BRUCE BENNETT had three poems published in the anthology The Poets’ Grimm: Twentieth Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales, eds. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson (Story Line Press 2003). One of those poems, "The Skeptical Prince," was featured on The Poets’ Grimm website. Another, "The True Story of Snow White," was featured on the Verse Daily website, June 24, 2003. Professor Bennett also had three poems published in The Formalist. He gave two poetry readings: one at the Geneva Summer Arts Festival at Geneva Free Library on August 7 and the other for the Watkins Glen Writers Group at the J.W. Brace Bookstore in Watkins Glen on August 25.

During the summer, CATHERINE BURROUGHS led discussions in Washington, D.C., and New York City following performances of the world premiere of Joanna Baillie's 1798 tragic play, Count Basil, staged by Horizons Theatre--the oldest company in the United States devoted to producing plays by women. She also chaired a special session on the drama and theatre of Joanna Baillie at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) in New York City. In July, Professor Burroughs’s article on a 1780 play by Sophia Lee was reprinted in a special issue of European Romantic Review subtitled "Romantic Drama: Origins, Permutations, and Legacies."

SARA FRENCH was recently consulted by the BBC in their preliminary research for a program in the Britain's Best Buildings series on Hardwick Hall. Their producer contacted her as a result of her dissertation, "Women, Space & Power: The Building and Use of Hardwick Hall in Elizabethan England" her recently published article, "A Widow Building: Bess of Hardwick at Hardwick Hall."

JEANNE GODDARD co-produced, choreographed and performed in "Opera Cowpokes ALIVE: The Best of Opera Cowpokes," with August performances in Ithaca and Syracuse. She also produced and created a new work for the CRS Barn Studio Choreographers' Showcase in July.

PILAR GREENWOOD’s article "Significado/Significando: poetas hispanas contemporáneas" ("Meaning/Signifying: Four Current Hispanic Poets") was published in June 2003, in the volume Andalucia y las Américas: Crisol de Mestizajes, of the Serie Collectae, Granada Linguistica of the University of Granada. In June 8-12, she attended the symposium entitled "Jaén, Crossroads and Cultural Encounters" held at the XXIII Assembly of ALDEEU (Spanish Professionals in the USA). On July 10, Professor Greenwood chaired the session entitled, Literatura contemporánea, dedicated to contemporary literature in Spanish speaking countries.

MICHAEL GROTH was invited to participate in a summer institute on Hudson Valley history and culture sponsored by the National Heritage Area Education Program and the U.S. Park Service at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. He delivered a presentation on African-American history and culture of the region on July 14 to several dozen primary and secondary school educators, archivists, museum professionals, public historians, park rangers, and environmentalists."

In August, JOSEPH HOFFMANN was appointed director of the Council for Critical Studies in Religion (CI@ SUNYBuffalo) and editor of the Journal for Critical Studies in Religion. He presented a paper entitled, "Marcion the Hypsistarian: On the Syrian Origins of Marcion's Philosophy," at the XIV International Congress on Patristic Studies at the University of Oxford, August 14-18. His paper will be published in Studia Patristica, 2004-05. In March Professor Hoffmann gave the keynote address, ""Love Incarnate: Classical, Christian and Gnostic Models of a Platonic Myth," for the plenary session of the South Africa Academy of Religion at the University of Natal, Pietermartizberg, South Africa. The following two books have been catalogued for release in spring 2004: "Julian: Against the Galileans," Prometheus Books and "Faith and Foeticide: Abortion and the Right to Life in Early Christianity, Peter Lang/Oxford-Vienna. In addition, Professor Hoffmann is currently working on the "Genealogy of Morals Project at the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Specifically he is working with Task Group VIII on the transformation of the idea of virtue in 12^th century theology, with special reference to Islamic-Christian interchange.

On June 10-17, 2003, TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO participated in the Advanced Placement Services as a reader in Government and Politics at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended and participated in the 13th Biennial Congress of the African Association of Political Science and the 19th International Political Science World Congress, held in Durban, South Africa between June 24 and July 5, 2003. The paper he presented at the African Association of Political Science Biennial Congress was "Reflections on Principles and Values of Liberal Democracy and International Debt Issues: Can they singularly or together engender New Developmental Paradigms in Africa?" He also chaired four panels in both congresses. Professor Lumumba-Kasongo was delegated by the Executive Committee of the African Association of Political Science to have a direct and live interview with the South African Broadcasting Company (SABC) on July 3, 2003 in its regular news time on "Why are we having the congresses in Durban, South Africa?" 

Professor Lumumba-Kasongo was elected Vice President of the African Association of Political Science at the Continental level, representing the Central African Region (10 countries) and member of its Executive Committee. From July to early August 2003, he was at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, where he has an appointment as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education. His contract at the Center is for two years (from May 1, 2003 to March 31, 2005) renewable. This is the first time that the center has appointed a non-Japanese to this position. 

LESLIE MILLER-BERNAL’s book, co-edited with Susan Poulson, Going Coed: Women’s Experiences in Formerly Men’s Colleges and Universities, is due to be published by Vanderbilt University Press in Spring 2004. In August, she led an informal discussion roundtable, "Sociological Imagination Applied: Understanding Higher Education in the Latter Half of the 20^th Century," at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta. 

