Bookstore events for April 2014

All UAA Campus Bookstore events are informal, free and open to the public. There is free parking for bookstore events in the South Lot, West Campus Central Lot (behind Rasmuson Hall), Sports Lot and Sports NW Lot. For more information, contact Rachel Epstein at (907) 786-4782 or repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu.

UAA Campus Bookstore podcasts are posted in iTunes or iTunes U-just search for UAA or UAA Campus Bookstore. The podcasts are also archived on the bookstore website.

Literal and Visual Storytelling Tuesday, April 1, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Panelist include performance artist Jack Dalton, artist Susan Share, quilter Sierra Mills (UAA Care Team member), and Bosco's Eric Helmick. Topics include art and book forms; quilt-making and autobiography; written plays and performance; and the role of text in graphic stories. The writer as artist and performer and the various ways we tell stories are the themes for this event.

Reinhold Sackman presents "Employers, Migrants and Labor Markets in Germany: Case Studies" Wednesday, April 2, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Reinhold Sackman is a professor at the Institute of Sociology, Martin-Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His research interests include analyzing the social structure of modern societies, demographic changes in Germany, migrant workers and public sector employment. At this event, he will discuss economic and social attitudes toward non-German migrant workers in Germany. The event is co-sponsored with the UAA Sociology Department.

Historian Ray Ball presents "Plays and Poor Relief in the Early Modern Spanish Empire" Thursday, April 3, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Ray Ball, assistant professor in UAA's Department of History, will share her research on the relationship between Spanish theatre and health care funding in the Spanish Empire. Her book project "Treating the Public: Public Drama, Public Health and Public Opinion in the Early Modern Atlantic World" examines the comparative cultural, social and political history of commercial theater, charitable organizations of welfare and public health and public opinion in important Spanish and Anglo-Atlantic cities during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Ian Hartman presents "From the Beverly Hillbillies to Duck Dynasty: Whiteness, Culture and Memory in the American South" Monday, April 7, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Ian Hartman, assistant professor in UAA's Department of History, will discuss how white racial identity in the American South has shaped public policy and popular culture throughout America. His research has been published in American Nineteenth Century History and The Journal of Southern History. Currently, he is working on a book about race, labor and economic development in the American West since the Civil War.

Chocolate Time with Chef Vern Thursday, April 10, 1-3 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

UAA Culinary Arts & Hospitality's Chef Vern and student apprentices will present chocolate demonstrations for all to enjoy. Come taste the varieties of chocolate and learn techniques for making scrumptious delicacies.

Curtis Murphy presents 'The Origins of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-Russian Crisis' Tuesday, April 15, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

At this timely event, historian Curtis Murphy will share his understanding of the critical developments in Ukraine and Russia today. His research on burghers and bureaucrats in Poland-Lithuania, 1776-1793, has been published in Slavic Review. Currently, he is working on a book about the state and self-governing entities in Poland, Ukraine and Russia from 1750 to 1850. Murphy is a term instructor in UAA's Department of History.

'Researching Alaska' with Ann Fienup-Riordan, Willy Templeton and Katie Ringsmuth Wednesday, April 16, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

National Park Service historian and UAA professor Katie Ringsmuth; anthropologist, author and oral historian Ann Fienup-Riordan; and family historian, closet archivist and director of UAA Native Student Services Willy Templeton will share insights on how to connect, research and uncover Alaska's past. Their individual interests, projects, approaches and challenges related to researching Alaska will be highlighted.

UAA Creative Writing Students: Readings and Writings Thursday, April 17, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Selected UAA English Department undergraduate creative writing students will read from their work. Everyone is invited to come explore the voices of multiple literary genres.

Poet John Morgan and artist Kesler Woodard present 'River of Light' Monday, April 21, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Poet John Morgan's River of Light: A Conversation with Kabir (published by UA Press) is based on a trip down the Copper River. With help from artwork by Alaska artist Kesler Woodward, River of Light folds words, sounds and colors into being.

Celebrate Earth Day Tuesday, April 22, 1-3 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Celebrate Earth Day with Horticulturist Julie Riley, Water Farmer Cecil Ellsworth and master gardeners from the UAF Cooperative Extension Program. Highlights include:

• Small space strategies for growing food with Julie Riley
• A water farmer's view of hydroponics and aquaponics with Cecil Ellsworth
• Q-and-A with master gardeners

Zeynep Kilic presents 'Restaurant Reviews: Ethnic Food in the American Culinary Imaginary' Wednesday, April 23, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Zeynip Kilic, Ph.D., will discuss how ethnic food is depicted in the American landscape through restaurant reviews. Zeynip Kilic is professor in the UAA Sociology Department. She recently presented her related research paper, "Restaurant reviews and cultural constructions: Ethnic food in commercial food landscapes," at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference. Everyone is invited to this food-for-thought event.

April Archive