Honors, Awards, and Lectures - Scholarship & Academic Achievements

Honors, Awards, and Notable Lectures

(7/2/03) Roy Ginsberg, professor of government, spent two weeks in Greece and Cyprus as a participant in the U.S. Department of State’s Speaker and Specialist Program. He lectured on transatlantic relations before a variety of audiences, including the Athens embassy, the Association of American University Alumni, the Balkan Studies Institute, the U.S. Consulate in Thessaloniki, and the Cyprus European Institute. He also was interviewed by print and broadcast media in each country.

(3/12/03) Bernard H. Kastory, F. William Harder professor of business administration, delivered a lecture titled “Leadership, Values and Responsible Corporate Governance: Regaining Our Balance” on Tuesday, March 11, 2003.
    Kastory discussed the need for balance between internal and external controls on corporate behavior, and what needs to be done to encourage a culture of compliance rather than a culture of enforcement.
    In his talk, delivered as the annual F. William Harder Lecture in Business Administration, Kastory challenged the audience to consider not only rate of return, but also the business practices of the companies in which they invest. He criticized unethical corporate officers, not only for their failure to consider the social contract, but also for damaging their companies' values in the long term.
    Kastory joined the Skidmore faculty in the fall of 2001, after a 30-year career in business, most recently as senior vice president for finance and administration and director of Asian and Latin American operations at Bestfoods.
    The Harder lecture, named for a former trustee of the College, is designed to bring together students and faculty with industry leaders to explore the current business environment and the challenges that lie ahead. More

(2/12/03) Associate Professor of English R. Parthasarathy presented this year’s Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Research Lecture, “Writing Between the Lines: The Politics and Poetics of Translation.” Parthasarathy, a poet and translator, discussed the ways that politics shape and direct translation.
    Parthasarathy has translated from Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and Urdu. His translation of the Tamil epic The Tale of an Anklet (fifth century) won several international awards, including the 1994 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Citation, a 1995 English translation prize from the National Academy of Letters in India, and the 1996 A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation from the Association for Asian Studies.
    Parthasarathy’s other works include Rough Passage, a long poem, and two as-yet-unpublished manuscripts. The first is a sequence of poems that bears witness to the political uncertainties of contemporary times; the second is a work on Indian poetics. More

(12/12/02) Professor Emeritus of Geosciences Ken Johnson received the Outstanding Educator Award at the 31st annual meeting of the Eastern Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, held this fall in Champaign, Ill. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the education and training of geologists.
    Johnson, who retired in 2001, was honored for more than 35 years of teaching at Skidmore, "where he initiated and creatively developed exemplary geology and environmental studies programs," according to the award citation.
    A native of Oneonta, N.Y., Johnson earned a B.S. degree at Union College, an M.S. degree at Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. degree at RPI. He also served in the U.S. Navy.
    Johnson joined the Skidmore faculty in 1966 as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics. He became the first chair of the new Department of Geology (now the Department of Geosciences) in 1969.
    According to the Eastern Section citation, "The education, training, and inspiration of young geologists, both within and outside of the traditional classroom setting, is something that Ken has clearly done with exceptional skill."

(8/27/02) Roy Ginsberg, professor of government, has been appointed the 2002-03 Glaverbel Chair in European Politics at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.
    Ginsberg will present a series of lectures on U.S.-European relations, with topics including trans-Atlantic security and trade, terrorism, the Mideast crisis, arms proliferation, world trade talks, Russian and Chinese integration into the world economy, and the enlargement of the European Union. More

(3/8/02) Roy Ginsberg, professor of government, made a second trip to Germany in two months to speak at the German Green Party's annual foreign policy conference. More

(2/7/02) Penny Jolly, professor of art history, gave the Edwin M. Moseley Faculty Research Lecture, "Pregnant Moments: Maternity Clothing as a Metaphor in 15th-Century Netherlandish Art." More

(2/7/02) Roy Ginsberg, professor of government, gave a series of talks on U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-European Union relations in the Czech Republic and Germany.
    In Prague, he spoke to groups of Czech foreign ministry and other officials and to students at two universities, and he joined 13 Skidmore students participating in the 15th annual international intercollegiate simulation of the European Union.
In Germany, Ginsberg spoke at the German-American Institutes in Heidleberg and Stuttgart, the University of Munich, the German Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute on International Politics, at gatherings of the Green and Social Democratic parties, and at the Bundestag in Berlin.
    At the Center for Applied Policy Research at the University of Munich, Ginsberg was interviewed on European security and defense policy. Hear the interview

(Winter '02) Tadahisa Kuroda, professor of history, has been named as the first incumbent of the David H. Porter Chair at Skidmore College. The endowed chair honors the broad talents and deep dedication of Skidmore’s faculty and of its president emeritus, David Porter. More

(Summer '01) John Anzalone, professor of French, is the recipient of the Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching. More

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