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Spring 2004 'Mind and Memory' lecture series is again open to the public

The Mind and Memory: Exploring Creativity in the Arts and Sciences course begins this month on campus at Cornell and runs through April. This popular annual offering includes public lectures by distinguished members of the Cornell faculty and other creative people from a wide range of disciplines.

"Creativity is the attribute of the mind that enables us to make new combinations from often unfamiliar information," said Joyce Morgenroth, associate professor of dance and Mind and Memory instructor. "As is true of all learning, creativity is dependent upon memory -- a memory that is genetic and social as well as personal and experimental."

Lectures are Mondays from 2:55 to 4:10 p.m. in 155 Olin Hall and are free and open to the public. This year's remaining speakers and their topics are:

  • Feb. 9 -- Mary Gilliland, poet, Cornell writing instructor, "Walking Out of Oneself: Poetry and Labyrinths."

  • Feb. 16 -- Katrin Mueller-Johnson, Cornell graduate student in psychology, "False Memories."

  • Feb. 23 -- David Feldshuh, Cornell professor and artistic director of theatre, film and dance, "Creativity and the Actor."

  • March 1 -- Joyce Morgenroth, Cornell associate professor and choreographer, "Training Intuition."

  • March 15 -- Harry Greene, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, "Tracks and Shadows, Field Biology as Art."

  • March 29 -- Katy Payne, visiting fellow at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, naturalist and writer, "Elephants, Mind and Memory."

  • April 5 -- Virginia Utermohlen, Cornell associate professor of nutritional sciences, topic to be announced.

  • April 12 -- Buzz Spector, professor and chair of the Cornell Department of Art, "Art and the Land: of Memory and Place."

  • April 19 -- Paula Horrigan, Cornell associate professor of landscape architecture, "Creating Landscapes: Real and Imagined."

  • April 26 and May 3 -- Student works.

    For more information on Mind and Memory, contact course leader Morgenroth at jdm9@cornell.edu or 254-2744, or Bruce Levitt, faculty chair of the Cornell Council for the Arts, at bal5@cornell.edu or 254-2739.

    February 5, 2004

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