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Tismaneanu, Vladimir, THE DEVIL IN HISTORY: COMMUNISM, FASCISM, , AND THE LESSONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 1/14/03 VLADIMIR TISMANEANU is Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies, University of Maryland, College Park, as well as the editor of East European Politics and Societies, the most prominent journal in the field of post-Communist studies. During his tenure with the Institute, he collaborated with his main sponsor, Jeff Isaac, Political Science, IUB, on two projects: twentieth-century anti-liberal intellectuals and the Cold War and the relationship between liberalism, the West and the East. He also consulted with faculty members in History, Political Science, Russian and East European Institute, Comparative Literature, and East Asian Studies. Tismaneanu was a fellow at the Institute in January of 2003.

Watson, Kenneth, TEACHING SHAKESPEARE: IN SEARCH OF A NEW PEDAGOGY , 10/30/02 KENNETH WATSON is a retired Senior Lecturer in Education, Sydney University, and an international leader in English/language arts instruction. He has served as vice president of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English and as co-chair and co-founder of the International Association for the Improvement of Mother Tongue Education (IAIMTE). During his tenure with the Institute, he collaborated with his main sponsors, Beth Berghoff (Language Education, IUPUI) and Sharon Hamilton (English and FACET, IUPUI) on international perspectives on the teaching and learning of reading.Watson was a fellow at the Institute from Oct. 20 - Nov. 1, 2002.

Marzolph, Ulrich, THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (AND OTHER ANTHOLOGIES OF ITS ITS(NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN MEDIEVAL ARABIC POPULAR LITERATURE, 10/1/02 Ulrich Marzolph is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Gottingen, Germany, and senior member of the editorial committee of the Enzyklopaedie des Märchens. He is a prominent scholar in the area of traditions, literature, and Middle Eastern history and religions. During his stay with the Institute, he collaborated with his primary sponsor, Hasan El-Shamy (Folklore, IUB) on an expansion and updating of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson's The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography and will consult with faculty and students in Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Central Eurasian Studies, and Comparative Literature. Marzolph was a fellow at the Institute from Sept. 21- Oct. 12, 2002. (* Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of this recording may not be entirely audible)

Knox, George , DOMENICO TIEPOLO, A NEW TESTAMENT, 9/19/02 George Knox is a leading scholar of XVIII-century Venetian painting and culture and an expert on the greatest Venetian masters Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. During his stay at the Institute, he collaborated with his main sponsor, Adelheid M. Gealt (IU Art Museum) and with faculty members in Fine Arts, Art History, Theater & Drama, Music, French & Italian, and English. He also participated in the Interdisciplinary Seminar devoted to the New Testament drawings by Domenico Tiepolo and helped organize the exhibit: Domenic Tiepolo: A New testament, which will be held first in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany in 2004, then at Indiana University Art Museum in 2006. Knox was a Fellow at the Institute from September 15-28, 2002.

Taylor, Barbara, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND CIVIC WOMANHOOD, 9/10/02 Barbara Taylor is Senior Lecturer, Department of Cultural Studies, University of East London, U.K. From 1998 till 2001, Taylor was the Director of the "Feminism and Enlightenment, 1650-1850: A Comparative History," an international research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust and co-sponsored by the University of East London and Royal Holloway College, University of London. She spent two weeks at the Institute collaborating with her sponsors, Sarah Knott, History,IUB) and Dror Wahrman (History, IUB) on introductions to two volumes of collected papers: Women, Gender and enlightenment and Feminism, Enlightenment and Revolution. Taylor was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from Sept. 1-14, 2002.

Ger, Guliz, CONSUMER'S ROMANCE AND WEAVER'S DILEMMAS: ORIENTAL CARPTETS, 9/9/02 GULIZ GER is Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, specialist in the consumer culture of developing countries. During her stay at the Institute, she collaborated with her sponsor, Richard Wilk, Anthropology, IUB, on a project studying the parallels between the modern material expressions of Islam and Christianity. Guliz Ger was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from Sept. 1-21, 2002.

Clarke, Norma, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WOMAN OF LETTERS, 9/4/02 Norma Clark is Senior Lecturer in English, Kingston University, U.K., and a successful writer of children's fiction, literary critic and biographer of women writers. Clarke examined the culture of British writing women in the early 18th century: women's relationships with each other, with male writers and with publishers. She looked at the different modes of authorship available to women between the 1690s and 1730s, at genre choices and traditions and at the way authorial personae were projected and managed. She spent two weeks at th Institute (September 1-14, 2002), collaborating with her primary sponsors, Mary Favret (English, IUB) and Sarah Knott (History, IUB) and participating in their graduate seminars. Norma Clarke was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from Sept. 1-15, 2002.

Webster, Joanne, CO-EVOLUTION AND COMPATIBILITY IN THE SNAIL-SCHISTOSOME HOST-PARASITE SYSTEM , 04/26/02
Joanne Webster is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at University of Oxford, U.K. She has done considerable research in host-parasite co-evolution in the Schistosoma system and has been formally trained in the areas of epidemiology and parasitology. During her three-month stay at Indiana University and her three-week fellowship at the Institute in April, she collaborated with her primary sponsor, Curt Lively, Biology, IUB and several other faculty members in biosciences. Joanne Webster was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from March - May, 2002.

