Interactive presentation of events between 2012 and 2020
Endowed Professorship Activities:
2021-2022
International Performing Arts Series
Martin Hayes Quartet, tentative, March 2022
Chinese Studies Events
Prof. Kam C. Chan, Department of Finance, Western Kentucky University. "Chinese studies lecture - Corporate social responsibility in China: Some family firm perspectives." September 20, 2021.
Greek Studies Events
Dr. Bettany Hughes, Research Fellow, King's College London. "Constantinople, The Queen of Cities. The Resilience of the Greatest City on Earth." September 12, 2021.
Irish Studies Events
Eimear Arkins, Brian Bigley, and Tomáseen Foley. "W.B. Yeats & Maud Gonne: A Love Affair in Verse & Music." September 14, 2021.
Japanese Studies Events
Coming soon
2020-2021
International Performing Arts Series
On hiatus until 2022 due to COVID-19
Chinese Studies Events
Prof. Kevin H. Zhang, Department of Economics, llinois State University. “Strategic Rivalry Between the U.S. and China: Impact on the Chinese Economy.” September 28, 2020.
Dr. H. Holly Wang, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. “Panic Buying? Food Stockpiling During COVID-19.” October 12, 2020.
Prof. Johnny Chan, Leon Page Endowed Chair of Finance, Western Kentucky University. “Air Pollution, Regulatory Reforms, and Impacts on Corporate Policies: Some Background and Recent China Evidence” December 9, 2020.
Greek Studies Events
Catherine Pelican Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture. Jane Ellen Buikstra, Regents’ Professor of Anthropology, and Founding Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research, Arizona State University. “The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: A View From Its (Dead) Citizens.” October 4, 2020.
The Professor Diane Touliatos Endowed Annual Lecture in Greek Historical Studies. Online.
“The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Multiple Anniversaries,” by Prof. Gonda von Steen, King’s College, London. May 23, 2021.
Irish Studies Events
Eileen Gannon and Robert Ryan. “Traditional Irish Music.” September 22, 2020.
Christa Corrigan, communications professional and editor in the financial services industry, based in Dublin, Ireland, and Prof. Timothy White, Professor of Political Science, Xavier University. “Brexit and Ireland: Myths and Realities.” October 13, 2020.
Mary Madec. Poetry Reading. November 12, 2020.
Kevin Buckley and Dan Lowery. “Irish Musicians from America.” February 18, 2021.
Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars. “Sister Cities: Two Galway Writers Return to St. Louis.” March 2, 2021.
Eimear Arkins, Drucilla Wall, Ann Herrington, and Eamonn Wall. From the Shamrock Shore: Virtual Music, Songs, & Spoken Word from Ireland. March 11, 2021
Emer Martin. Literature reading. April 13, 2021.
Japanese Studies Events
Shigeko Sasamori. “Surviving the Bombing of Hiroshima: A Message of Peace from Shigeko Sasamori.” (organized by Keiko Ueda) November 17, 2020.
Dr. Rebecca Copeland, Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Washington University in St. Louis. “Seeking Inspiration: How the Japanese Mountain Witch Encourages Artistic Creativity.” April 19, 2021.
2019-2020
International Performing Arts Series
Cultural Dances from Northeast China. September 21, 2019.
Nobuntu. Acapella Quintet from Zimbabwe. October 18, 2019.
Stelios Petrakis Cretan Quartet. February 8, 2020.
Dervish. Irish Traditional Music. February 27, 2020.
Martin Hayes Quartet. Irish Traditional Music. Postponed due to COVID-19.
Kammerraku. Arianna Quartet and Kyo-Shin-An. Music Blending Japanese and Western Traditions. Postponed due to COVID-19.
Chinese Studies
Dr. Kevin Zhang, Professor of Economics, Illinois State University. “Industrial Policies, Technology Innovation, and the U.S.-China Trade War.” October 2, 2019.
