“What Is the Best Solution for Israel/Palestine: One
State or Two States?”
Norton Mezvinsky, CSU Professor, History; and Benjamin Sevitch,
Professor, Communication
Thursday, May 4
4:00pm
Vance Academic 105
Contact: Ali Antar, 832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
“What
Is the Best Solution for
Israel/Palestine: One State or Two
States?”
Norton Mezvinsky, CSU Professor,
History; and Benjamin Sevitch,
Professor, Communication
Thursday, May 4
4:00pm
Vance Academic 105
Contact:
Ali Antar,
832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
“Brazil and the World”
Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima,
Consul General of Brazil in New York
Monday, May 8
2:00 p.m.
Founders Hall, Davidson
Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119;
mahonym@CCSU.edu
“Dancing in the Pan-American Cabaret:
Musical Films & Hemispheric Identity.”
Adrián Perez Melgosa, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Department of Hispanic
Languages & Literatures & Department of
Comparative Studies, SUNY Stony Brook
Wednesday, May 3
12 p.m.
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119;
mahonym@ccsu.edu and/or Katherine
Sugg; suggkae@ccsu.edu
"The
Kent State Massacre: It's Meaning For
Today"
Mike Alewitz, CCSU Art Department
Wednesday, May 3
2 p.m.
Philbrick-Camp Room, Student Center
Contact: Mike Alewitz, 832-2359,
alewitzm@ccsu.edu
“Israel
& Palestine: Abusive History & Misuse of
Anti-Semitism”
Norman Finkelstein, Professor, Political
Science, DePaul University
Wednesday, May 3
7:00 p.m.
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact:
Ali Antar,
832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
"Lessons from Colombia"
Panel discussion:
Mary Roldán (Professor, Cornell University):
“Subjective Histories: La Violencia in
Colombia”; Armando Romero (Professor,
University of Cincinnati):
“Nadaism: Freeing
Colombian Poetry from Cultural Monopoly”;
Sergio Dow (independent filmmaker):
“Colombia Through the Camera’s Lens”;
Gustavo Mejía (Professor,
CCSU):
“Displacement & Coca Production:Testimonies from the Colombian Amazon
Monday,
May 1
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: Student Center, Carlton/ Sprague
Room
Contact:
Prof. Antonio Garcia, 832-0056 or Professor
Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119
“Democratizing American Higher Education:
Promoting the Idea of a Multicultural
University”
Manning Marable, Professor of
Public Affairs, Political Science, &
History, Columbia University; author, Living Black History
Thursday, April
27
4:00 p.m.
Founders Hall, Davidson
Contact: Felton Best, 832-2190;
bestf@ccsu.edu
“Darkness Amidst the Day: The Solar Eclipse
of March 29, 2006”
The Lee-Rio 2006
Lecture
Kristine Larsen, professor of
astronomy, CCSU
Tuesday, April 25
4:00-5:00
Planetarium, Room NC211
Contact: Ali Antar,
832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
"North Korea: Do They
Have the Bomb or Just Our Attention?"
John Feffer, journalist, Korea expert, &
author of North Korea/South Korea: US
Policy at a Time of Crisis
Monday, April 24
5:30 PM
Robert C. Vance Academic Center, Rm. 105
Contact: Mark Jones, 832-2819;
jonesM@ccsu.edu
“Let the
Rivers Run!” - A Campaign for the
Re-greening of Nicaragua
Nicaraguan activist,
Elvin Castellon, is Director of the
Federation for the Integral Development of
Peasant Farmers (FEDICAMP) of Nicaragua
Tuesday,
April 25
12:30 p.m.
Willard Hall, Room 210
For more information, contact Jack Lucas
(860- 561-0848;
hakacs@megahits.com
"Languages
and Contemporary Geopolitics"
Professor Mary Louise Pratt
,
Silver Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
New York University
Roundtable Discussants: Paul Karpuk (CCSU,
English and
Eastern European Languages and Literatures),
Lilián Uribe (CCSU, Modern Languages),
Timothy Rickard (CCSU, Geography ), Matthew
Ciscel (CCSU, Linguistics), Anne Gebelein (Trinity
College,
Modern Languages)
Thursday, April 20
3:30 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact:
Katherine Sugg;
suggkae@ccsu.edu
"Leadership Challenges of Offshore Outsourcing"
Adrienne Milics, President and Executive
Coach Parnassum
Friday, April 21
10:00 AM.
Robert C. Vance Academic Center, Room 203
Contact: Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, 832-2727
"Crossing
Borders, Crossing Disciplines: New Approaches to Latin American & U.S.
