Events Calendar 11/10
Friday, November 10, 2023
Biology Seminar: Dr. Kelly Harris (12pm to 1pm @ Biology, Biology 19)
“The evolution of mammalian mutagenesis” Every person is born with new mutations in their genome, which are usually harmless but can sometimes cause disease. Dr. Harris will explore how the number and distribution of these mutations varies within and between species. Mutation rates and spectra are likely shaped by genetics, reproductive life history, and selection to avoid cancer in long-lived organisms, but many questions remain about how these forces interact to shape the preservation of genomic information. Kelly Harris’s resesarch uses population genetic theory and high-throughput biological sequence analysis to study recent evolutionary history in humans and other species. One of her primary research interests is the evolution of mutagenesis– to understand the forces that control DNA replication fidelity, the mutational breakdown of established traits, and the ultimate origin of new traits.
11:50 am- Snacks & Socializing noon- Talk Begins
Detecting Deception: Malingering and Legal Medicine in Modern France (12pm to 1pm @ Psychology, 105)
As the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ushered in the era of conscription, the tactic of evading service by feigning medical ailments became widespread. To detect and expose malingerers, some doctors went to extreme measures, employing deceit, coercion, painful procedures, and altered states of consciousness as diagnostic tools. These tactics, justified in the name of the public good, often led to adversarial confrontations with those suspected of malingering. While these encounters raised questions about medical ethics, concerns about the methods doctors used to detect malingering were not broadly debated until the close of the nineteenth century. Join historian Claire Cage in an exploration of trust, deception, and the ethical dilemmas that influenced a crucial era in the rise of medical expertise and professionalization.
Claire Cage is Professor of History and Director of Gender Studies at the University of South Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University. Her first book, Unnatural Frenchmen: The Politics of Priestly Celibacy and Marriage, 1720-1815, was published in 2015 and received the Baker-Burton Prize from the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association. Her latest book, The Science of Proof: Forensic Medicine in Modern France, was published last year.
Open to the Reed community. Sponsored by the history department.
Exhibition: Jesse Murry: Rising (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, in partnership with Converge 45: Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship.Nestled in the Reed library, always free and open to the public.The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College and Converge 45 are proud to present Jesse Murry: Rising—the first west coast showing of the poetic landscapes of American painter, poet, and art critic Jesse Murry (1948–1993).
The exhibition is curated by renowned American painter Lisa Yuskavage, and 2022 Kennedy Scholar Jarrett Earnest, and is part of Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship—Converge curator Christian Viveros-Faune’s city-wide initiative. The exhibition is organized for the Cooley by curator Stephanie Snyder and Converge artistic director Derek Franklin.
Jesse Murry: Rising presents a group of the artist’s oil paintings created between 1988 and 1993, the last five years of Murry’s life, when he was confronted with the reality of his impending mortality from AIDS-related illness. The works testify to Murry’s lifelong belief in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning—at the meeting of a material fact and a location within the mind.
Muckrakers, Changemakers, and the Future of Environmental Humanities (1:30pm to 3pm @ Eliot Hall, 314)
Join journalist and author Michelle Nijhuis (Reed ’96) for a discussion of literature’s ability to change human attitudes toward the ecosystems we depend on. We’ll talk about Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and John Muir’s Our National Parks as examples of persuasive environmental literature, examine whether and how each work accomplished its aims, and ask what these authors can teach us about literature’s role as a change agent in the climate crisis.
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Mellon Initiative for Environmental Humanities at Reed.
Machinal (7:30pm @ Performing Arts Building, Diver Studio Theatre)
Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 Expressionist Drama, Machinal, gives us a glimpse of the emotional interiority of a trapped young woman. As the broken cog in a capitalist and patriarchal machine, she searches desperately for meaning, love, and space to breathe. What lengths will she go to break free from the machine?
Content Warning: sexism, racism, abusive relationships, postpartum depression, murder.
Performed by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Directed by Jenna Tamini.
Tickets required. Purchase tickets here.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Exhibition: Jesse Murry: Rising (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, in partnership with Converge 45: Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship.Nestled in the Reed library, always free and open to the public.The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College and Converge 45 are proud to present Jesse Murry: Rising—the first west coast showing of the poetic landscapes of American painter, poet, and art critic Jesse Murry (1948–1993).
The exhibition is curated by renowned American painter Lisa Yuskavage, and 2022 Kennedy Scholar Jarrett Earnest, and is part of Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship—Converge curator Christian Viveros-Faune’s city-wide initiative. The exhibition is organized for the Cooley by curator Stephanie Snyder and Converge artistic director Derek Franklin.
