Common Hour Schedule Fall 2023Sept 12Common Hour – 11:00 – 12:00 in the Library CommonsMICHAEL CORNELIUS, Professor of English, Director of the MA Humanities and M Organizational Leadership ProgramThe Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Professorship (2021-2023)TITLE: Environmental Mortality and Liquid SpaceDescription: As a space, liquid spaces (i.e., water) must be classified as atopic—as hostile to human existence. And yet, we spend a lot of time in and around water. The goal of this project is to understand water itself as a place of being, focusing on both its liquid/impermanent nature and our intense relationship to water as a space despite its hostility to our continued existence. Oct 10 Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons JULIE RAULLI, Professor of SociologyMYLA OWENS, major in Veterinary Nursing ‘24KENDI LONG, major in Equine Studies ‘26Recipients of the Joan M. Thuebel ’52 Earthwatch Prize (2022 and 2023)TITLE: Earthwatch: Explore the World as a Citizen ScientistDescription: Myla Owens '24, Kendi Long '26, and Sociology Professor Julie Raulli will discuss research they conducted during the summer of 2023 as recipients of the Joan Thuebel '52 Earthwatch Prize. Learn about conservation efforts in Andorra and Costa Rica and how you can be a part of an exciting Earthwatch expedition. Joan Thuebel, generous donor and participant in many Earthwatch expeditions around the globe, will join the conversation. Facilitated by Denise McDowell, Director of Major Gifts at Wilson. Nov 14Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons ADAM DELMARCELLE, Assistant Professor of Graphic DesignThe Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023)TITLE: Beerse to Kensington: Following the Night SkyDescription: A residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium sparked the creation of prints that will investigate the travel of Fentanyl as a medical innovation from its point of invention in Beerse, Belgium, by Dr. Paul Janssen and the Janssen Company in 1960 to its current use in the illicit drug stream of the United States in 2023. These works explore how a medical marvel can become a medical nightmare, how something aimed at saving lives can now be responsible for so much death, and most importantly how Fentanyl’s journey has forever altered the landscape of illicit drug sale and use. Art holds the potential for human change through the questions it brings to light and through the methods it applies to activate the imagination and conscience of its viewers. The works created during this residency seek to do just that. Spring 2024Feb 13ELA ROSSMILLER, Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023)TITLE: Framing Reparations in PolandDescription: Poland’s Law of 20 March 2015 represents a unique approach to rehabilitation and compensation programs for victims of human rights abuses. It frames reparative justice using two competing logics: social welfare based on need and veterans’ benefits based on merit. This presentation explores what led to this unique approach. Mar 12Combined Common Hour/Orr ForumDeborah Lyons, Professor of Classics at Miami University (Ohio, USAImmortality and its Discontents: Greek Gods and the Modern Search for Eternal LifeIf it wasn't good enough for the Greek gods, why do we think it will be good enough for us?