Latino History"
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, Assistant Professor,
University of Connecticut
Wednesday, April 19
12 PM
Marcus White Living Room
Contact:
Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119;
mahonym@ccsu.edu
and/or Katherine Sugg;
suggkae@ccsu.edu
"After the Palestinian &
Israeli Elections: Prospects for Conflict Resolution"
Norton
Mezvinsky, CSU Professor of History
Wednesday, April 19
4:00 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805,
MezvinskyN@CCSU.edu
"Theological Misorientation: Exploring the Religion &
Mental Health Intersection in African Descent People"
Daudi Azibo, Distinguished Professor, Association of
Black Psychologists; Professor of Psychology, Grambling University
Monday, April 17
12-1 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson
Contact: Grace Kennedy 832-2816;
kennedyg@ccsu.edu
"What Is The U.S. Doing In
Haiti? --Sociopolitical Implications of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti"
Leslie Desmangles,
Professor
of Religion & International Studies, Trinity College
Wednesday, April 12
12-12:50 PM
DiLoreto Hall, Room 109
Contact:
Melinda
Baumgartner 832-2610;
BaumgartnerM@ccsu.edu
“What’s an
Ecologist Doing in a War Zone? Science, Security, & Foreign Policy in
Iraq”
Dr. Peter Smallwood, Department of Biology, University of Richmond
Monday, April 10
2 PM
Copernicus 232
Contact: Sylvia Halkin, 832-22651;
HalkinS@ccsu.edu
“The
Place of Improvisation--The Improvisation of Place”
Geraldine Finn, Professor of Philosophy & Cultural Studies,
Carleton University, Canada
Monday, April 10
5:15 PM
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Eleanor Godway,
832-2918; godway@ccsu.edu
Richard Blanco, poetry reading
& book signing
Thursday, April 6
7:00 PM
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Jill Weinberger,
weinbergerj@ccsu.edu
The June Baker Higgins Gender
Studies Conference
“Sex & Sexuality in a
Feminist World"
Friday, April 7
9:30 AM--7:30 PM
Schedule &
Locations
Contact: Katherine Hermes 832-2818;
hermesk@ccsu.edu
“Iran: Its Role in the Middle East &
Relationship with the United States”
Younes
Parsa Benab, Professor, Political Science,
Strayer University, Author of
Iran's Political Parties in a Span of 100 Years;
editor of Iran Bulletin
Tuesday, April 4
4:00 PM
Robert Vance Academic Center, rm 105
Contact: Ali Antar
832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
A Tribute to Barbara Jordan, First Black Woman to
Serve in U.S. Congress
Benjamin Sevitch, professor of communication, CCSU
Tuesday, March 28
4:00pm
Vance Room105, Vance Academic Building
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
“Warming up the Chilly Climate: The Mother of Equity on Campus:
Improving the College Campus for Women”
Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar, Women’s
Research & Education Institute, Washington, D.C.; former director of the
"Project on the Status & Education of Women," Association of American
Colleges
Tuesday, March 14
12:00pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
"The Religious Beliefs of
Scientists: Historical & Psychological Aspects"
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, professor of psychology, University of Haifa
Tuesday, March 14
4:00pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805;
MezvinskyN@ccsu.edu
Women’s History Month Luncheon
Jane Roberts to Speak on
International Women's Health
"When the world takes care of women, women take care of the world.
Keynote Speaker: Jane Roberts, Co-Founder 34million Friends
Wednesday, March 15
12:00pm
Student Center, Alumni Hall
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
"Past Prophets & Present Turning
Points: Perspectives on the Israel/Palestine Situation"
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, professor of psychology, University of Haifa
Wednesday, March 15
4:00pm
DiLoreto 001
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805;
MezvinskyN@ccsu.edu
“Piracy in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean: Views from Both Sides”
Kris Lane, Associate Professor of History, College of William and Mary,
Visiting Fellow, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
Monday, March 6
12:00 p.m.
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Antonio Garcia, 832-0056;
garciaa@ccsu.edu or Mary
Ann Mahony, 832-0119;
Mahonym@ccsu.edu
International Women’s Rights Global Gag Rule
Why Abstinence Programs Aren't Enough:
Tuesday, March 7
7:00pm
Vance Room105, Vance Academic Building
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
“Superwoman Does Not Exist”
Kippie Martin
Wednesday, March 1
12:00 pm
Bellin A, Student Center
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
“Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to
be Learned”
Paul Rusesabagina
Thursday, March 2
8 p.m.
Welte Auditorium
Contact: Student Activities & Student Leadership
Development Office:832-1996
“Black Women & Religious Leadership in American History”
Dr.
