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MCH 20152016

jack, joseph and morton mandel center for the humanities

brandeis university

fall semester 2015

thursday, september 17noon-1:00 pmBridging the Two Cultures*

“Nature and Nurture: How Genes and Experience Build Brain Circuits”Steve Van Hooser (Biology)mch reading room, 303

tuesday, september 29- thursday, october 1Mandel Lectures in the Humanities

“Memoirs of a Jewish Girlhood”Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)

tuesday, september 294:30-6:00 pmMandel Lectures in the Humanities: Lecture 1

“My Father: From the Russian Pale of Settlement to Pulpit Digest” Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)mch g3, mandel auditorium

tuesday, september 296:00-7:00 pmAnnual Fall Reception and Welcomemandel atrium

wednesday, september 3012:30-2:00 pmMandel Lectures in the Humanities: Lunch Symposium

“Work in Progress: Tales of Women and Their Jewelry” Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, september 304:30-6:00 pmMandel Lectures in the Humanities: Lecture 2

“My Mother: From Vienna to Russian War Relief”Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)mch g3, mandel auditorium

thursday, october 14:30-6:00 pmMandel Lectures in the Humanities: Lecture 3

“My Childhood: Russia and Vienna in Great Neck”Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)mch g3, mandel auditorium

thursday, october 8 noon-12:45 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“West African Dance and the Politics of Diaspora”Jasmine Johnson (African and Afro-American Studies)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, october 14noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelLydian String Quartet mandel atrium

wednesday, october 14 3:30-5:00 pmClose Looking

“Ruth” (1962) by MarisolTodd Pavlisko (Fine Arts) and Cameron Anderson (Theater)rose art museum

wednesday, october 215:00 pmSpecial Lecture

“They Have Eyes, But Do Not See: Context of Idolatry from Isaiah to Augustine”Clifford Ando (University of Chicago)mch reading room, 303

thursday, october 22noon-1:00 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“Hume on Religious Motivation” Jennifer Marusic (Philosophy)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, october 28noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelMusicUnitesUS: Kinan Azmehmandel atrium

wednesday, november 43:30-5:00 pmClose Looking World War 1 PostersMichelle Mann (History) and Dave Sherman (English)archives & special collections

thursday, november 12noon-1:00 pmBridging the Two Cultures*

“Taming Quantum Mechanics for Chemistry” Judy Herzfeld (Chemistry)mch reading room, 303

thursday, november 19noon-1:00 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“Parties Weren’t Meant to Last” Joe Wardwell (Fine Arts)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, december 2noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelEarly Music Ensemblemandel atrium

wednesday, december 2 3:30-5:00 pmClose Looking

“Two 1959 People” (1963) by James RosenquistScott Weiner (Fine Arts)rose art museum

spring semester 2016

thursday, january 28 noon-1:00 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“Kafka, Joyce and the Question of Modernism” Stephen Dowden (German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, february 10noon-12:45 pm

Music at MandelBob Nieske, bass, and Billy Novick, clarinetmandel atrium

thursday, february 11noon-1:00 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“The Anarchist’s Advocate: War, Terror and the Origins of America’s Surveillance State” Michael Willrich (History)mch reading room, 303

thursday, february 18noon-1:00 pmBridging the Two Cultures*

“Molecular Basis of Sensory Transduction and Behavior”Paul Garrity (Biology)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, march 93:30-5:00 pm Close Looking Electronic Music CollectionEric Chasalow (Music)rapaporte treasure hall

wednesday, march 16noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelMusicUnitesUS: Traditional Korean musicmandel atrium

wednesday, march 30noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelWomen and Music Mixmandel atrium

thursday, march 31noon-1:00 pmBridging the Two Cultures*

“The Universe, the Higgs Boson and All That”James Bensinger (Physics)mch reading room, 303

tuesday, april 53:30-5:00 pm Close Looking Kantorovich Leningrad Siege DiaryChaeran Freeze (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies) and Oleg Budnitskii (History, Higher School of Economics)rapaporte treasure hall

wednesday, april 6noon-12:45 pmMusic at MandelLydian String Quartetmandel atrium

thursday, april 7noon-1:00 pmFaculty Lunch Symposium*

“Dining and Dissection in 19th-Century Spanish Fiction” James Mandrell (Romance Studies)mch reading room, 303

wednesday, april 133:30-5:00 pmClose Looking

“Tray Meal” (1962) by Claes OldenburgTory Fair (Fine Arts)rose art museum

thursday, may 12noon-1:00 pmAnnual New Book Receptionmandel atrium

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*These events are for members of the faculty and invited guests; all other events are free and open to the public.

Major funding for the MCH comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mandel Foundation.

For questions, please contact:

David ShermanInterim MCH Directordsherman@brandeis.edu

Matthew SchratzMCH Program Assistantmschratz@brandeis.edu