AUTUMN 2009

Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:30 p.m. 

• Walter S. H. Lim, “Reading Asian American Literature from Ohio to Singapore: Notes from a Comparative Perspective.” 311 Denney Hall, OSU-Columbus.
  
• [Asian American Studies]

Saturday, Sept. 26, 5-8 p.m.

• Native Harvest Festival. Bring a picnic! Great Circle Earthworks. Visit an indigenous garden from the Hopewell period that was planted by Miller Elementary School students. Native American music and food, tours of the earthworks, cultural presentations by the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio.
  
• [American Indian Studies]

Friday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m.

• Gallery Opening Reception for Newark Earthworks Day. “Pilgrimage through the Centuries.” Levebre Art Gallery, OSU Newark
  
• [American Indian Studies]

Saturday, Oct. 10 - Friday, Oct. 16

• Walk With the Ancients. Join us to walk 70 miles over seven days from the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Chillicothe to the Octagon Earthworks in Newark -- or join us for a mile or an afternoon or an evening campfire. Walkers will begin October 10 at 10 a.m., walk 10 miles each day, camp, offer public programs each night at 7 p.m., and arrive at Geller Park in Heath October 16 at 3:30 p.m. Many more will gather there to greet them and walk the final mile into the Octagon for a Native American ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Individuals and groups are welcome.
  
• [American Indian Studies]

Thursday, Oct. 15, 5:00 p.m.

• Edward Chang, “The L.A. Riot and Other Korean American Experiences for Korea’s Understanding of America.” Mershon Center, OSU-Columbus
  
• [Korean Studies Institute, with Asian American Studies]

Friday, Oct. 16 - Sunday, Oct. 18

• Filipino American National Historical Society, Midwest Chapter, Biennial Conference, “The Filipino American Experience in Ohio and Other Midwestern States.” Columbus, OH. "Barrio Fiesta," sponsored by the Pilipino Student Association, will be held at the Hale Center on Friday, 6:30 p.m. Conference papers and meals will be held at the University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, 3110 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH, 43202, on Saturday and Sunday.
  
• [FANHS Midwest Chapter, with Asian American Studies]

Saturday, Oct. 17

• Newark Earthworks Day: The John Gilbert Reese Center, Ohio State Newark. Featuring speakers, exhibits, craft vendors, and Native food. Speakers include Chief Glenna Wallace (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma); Dr. Lindsay Jones, The Ohio State University; Dr. Bradley Lepper, the Ohio Historical Society; Dr. William Romain, author of “The Mysteries of the Hopewell;” and Vincent Stanzione, author of “Ritual of Sacrifice: Walking the Face of the Earth on the Sacred Path of the Sun.” Sessions on the nature of pilgrimage and evidence that the Newark Earthworks have been a place of pilgrimage across the centuries.
  
• [American Indian Studies]

Sunday, Oct. 18

• Final ceremony and open house for Newark Earthworks Day. Octagon Earthworks, 125 N. 33rd St, Newark, OH.
• [American Indian Studies]

Thursday, Nov. 5

• bell hooks, "Ending Domination: Diversity Matters." (time and location TBA). The President's and Provost's Diversity Lecture Series, OSU-Columbus.
• [Women's Studies, with Office of Minority Affairs]

Monday, Nov. 9, 7:00 p.m.

• Terry Galloway, performance artist and author of Mean Little Deaf Queer. 311 Denney Hall, OSU-Columbus.
• [Disability Studies, with Sexuality Studies]

Friday, Nov. 20, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

• Anne Sokolsky, “Writing Across the Waves: A Japanese Feminist Writer’s Fiction About Nisei in Los Angeles.” (location TBA). Asian American Studies Research Workshop Series, OSU-Columbus.
  
• [Asian American Studies]

Thursday, May 13

• LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), writer and scholar at University of Illinois. (time and location TBA). OSU-Columbus.
• [American Indian Studies, with Project Narrative]

• C.J. Pascoe, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colorado College and author of Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. "Guys Are Just Homophobic: Heterosexuality and Homophobia in High School." (time and location TBA). OSU-Columbus.
• [Sexuality Studies, GLBT Alumni Society, and others]