Spring 2009 Events

January 2009

Amanda Kemp, "Show me the Franklins! Remembering the Ancestors, Slavery, and Benjamin Franklin"
January 26

This unique performance weaves together waiting worship, yoga, ritual and theatre to recover the stories and perspectives of Benjamin Franklin's African Contemporaries.

February 2009

Seth Shulman, "Restoring Scientific Integrity: Advice for the New Administration"
February 3

Shulman, author of Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration, discusses a misuse of science and lack of scientific integrity in policymaking in the Bush administration.

Marshall Miller & Dorian Solot, "The Female Orgasm"
February 4

"The Female Orgasm" combines sex education and women's empowerment with a hearty dose of laughter.

V-Day Events, including "The Vagina Monologues"
February 6-14

V-Day at F&M features a series of events and theatrical productions to promote sexual awareness and raise funds for V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

Dan Ardia, "Organisms in Nature as a Central Focus in Biology: Remembering Darwin's Legacy in a Time of Reductionism"
February 12

Ardia's talk is in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species.

Domenico Pietropaolo, "Relativity and the Logic of Action in Modern Drama: Futurism, Pirandello and Shaw"
February 19

Professor Pietropaolo, Emilio Goggio Chair of the Italian Department at University of Toronto, is the translator of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

"Latin America in the New Millennium," Latin American & Iberian Studies Speaker Series
February 24-April 21

This speaker series aims to promote an interest among the F&M community for the Latin American and Iberian region and educate the community about key events facing the region.

Marc Rotenberg, "Scientific Evidence and Supreme Court Litigation: The Role of Research in Emerging Privacy Cases"
February 25

Rotenberg's talk will discuss the Herring case, and then describe the need for empirical evidence to help the Court understand the new challenges to privacy and civil liberties.

March 2009

CLAS Inaugural Symposium for Emerging Scholars
March 5-7

CLAS invites nominations of promising junior scholars whose research embodies the ideals of liberal art scholarship. Three fellowships of $1000 will be awarded to those junior scholars whose research relates the symposium theme of "Resonance."

Conference on Philosophy
March 27-28

This conference will bring together philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive scientists to investigate the place human agency has in the natural world.

Charles A. Kimball, "Finding a Common World: Negotitating the Volatile Mix of Religion, Oil and Politics in US-Iranian Relations"
March 29

An ordained Baptist minister who received his doctorate from Harvard University in comparative religion with specialization in Islamic studies, Kimball is the author of three books about religion in the Middle East.

Thomas Hylton, "Save Our Lands, Save Our Towns: Growing Communities, Not Sprawl"
March 30

Thomas Hylton will discuss how Americans can live a neighborhood-focused way of life that reduces the cost of living, protects the environment, and provides a sense of belonging.

Gary Rosenberg, "The Anatomy of Landscape Art: Links to the Origins of Modern Geologic Thought and Democracy"
March 31

Gary Rosenberg will speak on understanding modern geologic thought in Western Europe through art history.

April 2009

Angela Rose & "Take Back the Night" Rally
April 2

Angela Rose will speak out on her experience with and actions against sexual violence. Take Back the Night is an annual, nationwide program to shatter the silence surrounding sexual violence.

Frank Furstenburg, "Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing"

April 1

Frank Furstenburg will discuss adolescent sexual behavior in the context of urban neighborhoods,  focusing on teenage childbearing.