Chair Nora M. Alter was appointed to the committee of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Additionally, she gave the following Public Invited Lectures: “The Essay Film,” Center for Humanities at Temple University, Philadelphia, (October 2010); “National Performances” Live Cinema/In the Round: Contemporary Art from the East Mediterranean, Newark, Delaware, (September 2010); “Between Art and Documentary,” Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, (September 2010).