Hogg, Richard, NEGATIVE CONTRACTION AND DIALECTS , 04/16/02
Richard Hogg is Smith Professor of English Language and Medieval Literature, Department of English and American Studies, University of Manchester, U.K. Hogg is a leading authority on the Old English language and General Editor of the Cambridge History of the English Language. During his three weeks in April of 2002, he collaborated on a Beowulf research project with his primary sponsor, Robert Fulk, and with also collaborated with faculty and students in English, Germanic Studies, and Linguistics. Richard Hogg was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from April 9 - 26, 2002.

Mutsaers, Lutgard, SEEKING TO SOUND BLACK: POPULAR MUSIC IN THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND BEYOND 03/21/02 Lutgard Mutsaers is Lecturer on Popular Music and Dance History, Arnhem Conservatory, Utrecht, The Netherlands. She has looked particularly at the performance of popular music, including Black American music and its traditions in The Netherlands. During her stay as a Fellow of the Institute, Mutsaers collaborated with her primary sponsor, Portia Maultsby, on a project entitled Black American Music in Dutch Culture. She also consulted with faculty members in Musicology and Ethnomusicology. Lutgard Mutsaers was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from March 3-24, 2002.

Barrell, John, EXHIBITION EXTRAORDINARY! MOCK-ADVERTISEMENTS AS RADICAL PROPAGANDA IN 1790s BRITAIN 02/19/02 JOHN BARRELL is Head of the Department of English and Related Literatures, University of York. He specializes in the theory, criticism, and historical scholarship of English Romantic Literature and culture and is an expert of what is now commonly called "New Historicism." His work ranges well beyond the strictly literary boundaries of literature to art history, history of medicine, politics, political economy, and popular culture. During his stay with the as a Fellow of the Institute, Barrell will engaged in collaborative research on 18th century and Romantic-era British literature with his primary sponsor, Kenneth Johnston, and consulted with faculty members in English, Art History, Art Museum, and Comparative Literature. John Barrell was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from February 11 - 22, 2002.

Guest, Harriet, BLUESTOCKING FEMINISM 02/12/02 HARRIET GUEST is Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Related Literatures, co-director of the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of York, England, and a scholar of eighteenth-century studies. Since the publication of her first book on poet Christopher Smart, she has moved in interdisciplinary, post-colonial, and feminist directions. During her tenure as a Fellow of the Institute, she worked on feminist analysis of 18th-century studies with her primary IUB sponsors, Mary Favret and Janet Sorrenson, English, IUB and several other faculty members in English, Comparative Literature, and History. Harriet Guest was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from February 4-15, 2002.

Hughes, Edward, THE BETRAYAL OF THE OCCIDENT? CULTURAL DIFFERENCE, ILLUSION AND SELF-DEFINITION IN MODERN FRENCH LITERATURE 04/06/01
Edward Hughes is Reader in Modern French Literature, Department of French, Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written extensively on XXth century French writers and on Proust and Camus in particular. During his tenure as a Fellow at the Institute, he engaged in research on cultural marginality in a variety of French writers with his primary IUB sponsor, Margaret Gray, French & Italian, IUB, and with other faculty in French & Italian, Comparative Literature, History, and African Studies. Edward Hughes was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from April 01 - 15, 2001.

Miroiu, Mihaela, THE UNEASY WAY THROUGH AUTONOMY: THE PERVERSE EFFECTS OF TRANSITION FOR WOMEN IN ROMANIA 04/03/01 Mihaela Miroiu is Professor and Dean of the Political Science Faculty at the National School for Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. She has done important pioneering work in the area of political theory and women's studies and has been involved in several studies focusing on the effects of the transition from communism on the political representation and participation of women. In her lecture, she will present findings from case studies, with particular reference to changes over the last decade in Romania and Eastern European political culture, especially as they pertain to gender relations. Professor Miroiu was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study from March 29 through April 13, 2001.

Haraszti, Miklos, THE SEVEN "DAYS" OF CREATION OF A FREE PRESS: Post-Communist Media Democratization in Hungary 03/29/01 Miklos Haraszti, who lives in Budapest, Hungary, is public intellectual, writer, human rights activist, member of parliament, and university professor. Miklos Haraszti was a Distinguished Citizen Fellow with the Institute from March 25 through April 5, 2001.

Garden, Sir Timothy, International Security in the New Century 02/27/01 Upon receiving his B.A. in 1965 (M.A. in 1967) in physics from Oxford, Sir Timothy Garden entered the British Royal Air Force. During his 30 years in the Air Force, he rose from the rank of junior officer to air marshal (three-star general) and served in a number of important posts - Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and Assistant Chief of the Defense Staff were among them. His last post was that of Commandant of the Royal College of Defense Studies. Since retiring from the military in 1995, Garden has been very active in international affairs and international security. In 1997/98, he served as Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, one of the two major thinktanks on international affairs in the UK, and recently has been a member of a panel of experts for a United Kingdom defense review and defense training study. He continues to be actively involved in public life - writing, broadcasting, speaking, consulting, and advising. At present, Garden serves as Visiting Professor at the Center for Defence Studies, Kings College, London. Sir Timothy Garden was a Distinguished Citizen Fellow with the Institute from February 23 through March 10, 2001.

Boehne, Edward , Making Sense Out of the Remarkable U.S. Economy: Can It Last? 01/25/01 Edward Boehne, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, received his MBA, M.A., and Ph.D. (1967) in economics from Indiana University. In 1968, he took a position with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and in1981 became its President. He has also been an active member of the Federal Market Committee (headed by Alan Greenspan) which determines the nation's monetary policy. Edward Boehne was a Distinguished Citizen Fellow with the Institute from January 21-27, 2001.