Update - Vol. 11, No. 16, Page 3
January 9, 1992
Up and coming

U.S. Civil War through videos, lectures, exhibits
     The U.S. Civil War will be examined during Winter Session
through a free public lecture and video series, running through
Feb. 5.
     Highlighting the series is a screening of the eight-part
documentary film The Civil War, which aired on the Public
Broadcasting System (PBS), and a talk by Ken Burns, the producer of
the critically acclaimed documentary.
     The series is sponsored by the Perkins Student Center, and all
events will be held there unless otherwise noted.
     Episodes of The Civil War, the first full-scale film history
of the terrible conflict that tore the country apart, are being
shown at 7 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday, now through Feb. 4 in
the Rodney Room. Five years in the making, this documentary film
series presents the entire sweep of the war, from the battlefields
to the homefronts, from the war's causes to Lincoln's assassination
and beyond. The video screenings are free and open to the public.
     The man behind the film, Burns, will speak at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Newark Hall. He will discuss his experiences
in filming this award-winning documentary.
     Prior to his talk, Burns will sign copies of his book, The
Civil War, at the University Bookstore from 4-4:45 p.m.
     The lecture series started last night with a talk by Gaines
Foster, associate professor of history at Louisiana State
University, who spoke on "Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the
Lost Cause and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913." Foster's
book, Ghosts of the Confederacy, is available for purchase at the
University Bookstore.
     Speaking on Wednesday, Jan. 15, will be William Burton,
professor of history at Western Illinois University, on "The Ethnic
Civil War." This talk is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodney Room.
     Burton will examine how the end of the Civil War brought
changes in the ways ethnic groups saw themselves and in the
perception of ethnic minorities by society. He will address the
dramatic transformation of the role of African-Americans and speak
on an examination of the Union Army which reveals surprising
insights on the status and power of ethnic blocs and supports the
traditional "melting pot" model of assimilation.
     Burton will sign copies of his book, Melting Pot Soldiers: The
Union's Ethnic Regiments, after the lecture. The book is available
for purchase from the University Bookstore and will be available at
the lecture site.
     On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 61st New York Infantry (Fort
Mifflin, Pennsylvania Guard), a group of living historian
re-enactors whose screen credits include Glory, The Ironclads and
the Abraham Lincoln miniseries, will describe the lives of Civil
War soldiers. This presentation, entitled "Clubs are Trumps," is
scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodney Room.
     On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Doug Harper, author of If Thee Must
Fight: A Civil War History of Chester County and An Index of Civil
War Soldiers and Sailors from Chester County, Pennsylvania will
speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodney Room. His lecture, entitled "If
Thee Must Fight...Brandywine Valley Quakers in the Civil War," will
address the moral dilemma of pacifist anti-slavery people during a
war to end slavery.
     Complementing the lectures is a series of four popular films
set during the Civil War. Films and their dates are Gone with the
Wind, Jan. 10; Glory, Jan. 17; The Red Badge of Courage, Jan. 24;
and Friendly Persuasion, Jan. 31. The films will be screened at 7
p.m., Fridays, in Newark Hall. Admission to these films is $1 with
University ID, with one paying guest admitted per ID.
     In conjunction with the lecture and video series, Civil War
photographs, provided by Delaware state museums, and books are on
display in the Student Center Gallery throughout Winter Session.
Civil War uniforms and equipment from Grand Illusions Costume Shop
are showcased in the East Lounge of the Student Center.

Book signing part of Civil War series
     Ken Burns, producer and director of the popular PBS series The
Civil War, will autograph copies of the series' companion volume at
the University Bookstore on the day of his campus lecture,
Wednesday, Jan. 22.
     From 4-4:30 p.m., he will be on the main level of the
University Bookstore signing copies of The Civil War, An
Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken
Burns. While the book, published by Random House Inc., normally
sells for $50, it will be available at the signing for $40.
     Illustrated with more than 500 photographs--many of them never
before published, the book presents not only the story of the great
battles and generals but also presents an elaborate portrait of the
people caught up in the war.
     Burns will give a free public talk on the making of the
award-winning documentary at 7 p.m., Jan. 22, in Newark Hall
auditorium.

PTTP to feature revival of 'Lear'
     The Professional Theatre Training Program is reviving its
acclaimed production of Shakespeare's King Lear for five
performances this month.
     The Lear revival opens at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16.
Additional performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 17; at
12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 and at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday,
Feb. 19.
     For tickets or more information, call the Mitchell Hall box
office at 451-2204.

Global Issues focus on New World Order
     Global issues--from economic competition to the Middle East to
U.S. foreign policy--will be examined in a lecture series on "The
New World Order?," scheduled in January at the University.
     Free and open to the public, the lectures will be held in 128
Clayton Hall.
     The series is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of
Wilmington and the Office of International Programs and Special
Sessions and Department of Political Science and International
Relations, in conjunction with a Winter Session course at the
University.
     Opening the series tonight will be I.M. Destler, professor of
public affairs at the University of Maryland and a visiting fellow
at the Institute for International Economics. He will discuss
"Economic Competition Without the Security Umbrella."
     "Imaging the New World Order" will be the subject of a talk on
Monday, Jan. 13, by Richard Falk of Princeton University's Center
for International Studies.
     On Thursday, Jan. 16, Geoffrey Kemp, senior associate of the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will speak on "The
Middle East and the New World Order."
     Robert Gregg, professor and former dean of the School of
International Service at American University, will discuss "The
United Nations and the Gulf War: Prelude to a New World Order?" on
Tuesday, Jan. 21.
     On Thursday, Jan. 23, Elizabeth Pickering, professor of soviet
studies at the Defense Intelligence College of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, will speak on "The Soviet Economy in the New
World Order."
     Robert E. Hunter, vice president for regional programs and
director of European studies at Georgetown University's Center for
Strategic and International Studies, will discuss "Starting Point:
A New U.S. Foreign Policy in the New World Order" on Monday, Jan.
27. Concluding the series on Thursday, Jan. 30, will be Judith
Kipper, Middle East specialist at the Brookings Institution. She
will speak on "A Region in Conflict: The Middle East and the New
World Order."
     For more information, contact Janet Manspeaker in the
Department of Political Science and International Relations,
telephone 451-2355.

