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Clifford Geertz, an eminent scholar in the field of cultural anthropology known for his extensive research in Indonesia and Morocco, died at the age of 80 early yesterday morning of complications following heart surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Geertz was Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he has served on the Faculty since 1970. Dr.

Heart of Darkness, Tarik O'Regan's opera-in-progress, will receive a concert workshop performance, plus a libretto reading and discussion on November 4 at 8:00 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study. Presented by the American Opera Projects (AOP) and based on the novella by Joseph Conrad, the opera's libretto is by British artist Tom Phillips.

The Institute for Advanced Study has announced the schedule for its 2006-07 concert series. Entitled Recent Pasts 20/21, the series explores a variety of aesthetic perspectives in Western art music of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This year is the final season of the four-year series, which is sponsored by the Institute’s Artist-in-Residence program, curated by Jon Magnussen.

Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine has been appointed the Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Tremaine will join the Faculty of the Institute on January 1, 2007.

Dr. Tremaine succeeds the late John Norris Bahcall (1934-2005), who joined the Faculty of the Institute in 1971, and served as the Richard Black Professor from 1997 until his death in August 2005.