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Description:: Roger Hart talks to Peter Shea about mathematics in China, from ancient linear algebra to 17th century Jesuit missions.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hart, Roger
Created:: 2007-03-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Now chaplain at Minnetonka Shores Presbyterian Home in Minnetonka, Mary Pauluk was for a long time chaplain at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, Minnesota. In this interview, she talks about why she chose to move back to small-town Minnesota after living in the big city.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Pauluk, Mary
Created:: 2002-05-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Eva Hudecova is a Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, and a co-translator of Slovak author Michal Hvoreck√Ω‚Äôs novel "Danube in America". She also spoke about the collaborative translation project in a discussion in April 2015.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hudecova, Eva
Created:: 2015-05-19
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Holly Day‚Äòs writing has appeared in over 3,500 publications internationally, including Computer Music Journal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, Brutarian Magazine, Interface Technology, and Mixdown Magazine. Sherman Wick has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, focusing on music, film, and Minnesota‚Äôs rich cultural and historica...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Day, Holly; Wick, Sherman
Created:: 2015-11-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ann Waltner talks to Peter Shea about Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and the boundaries between reality and the supernatural in 16th Century China.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Waltner, Ann
Created:: 2006-05-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Suzanne Cahill talks to Peter Shea about the Tang Dynasty, Daoism, and the position of women in ancient China.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Cahill, Suzanne
Created:: 2007-12-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Barbara Draper‚Äôs poems have been or are pending publication in The Talking Stick, The Aurorean, and Passagers where her poem received an honorable mention. She‚Äôs a long time Michigander, now living in Minneapolis. For fun she enjoys downhill skiing and playing with her granddaughters.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Draper, Barbara
Created:: 2016-02-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Karin Velez is Assistant Professor of History at Macalester College, and a 2014-15 visiting fellow at the IAS. V√©lez is especially interested in spiritual encounters, comparative empire, the spread of Catholic devotion, the experience of indigenous women on the American frontiers, and the communal formulation of myths.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Velez, Karin
Created:: 2015-03-03
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13