Medieval Association of the Pacific (MAP) Conference March 5-6

This coming Friday and Saturday (March 5-6), the University of Puget Sound will be hosting the 2010 Medieval Association of the Pacific conference at various locations around campus, primarily in Wyatt and Collins Library.

MAP itself is an "organization of university faculty, students, and independent scholars from around the Pacific Rim, including North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand," to quote from the organization's website. This is the first time the conference has been held at Puget Sound, which gives students here an excellent opportunity to participate for free in a professional conference.

More information about the conference schedule can be found on the organizing website at http://www.csun.edu/english/map2010/ocs-2/ss.php, but I've included the titles, dates and times, and locations of the two plenary talks.

First Plenary Address — Friday, March 5th at 2pm in Kilworth Chapel Main Hall
“Aristocratic Power and the Natural World: Reshaping the Landscape at Hesdin, c. 1300”
Sharon Farmer, University of California, Santa Barbara (History)

Second Plenary Address – Saturday, March 6th at 1:50pm in the Rotunda
“The Hand of God and the Hand of the Scribe”
Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University (Art History)

The conference as a whole should appeal to anyone interest in history, art history, or language and literature, to name a few. Additionally, the conference has the potential to be a great way to network with some of the top scholars in multiple academic fields.

Many Puget Sound faculty are involved in this conference, and many are giving talks. To name a few: Professors Michael Curley, Katherine Smith, Linda Williams, Krista Kotsis, Greta Austin, David Lupher, and more. Apologies to anyone not explicitly named, but sufficed to say, there are a great number of faculty who should be giving interesting presentations.

For more information, visit http://www.csun.edu/english/map2010/ocs-2/ss.php, where you can find full information about all of the planned events for the conference.

Writing Advisor Positions

A quick message from the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching advertising for a great on-campus position for juniors or seniors.

"The Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching is seeking applicants from all academic areas for the 2010-2011 peer writing advisor positions. Application instructions are available in the Center for Writing and Learning, Howarth 105 and 109.

Completed applications should be returned to the Center by March 10, 2010, though we will consider applications until all positions are filled. For more information, call Julie Neff-Lippman at 879-2696, or e-mail neff@pugetsound.edu."

For more information, visit the Center's website at http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/cwlt/ or download an application at http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/cwlt/writing/becoming-a-writing-advisor/.

Summer Research Grants

The University has a wonderful program set up to allow students to conduct ten weeks of full-time research over the summer in lieu of finding gainful employment. The University will issue a stipend of $3000 to summer research scholars to ensure scholars need not obtain additional employment. The research conducted often becomes a component of a student's senior thesis, but could also focus on a subject someone might not be able to easily study in their normal curriculum.

Several current history majors have completed successful summer research projects in the past, and would likely be more than willing to talk with anyone putting together a research proposal.

Full details of the grant, which is due no later than March 9th, are available at the following link.

2/9 Event: Perspectives on Teaching

From the Office of Communications

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher? The School of Education will present a discussion on “A Career in Education? Practitioners Talk about What Life in Schools is Really Like” at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9 in Trimble Forum.

Three teachers will speak about their experiences teaching in a variety of settings. This will be followed by what promises to be a lively and informative discussion. Food will be served. All campus members are welcome to attend. The event is presented by the Teaching and Counseling Professions Advisory Committee.

2/9 Event: At The Borders of Europe

At the Borders of Europe: Elections in Ukraine in Historical and Contemporary Context"

by

Benjamin Tromly, History; and Patrick O'Neil, Politics and Government

Tuesday, February 9th at 5 p.m.
Wyatt 101

Refreshments will be served.

Need some cash? (Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships)

Hat tip: Puget Sound Philosophy

Social Sciences and Humanities
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships

Discussion by Prof. O’Neil (Politics and Government) and Prof. Tinsley (Foreign Languages)

Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 – 12-1pm
Wyatt 209

For more info:
http://upspolitics.blogspot.com/2010/01/22-talk-on-scholarshipsfellowshipsinter.html

2/4 Event: Psychoanalysis and Political Authoritarianism

"Psychoanalysis and Political Authoritarianism: The Case of Argentina in the 1960s and 70s
by Mariano Ben Plotkin"
Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero and president of the Insituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social, Buenos Aires

Thursday, February 4, 2010, 4-5:30 p.m.
Wyatt 109, University of Puget Sound

Today, Argentina is considered one of the world centers for the circulation and consumption of psychoanalysis. Several scholars have studied the emergence and development of a “psychoanalytic culture” in Argentina. However, no study so far has focused on the intriguing fact that the massive dissemination of psychoanalysis took place mainly under the rule of authoritarian regimes that established severe restrictions of political, social and human rights. The Argentine case thus challenges accepted views according to which psychoanalysis can only flourish in a democratic context. By focusing on the diffusion of psychoanalysis in Argentina during the 1960s and 70, Mariano Plotkin problematizes the relationship between psychoanalysis and authoritarianism and, more in general, between psychoanalysis and politics.

Mariano Ben Plotkin is Senior Researcher and President of the Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social, and Professor of History at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. His recent publications include: The Transnational Unconscious (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), co-edited with Joy Damousi; El día en que se inventó el peronismo: la construcción del 17 de Octubre (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2007: Freud in the Pampas: The Formation of a Psychoanalytic Culture in Argentina, 1910-1983 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001); as well as articles published in academic journals in several languages.

Sponsored by Latin American Studies, History, and Psychology