By the way, in the October Sunset Magazine, riding a bike (or taking
a tour with Friends of the LA River) through the LA River is featured
"Trip with a Twist" number 2 (out of 25), with the note about it
contributed by Jenny Price --
sorry I can't join you this time, but I highly recommend the tour!
Kathie Sheldon

At 04:32 PM 9/19/2008, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Hello research scholars,
>
>Just wanted to follow up on some of the issues we've been talking
>about, and to give you some preliminary information about the brown
>bag schedule for the year.
>
>First, only a couple people replied on scheduling preferences for the
>"monthly drop in" sessions for the research scholars.  We're going to
>look into the first Wednesday of the month from about 10-2 (or 11 to
>1) as a possibility, see if the room's available on those days.
>Please reply to the listserv if you have any thoughts about that.
>Once I've heard back from April, we'll let you know.
>
>Second, the brown bag series for 2008-09 is taking shape.  We have
>some exciting topics tentatively scheduled, and a wonderful tour of
>the L.A. river to kick off the series.  Our own research scholar Jenny
>Price, an expert on the environmental history and present of Los
>Angeles, has generously offered to lead the tour on October 12 from
>9:30 - 1:30.  I hope many of us can attend.  I will be sending out a
>separate e-mail on this with all the particulars.  Please RSVP to her
>directly if you'd like to attend.
>
>Also, Brenda Johnson-Grau, the editor of the CSW newsletter, asked if
>someone might be willing to write up an article and/or take pictures
>for the newsletter on the LA River Tour.  Any volunteers?  You can
>contact Brenda directly about this: [log in to unmask]
>
>So here's how the Brown Bag series is shaping up:
>
>Fall:  Oct 12: LA River Tour, led by Jenny Price
>
>Winter (late January):  Ursula Lindqvist (a new RS) will present on
>her research on Anna Hergaard, the "mixed race" mistress of Governor
>Peter Von Scholten in the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin
>Islands) in the mid-19th C.  Ursula will be exploring what
>representations of Hergaard in recent Danish cultural texts reveal
>about the politics of race and gender in today's Denmark.
>
>Spring: tentatively Julie Nack Ngue (another new RS!) is interested in
>presenting on her research which focuses on representations of illness
>and disability in Francophone African and Caribbean literature and
>cinema.  Julie is interested in pairing up with any other RS working
>on Africa and/or health issues.  Anyone interested?  You can contact
>Julie directly at [log in to unmask]  You may remember Julie
>from the lunch -- the
>one who was due to deliver her baby in about a week...  so if she
>doesn't reply to your e-mail immediately, you will know why.  We wish
>her all the best.
>
>If anyone else would like to get on the schedule, please let me know
>soon.  Also, to Julie and Ursula, please let me know specific
>times/dates that you prefer, so we can firm up the schedule, reserve
>rooms, etc.
>
>On another note...  Don't forget to drop a line to the listserv if
>you're interested in setting up an informal "satellite coffee."
>
>Hope everyone is well.
>
>best,
>Becky
>your RS Liaison