Dr. Shunfeng Song, Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno. “Why still Hukou?” October 28, 2019.
Greek Studies Events
The Artemis Azariadis Memorial Lecture. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University. “Greece, Democracy, and the Politics of Civility.” September 19, 2019.
Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology. Dimitri Nakassis, University of Colorado. “The Mycenaean World: Hellenism, Nationalism, and Beyond.” October 20, 2019.
The Annual Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Memorial Lecture. Elizabeth Fisher, The Shelton H. Short III Professor in the Liberal Arts, Randolph-Macon College. “Greece and Ethiopia: The Early Connections.” November 14, 2019.
Irish Studies
Eamonn Wall, The Smurfit-Stone Corporation Professor of Irish Studies, and Professor of English, UMSL. “Reading and Book-Signing of Junction City: New & Selected Poems 1990-2015.” Subterranean Books, University City, Missouri. September 12, 2019. Also sponsored by: Subterranean Books.
Eamon Maher, Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. “Tracing the Cultural Legacy of Irish Catholicism: From Galway to Cloyne and Beyond.” September 17, 2019.
Vicki Mahaffey, The Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professor of English, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, “Modern Irish Writing and Culture.” October 1, 2019.
An Irish Music Performance by Eimear Arkins and Eileen Gannon. Millennium Student Center, UMSL. November 12, 2019.
Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain, Ethnochoreologist and Course Director, MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance Program, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. “Jigs to Jacobites: 4000 years of Irish history told through 40 set dance tunes.” February 13, 2020.
An Evening of Music and Spoken Word from Ireland, Irish America, and South Africa. Featuring Readers: Bob Churchill, Molly Harris, Karen Craigo (Missouri Poet Laureate), and Don Corrigan. And, featuring music performed by: Eileen Gannon and Robert Ryan, and Ashton Nyte and Tristan Nyte. Webster Groves Public Library, February 28, 2020. Sponsored by: The Webster Groves Public Library, the Friends of the Webster Groves Public Library, and the Smurfit-Stone Corporation Endowed Professorship in Irish Studies, UMSL Global, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Japanese Studies
Kathryn Goldfarb, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder. “Loss and the pleasures of “normal”: constituting family in Japan.” September 19, 2019.
2018-2019
International Performing Arts Series:
Mischief and Mayhem: Japanese Kyōgen Farce. September 15, 2018.
Chinese Music and Dances Revival. September 22, 2018.
The Seamus Egan Project. Traditional Irish Music. November 17, 2018.
Lunasa. Music from Ireland. March 10, 2019.
Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa. April 6, 2019.
Capella Romana. Venice in the East: Music from Renaissance Crete. May 8, 2019.
Chinese Studies Events
China Town Hall. Local Connections, National Reflections. Featuring an interactive webcast with Secretary Condoleezza Rice. October 9, 2018. National Sponsor: National Committee on U.S. China Relations. Local Sponsors: International Studies and Programs, UMSL, and the World Affairs Council of St. Louis.
Color Rhythm China. Contemporary Watercolor Exhibition. Gallery FAB, UMSL. November 12-29, 2018.
Greek Studies Events
The Annual George E. Mylonas Memorial Lecture. Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology, George Washington University. “1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed.” Saint Louis Art Museum. Co-Sponsored by: The Classical Club of St. Louis; Department of Classics and Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Memorial Lecture. Paul Cartledge, The A.G. Levantis Senior Research Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge University, and Emeritus A.G. Levantis Professor of Greek Culture. “The Ancient Spartans—A Very Peculiar Society?” February 5, 2019.
The Catherine Pelican Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture. Joan Breton Connelly, Professor of Classics and Art History, New York University. “Unearthing the Lost History of the Greek Priestesses.” October 25, 2018.
The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies. Nikos Zacharias, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management, University of the Peloponnese. “New Evidence for the Tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem.” November 28, 2018..
