Newsletter Volume 11 Issue 12 - February 19, 2025 | |
Lunch Colloquium -- Marshall Duke -- February 24, 2025 | |
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Marshall Duke
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology Emeritus
MONDAY, February 24, 2025
11:30am-1:00pm
“Family stories that were never told: What grandchildren of survivors know about what happened to their grandparents during the Holocaust”
Since 2011, when he joined the interdisciplinary faculty group of the Emory Center for the Study of Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL) which was established and directed by his treasured colleague Bradd Shore of the Department of Anthropology, Marshall Duke (along with his psychology colleague, Robyn Fivush) has been exploring the power that family stories possess in building and maintaining psychological resilience in children and young adults. Duke and Fivush found that the more children know about their family histories, the more resilient they are. This finding made its way into the public domain through an article in the New York Times written by Times-columnist Bruce Feiler in 2013. On the tenth anniversary of the article’s publication, Feiler noted that this piece was the most read, requested and quoted of all of his columns to date. However, while the relationship between knowledge of family history and adjustment/ resilience has taken hold in the public consciousness, there are two groups for which the connection presents some anomalies. Grandparents who served in war time and served in combat are less likely to pass on their stories because they are painful and disquieting to tell and hear. Similarly, a majority of the survivors of the Holocaust were loathe to speak of their experiences either to their children or their grandchildren. Marshall will speak of his work (supported in part by an Emeritus College Heilbrun Grant) with the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and his effort to explore the anomalous finding that despite not knowing their family history, the majority of them appear to be psychologically resilient and well-functioning. He will describe the world-wide effort underway, generated by the grandchildren and some great-grandchildren, to learn as much as possible about what happened while there remain an ever-shrinking number of survivors. The grandchildren are the last living links to those who survived. Their stories will be the ones that will be sent forward to future generations.
About Marshall Duke:
Marshall Duke, PhD is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology Emeritus. After serving two years as a clinical psychologist in the US Army Medical Service Corps, he joined the Emory faculty in 1970 and remained entrenched until his retirement in 2022. To his knowledge, he is the only member of the Emory faculty ever to have appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. According to some in his family, this was his greatest achievement. He also did some research and teaching, it must be noted.
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Lunch Colloquium -- Matthew Bernstein -- TUESDAY -- March 18, 2025 | |
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Matthew Bernstein
Goodrich C. White Professor of Film and Media
TUESDAY, March 18, 2025
11:30am-1:00pm
“Movie Censorship in Atlanta, 1914 – 1962”
Because the Supreme Court ruled in 1915 that movies were not entitled to first amendment protections, state and city censors sprang up all over the country. Atlanta’s two most consequential censors, Mrs. Alonzo Richardson and Mrs. Christine Smith Gilliam held this position from 1924 through 1962, when the city’s censorship law was invalidated. Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Smith Gillam held significantly different views of their job and the Hollywood industry. In this talk, I discuss the work of both women, with reference to Hollywood’s own content regulation agencies. Not surprisingly, one of their highest priorities, like that of all former Confederate states, was to prevent the screening of films that showed social equality between the races.
About Matthew Bernstein:
Matthew H. Bernstein is the Goodrich C. White Professor of Film and Media at Emory University, where he teaches courses on film history and criticism. He is the author of Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television (2009) and Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent (1994; 2004), a biography of a major producer in the classical era. The editor or co-editor of four anthologies on topics ranging from John Ford westerns to film censorship, Bernstein is a two-time recipient of NEH Research Grants as well as teaching and scholarship awards from the prestigious Society for Cinema and Media Studies. In Atlanta, he has received awards from IMAGE Film, the Atlanta History Center, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, and Emory’s Center For Creativity and the Arts. From 1998 to 2020, he hosted the popular Atlanta Cinema Club. He has served in various leadership roles in the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival since 2006. From 2005 to 2020, he served on the National Film Preservation Board, advising the Librarian of Congress on matters of preservation as well as films to add to the National Film Registry. He is currently co-writing a history of the Columbia Pictures studio and a study of Atlanta film culture in the segregated era.
Matthew earned his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MFA from Columbia University. He and his wife Natalie, the former elementary school librarian at the Paideia School, moved to Atlanta in 1989. They are proud parents of two sons currently residing in Amsterdam and Atlanta.
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Athens Pizza Meet/Greet/Eat! | |
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Another Emeritus College Meet/Greet/Eat!
Join us at noon on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Athens Pizza, 1341 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033.
We will relax and enjoy talking and eating with old and new friends. This is an opportunity to get out of the house, buy yourself a nice lunch, meet other Emeritus College members, and have a little fun. Significant others are always welcome.
Please let us know if you are planning to attend by clicking here.
Hope to see you there!
