The Winter Reception already??? Yes, difficult to believe but we are already through Thanksgiving and onto the season of the stunning lights of College Walk. EPIC is continuing its annual tradition of a presentation by one of our gifted Department of Music faculty. This year
Professor Ellie M. Hisama
, truly a renaissance person, will share her work on Marian Anderson. Do join us for an afternoon of fellowship and scholarship – and, as always spouses, significant others and personal guests are welcome.
Thursday our Intergenerational Graduate Scholars talk should be enlightening. It isn’t every day that we can listen to a student who is also the NY theater critic for the
Financial Times
. See below for more details and to RSVP for lunch planning purposes. And, of course, our weekly yoga classes will be held on Thursday, as well.
Last Tuesday’s
screening of the documentary
The Cooler Bandits
ended with a moment of stunned silence as we all sat trying to absorb the up-close-and-personal reality of mass incarceration. The screening was part of EPIC’s collaboration with Columbia’s
Justice-in-Education
initiative for formerly incarcerated students. Program Coordinator Richard Roderick, one of the protagonists in the film, joined us in discussion after. EPIC is continuing our mentorship program and working on expansion into one-on-one tutoring.
Please send us an email if you would like more information.
Have a good day.
Jeanne Mager Stellman, President, EPIC
Professor Emerita & Special Lecturer
Mailman School of Public Health
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Thursday, December 6
Marcel Proust and the Mass Press
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Max McGuinness is completing his Ph.D. in French at Columbia. Titled “Modernism and Mass Press from Mallarmé to Proust,” his dissertation addresses how modernist authors used newspapers and magazines as a “literary laboratory” during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He has published articles in journals such as
Dix-Neuf
,
French Studies Bulletin
, and the
Bulletin d'informations proustiennes
. His translation of André Bernold’s
L’Amitié de Beckett
is available from the Lilliput Press. Max is also the New York theatre critic for
The Financial Times
.
First Thursday Graduate Scholar Talks take place the first Thursday of each month during the academic year. The talks provide young scholars an opportunity to make a generalist presentation on their research to a cross-disciplinary audience ready to listen carefully and ask good questions. EPIC members help give the Ph.D. students a useful learning experience and at the same time learn about something that may be well beyond their own scholarly interests.
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12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Faculty House
Garden Room 2
Complimentary lunch
RSVP to help us plan appropriate catering.
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Holiday Luncheon December 18
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Tuesday, December 18
Marion Anderson's Performance of African American Spirituals
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Our annual winter holiday luncheon will feature a talk by
Professor of Music Ellie M. Hisama
, who will discuss
her current research on Marian Anderson's performance of spirituals arranged by African American composers.
Hisama specializes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century music, post-tonal theory, American music, popular music, gender and feminist studies, critical studies of music and race, and the social and political dimensions of music.
In addition to
her study of Anderson
, Professor Hisama is currently engaged in research that focuses on Ruth Crawford's work as a composer and arranger, and the Bay Area- and Chicago-based collective
Asian Improv aRts
. She is author of
Gendering Musical Modernism
and co-editor of
Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies
and
Ruth Crawford Seeger’s Worlds
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12:00 - 2:00 pm.
Faculty House
Garden Room 2
Complimentary Luncheon & Holiday Toast!
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EPIC Yoga December 6, 13, 20
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Professor Emerita Virginia Papaioannou
, a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance, continues to lead EPIC Yoga.
No prior experience is required to join. Yoga can benefit people at all levels of physical training and health, but it is always wise to consult with a physician before undertaking any new exercise regime. Modifications will be offered to any participants with specific limitations arising from recovery from injury, arthritis, limited movement, or other causes.
Two one-hour classes are offered each week.
The
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
class practices breathing techniques and moves through some basic yoga poses, concentrating on alignment, balance, and flexibility. Those with experience move more deeply into the poses.
From
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
, we practice gentle/chair yoga, which is ideal for those of more limited mobility or flexibility. Classes include breathing, stretching, and yoga poses, done either seated in a chair or standing. No yoga mats are required for this class.
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