Tue, Sep 09, 2008
September 9, 2008
Scholar to Lecture on Apocalyptic Christians and American Politics
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a lecture by Nicholas Guyatt titled, "Voting for the End of the World: Apocalyptic Christians and American Politics" at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, in 15 Andersen Hall, 200 N. Centennial Mall.
Guyatt is a professor of history at the University of York, England. His appearance is sponsored by the Department of History, the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, and the UNL Research Council. more...
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Oxidative Post-Translational Protein Modifications in Tissues: Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress"
Victor Sharov, Center for Neurobiology and Immunology Research, University of Kansas Higuchi Biosciences Center
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
UNL's Nebraska Colloquium to Open Dialogue on Democracy
The second yearlong Nebraska Colloquium will engage the entire University of Nebraska-Lincoln community in discussion on a topic of importance: Democracy. Also the theme for this season's E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, the colloquium lectures and a new Honors Forum series of UNL faculty talks will focus discussion on this one theme.
Today, Patrice McMahon, associate professor of political science will deliver the talk, "The NGO Embrace: Does support for nongovernmental organizations promote democracy?" in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at 7 p.m. A full schedule of lectures and more information about opportunities to participate in the community conversation are available on the Nebraska Colloquium web site.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Encounters At The End Of The World and The Animation Show Year Four Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Encounters At The End Of The World and The Animation Show Year Four. Both films will show through September 11.
Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with Encounters At The End Of The World. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to eleven hundred people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get.
"The Animation Show," which has put together three previous feature-length collections, started in 2003 with Mike Judge of "Beavis and Butt-head" fame and Oscar-nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt curating, but this year finds Judge solely in control. After last year's somber program, or, as May called it, "a dozen shorts on death," Judge and the producers wanted the show to play lighter and faster. "This year we tried to focus more on comedy," Judge said. "This tour is like the midnight shows I loved to watch [at the International Tourneés of Animation] with a good mix of comedy and shorts that are visually amazing to look at on the big screen."
More information is available at the Ross website.
