A reception to celebrate student art in Gelman Library.

2/29 from 2:00-4:00
Gelman Library 1st Floor

What do you have in common with Ansel Adams, Herb Ritts,and Man Ray? Enter the 2008 Gelman Library Photography Contest and you, too, could become an exhibited photographer! If your photo is chosen, it will be displayed in Gelman Library and you will also have a chance to win one of three grand prizes: a digital picture frame, photo printer, or a Trader Joe’s gift certificate. Winning images will be on display throughout the library during the month of April. Every picture tells a story, so tell us yours!

Click here to enter.

Questions can be directed to plottel@gwu.edu .

FACULTY AUTHORS SIGNING RECEPTION
Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
The Gelman Library, Room 207

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Robert J. Shepherd, Assistant Professor, University Honors Program & Department of Anthropology
When Culture Goes to Market: Space, Place and Identity in an Urban Marketplace (New York: Peter Lang, 2008).

“When Culture Goes to Market encompasses an ethnographic study of Washington, DC’s Eastern Market, a popular weekend produce and flea market, and the people who constitute it: vendors, market supervisors, and customers.” (Peter Lang Publishing Group)

Valentina Harizanov, Professor of Mathematics
Michele Friend, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Induction, Algorithmic Learning Theory, and Philosophy (Springer, 2007).

“This is the first book to collect essays from philosophers, mathematicians and computer scientists working at the exciting interface of algorithmic learning theory and the epistemology of science and inductive inference. Readable, introductory essays provide engaging surveys of different, complementary, and mutually inspiring approaches to the topic, both from a philosophical and a mathematical viewpoint.” (Springer)

Lisa Benton-Short, Associate Professor of Geography
Cities and Nature (Routledge, 2007)
“This book reconnects the science and social science through the examination of the urban. It critiques the dominant academic discourse which ignores the environmental base of urban life and living, and discusses the urban natural environment and how this is subjected to social influences.” (Routledge)The Gelman Library holds Faculty Authors Signing Receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

There are two training sessions coming up for doctoral students writing their dissertation and getting ready to submit through the ETD process. These sessions will cover:

• Styles
• Table of Contents
• Page Numbering
• Sections/Section Numbering
• Headers/Footers
• Footnotes/End Notes
• Margins
• Paragraphs
• Spacing
• Document indexes

The sessions will be:
Feb 29 from 9:30-12, Computer Lab B109, Academic Center

March 18 from 2-4:30, Room 300, Gelman Library

The sessions will be taught by Basil Jackson from ISS.

See the Electronic Theses and Dissertations site for more information on this process.

Sunday, 2/24. 7:00 PM.

Femmes aux yeux ouverts (1994) Togo. French with English subtitles. 52 min.

Director: Anne-Laure Folly

See how women in four nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin address socioeconomic, health and political issues in their communities.

Free, however seating is limited.

Location: B-04 Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St, NW

Info: Wendell Kellar 202-994-1337 or wonka@gwu.edu

Series Schedule

FACULTY AUTHORS SIGNING RECEPTION
November 29, 2007
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
The Gelman Library, Room 207

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Henry Nau - Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Karen Ahlquist - Chair of the Department of Music

Ronald Spector - Professor of History and International Affairs

The Gelman Library holds Faculty Authors Signing Receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

International Film Series
Gelman Rm. B04 7PM

Free admission and open to the public. Contact wonka@gwu.edu for details.

VAMPIRology 101 seminar— Vampires: reality or myth?!!!

followed by screening of a classic Vampire film: HORROR OF DRACULA

To be conducted by Dr. Mark Yoffe of Global Resources Center, Gelman Library
Brought to you by: Global Voices and Images program of Global Resources Center
DATE: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
TIME: 6:00 pm
PLACE: Gelman Library 207

The vampires we’ve come to know and fear are mysterious, dangerous, immortal. They arrive at night enveloped in an aura of romantic tragedy and melancholy. No other demonic entity enjoys such popularity with the U.S. public. But Vampires leapfrogged to this country from the Balkans in the 19th century and Balkan folklore is also abundant with tales of Vampires.

How do REAL folkloric vampires differ, if at all, from our popular culture ones?

Dr. Mark Yoffe, who taught an honors course on Vampires at GW, has conducted extensive research on Vampires in the Balkans. He will welcome your questions and comments.

FACULTY AUTHORS SIGNING RECEPTION
Thursday, October 25, 2007
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
The Gelman Library, Room 207

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Elias G. Carayannis, Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Information Systems and Technology Management

Knowledge Creation, Diffusion, and Use in Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters: A Comparative Systems Approach across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2005
Leading and Managing Creators, Inventors, and Innovators: The Art, Science, and Craft of Fostering Creativity, Triggering Invention, and Catalyzing Innovation, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2007
Re-Discovering Schumpeter: Creative Destruction Evolving into ‘Mode 3′, Macmillan Press, 2007

Eric H. Cline, Chair of the Department of Classical & Semitic Languages & Literatures, Associate Professor of Classics and of Anthropology
From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible, National Geographic Society, 2007

Sherrill Brown Wells, Professorial Lecturer in History and International Affairs
Pioneers of European Integration and Peace, 1945-1963: A Brief History with Documents, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2007

The Gelman Library holds Faculty Authors Signing Receptions throughout the academic year in recognition of new books by faculty members of The George Washington University. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the receptions and enjoy opportunities to hear faculty members discuss their research and their books’ scholarly contribution within their area of study. Signed copies of new publications are added to the faculty authors’ collection in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please call Emma Mosby at (202) 994-6455.

Friday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
Gelman Library, Room 301

Comics and Controversy: Contentious Cartoons Around the World

Please join us for a roundtable discussion examining the publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons and other cartoon controversies around the world—featuring Malaysian graphic novelist Lat, The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, and the Cartoonists’ Rights Network International’s Robert Russell.

Speakers:

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher is the editorial cartoonist for The Economist and The International Herald Tribune. His work has appeared in more than 100 papers worldwide and won the Berryman Award; the Thomas Nast Award (twice); the Gillray Goblet; and many more. He has published four books—Drawn from the Economist (1988), KALtoons (1992), KAL Draws a Crowd (1997), and KAL Draws the Line (2000)—and is past president of the Cartoonists Rights Network International.

LAT (Mohammed Nor Khalid) is an internationally renowned cartoonist from Malaysia. While he was still in his teens, his comics Tiga Sekawan and Keluarga Si Mamat appeared weekly in the newspaper Berita Minggu. By 1974, he became the editorial cartoonist of the New Straits Times, Malaysia’s oldest newspaper. He is especially known for his autobiographical comic Kampung Boy and its sequel, Town Boy, both published by First Second Books.

Robert Russell co-founded the Cartoonists Rights Network International in 1992. After an earlier tour in the U.S. Peace Corps in India, “Bro” went into international development work to create innovative organizations that serve critical human needs. He has worked in Asia and Africa for more than 25 years and now runs workshops in free speech issues for cartoonists, and writes about human rights and cartooning. He and his wife Hemamalie live in Burke, Virginia.

Presented by the Gelman Library System in conjunction with the International Comic Arts Forum and the Government of Malaysia.

Reception to follow

The George Washington University
Melvin Gelman Library, Room 301
2130 H Street NW
(Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station, Blue and Orange Lines)

Free and open to the public—please bring photo I.D. to enter the building.