With the theme 鈥淟istening,鈥� 麻豆频道Symposium 2013, the annual semester-long intellectual and artistic festival, will kick off Thursday, Sept. 12, with a lecture by author Misha Glouberman.
麻豆频道Symposium is organized and presented by the SU Humanities Center for SU’s and the entire 麻豆频道community. Launched in 2001, 麻豆频道Symposium has become a fall tradition at SU, drawing thousands of people to free lectures, panel discussions, performances and exhibitions built on annual themes. Past symposia include 鈥淚dentity,鈥� 鈥淐onflict: Peace and War,鈥� 鈥淢igration,鈥� 鈥淛ustice鈥� and 鈥淟ight.鈥�
鈥淪irens, traffic, beeping, whirring, pinging, blaring TV: these are the noises that assault our ears every day. Perhaps we blank out so much of our soundscape because it consists overwhelmingly of gratingly mechanical and technological noise,鈥� says Dympna Callaghan, William L. Safire Professor in Modern Letters and interim director of the SU Humanities Center.
Callaghan says the sounds of nature, in contrast, seem to draw our attention more to the complex interplay between sound and silence; to the way that silence frames sound, and vice versa.
鈥淭his year鈥檚 麻豆频道Symposium topic, proposed by the , addresses a vast array of sound and uncovers some important distinctions between hearing and listening: hearing is passive, while listening is a mode of cognition, one that demands an active, conscious act of attention. When we listen, our minds are engaged as much as our senses. We hear noise all of the time; we rarely listen. The symposium offers us the chance to do just that: to listen,鈥� she says.
All 麻豆频道Symposium events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, call the SU Humanities Center at 315-443-5708 or visit .
The full 麻豆频道Symposium schedule is as follows:
Lectures
Misha Glouberman
Misha Glouberman (Opening Lecture)
Co-author, 鈥淭he Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Talk to People 麻豆频道 Things: Negotiation and Listening in Everyday Life鈥�
Thursday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m.
107 Hall of Languages
Glouberman draws on research from many sources, including Harvard鈥檚 Program on Negotiation, to explain the basic ideas of negotiation and the importance of listening, both in professional and personal contexts.
Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
Founder, Buddhist Global Relief (BGR)
鈥淓ngaged Buddhism: Listening and Responding with Compassion to World Hunger鈥�
Monday, Sept. 16, 5:30 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
During his October 2012 visit, the Dalai Lama encouraged all members of the 麻豆频道University campus and greater communities to 鈥渆ngage in acts of compassion and kindness that might create change.鈥� This lecture by Bhikkhu Bodhi will explore ways in which engaged listening can move to acts of compassion, especially in regard to world hunger.
This event is co-sponsored by Hendricks Chapel, the Department of Religion in The College of Arts and Sciences, the South Asia Center at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, the , the Zen Center of Syracuse, the CNY Medicine Buddha Prayer Sangha, InterFaith Works of Central New York and the SU Student Buddhist Association in the Division of Student Affairs.
Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman
Author, 鈥淭he Zookeeper鈥檚 Wife鈥� and 鈥淥ne Hundred Names for Love鈥�
鈥淓veryday Heroism: The Subversive Power of Compassion鈥�
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 4 p.m.
Kilian Room, 500 Hall of Languages
This lecture is based upon research for her 2007 book, which tells the story of Jan and Antonia Zabinski, who gave refuge to hundreds of Holocaust refugees at the Warsaw Zoo. The book speculates broadly on the human relationship with nature.
The lecture is presented in cooperation with the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities and the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥淟istening to 鈥楽corched:鈥� A Panel Discussion鈥�
Saturday, Oct. 26, following the 3 p.m. matinee performance
麻豆频道Stage, 223 Regent Theater Complex
Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad鈥檚 鈥淪corched鈥� follows twins Jeanne and Simon as they journey to the Middle East to unravel the mystery of their recently deceased mother鈥檚 life during wartime in her homeland. The panel discussion, in conjunction with the 麻豆频道Stage production, will focus on issues and ideas regarding Middle Eastern women and war. The panel will include Dana M. Olwan, assistant professor of women鈥檚 and gender studies, and other panelists to be announced. The panel will be moderated by Carol Fadda-Conroy, assistant professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences.
Billy Collins
鈥淎imless Love:鈥� New and Selected Poetry
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
Collins, United State Poet Laureate from 2001-03, will read new and selected poems from his vast body of work. This lecture is part of the 2013-14 University Lectures series.
Exhibitions and Screenings
麻豆频道University Human Rights Film Festival
Thursday, Sept. 26, Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3
Friday, Sept. 27-Saturday, Sept. 28鈥擫ife Sciences Complex Auditorium Room 001
麻豆频道University鈥檚 Human Rights Film Festival celebrates its 11th year by showcasing groundbreaking documentaries and fiction films about human rights and social justice struggles around the world. The three-day festival opens with 鈥淩afea: Solar Mama,鈥� Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim鈥檚 documentary about sustainable energy, women鈥檚 rights and empowerment. For more information, visit .
