Thursday, October 28, 2010

This afternoon UW Geography Professor Matt Turner gives a talk entitled “Knowing Nature: Conversations at the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies”. This is in Room 8411 of the Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, from noon to 1:30. Check sts.wisc.edu for more details.

This afternoon, the Center for the History of Print Culture hosts Chi-Shiou Lin who will discuss “Why Do Straight Women Read and Create Boys’ Love Stories?” In recent years, Boys’ Love stories have become a popular genre of pleasure reading among women readers in the Asian countries especially in Japan, China, and Taiwan. BL stories are love stories of two or more male characters created predominantly by women for women; most of them identified themselves as heterosexual. Chi-Shiou Lin is Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science at National Taiwan University. This is from noon to 1 in Room 4207 of Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street.

This evening, the Peregrine Forum hosts a discussion on "The Early Zionist Movement Through World War I". This is at the Madison Central Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public. Call the Peregrine Forum at 442-8399 for more details.

Madison Friends of International Students seeks volunteers to host an international student for the Thanksgiving Weekend. To host a student or two for the meal or for more information, call the MFIS office at 263-4010 or send an email to thanksgiving@mfismadison.org.