Jesse Murry: Rising presents a group of the artist’s oil paintings created between 1988 and 1993, the last five years of Murry’s life, when he was confronted with the reality of his impending mortality from AIDS-related illness. The works testify to Murry’s lifelong belief in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning—at the meeting of a material fact and a location within the mind.
Oregon Origins Project III: Maa~‑xuslh‑ghalh‑ta Tututni Dené (A Year in Tututni Dené Seasons) (12pm to 5pm @ Vollum College Center, Vollum lounge)
Oregon Origins Project presents a journey through the seasonal traditions of the southwest Oregon coast indigenous peoples. Yashuwe’ Tututni Dené culture bearer and artist Hii-ne Jake DePoe’s artwork will be on display. Free and open to the public during gallery hours. More info at oregonorigins.org.
Machinal (7:30pm @ Performing Arts Building, Diver Studio Theatre)
Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 Expressionist Drama, Machinal, gives us a glimpse of the emotional interiority of a trapped young woman. As the broken cog in a capitalist and patriarchal machine, she searches desperately for meaning, love, and space to breathe. What lengths will she go to break free from the machine?
Content Warning: sexism, racism, abusive relationships, postpartum depression, murder.
Performed by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Directed by Jenna Tamini.
Tickets required. Purchase tickets here.
Gray Fund Outdoors: Bungee Jumping! (9:30am to 3pm @ Fairview, OR)
Are you a thrill-seeking Reedie looking for a weekend adventure? Then I’ve got the trip for you! 5 lucky Reedies are going bungee jumping in Amboy, WA and will for sure have the time of their lives. Afterwards they can stop for some food once the adrenaline has worn off. You must be over the age of 18 and between 90lbs and 300lbs.
When? Saturday, November 11
What time? 9:30am to ~3pm
*Lottery Link: https://forms.gle/X6kVD7ggCxMDC1Hc8 (closes on Monday 11/6 at 12PM)
J.S. Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias with Barbara Baird, Harpsichord (2pm @ Performing Arts Building, PAB 320)
Western Early Keyboard Association presents J.S. Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias with Barbara Baird, harpsichord.
J.S. Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias are some of his best-known keyboard works and yet they seem to elude categorization. Are they simply pedagogical pieces, intended to develop keyboard technique? Are they only examples of how to compose counterpoint, never intended for public performance? Are there any guiding principles that can help us know how to approach these pieces as musical art rather than merely technical exercises?
Dr. Barbara Baird will perform the fifteen two-part inventions and four of the three-part inventions (sinfonia) in this harpsichord recital and presentation about the fundamentals of playing in baroque style. The recital will be followed by time for demonstration of the harpsichord and hands-on exploration of the instruments for anyone in the audience who wishes. Three instruments from the Reed College Early Keyboard Collection will be available for you to try, so bring your scores!
Admission Free to WEKA members Free to 18 and under, and college students or Reed community members with Reed I.D. Children must be accompanied by an adult General Admission $25 payable at the door with cash or check
HandoutsIntroduction to the HarpsichordWelcome to the World of Early Keyboard Instruments
Met Gala: Metamorphosis (9pm to 1am @ Student Union)
Join the Gray Fund and Student Engagement Program Board for our biggest collab event of the year! Met Gala: Metamorphosis will feature a dj set, live music, student artwork, free food and drinks, a photo booth, and more! Come through serving your “metamorphosis”-themed look - whatever that means to you!
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Exhibition: Jesse Murry: Rising (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, in partnership with Converge 45: Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship.Nestled in the Reed library, always free and open to the public.The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College and Converge 45 are proud to present Jesse Murry: Rising—the first west coast showing of the poetic landscapes of American painter, poet, and art critic Jesse Murry (1948–1993).
The exhibition is curated by renowned American painter Lisa Yuskavage, and 2022 Kennedy Scholar Jarrett Earnest, and is part of Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship—Converge curator Christian Viveros-Faune’s city-wide initiative. The exhibition is organized for the Cooley by curator Stephanie Snyder and Converge artistic director Derek Franklin.
Jesse Murry: Rising presents a group of the artist’s oil paintings created between 1988 and 1993, the last five years of Murry’s life, when he was confronted with the reality of his impending mortality from AIDS-related illness. The works testify to Murry’s lifelong belief in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning—at the meeting of a material fact and a location within the mind.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at the University of Oregon in Eugene (2pm @ Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at the University of Oregon in Eugene)
On Sunday, November 12th, 2-4:30pm, join us at JSMA at the University of Oregon in Eugene to see Isaac Julien’s Lessons of the Hour, an immersive film installation reflecting on the life of Frederick Douglass. This event is being offered free.