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REMINDER: 2025 Emeritus College Distinguished Faculty and
Service Awards
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Nominations Needed!!! -- EUEC Faculty and Service Awards
Each year, the Emory University Emeritus College (EUEC) offers two categories of awards: the EUEC Faculty Awards of Distinction and the Distinguished Service Award. Please know we are now beginning to accept nominations for 2025.
For the 2025 awards, completed nominations must be submitted by no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Please submit nominations by email to Dianne Becht, EUEC Program Coordinator, whose email address is Dianne.becht@emory.edu.
Please consider nominating one or more of your colleagues. And please know that self-nominations are also permitted and encouraged. Too often, retired faculty are not fully aware of the achievements of their colleagues, and we must rely on self-disclosure.
The ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS are as follows:
EUEC Faculty Award of Distinction (formerly Distinguished Emeritus/Emerita Award):
- All retired Emory faculty who have been members of EUEC for at least two years.
- Significant professional contributions since retirement to Emory University or its affiliated institutions, as well as contributions to local, state, regional, national, or international communities or professional organizations that reflect the “spirit of Emory.”
- A maximum of four awards are given annually.
- This award may be conferred only once.
Distinguished Service Award:
- All members of the EUEC, including those who have received the Distinguished Faculty Award of Distinction.
- Membership in the EUEC for at least two years.
- Significant service to Emory University or its affiliated institutions, as well as to local, state, regional, national, or international communities or other organizations that reflect the “spirit of Emory.” These contributions must have been made since retirement and are beyond those used to support a previous Distinguished Faculty Award.
- No requirement that an award will be given each year.
When you make your nomination, please include the following:
- Name of nominee
- Department or unit with which the nominee is associated.
- Contact information (email, phone number, and mailing address of nominee).
- Name of nominator
- Department or unit with which the nominator is associated.
- Contact information (email, phone number and mailing address of nominator).
- Description of why the nominee should receive this honor, in no more than two pages. Please do not exceed this limit, but be certain to include enough information for the selection committee to make an informed decision. Please include a curriculum vitae if possible.
Please let us know if you have questions about this process. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Glenn Kellum
Chair, EUEC Honors and Awards Committee
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REMINDER: The 2025 Bianchi-Bugge Award | |
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This Award is meant to advance the mission of the Emory University Emeritus College by providing its membership with financial support for ongoing intellectual activities by means of small, strategic grants to cover expenses incurred in pursuit of a broad range of activities, including, among others: research and writing, lecturing, training, development of teaching materials, and participation in academic conferences. The Award is open to members from all academic units of the University and will foster their continuing professional development as part of a vibrant emeritus community at Emory University.
It is expected the Emeritus Excellence Fund will support two Bianchi Awards each year in amounts ranging up to $2000 for a twelve-month term.
The application process is open to all Regular and Associate members of the EUEC.
Applicants should submit the following:
1) a letter of application (limit to two pages) that describes in some detail the project to be undertaken: its purpose, the means of achieving its goal, and its relevance to the applicant’s own personal and professional development;
2) a simple one-page budget that estimates costs and explains how requested funding would be employed; and
3) an up-to-date curriculum vitae abstract (limited to two pages) that specifically highlights experience relevant to the project and activities undertaken since retirement.
The criteria for selection will include:
- The relationship of the proposed project to the applicant’s demonstrated qualifications
- The projected value of the project to the applicant’s field or discipline
- The feasibility of completing the project within the term of the Award
- The pertinence of the project to resources readily available to the applicant
- The potential the project shows for promoting the public good
Award recipients will be asked to agree to the following conditions:
- Submission of a written report to the Awards and Honors Committee after completing the term of the Award the year following the award.
For the 2025 awards, completed nominations must be submitted by no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Please submit nominations by email to Dianne Becht, EUEC Program Coordinator, Dianne.becht@emory.edu.
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AROHE (Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education) | |
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Three-part Series beginning: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 1:00-2:15pm EST
Where: Via Zoom
EVENT DETAILS: To register please click on the links in the write-up below.
Join us for “Reimagining Retirement: Holistic Cognitive Health,” a three-part virtual learning series hosted by AROHE and Fidelity Investments,® Fidelity is excited to team up with AROHE to bring you this series on cognitive well-being in retirement.
The series is geared toward faculty and staff in higher education who are contemplating retirement or who are already retired and is designed to help attendees to clarify their goals and understand the changes that occur during life’s next chapter. There is no charge to attend; everyone is welcome to register. All sessions will be 10-11:15 a.m. PST, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. MST, 12-1:15 p.m. CST, 1-2:15 p.m. EST.
To learn more, explore Fidelity's article for Ways to Manage Cognitive Decline or, to discuss financial readiness, visit Ask Us Anything to connect with us directly.
Best regards,
AROHE
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Upcoming MedShare Volunteer Opportunity | |
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If you’d like to join this group, we are doing this the second Thursday afternoon of each month. Upcoming sessions: March 13. Registration on the MedShare web site is required.
