The weeklong celebration will focus on the humanities, arts and creative expression. The sponsor of Humanities Week is the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities in CWRU's College of Arts and Sciences. Events such as the chess game, an al fresco Shakespearean performance, lectures, costume party, and readings will highlight how life is enriched with contributions from art, classics, English, music, theater, dance, history, languages, religion, and philosophy.
All events are free and open to the public.
Monday, September 14 in Strosacker Auditorium. Scarry has studied pain and goes beyond the personal experience to explore its historical and political implications. She specifically addresses the pain inflicted by agents of distant, disembodied authorities. His readings of Hammerstein's lyrics invariably broke into song, with some listeners humming along. Stott, the former associate dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and the former director of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of two books on American visual culture and co-author of three on emotion and masculinity.