During her sabbatical year, Professor Miller-Bernal presented a paper at the Eastern Sociological Society meeting in Philadelphia on March 1, 2003, entitled, "Stratification in Higher Education: Women’s Colleges and Historically Black Colleges Compared." She gave a talk in January to faculty and graduate students at Newnham College, Cambridge University entitled, "The Shifting Views of American Feminists on Women’s Colleges." Her paper, "Conservative Intent, Liberating Outcomes: The History of Coordinate Colleges for Women," was published as a chapter in Gender in Policy and Practice, edited by Amanda Datnow and Lea Hubbard, RoutledgeFarmer Press, 2002. Her review of Trinity College in the Twentieth Century: A History, by Peter J. Knapp with Anne H. Knapp, was published in the History of Education Quarterly, vol. 42, Fall 2002. She also presented a paper with Susan Gunn Pevar entitled, "Slowly Only at First: Women Enter Historically Black Lincoln University," at the History of Education Society meetings, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 2002. Another review of her book, Separate by Degree, appeared in the Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 73, May/June 2002.

MILENE MORFEI was an invited delegate at the Oxford Round Table at St. Anthony's College in Oxford University in August 2003. This session of the Round Table was devoted to the topic of human and civil rights with particular reference to women's rights and issues of gender discrimination in both the public and private sectors.

ERNEST OLSON presented a paper entitled, "The Hawaiian 'awa Bar: Cultural Renewal or Religious Sacrilege?" for the session "Entitled Identity" at the Northeastern Anthropological Annual Meeting held in April of 2003 at the University of Vermont. Professor Olson also served as chair for this session and was a discussant for another session "Beyond the Classroom: The Importance of Undergraduate Field Study, a session of presentations from students of Wells College and Ithaca College.

SARAH ROBERTS' book-length poetry manuscript Blue Ground was announced in June as a finalist for publication in this year's National Poetry Series. Her essay "The Talisman," which explores the intersection of vision and blindness, will appear in the next issue of The Healing Muse. Ms. Roberts' letterpress work is currently on exhibit at Union College in Schenectady, New York, in a group exhibit that celebrates the work of contemporary women printers.

CAROL SHILEPSKY spent the year working on client-side and server-side web programming. Among the sites she designed and implemented are http//www.allisonladd.com for ceramicist Allison Ladd and http//www.addlestone.org for her granddaughter's preschool. She and Professor Sandy Shilepsky redesigned the Wells premed site, adding a database for student registration and advisor notes. She also completed a monograph, "Minimal HTML," for use in classes and possible publication.

ARNOLD SHILEPSKY spent his sabbatical learning about web construction, mathematics, and the health professions. He created websites for several of his courses and, with Carol Shilepsky, improved and added database functionality to the pre-health professions web site. He attended the joint meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America and the biennial meeting of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. He learned about the search engine Google and will speak about it in the next Faculty Club.

CRAWFORD THOBURN conducted the Wells Concert Choir and Chamber Singers in the annual Spring Concert on May 7 in Barler Hall, accompanied by pianist Nancy Gilbertson. On May 31, he participated in a panel discussion on the subject, "Music in the Small Liberal Arts College," during the reunion weekend at his alma mater, Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. During the afternoon, the reunion choir, composed of 160+ singers representing college classes from 1937 to the present, performed his original choral composition, a setting of Christina Rossetti’s "In the Bleak Midwinter" in their reunion concert.

MUIN UDDIN was invited by the German Academic Exchange Service to be a member of a team of North American academicians and scholars who participated in a series of conferences on a Special Information Program, entitled "Europe Today: Bi- and Multilateral Patterns in an Enlarged European Union," held in Europe during June 2003. The meetings covered issues of political, socioeconomic, and cultural reality in Europe with special attention on globalization, demographic challenges, human resource development, immigration, and a host of other contemporary issues concerning EU. From June 15-17, 2003, at the University of Bonn, he participated in several sessions on "New Constitution for a Larger EU," "The EU-American Diplomatic Relationship," and "The Future of Education and Training in Europe." He was also a discussant for a session on "Politics and Economics in an Enlarged EU: Challenges and Opportunities." From June 18-19, at the European Parliament in Brussels, he was a participant and discussant for sessions on "Current Issues in European Politics," "Europe’s Common Defense Policy and NATO," "The European Research Area and the Bologna Process and the Socrates-Erasmus Programme," "The Institutional Reform for European Parliament," and "Economic and Social Integration of the New Member States."

From June 20-22 at the German Parliament and Foreign Ministry in Berlin and in the City of Potsdam, Professor Uddin moderated a session on "Mobility and Integration of Corporations and Work Force in Europe from an Economics Point of View," and participated in sessions and roundtable discussions on a host of other topics. From June 22-23 at the European University Viadrina and at the City Hall in Frankfurt/Oder, he chaired a session on "Immigration and Demographic Problems in Europe," and participated in sessions and roundtable discussions on Border Security and Immigration" and "Building a New European Identity." From June 23-24 at Adam Mickiewicz University and at the City Hall in Poznan, Poland, he was a participant and discussant in sessions and roundtable discussions on "The Impact of EU Enlargement on the Polish Economy," "Polish Immigration and EU," and "Poland’s Role as a New Member State of the European Union." From June 25-27 at Freie Universitat, at the Federal Office Building and at Jolly Hotel Vivaldi in Berlin, he moderated a session, led a roundtable discussion, and participated in several sessions on "Transatlantic Academic Relations in the Context of EU Enlargement," "German Foreign Policy and the Future of World Order," "Current Issues of German-American Cooperation," and "Germany’s Role in the European Union: The Media Point of View."

A. THOMAS VAWTER led a cruise and workshop on elements of limnology for Tiohero Tours of Ithaca on August 30, 2003. Tiohero Tours operates the MV Haendel, the vessel that also serves as the Floating Classroom on Cayuga Lake. 
 
 

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