Discovering DNA at the Eagle Pub 

Thought for the day

'Cultural Chauvinism'
How would you define it? How can it be identified? With what might it contrast?

This leads me to the topic of multiculturalism.
How would you fill in the blanks?
culture : multiculturalism :: ? : ?

Concerts

In case you are keeping track....

Programs from last weekend:

Part - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20
Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

Mozart - Requiem
Foggit - Piano Concerto
Foggit - Te Deum

Programs for next weekend:

Brahms - Requiem

Saint Saens - Cello Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Verdi - La Forza del Destino

let me know if you want details about where and when.

Varsity Squash Match

Friday was the annual Varsity Squash Match. I had a lot of fun watching and was once again impressed by the Royal Automobile Club. This year I even got to go to the fancy dinner afterwards!

I spent Saturday morning in the British Museum. The head curator of anthropology gave my museums group a lecture on Thursday about her newest exhibit - "Living and Dying." It was fantastic to go explore the exhibit after hearing her insights. I also studied the Americas room and portions of the Captain Cook collection on display. Objects collected during his third voyage on the Northwest Coast of America may play a large role in my dissertation. Of course, I couldn't make a trip to the British Museum without visiting the mummies! They have now incorporated some interesting CAT scan images of mummies that have never been unwrapped.

On the train home, I mastered Marxist ideological theory and Gramscian hegemony. I am now officially way too absorbed in anthropological theory.

Saturday Movings

Today Rita and I exchanged rooms in our flat. It is amazing how fresh and new everything feels, with all the same things simply arranged differently. You should try it out. Go re-arrange a room in your house right now! It will make you feel great- I promise!

Easter Vacation

I am officially going to be in Las Vegas on Easter Vacation from April 5 until April 16.
Let me know if you will be around as well!

Karen Armstrong

This evening I got a chance to hear a lecture on Fundamentalism by the religious scholar Karen Armstrong.
Some highlights of the evening:
"You know... it was me and Desmond Tutu."
And more seriously:
"Culture is always contested."