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Art Museum

"The Beach at Trouville" (1865) by French artist Eugene Boudin is among a selection of 19th-century European paintings, drawings, prints and photographs from the University Art Museum's collection on view at the museum through Jan. 12. Titled "Earth's Beauty Revealed: The 19th-Century European Landscape," the exhibition traces the rise of the landscape genre, the many forms it took and the artists who devoted their lives to rendering this subject matter. For University Art Museum hours, visit http://www.princetonartmuseum.org or call 258-3788.

Talk planned on 'Southeast Asia's boom and Bust' for Monday, Dec. 9

A lecture titled "Markets and Mastery: State and Business in Southeast Asia's Boom and Bust" will be presented Monday, Dec. 9. Greg Felker, professor of political science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in 023 Robertson Hall.
    Currently a visiting professor at the University of Maryland, Felker earned his MPA (1992) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His research focuses on state responses to globalization, particularly in Malaysia and Thailand. He has published numerous articles in academic journals on technology policy, foreign direct investment and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and has served as a consultant to the World Bank.
    The lecture is sponsored by the Center of International Studies, the East Asian Studies Program, the Council on Regional Studies, the Graduate School, Foreign Policy in Focus and the Southeast Asia Society.

'Surprises' of Constitution is topic

A lecture titled "The Unsettling Surprises of a Constitution Long Settled" will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in 008 Friend Center.
    Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions at Amherst College, will discuss how the founders understood the principles of law and moral reasoning before they set about the task of framing the Constitution.
    Arkes currently is the Ann and Herbert Vaughan Visiting Fellow of the James Madison Program and a visiting professor of public and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School. He is the author of many books and other scholarly writings, including "Natural Rights and the Right to Choose" (Cambridge, 2002), "Beyond the Constitution" (Princeton, 1990) and "First Things" (Princeton, 1986).
    The lecture is sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics. For more information, call Reggie Cohen at 258-6333 or visit http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison.

Armstrong to present second talk in President's Lecture Series Dec. 11

Carol Armstrong, the Doris Stevens Professor in Women's Studies and professor of art and archaeology, will present the second talk in this year's President's Lecture Series on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
    She will speak on "Manet and Cézanne: In the Margins of Their Modernism" at 4:30 p.m. in 101 Friend Center. The series was initiated by President Tilghman last year to bring together faculty members from different disciplines.
    Armstrong will focus on the "heroics" of modernism and a feminist alternative to the canonical accounts of their art.
    The third and final lecture in this year's series will be presented at
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, by Vincent Poor, professor of electrical engineering. He will discuss the recent revolution in wireless communications.
    The lectures will be Webcast; for viewing information, visit http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia.

Allen to give Moffett Lecture in Ethics Dec. 12

Danielle Allen will deliver a lecture on "Talking to Strangers: On Rhetoric, Distrust and Citizenship" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. The lecture, which will be followed by a reception, is sponsored by the James Moffett '29 Lectures in Ethics and the Department of Classics.
    Allen is an associate professor in the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, Department of Politics and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where she has been since 1997. A 1993 Princeton graduate in classics, she is a 2001 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
    Her intellectual scope spans the fields of the classics, philosophy and political theory. Allen's work contributes new perspectives to discussions of race and politics that go beyond the confines of traditional and canonical scholarship.
    Allen earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She is the author of "The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens" and the forthcoming "Talking to Strangers: On Rhetoric, Distrust and Other Democratic Difficulties."
    For more information, visit the University Center for Human Values Web site at http://www.princeton.edu/values or call 258-4798.

University Archives dishes up Wedgewood

The University Archives is marking the donation of a dozen commemorative Wedgwood plates with a mini-exhibition, "Wedgwood Comes to Princeton," at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

    The exhibition, which runs through Jan. 15, uses plates, photographs and documents to tell the story of the University's two officially commissioned sets of dinnerware: the first produced in 1930, and the second in 1950. The venerable English firm Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. manufactured both.
    The 1930 edition consists of 12 "Old Staffordshire Blue" plates that, with one exception, depict various scenes on campus, including Nassau Hall, the Graduate College, Whig and Clio Halls and the University Chapel. These scenes were based on the work of local photographers, including Orren Jack Turner and Royal Rose, and visitors will be able to compare a plate portraying the chapel with the photograph that inspired it.
    A complete set of plates cost just $15 and could only be purchased through the office of the University's secretary. Demand outstripped supply, much to the chagrin of alumni who had been promised delivery by Christmas, and almost 2,500 sets were sold.
    The archives now holds two complete sets of these plates, thanks to the generosity of John Montague Ely Jr. '41.
    The 1950 edition was sponsored by the University's Graduate Council and comprises eight "Queensware" plates depicting the pen drawings of professor and artist William Feay Shellman Jr. '41 of the School of Architecture. Scenes include Firestone Library, which did not exist when the 1930 edition was produced, Stanhope Hall, Stafford Little Hall, and Hamilton Court and Holder Tower.
    Unlike the 1930 edition, these plates came in two series, ordinary and deluxe (in translucent bone china). They could be ordered through the Princeton University Store for $25 and $75 per set. An example of the deluxe series, depicting Procter Hall, is on display. The University Archives does not possess a set of the ordinary series.
    "Wedgwood Comes to Princeton" can be viewed in the lobby of the Mudd Manuscript Library from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 8 p.m. on Wednesday. For more information, contact the library at 258-6345 or mailto:mudd@princeton.edu.

Gently used clothing needed

Members of the University community will have the opportunity to share some holiday spirit through a drive to benefit the Hire Attire Boutique, an organization that collects "gently used" business clothes for men and women.
    On weekdays from Jan. 8 through Jan. 15, items may be taken to the Training Room at the Armory (Washington Road side) between 8 and
9 a.m. and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. The organization needs all types of business and business-casual clothing in good condition, including suits, dress slacks, khakis, dress shirts, ties, belts, jackets, blazers, sweaters, dresses, coats and accessories.
    Hire Attire is part of the New Brunswick-based Adult Learning Center. The clothing goes to people who are entering or re-entering the workforce after completing a New Jersey job training program.
    The drive is being coordinated by the offices of the provost and community and state affairs. For more information, contact Blanche Scioli in community and state affairs at mailto:scioli@princeton.edu or 258-3204.
    The clothing drive is just one of several community service initiatives being coordinated through the Office of Community and State Affairs. Others include holiday gift outreach to "adopted" families and a new toy drive. Information on these and other year-round volunteer opportunities was e-mailed to the University community the week of Nov. 25. For more information, visit http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pucsa.