Robert Pinsky’s first two terms as United States Poet Laureate were marked by such visible dynamism, and such national enthusiasm in response, that the Library of Congress appointed him to an unprecedented third term. Throughout his career, Pinsky has been dedicated to identifying and invigorating poetry’s place in the world.
As Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky became a public ambassador for poetry, founding the Favorite Poem Project, in which thousands of Americans — of varying backgrounds, all ages, and from every state — shared their favorite poems. Pinsky believed that, contrary to stereotype, poetry had a vigorous presence in the American cultural landscape. The project sought to document that presence, giving voice to the American audience for poetry.
A prolific author and PBS essayist, Pinsky’s works include Gulf Music, The Figured Wheel: New and Collected oems 1966-1996 (a Pulitzer Prize nominee and Lenore Marshall Award winner), Poetry and the World (National Book Critics’ Circle Award nominee), the best-selling translation of The Inferno of Dante (received Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry), and The Life of David, a lively volume of prose retelling and examining the David stories and scripture.
Listen to Mr. Pinsky read his poem, "Shirt"
More Information on Mr. Pinsky (Academy of American Poets website)
VISITOR PARKING
• Severance Hall, underground Lot: Entrance on East Boulevard
• Adelbert Road Parking:
- Surface Lot (behind Allen Memorial Medical Library)
- Rainbow Babies Hospital Garage
Sari Nusseibeh
"Once Upon a Country--A Palestinian Life"
Sunday, October 14, 2007; 3:30 p.m.
Cleveland Hillel Foundation, 11291 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Sponsored by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies and the Center for Policy Studies at CWRU, the Cleveland Hillel Foundation, Tikkun/Cleveland., and The Church of the Covenant.
Free parking for Dr. Nusseibeh's lecture and the Building Bridges Mural Dedication is available at the Church of the Covenant lot (entrance on Euclid) and Ford Road Garage (entrance on Ford), courtesy of The Church of the Covenant.
Sari Nusseibeh is a Palestinian professor of philosophy and president of the Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. Dr. Nusseibeh will discuss his book, Once Upon a Country—A Palestinian Life, which he co-authored with Anthony David. Dr. Nusseibeh was the Palestine Liberation Organization's chief representative in Jerusalem from 2001 to 2002, in which role he advocated a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Dr. Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon are the co-founders of The People's Voice, an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative that aims to advance the process of achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Dr. Nusseibeh received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University and his doctoral degree in Islamic philosophy from Harvard University. From 1978 through 1990, he taught philosophy and cultural studies at Birzeit University in the West Bank. He has lectured widely in Europe and the United States and has received many prizes and awards for his work.
Photo: Rina Castelnuovo
"One on One with Sari Nusseibeh", Jerusalem Post, 4/24/2007
Visitor Parking:
Metered lot (corner of Euclid Avenue and Ford Road)
Cornell Road Garage (entrances on Mayfield and Cornell Roads)
Severance Hall underground lot (entrance on East Boulevard)
Also of Interest:
Mural Dedication: Building Bridges Mural Program
Sunday, October 14, 2007; 5:00 p.m.
The Church of the Covenant
11205 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(The Church of the Covenant is immediately adjacent to The Hillel Foundation)
The public is cordially invited to a dedication ceremony for the Building Bridges Mural Program, sponsored by the members of the Inter-Religious Council of Case Western Reserve University. “The Interfaith Mural” by artist Katherine Chilcote will be dedicated at 5:00 p.m., followed by a reception.
Free and open to the public.
(Case Western Reserve University is committed to the free exchange of ideas, reasoned debate and intellectual dialogue. Speakers and scholars with a diversity of opinions and perspectives are invited to the campus to provide the community with important points of view, some of which may be deemed controversial. The views and opinions of those invited to speak on the campus do not necessarily reflect the views of the university administration or any other segment of the university community.)
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