On Thursday, Nov. 6, Mikhail Iampolski will present “The Invention of Franz Kafka: Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt’s Response to Anti-Semitism†at 7 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 6.
The lecture is the second in a yearlong series on anti-Semitism sponsored by the Bronfman Advisory Committee-Wiener Lecture Fund, the Gaudino Fund, and the Jewish Studies Program.
Iampolski is an associate professor of comparative literature at New York University. He specializes in Russian and Slavic studies, with an emphasis on the theory of visual representation.
His most recent publication, “The Memory of Tiresias: Intertextuality and Film,†examines films by D.W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein and Luis Bunuel. His other works include “Visible World†(1993), “Daemon and Labyrinth†(1996), and “Amnesia as a Source†(1997).
He received his B.A. in 1971 from the Moscow Pedagogical Institute, and then went on to earn his Ph.D. in 1977 from the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.
The next speaker in the series, William G. Dever, will present a lecture, “The Age of Solomon: Biblical Revisionism, Archaeology, and Anti-Semitism†on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in Biology 112. Dever’s talk will play off his years of experience as an archaeologist in Israel and Jordan, where he did fieldwork at Gezer, Beth-shan Valley, and sites on the West Bank.
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Letter: Is the Select Board Listening to Dalton Voters?
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
A reasonable expectation by the people of a community is that their Select Board rises above personal preference and represents the collective interests of the community. On Tuesday night [Nov. 12], what occurred is reason for concern that might not be true in Dalton.
This all began when a Select Board member submitted his resignation effective Oct. 1 to the Town Clerk. Wishing to fill the vacated Select Board seat, in good faith I followed the state law, prepared a petition, and collected the required 200-plus signatures of which the Town Clerk certified 223. The Town Manager, who already had a copy of the Select Board member's resignation, was notified of the certified petitions the following day. All required steps had been completed.
Or had they? At the Oct. 9 Select Board meeting when Board members discussed the submitted petition, there was no mention about how they were informed of the petition or that they had not seen the resignation letter. Then a month later at the Nov. 12 Select Board meeting we learn that providing the resignation letter and certified petitions to the Town Manager was insufficient. However, by informing the Town Manager back in October the Select Board had been informed. Thus, the contentions raised at the Nov. 12 meeting by John Boyle seem like a thinly veiled attempt to delay a decision until the end of January deadline to have a special election has passed.
If this is happening with the Special Election, can we realistically hope that the present Board will listen to the call by residents to halt the rapid increases in spending and our taxes that have been occurring the last few years and pass a level-funded budget for next year, or to not harness the taxpayers in town with the majority of the cost for a new police station? I am sure these issues are of concern to many in town. However, to make a change many people need to speak up.
Please reach out to a Select Board member and let them know you are concerned and want the Special Election issue addressed and finalized at their Nov. 25 meeting.
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