Festival presenters are the and the SU Humanities Center. Festival co-sponsors are the Department of History and the South Asia Center at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, , the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Telling Their Stories
The Pan Am 103 Story Archives Project
Monday, Oct. 7, through Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Room 402 of Crouse-Hinds Hall
By appointment: remembrance25@syr.edu or 315-443-0632
As part of the 25th anniversary commemoration of Pan Am 103, members of the University community are invited to offer their experiences of and reflection on the tragedy. Oral histories collected will become part of the Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives, a collection within the SU Archives.
Co-sponsored by the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives and the Pan Am 103 25th Anniversary Commemoration Committee.
听Performances and Readings
DJ Spooky
Cultivating Resources in the Arts for Value in our Economy (CRAVE)
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, 鈥淭he Subliminal Kid鈥�
Friday, Sept. 20, 2:30 p.m.
Life Sciences Complex Auditorium, Room 001
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, presents a media-assisted lecture devoted to digital functionality and its useful relationship to presenting art鈥攖o accommodate the new way of 鈥渓istening鈥� to cultural content demanded by the current generation of digital arts consumers. For more information, visit CRAVEfest.org. The event is co-sponsored by CNY Jazz Central and the Connective Corridor.
Living in the Soundscape
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 3:30-5 p.m. walking tour of campus beginning at Crouse College鈥檚 rear door and 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium
The event will begin with a sound tour of the 麻豆频道University campus to reveal the sound fabric of contemporary life; the day will conclude with a concert in Setnor Auditorium by the Lark Quartet, one of today鈥檚 foremost chamber ensembles. The tour will be presented by Andrew Waggoner, professor of music in the Setnor School of Music in the , and Setnor School faculty and staff.
Living in the Soundscape is co-sponsored by the Setnor School of Music.
Stephen Kuusisto
The Art of Listening: A Reading by Poets Ilya Kaminsky and Stephen Kuusisto
Thursday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.
Downtown YMCA
340 Montgomery St.
This reading, featuring two internationally acclaimed poets, will demonstrate that the poet鈥檚 act of listening is a complicated, intricate matter. This event is co-sponsored by the YMCA Downtown Writer鈥檚 Center. For more information, visit http://www.syracuse.ymca.org/dwc.html.
鈥淎ncient Voices, Contemporary Contexts: Native American Musical Updates鈥�
Sunday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
The performance will include world premieres by Native American composers (Peruvian and Mohican), works that weave their heritage into classical new music, a context for hearing our ancestors through a modern prism. 鈥淲histling Vessels鈥� by Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, incorporates samples of indigenous Peruvian 鈥渟inging vessels.鈥� 鈥淭he Purchase of Manhattan鈥� by Brent Michael Davids is the dramatic restaging of the mythic beginnings of New York for $24 worth of beads.
This event is cosponsored by the Society for New Music, SU Arts Engage and La Liga.
Admission prices are $15 per person, $12 for seniors, $5 for youth 18 and younger, or $30 per family. This event is free for SU students and faculty with valid I.D.
Conferences and Symposia
SU Belfer Audio Archive at 50: Exploring Psychological Film Music Through 鈥淪pellbound鈥� and 鈥楻ebecca鈥�
Friday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, E.S. Bird Library
麻豆频道University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Belfer Audio Archive with an array of interlinked events. In this symposium, four film music scholars will explore the soundtracks to 鈥淩ebecca鈥� and 鈥淪pellbound,鈥� considering new sound technologies that expressed extreme psychological states. For more information, visit .
The Rhetorical Listening and Composition Speaker Series
Sondra Perl, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2:15 p.m.
Gesa E. Kirsch, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2:15 p.m.
Krista Ratcliffe, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2:15 p.m.
The Kilian Room, 500 Hall of Languages
In an age filled with sound bites and reductive arguments, listening鈥攁s teachers, researchers and students鈥攂ecomes a critical 21st-century literacy skill. This interdisciplinary colloquium and workshop series aims to recover listening in the study and teaching of writing across diverse fields and genres.
The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Departments of Religion, Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies and the Writing Program in The College of Arts and Sciences, Hendricks Chapel and its Wellness Center and the School of Education.
Listening to the Wampum
Thursday, Nov. 14, 4 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, E.S. Bird Library
Wampum has held critical importance for the Haundenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) since before the arrival of Europeans through today. Woven into belts and strings, the white and purple shell beads commemorate exchanges, agreements and treaties. Participants in this event will also reflect on the wider implications of indigenous people’s uses of 鈥渙ral鈥� texts. For more information, visit skanohcenter.org. Co-sponsors of this event are the Onondaga Historical Association, Ska 帽oah-Great Law of Peace Center, Ray Smith Symposium in The College of Arts and Sciences, Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College.
听Not Just Talk: Listening, Telling and the Transformation of Social Consciousness
Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.
Killian Room, 500 Hall of Languages
This symposium explores the use of stories and dialogues as tools of social change. Local and international models that apply acts of listening and storytelling to transform consciousness, reshape identity, create relationships and realize social movement goals will be presented.