Irish Studies Events
Film Showing: In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America. Introduction by Brian O’Brien, Consul General of Ireland, Midwestern United States. Questions and Answers with Maurice Fitzpatrick. September 11, 2018.
Eileéan Ní Chuilleanáin, Poet Laureate of Ireland, and Ireland Professor of Poetry, Emeritus Professor and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. Poetry Reading. November 6, 2018.
Sean Farrell, Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University, “The Trillick Railway Outrage: Assassination and ‘Alternative Facts’ in Postfamine Ireland.” October 5, 2017.
What’s the news, what’s the news: Irish music, song, and poetry. With Eimeer Arkins, Pat Broaders, Andrew O’Brien, and Eamonn Wall. February 22, 2018.
Irish American Writers & Artists Salon in St. Louis. An evening of Irish poetry, prose, art and traditional Irish music. Webster Groves Public Library, March 1, 2019. Also sponsored by: Irish American Writers & Artists Association, the Webster Groves Public Library, and the Friends of the Webster Groves Public Library.
Japanese Studies Events
Jennifer Robertson, Professor of Anthropology and the History of Art, University of Michigan. “Gendering AI and Robots: Robo-Sexism in Japan.” October 31, 2018.
Spring 2019 Japanese Studies Symposium: “Remembering and Forgetting Japanese History.” May 3, 2019.
2017-2018
International Performing Arts Series:
Pangea. September 23, 2017. Presented with assistance from the St. Louis Chinese Association and Wei Dance.
A Celebration of Song and Life. Karan Casey and Maura O’Connell. November 11, 2107.
Rebetiki Istoria. [Rebetiko and Other Music from Greece.] November 12, 2107.
Black Umfolosi. February 17, 2018.
Taikoza. March 24, 2018.
African Studies Events
Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2018. Films were shown at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis and at venues in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ghana, Barbados, Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand. The Festival concludes in October 2018 with showings in Jamaica.
Chinese Studies Events
Innovations of China’s Economic Development and the Supply-Side Structural Reform. UMSL, May 11, 2018. Presented by UMSL and the National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Greek Studies Events
The Annual George E. Mylonas Memorial Lecture. Sharon Stocker, University of Cincinnati, “Lord of the Gold Rings: The Grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos.” October 22, 2017. Saint Louis Art Museum. Co-Sponsored by: The Classical Club St. Louis; Department of Classics and Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Memorial Lecture. Elias Matsakis, “The Impact of Thermopylae on our Modern World.” October 30, 2017.
The Catherine Pelican Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture. Haskel Greenfield, Distinguished Professor of Archaeology, University of Manitoba. “Greeks, Philistines, and the Peoples of the Sea. Archaeological Evidence and the Bible.” March 15, 2018.
The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies. Evangelia Militsi-Kechagia, Director of Antiquities for Messenia, Greek Ministry of Culture, “Saving Greece’s Cultural Heritage: The Restoration and Protection of Byzantine Churches and Ancient Monuments in the Peloponnese.” April 12, 2018.
Irish Studies Events
Sean Farrell, Associate Professor of History, Northern Illinois University, “The Trillick Railway Outrage: Assassination and ‘Alternative Facts’ in Postfamine Ireland.” October 5, 2017.
What’s the news, what’s the news: Irish music, song, and poetry. With Eimeer Arkins, Pat Broaders, Andrew O’Brien, and Eamonn Wall. February 22, 2018.
Irish American Writers & Artists Salon in St. Louis. An evening of Irish poetry, prose, art and traditional Irish music. Webster Groves Public Library, March 2, 2018. Also sponsored by: Irish American Writers & Artists Association and the Webster Groves Public Library.
Kevin O’Malley, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. “A Hometown St. Louisan As Ambassador to Ireland.” March 8, 2018.
