Each year, the Student Activities Office, strives to assemble a stimulating lecture series for our College Community. Comprised of prominent speakers, renowned artists and other dynamic guests, the Lyceum programs are well worth your time.
All Lyceum Programs are in the James & Betty Hall Theatre unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
12:30 p.m.,
Mia Mask
“Divas on Screen:
Black Women in American Film”
In her insightful book “Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film”, Dr. Mask places African American Women’s stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry. Interpreting each woman’s celebrity as predicated on a brand of charismatic authority, Mia Mask shows how these female stars have ultimately complicated the conventional discursive practices through which blackness and womanhood have been represented in commercial cinema, independent film and network television.
Professor Mask is Associate Professor of Film/Chair of Film at Vassar and received her Ph.D. from New York University. Dr. Mask teaches African American cinema, documentary film history, feminist film theory, African national cinemas, and seminars on special topics such as the horror film.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
12:30 p.m.,
Rev. LeRoy Glenn Wright
And Planting Pastor Clarence E. Wright
“Freedom Now and Then”
This father and son team will present to us, through lecture and spoken word on the topic of “Freedom Now and Then”.
Rev. LeRoy Glen Wright was a Freedom Rider in the summer of 1961 when he rode a greyhound bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi and was arrested for breach of peace. At the time, Wright was a 19 year old student at Fisk University in Nashville. He never considered that his activism might put his life at risk.
Clarence E. Wright is a church planter, missionary, musician and spoken word artist with a pastor’s heart. Raised in upstate New York, he moved to Philadelphia in 1998 to study world religions at Temple University. His nearly 15 years of ministry have included international missions and evangelism, homeless advocacy, and pastoral leadership in the local church. He has also worked in the field of Community Economic Development contributing to the revitalization of communities throughout the Delaware Valley. Currently, Clarence manages an active partnership of 65 churches, facilitating the service of more than 90,000 meals a year to the homeless population of Philadelphia at Chosen 300 Ministries.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
12:30 p.m.,
Rebecca Traister
"Big Girls Don’t Cry"
Rebecca Traister is a senior writer at Salon.com, where she has covered women in media, politics, and entertainment since 2003. She covered, with much attention and acclaim, the 2008 campaign from a feminist (and personal) perspective. She received a huge response to her pieces on Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, the media’s coverage of the candidates, and the role of women within the media. Her book Big Girls Don’t Cry is the result. It makes sense of this moment in American history, in which women broke barriers and changed the country’s narrative in completely unexpected ways.
Ms. Traister has also written for a range of national publications, including a profile of a trip to Africa with Bill Clinton for Elle, the New York Times, Vogue, and a profile on Rachel Maddow for the Nation. She has appeared on CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, NPR’s Brian Lehrer Show, and other TV and radio outlets.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
7:30 p.m., Drumlin Hall
Matt Finley and Rio Jazz
25th Annual Evening of Brazilian Jazz
You are cordially invited to the 25th anniversary
of Matt Finley and Rio Jazz performing here at Dutchess Community College. So join us for our favorite night of the year and listen to bossa nova, sambas and original compositions by the band members. It is a great night of Brazilian jazz not to be missed. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month.
Multi instrumentalist Matt Finley has played professionally for nearly 50 years and has performed and recorded with many of the finest jazz musicians in the world. He studied composition with Edgar Curtis, Director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. A CD of Matt’s compositions, “Brazilian Wish” has garnered international recognition, and two of his compositions were finalists at the Los Angeles Music Awards. He is featured on four CD’s released in 2010. Matt is a retired professor of computer information systems and former Dean of Academic Affairs at Dutchess Community College.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
7:00 p.m.,
J
eff Shesol
"Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs.
Supreme Court"
Jeff Shesol is a historian, communications strategist, and speechwriter. A founding partner of West Wing Writers, a speechwriting and strategy firm, Jeff is the author of Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court. His previous book, Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy and the Feud That Defined a Decade, was New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Critic’s Choice. In 1997, President Bill Clinton invited
Jeff to become one of his speechwriters. In his three years at the White House, Jeff became the deputy chief speechwriter and a member of the senior staff. He played a leading role in drafting two State of the Union Addresses and the Farewell Address, among hundreds of other speeches. A Rhodes Scholar, Jeff received his Masters in history from Oxford University in 1993 and graduated from Brown University in 1991. In 2002, he served as the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies in Princeton.
This public address is free and open to the public. It is made possible by the Handel Family Endowed Faculty Chair to Perpetuate the Legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Student Government Association of Dutchess Community College, and the Gillespie Forum. For more information, please contact Andrew Rieser at rieser@sunydutchess.edu , (845) 431-8513.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
7:00 p.m.,
Alan Steinweis
“Becoming a Professional Anti-Semite:
Three Biographies from Nazi Germany"
Professor Alan E. Steinweis specializes in the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust at the University of Vermont. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he worked under the distinguished historian Gerhard L. Weinberg. He is the author of three books: Art, Ideology and Economics in Nazi Germany: The Reich Chambers of Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts (University of North Carolina Press, 1993; paperback 1996); Studying the Jew: Scholarly Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany; and Kristallnacht 1938. Studying the Jew was designated a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. He is the series editor of the American edition of the Comprehensive History of the Holocaust, a monograph series sponsored by Yad Veshem, the Holocaust research and commemoration authority of the State of Israel. This event is supported by the June and Aaron Gillespie Forum and the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County.