Riggins Earl, Distinguished Research Professor
of Theology, Interdenominational Theological Seminary of Atlanta,
Georgia
Thursday, February 23
11 am
Founders
Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Felton Best, 832-2109;
bestf@ccsu.edu
“What Exactly Was
Settled in Roe v. Wade? Notes on Hearings Past--& Hearings to Come”
Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney Professor of American Institutions, Amherst
College
Tuesday, February 28
7:30 pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Jay Bergman, 832-2811;
bergmanj@ccsu.edu
“The
Reason Why We Teach: A Social History of Connecticut’s First African
American Professor,
Dr. Juliette Phifer-Burstman”
Dr. Stacey Close, Professor of History & Director of Faculty
Development, ECSU
Tuesday, February 28
11 am
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Felton Best, 832-2109;
bestf@ccsu.edu
“From Birmingham to
Belfast: The Long Reach of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement”
Patricia Campbell,
Vice President, Independent Workers Union & deputy
editor, Fourthwrite
Tuesday, February 28
12 pm
Philbrick/Camp Meeting Room, Student Center
Contact: John O’Connor 832-2975;
oconnorjohn@ccsu.edu
Third Annual
Amistad Lecture:
“The Amistad &
Human Rights”
Amii Omara-Otunnu, D. Phil. (Oxon.), UNESCO Chair-holder in Comparative
Human Rights Executive-Director, UConn-ANC Partnership, & Professor of
History, UConn
Tuesday, February
28
3:30 pm
Founders Hall,
Davidson Hall
Contact: Olusegun Sogunro, 832-2131;
SogunroO@ccsu.edu
CANCELED--“Locating
'Emancipation' Across the Discourses of Dominican Women & their First
World Feminist Interlocutors”
Patricia Pessar, Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic
Studies, Yale
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
12:00 p.m.
Marcus White Living room
Contact: Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119;
mahonym@ccsu.edu and/or
Katherine Sugg; suggkae@ccsu.edu
“Contributions of Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights
Movement: 1954-1965”
Professor Felton Best, Distinguished CSU Professor of
Philosophy.
Thursday, February 16
11 am
Marcus White
Living Room
Contact: Felton Best, 832-2109;
bestf@ccsu.edu
“Chasing the American Dream in Higher Education: 'Getting in Is Half the
Battle'”
Panelists: Rev.
Charles F. Tillett, Jr., member, City of New Britain School Board;
pastor, Spottswood A.M.E. Zion Church, New Britain; Ms. Paulette Fox,
Executive Director, OIC, City of New Britain; Dr. Carol Carter-Lowery,
professor, Educational Leadership, CCSU; Mr. Michael J. Wilson,
student, CCSU; Dr. C. Charles Mate-Kole, moderator.
Tuesday, February 7
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Grace Kennedy 832-2816;
Kennedyg@ccsu.edu
“Significance of Jerusalem for Jews, Christians, & Muslims”
Dr. Richard Freund, Director, Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
Studies, University of Hartford; Rev. David Good, Senior Church
Minister, First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT; Professor.
Colleen Keyes, Dean, Academic Affairs, Tunxis Community College
Wednesday, February 8
1:00 pm
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall
Also:
“Jerusalem in Old
Photographs & Prints”
Exhibit in
Burritt Library, February 8-28
Contact: Ali Antar 832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
“Race,
Civil Rights, & Civil Liberties & the Future of the US Supreme Court”
Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr.,
Associate Clinical Professor of Law &
Supervising Attorney,
Yale.
Thursday, February 9
11 am
Founder’s Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Walton Brown-Foster, 832-2961;
brownw@ccsu.edu.
“Building
Bridges, II: An Evaluation
of Connecticut's Justice Reinvestment Initiative”
Thursday-Friday, January 12 & 13
8:30 am-4:30 pm
Welte Hall
Contact: Andrew Clark 860-832-1871,
clarkanj@ccsu.edu
“The Speed of Light:
Print, Pictures, News & Sports”
Journalism conference featuring John Walsh (ESPN), John Long (Courant),
& others including CCSU grads working in Journalism and Communication
Wednesday, November 30
1--5:15 pm
Founders Hall, in Davidson Hall
Contact: Anthony Cannella 832-2757,
cannella@ccsu.edu
"More Words to the Wise:The Stories Behind Polish Words & Expressions"
Robert Rothstein, Ph.D.
Friday, December 2
7:00 pm
Vance Academic Center, Room 105, CCSU
Contact:
The Polish Studies Program, 832-3010;
jacquesM@ccsu.edu
“Does Age Make a Difference? How
Generational Attributes Impact Parental Involvement with College
Students”
Panel Discussion: Working with “helicopter parents”
Friday, November 18
1:00 pm
Bellin Gallery, Student Center
Contact: Olusegun Odesina 832-1800;
Odesina@ccsu.edu
"Pan African International -
New Ideologies Challenging Global Imperialism."