Japanese Studies Events
Linda Chance, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Pennsylvania. “My Morning Dose of Cheer: The Iconic Females of Japanese Television Serial Drama.” September 28, 2017. Also sponsored by: Japan Studies Alliance of UMSL and Washington University in St. Louis.
Amy Stanley, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University. “Don’t Worry About Me, and Please Send Pickles: Writing Home in Early Modern Japan.” February 7, 2018. Also sponsored by: Japan America Student Association, UMSL.
Steven Gan, President, Stellar Risk Management Services, Inc., “Making It & Breaking It in Japan: One American’s Journey of Songs, Sins, and Solitary.” February 15, 2018. Presented by the Japan America Society of St. Louis.
2016-2017
International Performing Arts Series:
Shanghai Nights. [Acrobats from Shanghai, China]. October 15, 2016. Presented by The Touhill Performing Arts Center, and International Studies & Programs, UMSL. Welcomed by: Dance St. Louis.
Ennis Sisters. [Irish music from Newfoundland]. November 5, 2016.
Pavlo. [Mediterranean Music]. March 4, 2017.
St. Louis Osuwa Taiko. [Japanese Taiko Drums]. March 25, 2017.
African Studies Events
Miriam Makeba. Mama Africa: The Musical. Touhill Performing Arts Center, UMSL. September 15-18, 2016. Presented by: Department of Theatre and Cinema Arts. Courtesy of and in association with the ZM Makeba Trust and Siyandisa Music. Supported and Sponsored by: International Studies and Programs, UMSL. Also presented at University of Missouri-Columbia, September 28, 2016; The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, October 3, 2016; and at the Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2-12, 2017.
Chinese Studies Events
Kevin H. Zhang, Professor of Economics, Illinois State University. “Friends or Enemies? Economic Relations between the U.S. and China.” October 12, 2016.
Greek Studies Events
Dr. Nicholas Matsakis Memorial Lecture. Lou Ureneck, Professor of Journalism, Boston University. “Smyrna, September 1922: The American Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide.” September 21, 2016.
The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies. William A. Parkinson, Associate Curator of Eurasian Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History. “The Neolithic Roots of the Greek Past.” February 9, 2017. Also sponsored by: The Karakas Family Foundation Alliance for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies.
The Professor Diane Touliatos Endowed Annual Lecture in Greek Historical Studies. Elder Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. “Greek Language: A Catalyst for Cultures?” March 9, 2017.
Irish Studies Events
Joseph Lennon, Director of Irish Studies and Associate Dean of International and Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University. “’Dreams that Hunger Makes: Irish Memories of Hunger and Fasting Before the Hunger Strike.” October 6, 2016.
Timothy J. White, Professor of Political Science, Xavier University. “Theories of International Relations and Northern Ireland.” February 16, 2017.
Irish American Writers & Artists Salon in St. Louis. Webster Groves Public Library. February 24, 2017. An evening of Irish poetry, prose, art and traditional Irish music. Sponsored by: The Irish American Writers and Artists Association; Smurfit-Stone Corporation Professorship in Irish Studies, UMSL; and Webster Groves Public Library. Reception sponsored by the Friends of the Webster Groves Public Library.
Mary O’Malley, Poet from Connemara and Galway, Ireland. “Words from Galway: The Poet’s Voice.” April 4, 2017.
Saint Louis Tionol 2017: A Celebration of Traditional Irish Music. April 28-30, 2017. Co-Sponsors: Smurfit-Stone Corporation Professorship in Irish Studies, UMSL; Focal Point; KDHX radio; Scottish Partnership for Arts and Education, and NPU-NA Piobairi Uileann.
Japanese Studies Events
Japan Drama Night 10. Hula Girls. Japanese Film with English subtitles. September 28, 2016. Also sponsored by: The Japan Studies Alliance of UMSL and Washington University in St. Louis.
