Author: Liam Otten

Mosaic Whispers, the University’s award-winning a cappella ensemble, will celebrate its “Super Sweet 16” anniversary with the release of a new CD during its annual Splash of Color concert 7:30 p.m. March 2-3 in Graham Chapel.

Cultural geographer Olaf Kuhlke will speak on competing representations of nationhood in post-Wall Germany for the Kemper Art Museum at 6:30 p.m. March 8 in Brown Hall Auditorium.

Violinist Silvian Iticovici, pianist Seth Carlin and violist Stephen Ewer will join with members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for a recital of works by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space. Robert Walker, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science and the Program in Applied Statistics and Computation, both in Arts & Sciences, as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 2005. His general research interests are political methodology, international relations and political economy. A peripheral research project examines the political economy of European football (American soccer) with a focus on industrial organization and the intertwined national and European regulation of sport. Ignacio Miguel Sanchez Prado, Ph.D., joins the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor, with a joint appointment in international and area studies. He earned a master’s and a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned a bachelor’s in literature from Universidad de las Américas-Puebla. Prado is the author of 14 articles on Latin American literature and cultural studies, all in referred journals. He also has published two books, in addition to being an accomplished translator and creative writer. Areas of research include Mexican literary, film and cultural studies, canon theory, world literature theory, Latinamericanist theory and criticism and Latin American film.

Jo Labanyi, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at New York University, will speak on “Facts and Fictions: Knowledge, Delinquency and Madness in Late 19th-century Spain” at 4 p.m. Feb. 27 in Umrath Hall Lounge. Labanyi is the first speaker in the spring Faculty Fellows Lecture and Workshop Series sponsored by the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences.

Violinist Silvian Iticovici, pianist Seth Carlin and violist Stephen Ewer will join with members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for a recital of works by Robert Schumann (1810-56) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75).

The Mosaic Whispers, Washington University’s award-winning a cappella ensemble, will celebrate their “Super Sweet 16” anniversary with the release of a new CD, Behind Bars, during their annual “Splash of Color” concert.

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present the free concert at 3 p.m. Feb. 25 in Graham Chapel.

The form is thought to have developed in the 16th and 17th centuries as a means of self-defense for slaves brought to Brazil by the Portugese.

Paul DonnellyPaul Donnelly, AIA, PE, the Rebecca and John Voyles Chair in Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has received the Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Donnelly is one of only five professors nationally to receive the honor, which recognizes sustained creative achievement in architectural education.