U. by the Sea series this month in Lewes
     The seventh annual Winter University by the Sea Lecture Series
will be presented on Wednesday mornings this month. Topics range
from African-Americans and Christianity in early Delaware to Romeo
and Juliet, to estate planning, and alcohol and medication use by
older men and women.
     All lectures, free and open to the public, are designed for
the enrichment and enjoyment of residents of Southern Delaware.
Lectures take place at 10:30 a.m. in 104 Cannon Lab at the College
of Marine Studies Complex, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes. Light
refreshments are served prior to each program at 10:15 a.m.
     Remaining topics in the lecture series and their presentation
dates are
     * "Romeo and Juliet Were Just Good Friends," a talk on
censorship by Joan DelFattore, associate professor of English, on
Jan. 15;
     * "Estate Planning and Reducing the Cost of Probate and Estate
Taxes," by Joanna Reiver, a partner in the law firm Schlusser,
Reiver, Hughes & Sisk, on Jan. 22; and
     * "Alcohol and Medication Use By Older Men and Women," by
Cynthia A. Robbins, associate professor of sociology and criminal
justice at the University, and Steven S. Martin, associate
scientist at the University's Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies,
on Jan. 29.
     The lecture series is sponsored by the Office of University
Relations.

Parsons Company in Mitchell Hall Jan. 12
     The Parsons Dance Company, in residence at the University from
Jan. 11-13, will perform at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, in Mitchell
Hall.
     Tickets for the Jan. 12 performance are $15 for the general
public, $10 for University faculty, staff and senior citizens, and
a special student ticket price of $4. For more information, contact
Mitchell Hall at 451-2204.
     The Parsons Dance Company was founded in l987 and is composed
of eight dancers. It maintains a repertory of 17 works, six with
commissioned scores.
     The company has appeared in New York City at the Joyce
Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop and the Guggenheim Museum and at
Lincoln Center's Serious Fun!
     The Parsons' residency is made possible by grants from the
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Delaware Division of the Arts,
a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in
Delaware.

Activities planned to honor M.L. King
     The Office of Housing and Residence Life will sponsor its
fourth annual week-long series of events honoring the birth of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., beginning Monday, Jan. 20.
     The Delta Sigma Theta sorority will hold its 10th annual march
through Newark and the University campus at 11 a.m., Monday,
Jan.20, to commemorate King's leadership and his historic march on
Washington. The campus procession will begin and conclude at the
Center for Black Culture at 192 South College Ave.
     A rap session will follow at the center to discuss King's
contributions to society and how present-day America has been
affected by his legacy. The event is co-sponsored by the sorority
and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
     A showing of the PBS video The Meeting, a fictionalized
version of a meeting between King and Malcolm X, is tentatively
scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Martin Luther King
Humanities House, located in the Ray Street Housing Complex. The
residents also will host an open house with refreshments sometime
during the week. Guests are welcome to participate in a discussion
of King's legacy.
     For times and information, call Jen Crotty at 731-6471.
     The Stuart Sisters will perform "An Afro-American Journey" at
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan 22, in the Perkins Student Center. During
the hour-long presentation of the historical struggles and triumphs
of the Afro-American, the performers will use music, dance, drama
and song as a vehicle to discuss the engendering spirit, strength
and power of the family.
     For more information, call the Center for Black Culture at
451-2991.

MBTI applications in the workplace
     The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a widely used
instrument that promotes the understanding and appreciation of
differing styles and preferences in teaching, learning, management
and career planning.
     An introductory workshop, "Understanding the MBTI," will be
offered from 9 a.m.-noon, Monday, Jan. 27, in the Ewing Room of the
Perkins Student Center. Participants will be introduced to the
basic dimensions of the MBTI and to the different MBTI types.
     In order to attend the workshop, participants must complete an
MBTI application booklet and answer sheet, which will be scored
prior to the session. Most individuals are able to complete the
MBTI in approximately a half hour, and this must be done by Jan.
17.
     Those who already have scores can mark them on the workshop
pre-registration form.
     For more information and to register, call 451-2072 no later
than Jan. 17.

Irish film series during January
     Alan Parker's film The Commitments will be the next
presentation in the "Ireland on Film" series, scheduled on Sundays
during Winter Session.
     The film, to be screened at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 12, in 140 Smith
Hall, follows a working-class band from its shaky beginnings to a
long-awaited moment of greatness, as it works to bring soul to
Dublin.
     On Jan. 19, the series will continue with No Surrender.
Directed by Peter Smith, this film follows the consequences after
a nightclub manager schedules two groups to attend the club's New
Year's Eve celebration: a party of aging IRA Catholics and an
organization of elderly Irish Protestants.
     Concluding the series on Jan. 26 will be The Field, directed
by Jim Sheridan. Richard Harris received an Academy Award
nomination for his portrayal of Bull McCabe, a hard-working old man
who loses the right to the one thing he cares most about--the
ownership of a small plot of land he has worked by hand for years
as a tenant farmer.
     All films are shown at 7:30 p.m. in 140 Smith Hall and are
free and open to the public.