John Davis, Assistant Professor of Black Studies, East Asian Studies, International Studies & Anthropology, Denison University. “Making Bura(k)ku Lives Matter in Precarious Times.” February 22, 2017. Also sponsored by: The Japan Studies Alliance of UMSL and Washington University in St. Louis.
Japan Drama Night. So Long Asleep: Waking the Ghosts of a War. A film screening and discussion with filmmaker Dr. David Plath, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. April 12, 2017. Also sponsored by The Japan Studies Alliance of UMSL and Washington University in St. Louis.
2015-2016
International Performing Arts Series
The Lure of Mongolian Music and Dance. [Traditional Mongolian music and dance.]. September 26, 2015.
Peter Mawanga & and the Amaravi Movement. [Afro-vibe music from Malawi.]. October 23, 2015.
Jutta and the High Dukes. [Traditional Greek Music]. November 6, 2015.
Solas. [Contemporary Irish Music.]. February 20, 2016.
Bento Rakugo. [Japanese comedy.]. April 17, 2016.
African Studies Events
Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2016. Sponsored by: E. Desmond Lee Professorship in African/African American Studies, Office of International Studies and Programs, UMSL and the Des Lee Collaborative Vision, UMSL. In cooperation with: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; Missouri History Museum, University of the West Indies (Barbados and Jamaica); Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week Program, Saint Louis University; The Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies; University of the Western Cape, South Africa; iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, Nigeria, and “I Will Tell” International Film Festival, London. Films were shown in eleven venues in eight countries: Barbados, Cameroon, Ghana, Jamaica, Nigeria, South Africa, United Kingdom, and U.S.A.
Jean-Germain Gros, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Administration, and Fellow, International Studies and Programs, UMSL. “Healthcare Policy in Africa: Institutions and Politics from Colonialism to the Present.” Seminar and Book Launch. November 18, 2015.
“Ota Benga: Human at the Zoo.” Documentary Film. Directed by Niyi Coker, Jr., UMSL, and Jean Bodon. Screenplay by Niyi Coker, Jr. Exhibited at the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, Los Angeles; the Nice International Film Festival, France; and the London International Film Festival, U.K.
Zenzi! The Musical. The Miriam Makeba Story. Directed by: Niyi Coker, Jr. Premiere: University of the Western Cape, May 25-29, 2016.
Chinese Studies Events
Huping Ling, Professor of History, Truman State University and Changjing Scholar Chair Professor, Chinese Ministry of Education. “The Paradox of the ‘China Model’—Its Allures and Lessons.” October 12, 2015.
Tong Zhiwei, Professor of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, and Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Law School. “Constitutional Reform in China.” November 30, 2015.
Greek Studies Events
Catherine Pelican Memorial Lecture. Vassilis Lambropoulos, The C.P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek, University of Michigan. “Who Is Greek?” September 17, 2015.
Thomas Palaima, The Robert Armstrong Centennial Professor, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory, University of Texas at Austin. “From Achilles to the Hanoi Hilton: Why Homer and the Greeks Still Matter.” October 22, 2015.
Kisses To The Children. A Documentary Film by Vassilis Loules. Missouri History Museum, April 20, 2016.
Irish Studies Events
Charles Fanning, Professor of English and History and Distinguished Scholar Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. “Banish the Bushwah! Why We Ought to Read James T. Farrell.” October 13, 2015.
James M. Smith, Associate Professor of English and Irish Studies, Boston College. “A Book’s Afterlife: Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice.” November 3, 2015.
1916: The Irish Rebellion. Documentary Film Screening. April 19, 2016. Presented locally by: University of Notre Dame; UMSL International Studies & Programs; St. Patrick’s Day Parade St. Louis; Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Louis; and St. Louis Irish Arts.
Japanese Studies Events
Todd Honma, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, Pitzer College. “What is Japanese Tattoo?” September 17, 2015.
David Odo, Harvard University Art Museum. “From Artistry to Ethnography in Early Japanese Photography.” February 16, 2016.
