These are discussion groups that CMHC’s Diversity Coordinators are offering for students. These are not clinical groups, so you don’t have to be clients to attend. You can drop in and attend as often as they’d like.
Discussion group offerings include:
Queer Voices
Women of Color Discussion Group
Asian American Voice
International Student Discussion Group
See the attached flyer for more info. There is a Voice_3 Groups_FLYER
The application deadline is Friday, February 5th!
The College of Liberal Arts Digital Storytelling Seminar Application
Liberal Arts is offering a free 12-week seminar focused on five video projects written, directed, produced, and edited by Liberal Arts undergraduates. Participants will relive and retell some of their most memorable, compelling, tragic, and ecstatic college moments, while receiving hands-on experience in
· Screenwriting and Storytelling
· Cinematography
· Editing
· Graphic Effects
· Careers in Digital Video Production
This is an introductory digital storytelling, film, and media production workshop with group productions of short films using high-definition video.
Participants will be provided with access to equipment, training, software, and direct support from working professionals in video production. Guest lecturers from the Austin film industry will instruct each seminar. These workshops will guide participants through the creation of their own digital story.
Students must commit to attending workshops that will be held on campus
February 15 – May 31, 2016
Mondays from 5 – 7:30 PM
Productions have potential to continue into summer 2016
The deadline to apply is Friday, February 5, by 5pm. Seats are limited!
To apply please visit colaclips.com and fill out the application.
REQUIREMENTS
This seminar is restricted to Liberal Arts undergraduates.
The seminar is collaborative, and will result in the production of up to five short films that will be showcased online and at campus events in the fall of 2016. Participants will co-own the work with the University and be able to use it in the future for their own portfolios and creative purposes. The University reserves the right to also use the material created for educational and promotional purposes.
Limited to no more than 20 students.
QUESTIONS?
Mystie Pineda, Radio TV Film Specialist IV| College of Liberal Arts | The University of Texas at Austin mystiepineda@austin.utexas.edu 512-471-3720
The University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Research Journal deadline to submit papers for publication is this Friday, February 5th. Papers may be the products of classes, independent study, supervised research, honors theses, and they can be of any discipline or subject.
Papers will be reviewed by University of Texas faculty of the appropriate field, and accepted papers will be published in print as well as online on our website. The author of the winning article among those published will be selected to receive a $200 prize, and a runner-up will receive a $100 prize.
More information and submission guidelines are available at http://texasurj.com/submit/. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to submit your paper as early as possible. You may also view previously published articles at http://texasurj.com/archive/.
Feel free to contact Patrick Haley at editor.in.chief@texasurj.com for any questions you may have.
Best,
The Texas Undergraduate Research Journal Staff
FEBRUARY
Event Title
Artist Talk with Penelope Umbrico
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016, 7 p.m.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Penelope Umbrico’s groundbreaking photo-based installations, video, and digital media works explore the rapidly evolving technologies of image making and the proliferation of images online. Umbrico discusses her use of photo-sharing and consumer websites as an expansive archive as she navigates between producer and consumer. Umbrico’s work is featured in the current exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Shakespeare in Print and Performance Curator Tour
Event Date and Time
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016, 7 p.m.
*Free tickets will be available at the visitor desk starting at 6 p.m. (if asked in ticket info section)
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts Gerald Cloud and Cline Curator of Theater and Performing Arts Eric Colleary offer unique insight into the exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance. Capacity is limited. Free tickets will be available at the visitor desk starting at 6 p.m.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
MARCH
Event Title
Discussion with Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield
Event Date and Time
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016, 6 P.M.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield, deputy to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, discuss Woodward’s new book The Last of the President’s Men and Butterfield’s experiences in the Nixon White House. Mark Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Library, moderates the conversation. The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate papers reside at the Ransom Center. Tickets required. Ticket information will be posted to www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.
Location
LBJ LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
The University of Texas at Austin
2300 Red River St.
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu/events
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Poetry on the Plaza: Sonnets of Shakespeare
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016, 4 p.m.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Join us for a late afternoon reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets and visit the exhibition, Shakespeare in Print and Performance. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance (through May 29, 2016).
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Curator Tour: Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions
Event Date and Time
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016, 7 P.M.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Jessica S. McDonald, Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, leads a tour of Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Lecture with Austin Symphony Music Director Peter Bay
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2016, 7 P.M.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Austin Symphony Music Director Peter Bay explores the connections between Shakespeare and classical music and looks at different interpretations of Romeo and Juliet, including works by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, and Prokofiev as well as Leonard Bernstein’s reimagining, West Side Story. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance(through May 29, 2016).
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Lecture: New insights into Shakespeare’s life and career
Event Date and Time
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016, 4 P.M.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Faculty lecture: Douglas S. Bruster, Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor of American and English Literature, discusses some of the most recent discoveries concerning the life and career of Shakespeare, including Shakespeare’s work as a collaborator on a variety of plays and poems. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance (through May 29, 2016).
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Artist Talk with Marco Breuer
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016, 7 P.M.
