Professor Yumiko Mikanagi, senior researcher at Columbia's Weatherhead East Asian Institute and currently the Robert S. Griffith '52 Visiting International Scholar in Politics at W&L, will give a lecture.

The title of her talk, which is free and open to the public, is "The Salaryman and Japan's Foreign Policy."

Before Columbia, Mikanagi held positions at Harvard's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and the New School for Social Research.

At the International Christian University in Japan she was a founding member of the Center for Gender Studies and was research director for the Peace Research Institute. 

Career Services and The Office of Student Activities & Greek Life are co-hosting an Etiquette Dinner.  ALL students are invited to attend this presentation by etiquette professional Robert Shutt.  Please join us for an educational 4-course meal.  The cost is $15 per student, and this can be swiped home.  Visit the Career Services table downstairs in the Commons on Thursday 10/29, Friday 10/30 and Monday 11/2 to sign up for the dinner.  Attire is business casual.  We hope to see you there! 

Denard's lecture is titled "Artifice and Meaning in Toni Morrison's Jazz."

It is free and open to the public.

The talk is sponsored by the W&L's Program in African-American Studies and the University Lectures Fund.

The W&L performance will be directed by Marquita Robinson '10.

Talkback immediately following performance with Lucy Thurber. Moderators include Todd Ristau, Melissa Caron and Ellen Mayock. Reception to follow in the Lenfest Lobby.

Venid a la Casa Hispanica para disfrutar de una excelente pelicula y practicar español.

Details Forthcoming

Contact: Rodney Clark, clarkr@wlu.edu, 458-8584

In her work, Kathleen Olson explores the intersection between domestic interiors and their surrounding landscapes. Her paintings focus on the vistas in the Mediterranean region, where these borders are particularly permeable; terraces open onto vineyards and balcony views emphasize the lush, rolling hills beyond.  Windows and doorways reappear as portals through which the viewer can simultaneously inhabit both worlds, while reflecting on our relationship with the landscape.

Olson, a professor of painting and drawing at Washington and Lee, has exhibited widely in regional, national and international exhibitions. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants that have allowed her to paint in France, Greece, Italy, and Montenegro. Olson’s work is strongly influenced by her travels.

Staniar Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm

Tue Nov 3:      Seniors WebReg for first 2 courses
Wed Nov 4:     Juniors WebReg for first 2 courses; 
                     Senior window closes
Thur Nov 5:     Soph WebReg for first 2 courses; 
                     Junior window closes
Fri Nov 6:        First-years WebReg for first 2 courses;

                     Sophomore window closes
Sat Nov 7:       First-years window closes

"Camino de Santiago," new paintings from Spain and France by Walter Cumming. Sept. 25-Nov. 30, 2009 in Williams Gallery, Huntley Hall.

Gallery Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open to the public without charge.

See http://williams.wlu.edu/gallery

"Portraits from Life," paintings by Michael Ananian, Sept. 1-Dec. 11, 2009--McCarthy Gallery, Holekamp Hall.

Gallery Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open to the public without charge.

See http://williams.wlu.edu/gallery

Kamen Gallery Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Introduced in 14th-century Japan, the netsuke would hang from a kimono's obi or sash by a cord to attach the container in which Japanese men would store their personal belongings. These soon became elaborately sculpted from ivory, lacquer, wood and other exotic materials.

The netsuke in the Washington and Lee Collection come from alumnus Joseph M. Glickstein.

Kamen Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.