John Weber ’78 has been the JSMA’s Executive Director since 2019 - we are thrilled he has offered to host us and speak! Please arrive between 2-2:30pm - at 2:30pm, we will head in to view the exhibit together. Afterwards, we will hear from John, who will give us a behind-the-scenes idea of what it took to curate this show, and will be able to ask questions and mingle! Join us in bringing your favorite beverage to share. A bartender will be provided to serve up the drinks and we will have some light munchies as well.
This will be a mask optional event with plenty of room for physical distancing.
Portland Baroque Orchestra: A Musical Offering Bach: Old Vs. New (3pm to 5pm @ Kaul Auditorium)
Portland Baroque Orchestra Concert*Please contact the organization directly for ticketing and event questions. Their number is 503-222-6000.
Legend tells us that Johann Sebastian Bach exclaimed, “’Tis Prussian Blue! It fades easily!” when describing the music of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. This was surely a teasing reference to the galant style, with its open musical textures and general avoidance of “old-school” counterpoint. Our program offsets the contrapuntal wizardry of Bach senior with this new style – and is especially topical for your new Artistic Director in featuring a set of variations on God Save the King by Johann Christian, the so-called “London Bach.”
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Sinfonia in G Major, Wq. 182 Johann Sebastian Bach | Trio sonata sopra il sogetto reale from The Musical Offering Johann Christian Bach | Harpsichord Concerto, Opus 1, No. 6 in D Major Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor **Pre-concert lecture at 2pm in PAB 320
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Aspen Multipurpose Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Aspen Multi-Purpose room to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Aspen Multipurpose Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Aspen Multi-Purpose room to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Aspen Multipurpose Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Aspen Multi-Purpose room to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
A World Safe for Autocracy? Domestic Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy, and the Future of the International Order (7pm @ Vollum College Center, Vollum lecture hall)
The third lecture in the series Rising China: Past Reforms, Current Challenges, and New Directions Presented by Jessica Chen Weiss, Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, Cornell University
“A World Safe for Autocracy? Domestic Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy, and the Future of the International Order”
Beneath Xi Jinping’s grand slogans of a “Chinese dream” and a “shared future for humankind,” there are internal tensions, debates, and interests that compete to shape China’s approach to the world. Through the lens of domestic politics, nationalism, and regime insecurity in China, Weiss will examine the evolving and contested landscape of what “China” wants. The talk will conclude with reflections on tensions with the United States and across the Taiwan Strait, prospects for peaceful coexistence, and the future of the international order.
Jessica Chen Weiss is the Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies in the department of government at Cornell University. From August 2021 to July 2022, she served as senior advisor to the secretary’s policy planning staff at the US State Department on a Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars (IAF-TIRS). Weiss is the author of Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations. …
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Aspen Multipurpose Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Aspen Multi-Purpose room to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
Reed Events Calendar Training (2:30pm to 3:15pm @ Virtual Event)
The Reed Events page is the hub for information about all activities happening on campus. If you are a faculty or staff member who would like to be able to add events to the calendar for your department, Conference & Events Planning is now offering monthly training sessions. In the 45-minute training you’ll find out why our master calendar is important for student success and go backstage to learn how to create postings for your own events. To register, email brittneycm@reed.edu.
CRES Colloquium: “The Ones Who Did Not Die: Indigenous Killers, Final Girls, and Captivity Narratives” (4:30pm to 6pm @ Psychology, 105)
with Kali Simmons, Indigenous Nations Studies, PSU
During the early period of American colonization, one of the most popular American literary genres was the captivity narrative. Works like A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson told stories of savagery and survival from the perspective of colonists that claimed they were taken prisoner by Indigenous Peoples. Part testimonial and part pulp, these works shaped popular understandings of Indigenous Peoples and were pointed to as justification for anti-Indigenous government policies and social ideologies. Hundreds of years later, stories about young women taken hostage and transformed by inhuman Indigenous killers would once again rise in popularity. This trend began in the 1980s with several works of independent American horror cinema. The films The Ghost Dance (1982), Scalps (1983), and Sweet Sixteen (1983) each mix supernatural, slasher, and captivity conventions. Then, in 2015, the film Bone Tomahawk would synthesize elements of captivity narratives with Italian cannibal films and classical westerns. This talk uses critical Indigenous Studies methods to investigate what these films say about race, Indigeneity, gender, and settler nationhood, and considers why captivity stories have continued to circulate within the US popular imaginary.
Physics Seminar: “Statistical Physics Meets Ecology: Emergent Simplicity in Microbial Ecosystems” Mikhail Tikhonov, PhD (4:30pm to 5:30pm @ P123)
Microbial communities can be incredibly complex, harboring hundreds of interacting species. Modern sequencing-based technologies allow resolving their composition to strain-level detail; however, predictive modeling at this resolution appears almost hopeless. An exciting interface area between ecology and statistical physics is developing an alternative approach, investigating community-level properties that might be predictable despite this microscopic complexity. I will describe our recent results suggesting that, surprisingly, higher community diversity can render simple models more predictive, rather than less. This suggests new strategies for functional predictions and community design that work because of diversity, not despite it.