To register:
Visit the MedShare event registration page at: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0319&console_type=event&ht=1&res_code=EmoryEmeritus
Click the "Sign Up" button for your event and enter your email and first name. If you don't have a MedShare volunteer account, you'll be prompted to create one.
Select the listed event and click “Register."
For registration issues, questions or information about carpooling, please contact Marianne Skeen, marskeen@comcast.net.
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Timothy Albrecht
Professor Emeritus of Music
Since we were unable to record Timothy Albrecht’s January 13 presentation at the Miller-Ward Alumni House, we are providing a recent recording he made of the J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 5 in G Major, BVW 829.
To view the video please click here.
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Tim McDonough
Professor Emeritus of Theater Studies
Since performing a bunch of different ways "i’d like to die" (Best Autobiographical One-Man Show, United Solo Theatre Festival, 2019), I’ve written about two fictional stage performers whose careers embody my convictions about acting as a craft, a way of life, and an existential perspective. The storytelling is at times theatrical, comical, biographical, philosophical.
HIS HOUR UPON THE STAGE
Sunday March 23 2 pm
Monday March 24 7:30 pm
ONLY AN ACTOR
Sunday March 30 2 pm
Monday March 31 7:30 pm
Two monologues about acting (and related matters)
Written and read by Tim McDonough
- Theater Lab, Schwartz Center, Emory University
- Free. No reservations required.
- Each reading will be about 90 minutes, without intermission.
- Free parking is available on weekends and weekdays after 6pm in the Fishburne Parking Deck, adjacent to the Schwartz Center.
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The Theater Lab is located on the campus side of the Schwartz Center. Enter through the North Lobby doors, facing the Goizueta Business School. Plan your visit at schwartz.emory.edu/visit.
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Theater Emory: Static Head
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 7:30pm EST
Friday, February 21, 2025, 7:30pm EST
Saturday, February 22, 2025, 2pm EST
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 2pm EST
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: Theater Lab |1700 N Decatur Rd
Theater Emory 2024-2025 Season
$15 | Emory Students Free
Purchase Tickets Here
Enter the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts from the North Lobby, facing Goizueta Business School.
Static Head follows engineering students at a technological academy as concerns and confusion begin to take hold of the campus when students who are no longer a part of this mortal coil suddenly start posting on a TikTok analog app. This paranoid sci-fi tale is about technology and how it changes us as organisms.
Recommended parking for Schwartz Center events is the Fishburne Parking Deck (free for events after 6 p.m. and on weekends).
Additional Emory Visitor Parking Information Here
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Tenenbaum Lecture to Feature Dr. Avinoam Patt on "Israel and the Holocaust: Changing Landscapes of Memory"
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7:00pm EST
M. C. Carlos Museum
Ackerman Hall
The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies (TIJS) at Emory University will feature Prof. Avinoam Patt of New York University as the speaker for this year’s Tenenbaum Family Lecture in Judaic Studies. The lecture, to take place on Thursday, February 27 at 7:00pm, will address the topic: “Israel and the Holocaust: Changing Landscapes of Memory.” This free, on-campus event will be held in the Carlos Museum’s Ackerman Hall.
Advanced registration is requested, which you may complete here: tinyurl.com/emorytenenbaumlecture.
For more information please click here.
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Details and other information, as well as additional campus events, can be found on the Emory Events Calendar.
If you'd like to share an event/program of interest before the next newsletter
please contact Dianne Becht Dianne.becht@emory.edu
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Walking the Campus with Dianne | |
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The beautiful, peaceful spot discovered on our last walk can be found at Hahn Woods. Similar to Lullwater Preserve (and actually connected via a path/trail that goes under the bridge on Houston Mill Road), it's a place you can go for peace and quiet, as well as a place to simply unwind and appreciate nature.
Hahn Woods is located at 880 Houston Mill Road, just a short walk from the Luce Center. The area is named for T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. who was an Emory trustee and CEO of Georgia-Pacific. He served as chair of the Emory Board of Trustees' Investment Committee and a member of the Executive Committee until his elevation to emeritus status at age 70 in 1997.
This 4.7-acre preserve was reclaimed from a landfill with the help of Georgia-Pacific, which wanted to honor its retiring CEO. It is part of a 60-acre parcel acquired by Emory University in 1960 along with the Houston Mill House.
To get to the spot I've photographed, enter the parking area off Houston Mill Road, take the set of stairs down from the parking area and follow the (mostly level) trail along the creek.
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The weather here in Atlanta has been so unpredictable lately. Hot, cold, sunny, rainy....you never know what will come next, but as I'm writing this, the sun is out and it's a nice day to be outside.
We've visited this little hippo before, but it's just so darn cute, it's worth visiting again.
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Where will you find this on the Emory campus?
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