Homecoming/Reunion Weekend: Open Lectures

Thursday, October 2nd

8:30 and 10 am:  Advanced Intermediate Spanish, 206 Palmer – Prof. Elizabeth M. Pettinaroli
11 am:  Early Modern Hispanic Literature, 212 Buckman – Prof. Elizabeth M. Pettinaroli

Friday, October 3rd

Mathematics and Computer Science

8 am:  Calculus I, 205 Kennedy – Prof. Eric Gottlieb
9 am & 10 am:  Computer Science 141, (Programming Fundamentals), 035 Barrett – Prof. Betsy Williams
10 am:  Differential Equations, 205 Kennedy – Prof. Eric Gottlieb
1 pm:  Discrete Structures for Computer Science, 225 Ohlendorf - Prof. Eric Gottlieb

International Studies and Political Science

9 am:  Introduction to International Relations, 216 Buckman – Prof. Jennifer Sciubba
10 am:  Government & Politics of the Middle East, 207 Palmer – Prof. David Romano
11 am & 1 pm:  Humanities 101, Blount Auditorium – Prof. Steve McKenzie, Lecture on King David.
2 pm:  Global Ecopolitics, 105 Buckman – Prof. Jennifer Sciubba
3 pm:  Humanities 201, 330 Buckman – Prof. Richard Dagger. The topic will be Montesquieu′s Persian Letters.

Modern Languages

9 am:  German 101 (Elementary German), 208 Palmer – Prof. Michelle Mattson
12 pm:  German 301 (Advanced Reading Comprehension), 214 Barret – Prof. Michelle Mattson
12 pm:  Spanish 301, 204 Buckman – Prof. Donald Tucker. Class will be viewing and discussing a program made and viewed in Spain
12 pm:  Russian 201 (Intermediate), 300 Clough – Prof. Sasha Kostina (MLL)
2pm:  Russian 101 (Elementary), 114 Clough – Prof. Sasha Kostina (MLL)

Psychology

9 am:  Foundational Issues in Psychology, 108 Buckman – Prof. Kathryn Russell
10 am:  Psychology 222 (Educational Psychology), 114 Clough – Prof. Janet Panter

Anthropology

10 am:  Peoples of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, 102 Clough – Prof. Susan Kus

History

10 am:  Colonial Latin American history, 330 Buckman – Prof. Michael J. LaRosa

Philosophy

10 am:  Philosophy 101 (Introductory Seminar in Philosophy), 216 Barret – Prof. Leigh Johnson
1 pm:  Philosophy of Economics, 216 Buckman – Prof. Andrew Terjesen

Biology

10 am:  Histology, 214 Buckman – Carolyn Jaslow
11 am:  Biology of Human Parasites, Frazier-Jelke Room C – Prof. Laura Luque de Johnson
1 pm:  Comparative Morphology Lab, 117W Frazier Jelke – Prof. Alan Jaslow, WARNING:  Dissection Lab

Religious Studies

1 pm:  Religious Studies 300 (“Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad”), 302 Clough – Prof. Mark W. Muesse
2 pm:  Life, 104 Kennedy – Prof. Kendra Holtz

English

11 am:  Medieval Literature, 207 Palmer – Prof. Kristin Lynn Cole. Class will have a Middle English workshop and discuss Chaucer’s The Franklin’s Tale.
2 pm:  Shakespeare, Blount Auditorium, Buckman Hall – Prof. Scott Newstok.
Class will be hosting visiting lecturer, Dr. Paul Kottman, speaking about "As You Like It”. This lecture is generously supported through a bequest from Dr. Iris Annette Pearce.  Lecture coincides with the inaugural season of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company, which  premieres "As You Like It" on Saturday, October 4; previews begin Thursday, October2.   For  more information visit tnshakespeare.org. Dr. Kottman, Assistant Professor of English at the New School (NYC), is the author of two books  on Shakespeare, including the recently published "A Politics of the Scene" (Stanford 2008):  http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=10793


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