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
ARTIST TALK Marco Breuer is known for his radical approach to the photographic medium, employing non-traditional photographic techniques that do not rely on the use of a camera, aperture, or film. He discusses the conventions of the medium and his deliberate misuse of its fundamental materials. Breuer’s work is featured in the current exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
APRIL
Event Title
Staged reading of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016, 7 PM
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Nationally renowned classical actors Fran Dorn and Robert Ramirez from the University’s Department of Theatre and Dance perform in a staged reading ofAntony and Cleopatra. The reading, produced by the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism, also features professional artists from the Austin community. Afterward, enjoy a conversation with the actors about performing Shakespeare.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Author Nigel Cliff on the Shakespeare Riots
Event Date and Time
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016, 7 PM
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots, discusses the 1849 feud between England’s leading Shakespearean actor and American’s first star of the stage that turned into a full-scale riot in New York. With Bardolatry at its height, the struggle centered on the question of who “owned” Shakespeare.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
Exploring Shakespeare through Performance
Event Date and Time
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016, 4 PM
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
James Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English, presents “Exploring Shakespeare Through Performance.” Loehlin and students from the Shakespeare at Winedale program highlight the complexity of the Shakespearean text and the interpretive options it provides.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
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Event Title
The Influence of Folio and Quarto Texts on Performances of Shakespeare
Event Date and Time
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016, 4 PM
Event Cost/Admission
free and open to the public
Description
Andrew Carlson, Clinical Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism, discusses how textual differences between folio and quarto texts of Shakespeare influence performance choices. The presentation includes a performance of two interpretations of the same Shakespeare scene.
Location
Harry Ransom Center
The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
URL
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
Phone
512-471-8944
Greetings!
The Department of English invites you to an informational reception and reading for the creative writing certificate program.
Current certificate students and students interested in learning more about the creative writing program are invited to attend. Faculty will give short readings from their work, and you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about the program and the application process, as well as to chat with fellow writers.
The reception will be held on Tuesday, February 9th, at 4pm in the Sinclair Suite in the Union (room 3.128). Light refreshments will be served.
Best,
Laurie Saurborn
Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing
The Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) is an approved UT Study Abroad program located in Copenhagen. Eric Law, a DIS representative and former student of the program in Denmark, will have advising drop-in hours in the International Office (Room 132) on Tuesday, February 9th, from 10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm. Interested students can stop by with any questions about applying, academics, housing, or anything else about DIS Copenhagen.
DIS has programs in the semester and summer for a lot of different fields, from Liberal Arts to Natural Sciences to Fine Arts. There is already a lot of credit in our database for many areas of study.
Apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Program
The Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program currently accepting applications for the next three academic semesters (Fall 2016, Spring 2017 & Summer 2017).
The deadline to apply for Fall 2016 is Monday, February 15th at 1:30pm CST.
The UTLA program is open to all UT majors. For more information on the Semester in the Los Angeles Program (including a link to the online application), click here.
An information session will be held on Tuesday, February 9th 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.
Future UTLA Application Deadlines:
Spring 2017 – May 2, 2016
Summer 2017 – October 1, 2016
Wednesday January 27, Thursday January 28; 7pm-10pm
CLA 0.102 (Jan. 27), PAR 1 (Jan. 28)
Foot in the Door Theatre is a student-run theatre troupe sponsored by Liberal Arts Honors. We perform one to three plays each semester and sometimes sponsor projects during the summer as well. Auditions are open to all students.
The plays for Spring 2016:
The Bakkhai by Euripides, translated by Ann Carson
Directed by Imogen Sealy, assistant directed by Haley Williams
Tentative performance dates: April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16
Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Directed by Brenna Larkin, assistant directed by Jessica Starich
Tentative performance dates: April 15, 16, 17, 22, 23
Auditions for these two productions will take place on Wednesday January 27 and Thursday January 28 from 7pm-10pm. They will be held in CLA 0.102 on Wednesday (Jan. 27) and in PAR 1 on Thursday (Jan. 28).
If you are interested in acting, tech, or have any other interest in our organization at all, come see us at auditions!
Auditions consist of cold readings from the plays, so you don’t have to prepare any outside material. Bring yourself, bring some friends, bring a pen/pencil, and come ready to play. You only need to come to one night to be considered, but coming to both doesn’t hurt!
Join our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/593868540760294/ for any possible room or time changes.
Please join us next week on Wednesday, February 3 for a talk by human rights lawyer, Hina Jilani!
Renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and international advocate for democracy and rights, Hina Jilani has helped to lead the struggle for the rule of law and democratic development in Pakistan for almost forty years. A co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the country’s first all-female law firm, and the seminal Women’s Action Forum, as well as the founder a shelter in Lahore for victims of gender-based violence, Ms. Jilani has also been a leading voice in the international rights movement. Ms. Jilani was first UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, and also served on the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur and the UN Fact Finding Mission on Gaza. She is currently a member of The Elders, established by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and has won numerous awards for her work on peace-building and human rights.
The talk will take place from 5-7pm in CLA 1.302B, UT Austin Campus. The event flyer is attached.
Sponsored by the South Asia Institute and Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/southasia/events/event.php?id=39651
