http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/3580 Library and campus events of interest to Literatures and Languages Library patrons. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28080585 http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28080585 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:00 CDT In January of 1952 at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica, Ian Lancaster Fleming, aged forty-three, typed the words: "Scent and smoke and sweat hit the taste buds with an acid thwack at three o'clock in the morning." Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, was born. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Casino Royale, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library will showcase a great 'thwacking' portion of the publication history of Casino Royale, and also broadly represent the print history of Ian Fleming's important writing career. Special exhibit include a manuscript copy of Fleming's earliest surviving short story, dozens of editions, translations, and even parodies of Casino Royale, and even Fleming's letter bludgeoning his friends to actually buy his book. Also highlighted are selections from Fleming's notable journalism career, the first editions of all the 'Bond' books, original cover art for the 1955 British paperback, and a typescript manuscript of Casino Royale. Banker, wartime spymaster, foreign news editor, children's author (the creator of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and himself a bibliophile, the creator of 'Bond, James Bond,' left an indelible mark on twentieth-century culture. This exhibition traces the influence of Fleming's creation of Bond forward to our own century. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28624464 Institute http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28624464 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:30:00 CDT Languages taught include Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Wolof. To learn more about SILMW: http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28625017 Lecture http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28625017 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:00:00 CDT Moshe Halbertal is the Gruss Professor at NYU Law School and Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at the Hebrew University, and a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in 1989, and from 1988-1992 he was a fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. Moshe Halbertal served as a visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the author of the books "Idolatry" (co authored with Avishai Margalit) and "People of the Book: Canon, Meaning and Authority," both published by Harvard University Press. He is as well the author of "Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Tradition and Its Philosophical Implications," published by Princeton university Press. He is as well the author of the books "Interpretative Revolutions in the Making," and "Between Torah and Wisdom: R. Menachem ha-Meiri and The Maimonidean Halakhists in Provence," both published in Hebrew by Magnes Press. His latest book published in Hebrew is "By Way of Truth: Nahmanides and the Creation of Tradition." Marjorie Hall Thulin (1910-2009) graduated from the University of Illinois in 1931. She enjoyed a successful career in advertising. She also published poetry and children's literature, and edited a book on the history of Glencoe, Ill., where she was a longtime resident and active community member. Mrs. Thulin's desire for students to understand how religion grows and functions in a complex society, especially Christianity in American society, led her to endow a fund that makes it possible for an internationally known scholar of religion and contemporary culture to be resident on the Champaign-Urbana campus for several days each academic year. One of the main duties of the Marjorie Hall Thulin Scholar of Religion and Contemporary Culture is to deliver the annual Thulin lecture, which is a major public event on campus. In 2009 Mrs. Thulin's friends and admirers at the university established in her honor two new undergraduate awards: the Marjorie Hall Thulin Prize for Excellence in the Study of Religion and the Marjorie Hall Thulin Scholarships for Study Abroad and for Student Research in Religion. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28636438 Conference http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3580/28636438 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:00:00 CST