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Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl authors Roberta Newman and Alice Nakhimosvsky will take part in a Tea & Letter Writing Event at Book Culture in New York City this Sunday, March 15, at 3:00 p.m.
At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates selections from these model-letter books and includes essays and annotations that illuminate their role as guides to a past culture. Learn more about the book on our website.
An exhibit on Indiana artist William J. Forsyth (1854-1954) opens today at the Indiana State Museum. "William Forsyth: Only the Strong Persist" showcases the work of the most award-winning member of the Hoosier Group, who was known for his volatile personality as well as his artistic versatility. The exhibit runs through March 29, 2015.
The exhibit is curated by Rachel Berenson Perry, who is author of William J. Forsyth: The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist. In this book, Perry draws on Forsyth's personal letters and other sources to offer fascinating insights into his personality, his relationships with his students, and his lifelong devotion to teaching and educating the public about the importance of art. Learn more about the book on our website.
The Center for the Study of Global Change and IU Press are co-sponsoring a book release reception for Framing the Global. This event will also kick off the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Center fo the Study of Global Change. The reception takes place November 3 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union. Please RSVP to framing@indiana.edu by October 27.
Framing the Global explores new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of global issues. Essays are framed around the entry points or key concepts that have emerged in each contributor's engagement with global studies in the course of empirical research, offering a conceptual toolkit for global research in the 21st century. Learn more about the book on our website.
The China Medical Board will celebrate its 100th anniversary with four days of linked events and book launch for its centennial volume Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China.
The events begin today in Beijing with a formal ceremony followed by an international academic conference on "Transforming Education in a Global Health World."
The centennial activites will close on September 22 at Peking University Health Science Center with the book launch for Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China.
In addition to Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China, we've also published two other China Medical Board volumes including Philanthropy for Health in China and Histories of Health in Southeast Asia. Learn more about all three books on our website.
Wendy Read Wertz, author of the new biography Lynton Keith Caldwell, An Environmental Visionary and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), will speak at a symposium hosted by Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) honoring SPEA's Dr. Lynton Caldwell. She will discuss the foundation and future of U.S. Environmental policy. Dinah Bear, former General Counsel to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the agency that oversees NEPA, will also be speaking at the symposium.
This event will take place Thursday, September 25 at 4 p.m. at the SPEA Atrium. A reception will follow after the symposium. Copies of the biography will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
Happy National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate this occasion, we're offering a free excerpt from Jesse Lee Kercheval's award-winning novel My Life as a Silent Movie.
After losing her husband and daughter in an auto accident, 42-year-old Emma flies to Paris, discovers she has a twin brother whose existence she had not known about, and learns that her birth parents weren't the Americans who raised her, but a White Russian film star of the 1920s and a French Stalinist. A story about identity and the shaping function of art, My Life as a Silent Movie presents a vividly rendered world and poses provocative questions on the relationship of art to life.
This novel is a part of our Break Away Books series, which focuses on fiction, memoirs, creative nonfiction, and poetry with a Midwest connection. Check out more Break Away Books here. We're excited to announce that two more books will be published in the series next year. More details to come!
Founded in 1914 and celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Indiana University School of Nursing has been at the heart of health care in the state with its long-term commitment to excellence, innovation, community engagement, and health advocacy. Begun just five years after the founding of the IU Medical School, the Training School for Nurses had five students in its first graduating class.
Today the School of Nursing encompasses NLN accredited schools on eight campuses and consistently ranks among the top 20 nursing schools nationally. Its research program is firmly established, with four well-funded research centers exploring chronic illness, oncology, nursing education, and palliative and end-of-life care.
A Legacy of Leadership: Indiana University School of Nursing 1914–2014, written by Leslie Flowers and distributed by IU Press, charts the growth of the School from its earliest years to the present day, when it stands poised to be a model for research in clinical care, distinction in nursing education, and evidence-based education for the practice of nursing.
On June 20 and 21, the IU School of Nursing will host a weekend full of educational and social activities to celebrate its centennial. Copies of A Legacy of Leadership will be available for purchase during these events. Learn more about the 100th Anniversary Celebration Weekend on the School of Nursing's website.
Celebrate the release of Historic Preservation in Indiana during a book launch party this Friday, November 8, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the I Fell Building, 415 West 4th Street, in Bloomington. Editor Nancy Hiller and several other contributors will read from the book and sign copies. Photographs from Historic Preservation in Indiana will also be on display. Both books and photographs will be available for purchase during the event.
Nancy Hiller is a cabinetmaker and principal designer at her firm, NR Hiller Design, Inc. She is author of A Home of Her Own and The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History and has published in numerous period design and woodworking magazines, including American Bungalow, Old House Interiors, and Fine Woodworking.
Jean-Luc Godard fans will be happy to learn that there are several upcoming opportunities to discover more about the New Wave filmmaker's work.
This month, the New York Film Festival will present a retrospective of Jean-Luc Godard's films. Calling him, "one of the greatest artists at work in any medium," the festival will show four of Godard's films, including Alphahville, For Ever Mozart, Hail Mary, and Weekend. The films run October 8-12. Check the festival's website for a complete schedule.
Godard's work is also the subject of a new IU Press book, coming out in November. In Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian, Michael Witt explores Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma as both a specimen of an artist's vision and a philosophical statement on the history of film. Witt contextualizes Godard's theories and approaches to historiography and provides a guide to the wide-ranging cinematic, aesthetic, and cultural forces that shaped Godard's groundbreaking ideas on the history of cinema.
Also coming in November are screenings of Godard's films at the IU Cinema, curated by Richard Brody of The New Yorker. The films will be shown November 1-14 and include Histoire(s) du cinema, Masculine Feminine, La Chinoise, For Ever Mozart, In Praise of Love, King Lear, Hail Mary, Vivre sa vie, and Pierrot le Fou. See the IU Cinema website for a listing of dates and times.
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