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WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY TO HOST YEAR-LONG MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION Lectures, symposia, films, exhibits, concerts,
and performances covering a broad range of issues are scheduled
throughout the 1999-2000 academic year as William Paterson University
commemorates the end of the twentieth century and the beginning
of the new millennium during Twilight and Dawn, a major campus
initiative. "This historic juncture gives us a
tremendous opportunity to reflect on the dramatic changes that
have occurred during the past 100 years, and on the challenges
and issues that we must confront in the future," says Carol
Gruber, professor of history and coordinator of the project. In conjunction with the symposium, the Ben Shahn Galleries hosts an exhibit, "Shape and Content: Artists' Books Since 1950." On view from September 13 through December 3, 1999, will be the University's recently acquired collection of artists' books. Curated by Amy Baker Sandback, one of the country's foremost experts on artists' books, this collection of highly personalized, one-of-a-kind art objects reflect the influence of the book as a venue for self-expression. Other events scheduled include a national,
teleconferenced symposium, "The Coloring of American Sport:
Black and Latino Athletes in the Twentieth Century," on
February 25, 2000; a lecture series, "Thinking About the
Holocaust as the Century Ends;" and a film series, "Re-Viewing
the Twentieth Century: Film and Memory." The Art at Lunch
series, titled "The 20th Century: Looking Back, Looking
Beyond," will explore major transformations in the visual
arts during the past 100 years as well as implications for the
future; the Music Department will celebrate the works of Stravinsky
during April. Gloria Steinem, one of the most influential feminists
of our time, marks the conclusion of the event with a lecture
on April 26, 2000.
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