“Reading Ulysses at 90″
A lecture by Dr. Alan Friedman
February 14 at 3pm
Harry Ransom Center
Prothro Theater
Sponsored by the UT School of Information and the Modernist Versions Project
More information: www.inletters.com/projects/ulysses90/
SEMESTER IN LOS ANGELES PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR 2013/2014 NOW OPEN
If you are interested in participating in the UT Semester in Los Angeles program, please note: the online application for fall 2013, spring and summer 2014 is now open! The application will close at noon on February 28, 2013. Log in with your UT EID and start your application today!
The program is open to all UT students who are passionate about film, television, music or digital arts, and are interested in exploring related careers in the entertainment industry. Students earn UT in-residence credit.
Applicants must be currently enrolled degree-seeking students in good standing who have:
• A minimum of 60 credit hours and a minimum GPA of 2.25 by the semester of participation;
• RTF 305 “Intro to Media Studies,” or equivalent, by the semester of participation.
MORE INFORMATION
http://communication.utexas.edu/utla
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Or, call the UTLA Center, toll free, at 877-875-2111
Information Session for 2013 Belize Archaeological Field School
Directed by Professor Fred Valdez, Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, February 6
12:00-1:00pm
SAC 4.174
Summer 2013 Program Dates
1st program session: May 19-June 16
2nd program session: June 16-July 14
For information and application, please visit the program Web site at:
There are two more information sessions for our Summer 13 Faculty-Led Study Abroad programs in:
Santander, Spain (only 2nd session open at this time)
Salvador, Brazil
Tuesday, Feb. 5 MEZ 2.210 4-5pm
Monday, Feb. 11 PAR 310 4-5pm
The deadline for these programs/sessions has been extended to February 15!
The American Renaissance Society at the University of Texas at Austin is looking for new members! (a registered UT student organization)
We meet on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday’s of the month at 7pm at the Caffé Medici on Guadalupe St to discuss a variety of intellectually engaging topics ranging from American foreign policy to the greatest rock albums of the 20th century. Diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints are welcome and encouraged, and meetings are casual and usually last about an hour, or until all those in attendance have contributed whatever they have to say. Our topic this week is “What is Love?”
Love is one of the most powerful feelings that we as human beings can experience. Men and women throughout history have at times thrown away their careers, their reputations, their relationship with their families, and even their kingdoms or empires for the sake of being with the one they loved. And yet for all its power, love is widely misunderstood. Though contemplated in classical philosophy (Plato’s “Symposium” probably being the best example), the power of love has often been ignored or seen as unimportant by more modern philosophers such as Hobbes and Locke, who instead focused the bulk of their attention instead on self-interest. But is self-interest really more powerful than love, and if it is, why are people so often willing to sacrifice their self-interest for the sake of love? Moreover, what exactly is the nature of love? Is it a desire to attain the beautiful and make ourselves immortal through reproduction (as Socrates argues in the “Symposium”), or is it instead, as Aristophanes argued, an instinct rather than a conscious effort, and one which is entirely devoid of self-interest, yet still the most powerful force acting on human beings?
Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 pm, Caffé Medici on Guadalupe
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First event: a speech by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield on Wednesday, February 27, at 12:30 pm, here at the LBJ School. Here is the link for the invitation: http://ambassadorthomas-greenfield.eventbrite.com/
Second event: networking event with Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and other Department of State officers, Thursday, February 28, at 6 pm, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio.
*If you would like to go to the event in San Antonio, please contact Linda for the invitation. This event is specifically for networking and will be most useful for Seniors.*
As part of the UT Study Abroad’s initiatives to reinstate student mobility to Mexico, conditional approval was received from the International Oversight Committee (http://world.utexas.edu/risk/ioc) for two sites in Mexico for one year starting in May 2013. The programs are open to students from all colleges and schools:
1. Exchange Option (summer, fall & spring) – Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) in the city of Querétaro
2. Affiliate Option (summer, fall & spring) – Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University (IFSA) in the city of Mérida
In order for students to be eligible for these programs, they must attend an International Travel Workshop on the following dates:
1. February 7, 2013 from 4:30 – 6 pm
2. February 22, 2013 from 4:30 – 6 pm
This will be an opportunity for prospective and enlisted students to ask questions, learn about health & safety, and other concerns associated with travel to Mexico, before final program deadlines for Summer 2013 and Fall 2013, which are February 15th and March 1st respectively.
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