Thu, May 10, 2007
May 7-11, 2007
UNL CAMPUS, MAY 10-12
French Department Hosts 39th Annual Conference
The French Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host the 39th annual conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth Century French Literature May 10-12. Over 60 scholars from France, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Holland, Britain, and the U.S. will present research dealing with the culture and civilization of baroque and neo-classical France.
With the unveiling of French 17 Online, an annual critical bibliography of books and articles dealing with seventeenth-century France, the conference will also feature contributions from UNL Libraries and the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.
NASSCFL
MAY 7-10
'Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Universidad' Takes UNL West
University of Nebraska-Lincoln vice chancellor Juan Franco and a contingent of UNL faculty and staff invite the public to "Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Universidad," a new program to help communities with growing Latino populations learn more about higher education. UNL will host events May 7-8 in Scottsbluff, May 8-10 in Grand Island and May 10 in Lexington.
Students of all ages -- from elementary school through community college -- are invited to share in the experience, including Latin fiestas, bilingual UNL information sessions, public school visits and question-answer sessions with UNL senior administrators. Parents of students of all ages, educators and others interested in higher education are welcome. "Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Universidad" translates to "Our Family, Our University." more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, FRI 5PM
'Anatomy of Charley Friedman' Opens Friday at Sheldon Art Gallery
New York-based artist Charley Friedman will attend the opening reception for his first solo museum exhibition, "The Anatomy of Charley Friedman," May 11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The reception from 5 to 7 p.m. is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view in Sheldon's first floor galleries through Aug. 12.
Friedman, a native of Lincoln, has pursued his distinctive aesthetic vision in drawing, sculpture, photography, performance, video and through installations. Friedman says art is the comic practice of hope, not a tragic enactment of despair, which is often the case in the contemporary art world. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
ROOM 237; SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, WED 2PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Frequency stability of piezoelectric resonators"
Xiaomeng Yang, PhD candidate, Department of Engineering Mechanics
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Host, The Animation Show Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Host and The Animation Show. Both films will run through May 10.
The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival, The Host, the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director Bong Joon-ho, has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects courtesy of a creative partnership between Weta Workshop (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City), The Host is equal parts creature-feature thrill ride and poignant human drama.
The Animation Show is an annual feature-length compilation of the best animated short films from around the world, exclusively curated by Mike Judge (Office Space, "Beavis and Butt-Head," "King of the Hill") and Academy Award nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt (Billy's Balloon, Rejected, The Meaning of Life). The Animation Show launched in 2003, making it the first festival of animation created and produced with actual animators at the helm. A sister series of high quality Animation Show DVDs now supplement the theatrical tour with additional insights and brand new lineups of films - while the main Show remains a unique and unforgettable annual program that is usually gone forever once it is out of theaters.
More information is available at the Ross website.
