Chat in the Stacks
October 2, 2:30 pm
Paley Library Lecture Hall

Interested in the newest research going on at Temple? Want to hear about the mysteries of academic publishing? Want to hear a lively conversation between professors from a variety of disciplines and the director of Temple’s academic press?

Then join us for CHAT IN THE STACKS

The Libraries and the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color began Chat in the Stacks in the spring of 2008 as a way to engage the Temple community with the latest research taking place across our campuses. On October 2, the series highlighting and promoting excellence in faculty research, will feature Dr. Bryant Simon, professor of history discussing Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America; best-selling author Solomon Jones on his latest book; and Alex Holzman of Temple Press explaining how academic work like this gets published! The conversation will be moderated by Professor Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon of the Theater Department.

Please join us October 2, at 2:30 p.m., for this wonderful conversation in Paley Library Lecture Hall.

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The Second Annual Symposium on Race and Juaism:
Race in Contemporary Jewish Life
9:30 am-5:30 pm
Paley Library Lecture Hall

The symposium program includes guest lectures by: Edith Bruder of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at University of London and author of The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity (2008); John L. Jackson, The Richard Perry University Associate Professor of Communication and Anthropology at The University of Pennsylvania; Avishai Mekonen, journalist and filmmaker; and Shari Rothfarb, Associate Professor at the City University of New York and filmmaker. Rothfarb and Mekonen will screen and discuss their film 400 Miles to Freedom. The symposium is sponsored by Temple’s Jewish Studies Program, the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies, the Religion Department and the Feinstone Center for American Jewish History.

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A Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Roald Hoffmann
October 6, 2:30 p.m., Sullivan Hall, Feinstone Lounge, Second Floor
1330 W. Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA

Roald Hoffmann won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981. Educated at Columbia and Harvard, and a long-time faculty member at Cornell, Hoffmann is a distinguished public intellectual who has carved out a land between science, poetry and philosophy. A professor of what he terms "applied theoretical chemistry,” he is also an accomplished writer, poet and playwright. His poetry collections include Gaps and Verges (1990), Memory Effects (1999), and Catalista (in Spanish, 2002). The 1993 he wrote Chemistry Imagined (1993) with artist Vivian Torrance, combining her collages with his essays, poetry and personal commentary. With fellow chemist Carl Djerassi, Hoffmann wrote the play Oxygen (2001), which has been performed worldwide, and translated into ten languages. Hoffmann runs a monthly cabaret, Entertaining Science, at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village.

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The Unique Craft of Artist Books
October 7, 6:00 p.m., Temple Gallery in Olde City
259 N. Third Street, Philadelphia, PA

Join the Libraries and the Tyler School of Art Department of Exhibitions and Public Programs for a conversation on the unique craft of artist books. The Libraries’ Special Collections Curator, Tom Whitehead, and Tyler's Andrea Goldstein present Temple’s most curious examples of artist books and lead a discussion on the craftsmanship of book making. This special program is presented in conjunction with concurrent exhibits on the art and craft of the book at Temple Gallery in Old City, Paley Library and Tyler Library on the Elkins Park campus, all on view through October 25.

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