The Colloquium features scholarly presentations by Ithaca College faculty and staff, in a supportive and inclusive environment. The 2007-2008 series showcases work that has an international focus.
Open to all, the colloquia are during the Thursday noontime open hour, from 12:10 to 1:00 pm. Most are in the Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center. Coffee and light refreshments are provided and people are encouraged to bring their lunch.
Thursday, February 14, 12:10-1:00 pm, Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center
Cognitive and Emotional Effects After 13 Days of Underwater Isolation: Data from the BioSUB
Project
Nancy Rader, Professor of Psychology
Thursday, February 28, 12:10-1:00 pm, Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center
“The Anti-Colonial Classroom: Pedagogical Strategies for Including Anti-Colonial Texts
in the Course.”Anjali Nerlekar and Laurel Tucker, Assistant Professors of English, and
Jonathan Ablard and Jason Freitag, Assistant Professors of History, who comprise the Colloquium for
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, present their recent work
Thursday, April 3, 12:10-1:00 pm, Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center
Friendship is Cancelled: Ethos and Ethics of Documentary Films
John Scott, Assistant Professor of Television and Radio
TVR faculty member John Scott made a feature length video documentary on his friend John Stiles called
Scouts Are Cancelled – and found out one day after its debut at the Hot Docs Documentary Film
Festival in Toronto that the friendship might be over. This talk reveals and explores some of the
ethical dilemmas common to the video documentary.
Fall 2007
Thursday, September 20, 12:10-1:00 pm, Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center
The “Endless Wakefulness” of Premier Chou in John Adams’s Opera, Nixon
in China
Timothy Johnson, Associate Professor of Music Theory
This presentation discusses the conflicted emotions of the Premier and how Adams depicts Chou’s
feelings through the shape of melodic lines and through harmonic structure.
Thursday, November 29, 12:10-1:00 pm, Cayuga Lake room of the Campus Center
Global Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Prevention - Images & Stories from Namibia
Lis Maurer, Coordinator of LBGT Education and Outreach Services
