September brings lectures, literature and art to Susquehanna University.
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Exhibition features Japanese art of Nebuta
Susquehanna University’s Lore Degenstein Gallery’s first exhibition of the season, George Ferrandi: once more & hopeful stars, features Nebuta, a traditional Japanese technique for constructing monumental, illuminated parade sculptures from paper, wire, string and wood.
Student tours of the exhibition will be available at noon Tuesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 2. The exhibition runs through Oct. 10.
The Lore Degenstein Gallery, located in the Charles B. Degenstein Campus Center, is open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the academic year. It is closed during university breaks and show changeovers; call 570-372-4059 for an appointment when classes are not in session.
Lecture to cover evolution of dictatorship in Venezuela
Venezuelan political leader David Smolansky will deliver this year’s Weis Memorial Lecture, Defying a Dictatorship: Moving Venezuela Towards Freedom, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in the Degenstein Center Theater in the Charles B. Degenstein Campus Center.
Venezuela moved toward a socialist dictatorship when Hugo Chavez took power in the late 1990s and worsened when Nicolás Maduro did so in 2013. More than 8 million people have fled Venezuela due to Maduro’s regime — with accusations that the government has committed human rights violations through persecution, repression, illegal detentions, killings and torture. Smolansky, who served as mayor of El Hatillo City in Caracas, Venezuela, shares his story about how the country’s leadership became a dictatorship and how the people are fighting back to return freedom to Venezuela.
Lecture to explore the American court system
Christopher Zorn will deliver Susquehanna University’s annual Constitution Day Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Seibert Hall’s Isaacs Auditorium.
Zorn’s lecture will explore current legal issues and questions surrounding the courts.
Zorn is the liberal arts research professor of political sciences, professor of sociology and crime, law and justice (by courtesy), and affiliate professor of law at Pennsylvania State University. A researcher of judicial politics and statistics for the social and behavioral sciences, Zorn is also currently the principal investigator for two projects supported by the National Science Foundation — including one that examines how the roles played by judges’ positions in the legal/judicial hierarchy impact their decision-making.
Seavey Reading Series presents author Laurence Roth
Susquehanna’s Seavey Reading Series will present Laurence Roth, Charles B. Degenstein Professor of English and director of the Jewish & Israel Studies program at Susquehanna University, ay 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Isaacs Auditorium, Seibert Hall.
Roth is the author of Inspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories; co-editor, with Nadia Valman, of The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures; and editor of Modern Language Studies. His forthcoming book, Unpacking My Father’s Bookstore, is published by Rutgers University Press.
String Orchestra to present concert
Susquehanna’s University String Orchestra, under the direction of Zachary Levi, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in Stretansky Concert Hall in the Cunningham Center for Music & Art.
The Department of Music hosts nearly 60 events a year, including a robust schedule of ensemble concerts, student recitals, faculty recitals, guest artist series and more.
