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William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History Maurice Isserman's book, "America Divided: The Civil War of the Sixties," is listed in a Jan. 24 article in the National Review titled, "A Right Man’s Left-Hand Library," written by editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg. The article's focus is to recommend the best books on the history of liberalism in America from the writer's perspective.

Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, co-authored a paper with Mark Klinedinst titled "Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation in Bulgaria after Mass Privatization: Evidence from New Panel Data," recently published in the book Participation in the Age of Globalization and Information, which is volume 9 in the series Advances in the Economics Analysis of Participatory and Labor Managed Firms, edited by Panu Kalmi and Mark Klinedinst, and published by Elsevier. This analysis of both private and state-owned Bulgarian firms reviews the potential impact of ownership and age of the firm on diverse issues concerning corporate governance and executive compensation from 1997 through 2001.

“SHOW TITLE HERE,” the Hamilton College art faculty exhibition, will be open through April 15 in the Emerson Gallery. There will also be three artist talks during February, each from noon to 1 p.m. in the gallery, beginning with Ella Gant and Rebecca Murtaugh on Wednesday, Feb. 1, followed by Sylvia de Swaan and Barry Gerson on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and Bruce Muirhead and Joy Powell on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

A Critical Cinema 5 is comprised of 14 interviews in which Scott MacDonald, visiting professor of art history, engages filmmakers in detailed discussions of their films and of the personal experiences and political and theoretical currents that have shaped their work. The interviews are arranged to express the remarkable diversity of modern independent cinema and the interactive community of filmmakers that has dedicated itself to producing forms of cinema that critique conventional media.

Ten Hamilton students traveled to Prague, Czech Republic, with Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, to participate in the Model European Union, January 5-8. Participating for the 16th year, Hamilton is a member of the Consortium of New York state colleges and universities that sponsors these conferences. During their stay in Prague, the students simulated the development of a common European refugee policy.  Students who participated were Murtaza Jafri, Matt D'Amico, Riada Asimovic, Elena Filekova, Steve Sallan, Melissa Kong, Tammim Akiki, Ntoko Xaba, Natalie Tarallo and Meghan Stringer.

The art history faculty has moved into the newly renovated Art Center, formerly the Molly Root House, and will be teaching classes in the facility this semester. Located on the south side of College Hill Road across from the Griffin Road intersection, the large white house with side porches has two first floor classrooms and faculty offices on the second floor for professors Agnes Bertiz, Rand Carter, Steve Goldberg, John McEnroe, Deborah Pokinski and Jay Williams. The building also includes a seminar room, conference room, slide library and student research areas.

Hamilton College’s Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is continuing its series of lectures this spring focused primarily on the duties and roles of superpowers. The series is titled “The Responsibilities of a Superpower.” The evening lectures are free and open to the public. Princeton Professor Alan Krueger, Columbia University Senior Fellow Jagdish Bhagwati and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Larry Diamond will be among speakers.

At the annual December meeting of alumni leaders in New York City, Hamilton College's board of trustees announced that the institution has received more than $100 million in gifts toward its $175 million capital campaign goal. Publicly announced at last December's alumni meeting, the Excelsior Campaign is focused on raising funds for several major initiatives. Campaign priorities include support for new and expanded campus facilities, scholarships and faculty development.

First Lt. Michael Cleary, a graduate of the class of 2003, was killed Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Samarra, Iraq. On Tuesday, he had led his unit to a bomb factory which his unit destroyed and was returning from the mission when the unit was ambushed by insurgent forces. Cleary served with E Company, 1st Battalion and 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division and had graduated from Airborne School, Ranger School and Anti-Terrorist School.

At the annual December meeting of alumni leaders in New York City, Hamilton College’s board of trustees announced that the institution has received more than $100 million in gifts toward its $175 million capital campaign goal. Publicly announced at last December’s alumni meeting, the Excelsior Campaign is focused on raising funds for several major initiatives. Campaign priorities include support for new and expanded campus facilities, scholarships and faculty development.