Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium
Spring 2012
| Tuesday, May 1 |
Oldenborg Language Residents: A Peek into the Conversation Classes Aki Kishihara, Jean-Pascal Gribaudi, Jing Zhou, Julia Hoevelmann, Mauricio Aldecosea-Blixen, Veronika Seergeeva, Zeltia Fuciños-Mosquera |
| Monday, April 30 |
Holy Thugs: When the “Saint” Has a Criminal Record Virginia Lopez, Pitzer, ’94, Journalist in Venezuela for The Guardian, United Kingdom |
| Friday, April 27 |
Identity Crisis: The Future of Art / The Art of the Future Pablo Baler, Assistant Professor Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, CSULA; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, CMC |
| Tuesday, April 24 |
In Times of Diminishing Light: An Inquiry Hans Jürgen Schacht, New Mastodon Books and Fine Art |
| Friday, April 20 |
Myths of a Failed Invasion: Japanese Submarines on the Baja California Coast during WWII Manuel Alberto Santillana Macedo, Research Professor of Public Health at the Center for Advanced Studies, Sonora; Professor of Health Sciences, University of Sonora, Mexico |
| Friday, April 19 |
Chut! Ne le dites à personne…they were paid to go to France! The Rosen Grant Presentations Emily Allen, PO ’12 and Silas Berkowitz, PO ’12 |
| Monday, April 16 |
Europe and the Collapse of Yugoslavia: Existing and Potential Arguments Branislav Radeljic, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, London, United Kingdom |
| Wednesday, April 4 |
Théâtre du Radeau: An Avant-garde Theatre Group in France Manuel Garcia Martinez, Tenured Lecturer, French and Italian Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Tuesday, April 2 |
Sunset Boulevard: Of Building, Filming and Dying in Los Angeles Kevin Vennemann, Ph.D. Candidate in German, New York University |
| Tuesday, March 27 |
Crossing Artistic Frontiers: Japanese Traditional Theater, Western Contemporary Practice Zvika Serper, Actor, Director, and Scholar, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Friday, March 23 |
EU Environment Policy – Present Directions and Challenges Anne Burrill, Deputy Head of Unit in DG Environment of the European Commission, and (presently) visiting EU Fellow, Jackson School, University of Washington |
| Thursday, March 22 |
Misconceptions about AIDS: Ours and Theirs Susan Watkins, Professor of Sociology, Populations Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania. Visitng Research Scientist, California Center for Population Research, University of California — Los Angeles |
| Friday, March 9 |
Raíces Afro-Cubanas/ Afro-Cuban Roots Jesús Lorenzo Peñalver Lombira (Cusito), Visiting Artist in Residence, Department of Music, Pomona College |
| Thursday, March 8 |
From Public, to Private, to Public Again: International Women’s Day in Post-Soviet Russia Choi Chatterjee, Professor of History, California State University, Los Angeles |
| Tuesday, March 6 |
Looking for Sandra — Dead or Alive State-sponsored Crimes and cover-ups in Colombia Today Binka LeBreton, Author, Journalist, Environmental Activist |
| Thursday, March 1 |
Traditional Music and Dance in Bali I Wayan Budha, Visiting Artist in Residence |
| Monday, February 27 |
Queering International Marriages Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California |
| Friday, February 24 |
The Circus Goes East: A Preview of Euro 2012 David Goldblatt, Visiting Professor, Pitzer College; writer; broadcaster |
| Friday, February 17 |
Oldenborg Grant Presentations Samuel Holden, PO ’12; Thomas Meyer, PO ’12; Maya Horgan, PO ’13 |
| Thursday, February 9 |
Sources of Tension and the Future of Democracy in Pakistan Zaid Hussain, Pakistan Scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. |
| Tuesday, February 7 |
Making the World a Better Place:How the United Nations Promotes Global Health, Gender Equality, and Human Rights Bertil Linblad, Pomona, ’78, UNAIDS Director, New York |
| Friday, February 3 |
Contemporary German Cinema Anke Zwirner, Fulbright Scholar, School of Film and Television, Loyola Marymount University |
| Friday, January 27 |
Russia Imprisoned Yelena Tuzova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate University |
Fall 2011
| Tuesday, December 6 |
Oldenborg Cinema: Short Films and Comic Sketches Oldenborg Conversation Class Students & the Language Residents |
| Friday, December 2 |
PBI Student Film Presentations, Part 2 Cassandra Martinez, PO ’13 and Pauline Wang, PO’12 *Event co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Thursday, December 1 |
PBI Student Film Presentations, Part 1 Ruiwen Huang, PO ’14, Colleen Howe, PO’13, and Sam Holden, PO ’12 *Event co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Friday, November 18 |
Reflections on the “Arab Spring” and the Role of Cyber-Dissent in Democratizing the Middle East Asiya Daud, Lecturer in International Studies and Middle East Politics, University of California, Irvine *Event co-sponsored by the Department of International Relations |
| Thursday, November 17 |
Freedom on the Net 2011: A Global Assessment of Internet Freedom Sarah Cook, PO ’05, Senior Research Analyst and Assistant Editor, Freedom on the Net, Freedom House *Event co-sponsored by the Department of International Relations |
| Monday, November 14 |
Women’s Health in Developing Countries: The Role of New Health Technologies Jacqueline Sherris, Vice President of Global Programs, PATH *Event co-sponsored by the Department of International Relations |
| Thursday, November 10 |
Africa’s Legacy in Latin America Tony Gleaton, Photographer *Event co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and the Department of Africana Studies |
| Thursday, November 3 |
Lady in Red: Bolshevik Feminism in the American Imagination, 1917-1939 Choi Chatterjee, Professor of History at California State University, Los Angeles *Event co-sponsored by the Department of German and Russian and the Department of History |
| Tuesday, November 1 |
Rhetoric and Realit(ies): Framing and Claiming in China’s Relations with Africa Julia C. Strauss, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Visiting Researcher, Asia Institute, UCLA 2011-12 *Event co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute, the Department of International Relations, and the Asian Studies Program |
| Monday, October 24 |
Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys Victor Rios, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara *Event co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Thursday, October 20 |
Femicide, Militarization, and Human Rights Abuses in Ciudad Juárez Cipriana Jurado Herrera, Human Rights Activist *Event co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and the Intercollegiate Department of Chicano/Latino Studies |
| Thursday, October 13 |
Justice in the Fields: Students and Farmworkers Campaign for Fair Food Joe Parker, Co-coordinator, Student/Farmworker Alliance & Oscar Opzoy, Staff Member, Coalition for Immokalee Workers *Event co-sponsored by the Asian American Resource Center |
| Monday, October 10 |
Nailed: Race, Gender, Class and Immigration in Asian-owned Nail Salons Milliann Kang, Associate Professor, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst *Event co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Thursday, September 22 |
Speak! Art and Activism in Pakistan Salima Hashmi, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan *Event co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and by the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Thursday, September 15 |
That Paris Year Joanna Biggar, Pomona ’64, Author, Journalist *Event co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages |