event and enter your email and first name. If you don't have a MedShare volunteer account, you'll be prompted to create one.
Select the listed event and click “Register."
For registration issues, questions or information about carpooling, please contact Marianne Skeen, marskeen@comcast.net.
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Participants Needed for Research Study | |
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Are you over 50 years of age? Have a BMI of less than 25 or more than 30? Free of any severe neurologic, metabolic, and cardiovascular condition that might affect sensation? And have not fallen in the past 6 months? If so, you may qualify for a study examining body composition and fall risk being conducted by Wendy Ahn, a doctoral candidate at Georgia State University.
Her study will assess foot sensation, cognitive functions, and muscle strength all of which are important in reducing the risk of falls in older adults. Although an important topic for those of us over 65, Wendy has had difficulty recruiting participants during the past year. She has recruited only 13 participants and needs 60 in order to analyze her data and defend her dissertation.
Participants will be reimbursed for parking and be paid $20.00/hour. To be part of this study, please click on Wendy's name above and let her know you would like to participate in the study in the email.
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Melvin Konner
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
I’ve been writing plays in my dotage, and there will be a festival of staged readings of five of them at 7 Stages Theatre November 6-10, 2024.
Mel Konner’s 5 Festival Plays: Synopses, Artists, and Content Warnings
For free tickets at Eventbrite, click on the links below:
The Incident at Flossenbürg (Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7pm)
Jessica: A Romantic Sequel to The Merchant of Venice (Thursday, Nov. 7, 7pm)
Fatsoff: Being the Very Tragical Comical History of the Life of the Real Falstaff as Told by the Fake One (Friday, Nov. 8, 7pm)
Catalysis (Saturday, Nov. 9, 2pm)
Sixteen Springs, or Four Loves: The Missing Years of The Winter’s Tale (Sunday, Nov. 10, 2pm)
For questions and/or more information please contact Mel at antmk@emory.edu
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American Red Cross Blood Drive at Emory Woodruff Library
Jones Room, Woodruff Library Level 3
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 11am – 4pm EDT
You can help save a life by giving blood on the Emory campus October 30!
The Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum Wellness Committee is sponsoring a blood drive with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 11 am–4 pm in the Jones Room. While this is primarily for the Emory community, anyone in the nearby neighborhoods can sign up to give. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome and encouraged to donate.
The Red Cross is also giving away $10 Amazon gift cards to anyone who gives blood. To give blood, please make an appointment here: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=EmoryLibrary
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ECMSA: Master Class Series -- Ettore Causa, viola
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: Emerson Concert Hall | 1700 N. Decatur Road
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 10am EDT
2024–2025 ECMSA
Free Event/No Tickets Required
Italian-born violist Ettore Causa is praised for his exceptional artistry, passionate intelligence and complete musicianship. He has made solo and recital appearances in major venues around the world, such as Carnegie Hall, and has performed at numerous international festivals, such as the Menuhin, Salzburg, Tivoli, Prussia Cove, Savonlinna, Launadire and Norfolk Festivals.
Enter the Schwartz Center through the North Lobby Doors, facing the Goizueta Business School
Recommended parking for Schwartz Center events is the Fishburne Parking Deck (free for events after 6 p.m. and on weekends).
Additional Emory Visitor Parking Information Here
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16th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony
Monday, November 11, 2024, 11am-12pm EDT
Join the Emory veteran community at 11:00am on Monday, November 11, on the quad to honor veterans for their service and sacrifice for the defense of our country and way of life.
Veterans Day 2024 Featured Speakers:
Emcee: Andrew Nelson, President, Goizueta Business School Veterans Association
Keynote Speaker: Vonetta Daniels 02C, President, Emory Alumni Veterans Network
Gather at the flagpole in Emory's quad for this special celebration (note: Rain location - Cannon Chapel).
Boxed Lunches provided for attendees after the ceremony (while supplies last).
For more information, please click here.
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Miscellaneous Monthly: Rose Library's Open House Series
Rose Library, Woodruff Library Level 10
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 1 – 3pm EST
Have you ever wanted to see items from Rose Library's collections but not known how? Or maybe you don't even know what you'd like to see, just that you would like to see something cool and old!
If this describes you, you're in luck! This fall, Rose Library is launching "Miscellaneous Monthly", a monthly open house series. Every second Tuesday of the month, you can stop by the 10th floor of Woodruff Library between 1pm and 3pm to view a selection of archival items. No appointment needed! Each month will have a different theme, so be sure to come by every month to see it all! Our third open house will be on November 12th, with the items from Emory University's history.
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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 Mary Gray Munroe Theatre doorway can be found at the Alumni Memorial University Center (AMUC). The door pictured in the photo is located at the 630 Means Drive side of the building.
AMUC was built in 1950 to honor members of the community that the university lost at war. For many years, AMUC was connected to the Dobbs University Center (the DUC), but when the new Student Center was built and the DUC demolished, AMUC was restored to its original singularity and much of the interior renovated. In this building you will find the Office of Respect, Student Case Management and Intervention Services, Student Intervention Services, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, Barkley Forum, Office of Health Promotion, Office of Student Conduct, Office of Parent and Family Programs, Office of Communications, Campus Life Dean's Office, Campus Life Advancement and Alumni Engagement, and the Mary Gray Munroe Theater which is a 100-200 seat black-box studio. The theater was dedicated in 1988, and remains one of Theater Emory's campus spaces. The door pictured in the photo is located on the Means Drive side of the building.
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Let's continue looking at entryways on our campus. The next doorway is rather plain compared to others at Emory, but what makes this door unique are the intricately carved wooden handles.
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Where will you find this on the Emory campus?
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