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Lecture and Performance Series
Lecture & Program Series
2009-2010
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Jim Booker, Professor of Economics
"The Tragedy of the Commons Reconsidered"
Monday November 16th 4:00 PM RB 202.
This talk will explore the work of Nobel Laureate Dr. Elinor Ostrom as it relates to the seminal work of Garrett Hardin
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Foundations Fall 2008 Lectures
Constitution Day Speaker (Center for Government and Politics and The New York Times College Readership Program)
Adam Liptak, Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times
“Liberty Versus Security: The Supreme Court in the Age of Terror"
Friday, September 19, 12:30 p.m., Sarazen Student Union 243
Speaker
Sandra Steingraber, "The Falling Age of Puberty in US Girls"
Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 pm, RB 202
(Co-sponsored by The Bowman Center for Women, Environmental Studies, Foundations, The Niebuhr Institute, and Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer in honor of their 10th anniversary)
Speaker
Rose Finn, "Unsolved Mysteries of Astronomy"
Wednesday, September 24, 4:00 pm, RB 202
What is the nature of the Universe? Where did we come from? Are we alone? These questions have been posed by humankind for centuries, if not longer. In recent times, scientists have made great strides toward answering many of these fundamental questions. Still, despite all that we have learned about the Universe and our place within it, many astounding mysteries remain. In this lecture, I will focus on two open questions: (1) Are we alone?, and (2) What is the Universe made of?, and I will describe present and future experiments that hope to provide some answers.
Speaker
Mary Meany, "Being Franciscan When You Are Not a Franciscan" (Clare Center Lecture)
Thursday, October 2, 4:00 pm, St. Mary of the Angels Chapel
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Peggy McIntosh, "Race and Gender Relations: Re-Visioning Both" (Opening DOoRS)
Monday, November 10, 7:00 pm, Sarazen Student Union 240-243
Peggy McIntosh is founder and co-director of the National S.E.E.D. Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). She consults widely throughout the country and the world on creating gender-fair and multicultural curricula. McIntosh authored the ground-breaking "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies." This analysis and its shorter form, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," have been instrumental in putting the dimension of privilege into discussions of gender, race and sexuality. McIntosh is a highly-sought-after speaker on these topics.
Other Programs for Foundations Students and Faculty in Fall 2008
Popular Books at Siena 2008
Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World
Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 pm, RB 202
Fareed Zakaria is an author and international affairs editor at Newsweek whose previous bestseller was entitled The Future of Freedom. In his newest book, Zakaria explains a future world shaped by many emerging power centers. The book is not about the decline of America but rather about the rise of everyone else. The Post-American World is a call for using our nation's strengths to achieve prosperity as have other parts of the world in recent times. Panelists who will discuss this book are Dr. Vera Eccarius-Kelly from the Political Science Department, Dr. Karl Barbir from History, and Dr. John Hampton, KPMG Professor of Business from St. Peter's College.
Popular Books at Siena 2008
Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew America
Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 pm, RB 202
Thomas Friedman's forthcoming book (September 8, 2008) is likely to be an instant bestseller like his recent work, The World is Flat. In Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Friedman examines the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy and their consequences if we do not act quickly and collectively to alter these developments. He proposes an ambitious national strategy called "Geo-Greenism" which he claims will make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure. Panelists who will discuss this book are Dr. Lawrence Woolbright from the Environmental Studies and Biology Departments, Dr. Matthew Johnson from Sociology. and Dr. Jean Mangun, newly appointed head of the Environmental Studies Department.
Foundations Spring 2009 Lectures
Michael Eric Dyson
Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on Race and Nonviolent Social Change
Wednesday, January 28, 7:00 pm, in the MAC
Popular Books at Siena 2008
Michael Eric Dyson's April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America
Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 pm, RB 202
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