In 2016, internationally acclaimed Israeli author DORIT RABINYAN published All the Rivers (also known as Borderlife), which became the center of a political scandal in Israel. The momentous novel, sensitive in its details and enthralling at its peaks, was banned from use in high schools curriculum by Israel’s Ministry of Education. The book tells a story crisscrossed by physical and emotional borderlines and courageously marks the deceit in the separation between “you” and “I,” between “us” and “them.” All the Rivers spent more than a year as #1 bestseller in Israel, and has been translated into 17 languages.

Phaedra is being put on by UT Ancient Drama, a group affiliated with the classics department. We would love for LAH students to come see the play. It’s a play that is rarely performed. Because of its unorthodox qualities, Phaedra has even been called unperformable; our intent is to challenge that assertion. Our experimental production is the foundation of a research project that has led the director to issue a call for papers on ancient “problem plays” for the upcoming Society for Classical Studies conference. See the play flyer: phaedra-final-1a

Come pick up the Spring 2017 edition of the LAH literary magazine Echo at the launch party:

Tuesday, May 2 at 7pm at Malvern Books.

LAH’s Foot in the Door Theatre presents: 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest: a Trivial Play for Serious People

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym (“Earnest”) for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues. Hearts are broken. Muffins are eaten. 

Weekend 1:

CMA 2.306

April 14th at 7pm

April 15th at 2pm and 7pm 

Weekend 2:

BUR 106

April 21st at 7pm

April 22nd at 2pm and 7pm 

TICKETS $5 for students/UT faculty, $10 general admission

*tickets sold at the door approximately 30 minutes before the show starts*

Directed by Estevan Balderrama and Victoria Fazzino

Produced by Victoria Fazzino and Sandy Schwalen

CAST:

Jack/Earnest Worthing-Dane Sowers

Algernon Moncrieff-Ryan Chang

Gwendolen Fairfax-Brenna Larkin

Cecily Cardew-Grace Beaugh

Lady Bracknell-Eliza Day

Miss Prism-Rachel Stephenson

Rev. Canon Chasuble-Michael Knapp

Lane/Merriman-Oksana Lyon

 Last Week to Apply for the Clements Undergraduate Fellows Program

The Clements Undergraduate Fellows Program is committed to teaching, mentorship, professional development, and research with UT-Austin’s youngest aspiring statesmen and scholars. Fellows will convene monthly throughout the academic year to participate in discussion groups, meet privately with high-profile guest speakers, be mentored by the Clements Center’s affiliated scholars, and exchange ideas on their course projects. Each year also include at least one field tour of a nearby historic site related to diplomatic and military history. Application due April 14^th. Details and instructions can be found here.

The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age

The Clements Center is excited to host James Kirchick on April 12th at 12:00pm in the Texas Eastwoods Room UNB 2.102 for a talk on his new book “The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age” (Yale 2017). James Kirchick is a journalist and foreign correspondent currently based in Washington. Additionally, he is a fellow at the Foreign Policy Initiative in Washington, DC. He has reported from Southern and North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, across the European continent, and the Caucasus.

LAH upperclassmen will be holding something like “office hours” in a coffee shop, and LAH lowerclassmen could come visit and ask questions about the major, professors, classes, etc. These are taking place next week, all week, and we have a variety of majors being represented by upperclassmen.

The sign-up link is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VLdh_ztDEt2v-N7my1uxGrpk4tvVjfUtW89LUTrx_mA/edit#gid=0

Spring 2018 UTLA Application Deadline & Information Session

The Spring 2018 application for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program is open and available online.  The deadline to apply (for the Spring 2018 semester only) is Monday, May 1st. 

An information session will be held on Wednesday, April 26th at 3:00PM in CMA 5.136. This session will be general in nature and intended for anyone with questions about the program, online application, costs, L.A., etc.  Phil Nemy, Executive Director of the UTLA program, will be hosting via video conference.

The UTLA program is open to all UT majors and students can participate up to one full semester after graduation. 

For more information (including a link to the online application), visit here.

Upcoming UTLA Application Deadlines:

Summer 2018 – October 2, 2017

Fall 2018 – February 12, 2018

LAH’s Foot in the Door Theatre presents: 

CHECK PLEASE

by Jonathan Rand 

*In movie announcers voice* 

FOOT LICKING. BANANAS. PIRATES. All of this AND MORE In “Check, Please!” by Jonathan Rand! This show features your archetypal Girl and Guy find themselves going on a series of blind dates with a cast of bizarre, potential love interests all in an effort to find themselves and eventually, each other.

ART 1.102

April 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th at 7pm 

April 9th and 15th at 2pm

TICKETS $5 for students/UT faculty, $10 general admission

*tickets sold at the door approximately 30 minutes before the show starts*

Directed by Kinsey Shackelford and Sidney Schubarth

Produced by Victoria Fazzino and Sandy Schwalen

CAST:

Girl-Smitha Nagar

Guy-August Stromberger

Kim-Jessica Starich

Hank-Caroline Culberson

Ensemble-Mayuri Raja

Shane Moloney

Ujwal Madhavapeddi

Leila Hamouie