[Libri] Center for the Book events: starting this Thursday

Mon Oct 21 22:30:33 EDT 2002

Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-postings),

Thank you for your continued interest (and your patience). The Center for
the Book is very much alive and well. In fact, we will probably postpone
meetings of our seminar until next term because the fall calendar already
offers such a rich array of activities.

Several of our events arose in conjunction with the completely redesigned
First-Year Program at Hampshire. One of our goals is to encourage students
to think about the nature of books, book history, and book studies as early
as possible in their college careers.

€ We begin with a screening this Thursday when we launch our FIRST ANNUAL
FILM SERIES dedicated to films about books.

FALL 2002 THEME:  DANGEROUS BOOKS!
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND INCLUDE DISCUSSION
ACCOMPANIED BY FREE REFRESHMENTS.

THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER
7:30 P.M.
FRANKLIN PATTERSON HALL  MAIN LECTURE HALL

"THE NAME OF THE ROSE"
(based on Umberto Eco's surprise bestseller of the same title)

(Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1987, c1986; 128 min.)
Starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Lonsdale, Christian
Slater, Valentina Vargas, Elya Baskin, Ron Perlman.

monk meets with murder and mayhem in a medieval monastery:

"Sean Connery as a visiting Brother, investigating the deaths of a couple of
monks in a medieval Italian monastery, must find a connection between a
cache of hidden literature and the mysterious killings before a Catholic
inquisitor arrives to burn innocent people at the stake."

OVERVIEW OF OTHER EVENTS THIS SEMESTER:

€ 9-11 NOVEMBER
Visit of author and translator Peter Wortsman as Scholar-in-Residence.
Events:  reading from his play about the Holocaust; lectures on the art of
translation and debates over burning the Talmud in the Renaissance

€ 14 NOVEMBER
We are pleased to call your attention to other book-related events in the
Valley, such as this Five-College History Seminar, devoted to language and
history in colonial India.

€ 15-17 NOVEMBER
Launching of the Campaign to Endow Hampshire's Future.  Wide variety of
cultural events and public discussions (the latter will include plans for
the pioneering new Library/Knowledge Commons).

€ 21 NOVEMBER
Dangerous Books! Film Series:  "Queen Margot"

€ 22-24 NOVEMBER
Grand Opening of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

€ 13 December
Dangerous Books! Film Series: "The Ninth Gate"

You will find complete descriptions and schedule information on our web
calendar:

http://webevent.hampshire.edu/index.cgi?cmd=opencal&cal=cal9

As always, we encourage you to submit information about your book-related
events to the calendar (via the above website) or this list, or both.

Thank you once again.  We look forward to seeing you this week.

Sincerely,

Jim Wald
(for the Center for the Book)

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