Princeton Weekly Bulletin March 22, 1999


Nassau Notes


         

Graduate encouragement

Approximately 60 people attended a reception sponsored by the Black Graduate Caucus at Prospect House on March 4. The purpose of the annual event, according to Caucus chair Michelle Fowles, is "to honor academic achievement of sophomore students of color, encouraging them to seriously consider graduate education, and giving them the opportunity to meet a diverse group of faculty, administrators and graduate students." Pictured is Gilbert Collins (r), a graduate student in the Woodrow Wilson School, talking with a group of sophomores. Claudia Tate (third from r), professor of English, was among the faculty members present, as was Dean of the Faculty Joseph Taylor (far l), who is McDonnell Distinguished Professor of Physics.

Fulbright scholar presents annual Drucker lecture

Monika Adamczyk-
Garbowska will address the question "Is There a Place for Jewish Culture in Contemporary Poland?" at 8:00 p.m. on March 24 in 2 Robertson Hall, presenting the annual Carolyn L. Drucker Memorial Lecture.
    Associate professor of comparative literature at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Garbowska is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on Yiddish literature, Polish-Jewish literature and literature of the Holocaust. Author of a book on I.B. Singer, she is also a translator from English to Yiddish and one of the editors of Polin: A Journal of Polish Jewish Studies.
    The Drucker lecture is sponsored by the Near Eastern Studies Department and the Jewish Studies Program.



Thomson gives Tanner Lectures

Judith Thomson, professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Tanner Lectures on Human Values on "Goodness" and "Moral Requirement." Sponsored by the Center for Human Values, they will be held at 4:30 p.m. on March 24 and 25 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
    On March 24, Thomson will speak on "Goodness." A discussion following the talk will begin with remarks from Philip Fisher, professor of English and American literature at Harvard University, and Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago.
    On March 25, "Moral Requirement" will be followed by remarks from Jerome Schneewind, professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, and Barbara Herrnstein Smith, professor of comparative literature at Duke.
    Thomson's work on ethics and metaphysics is reflected in her book, The Realm of Rights, a study of what it means to have rights and what rights humans have.
    Each lecture will be followed by a reception in Schultz Dining Room.


Theater event celebrates women's history

The Women's Center will present Singular Women, a theatrical event in celebration of Women's History Month, at 8:00 p.m. on March 26 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
    The production, created by Catherine Keyser '01, features 11 Princeton women students directing and acting in 12 monologues from plays that feature women's voices throughout history: Antigone by Sophocles, The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, The Rover by Aphra Behn, A Doll's House by Ibsen, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, WOMBman WARS by Judith Jackson, And Baby Makes Seven by Paul Vogel and The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein.
    A reception honoring the student directors and actors will follow the production. At 10:00 p.m. a cappella groups Culturally Yours, TigerLilies, Tigressions and WildCats will sing in 1879 Arch.

Senior thesis

Arma Opmesci '00 (bottom) and Kristin Horrigan '99 (top) will present "Kinetic Elements" at 8:00 p.m. on March 26. Sponsored by the Program in Theater and Dance, the concert is a senior thesis project. It will be held in the Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.