Gray Fund Outdoors: Portland Trailblazers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (5:45pm to 10pm @ Moda Center)
14 lucky Reedies will get to attend the Portland Trailblazers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game! Get ready for an exciting night of cheering, watching the game, and eating some delicious food. You’ll even get to head down to the court after the game to throw free throw!
When? Wednesday, November 15
What time? 5:45pm to ~10pm
*Lottery Link: https://forms.gle/r1JXPt2ZJKBw1iAv7 (closes on Saturday, 11/11 at 12PM)
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Exhibition: Jesse Murry: Rising (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, in partnership with Converge 45: Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship.Nestled in the Reed library, always free and open to the public.The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College and Converge 45 are proud to present Jesse Murry: Rising—the first west coast showing of the poetic landscapes of American painter, poet, and art critic Jesse Murry (1948–1993).
The exhibition is curated by renowned American painter Lisa Yuskavage, and 2022 Kennedy Scholar Jarrett Earnest, and is part of Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship—Converge curator Christian Viveros-Faune’s city-wide initiative. The exhibition is organized for the Cooley by curator Stephanie Snyder and Converge artistic director Derek Franklin.
Jesse Murry: Rising presents a group of the artist’s oil paintings created between 1988 and 1993, the last five years of Murry’s life, when he was confronted with the reality of his impending mortality from AIDS-related illness. The works testify to Murry’s lifelong belief in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning—at the meeting of a material fact and a location within the mind.
Machinal (7:30pm @ Performing Arts Building, Diver Studio Theatre)
Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 Expressionist Drama, Machinal, gives us a glimpse of the emotional interiority of a trapped young woman. As the broken cog in a capitalist and patriarchal machine, she searches desperately for meaning, love, and space to breathe. What lengths will she go to break free from the machine?
Content Warning: sexism, racism, abusive relationships, postpartum depression, murder.
Performed by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Directed by Jenna Tamini.
Tickets required. Purchase tickets here.
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Aspen Multipurpose Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Aspen Multi-Purpose room to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
Student Flu Clinics (11am to 1:30pm @ Gray Campus Center, A)
Stay safe this flu season and get your annual booster at student flu clinics offered by the HCC. Medical staff will be administering vaccines Thursdays from now until March 2024 in GCC-A from 11am-1:30pm. No appointment necessary, walk-ins encouraged. Please bring an insurance card.
Agreste (DRYLANDS) at the Spooky Action Theater (4pm @ Spooky Action Theater)
Hey there Reed alums! ALERT! While we were originally going to take a month off after the October bouldering event (thanks everyone for such a great time)- we’re announcing a special November event hosted by Kate Jentoft-Herr 16’ at the Spooky Action Theater (👻). Better yet, Elizabeth (Beth) Dinkova ’13, the artistic director of the theater, will be co-hosting! Sort of. She also has to ensure the show goes on because, you know, that’s her job. Specifically, we’ll be seeing ✨ Agreste (DRYLANDS) ✨From the theater website: “In the drylands of northeast Brazil, a kingdom of sand and thirst, Maria and Etevaldo fall in love across a fence. After living together as husband and wife for 22 years, the sanctity of their union gets invaded by the gossip and gibes of a conservative community. Four storytellers breathe life into this tale of love and loss, desire and death, ignorance and illumination. Based on real events, Newton Moreno’s stunning narrative shows that love can bloom even in the harshest climate. Content warning: bigotry, transphobia, arson.” For the event, we’ll be first convening at Exiles Bar around 6-6:30pm before heading over to the theater (a block away). Curtain goes up at 7:30pm. ALERT! re: tickets. The steering committee’s plan is to collect RSVP’s before submitting a group order of tickets. So please RSVP, unless you’d prefer to pay for yourself.
November Thirsty Third Thursday (Seattle) (6:30pm @ Old Stove Brewing Co - Pike Place)
The nights are getting longer and the days are getting colder–but Reedies are still meeting up for drinks and good conversation! Join us for November TTT this Thursday, November 16th at Old Stove Brewing Co, right on the waterfront past Pike Place Market. It’s one last get-together before the Thanksgiving break and the start of the holiday season.
Language Lab karaoke night (7pm to 9pm @ Library, Language Lab, room 033)
Come to the Language Lab (Hauser Library LL1, room 033) on Thursday, November 16th from 7 to 9pm for Multilingual Karaoke Night! Regardless of your language knowledge or singing ability, everyone is welcome to drop by for good music, good food, and good company! See you there!