Such a dissolution of socially-constructed boundaries challenges our notions of what it means to live in the world. The series is free and open to the public, will be held every other Saturday morning, and the library will provide books for the discussion. He will examine the different strategies by which chiefs come to power in Hawaii just before the contact period and in Denmark in the Bronze Age. Dr. Earle is currently in Northwestern University's Anthropology Department. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and is the author of many publications, has been extensively involved in research and has received numerous grants.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The second meeting will include a guided screening with commentary of Skoller's adaptation of Duras' short novel Malady of Death , in order to discuss how the text and body take precedence in Duras' work and the problems inherent in the adaptation process from written work to screen. For further information, please contact Jenny Burkholder at 708.524.8725, visit the website , or via email . David Mickenberg, Director of the Block Museum, explores issues raised by the pieces in the exhibition which runs from January 12-March 4, 2001. The lecture investigates the collecting activity of Raymond Pitcairn, heir to a glass factory in Pittsburgh, who traveled throughout Europe in search of stained glass windows removed from Medieval churches. For further information, please contact Nina Rowe at 847.467.2501.