Chengiah Ragaven,
Visiting Professor Senior Research Fellow Urban Studies Southern
Connecticut State University
Tuesday, November 15, 2005,
12:00 pm—1:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Mate-Kole, Charles
832-3105;
matekolec@ccsu.edu
International Study & Cyprus
Mr. Osman Ertug, representative of the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus
Wednesday,
November 16
5:00 pm
Robert C. Vance Academic Center
Contact: Betty
Surowiec 832-2044; Surowiec@ccsu.edu
"Sex Gender Masculinity"
Panel discussion, reception to honor Doris Honig-Guenter, & film;
Keynote speaker: Michael Kimmel, author, Manhood in America: A
Cultural History
Thursday, November 17
4:30 pm--9:00 pm Select this link for a schedule
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall and Founders Hall
Contact: Karen Ritzenhoff 832-2692;
ritzenhoffk@ccsu.edu
"As Paneleiras:
Documenting the African-Indigenous Traditions of Women Potters in Bahia,
Brazil."
Jean-Marie Theobolds, Photographer
Wednesday, November 9
12:00 pm
Marcus White Living
Room
Contact: Mary Ann
Mahony 832-0119; MahonyM@ccsu.edu
“The Iraqi
Quagmire”
Tareq Ismael, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary,
Canada
Monday, November 14,
2:00 pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Lisa Bigelow 832-2042
Bigelow@ccsu.edu
“Persian Poets in Diaspora”
Nathalie Handel, Sholeh Wolpé, Matthew Shinoda read from their
highly acclaimed new books
Tuesday, November 8
4:00 pm
Founder’s Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact:
Ravi Shankar 832-2766;
shankarr@ccsu.edu
"AIDS
in the African Diaspora"
Major
conference with featured speakers from the National Institutes of
Health, the Amani Project, medical/psychological institutes at major
universities, & CCSU students.
Friday,
November 4
8:30
am-5:00 pm. Select this link for
schedule.
Torp
Theatre, Davidson Hall
Contact:
Charles Mate Kole 832-3105;
matekolec@ccsu.edu
CSU Faculty Research Conference
Saturday, October 22
8:30 am - 1:00 pm; select this
link for schedule
Robert Vance Academic Center
Contact: Christopher Pudlinski 832-2701;
PudlinskiC@ccsu.edu
“An Independent Reporter's View of
Iraq”
Dahr Jamail
Tuesday, October 25
7:00 pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Nanjundiah Sadanand 832-2942;
sadanand@ccsu.edu
"The Aging Process:
From ADHD to Alzheimer's"
Jonathan F.
Michaelis, Ph.D., Clinical Director Connecticut Interim Mental Care
Center Newington, CT
Wednesday,
October 26
2:00 – 3:00
pm
Sprague
Room (1st floor in Student Center)
Contact:
Carrie Andreoletti 832-1646;
andreolettic@ccsu.edu
" 'So Money Would Come':
Economic Sorcery and Gendered Narratives of Material Life in Colonial
Guatemala."
Martha Few, Associate Professor,
University of Arizona
Monday, October 31
12:00 pm
Marcus White Living
Room
Contact: Mary Ann
Mahony 832-0119; MahonyM@ccsu.edu
Allison Joseph,
reading her poetry
2005 Connecticut Poetry Circuit
Tuesday, November 1
12:00 pm
Founder’s Hall in Davidson Hall
Contact:
Ravi Shankar 832-2766;
shankarr@ccsu.edu
"Revolution or Reform: Mike Alewitz & Jerrold
Duquette"
Tuesday, November 1
7:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Mike Alewitz 832-2359;
AlewitzM@ccsu.edu
“The Future of
Polish-American Relations”
The Milewski Lecture in Polish Studies
Dr. Boguslaw Winid, Charge
d’Affaires, Republic of Poland,Washington, DC, Tuesday, October 18
7:00 pm
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Megan Jacques 832-3010;
JacquesM@ccsu.edu
“Jewish-Islamic
Relations in the Middle East during Muslim Rule in the Medieval Period”
Dr. Hassan Khalilieh, Departments of Maritime Civilizations &
Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Haifa, Israel
Wednesday, October 19
5:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Ali Antar 832-2931;
antar@ccsu.edu
“Searching for Subalterns in
the Colonial Andes.”
Karen Spalding, Professor of History, UCONN
Wednesday, October 19
12:00 pm
Marcus White Living
Room
Contact: Mary Ann
Mahony 832-0119; MahonyM@ccsu.edu
“What Actually
Happens in a College Classroom?”
Patrick Allitt, director, Center for Teaching & Curriculum, & professor
of history, Emory University; & author of I'm the Teacher, You're the
Student: A Semester in the University Classroom
Wednesday, October 12
4:00 pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Jason Jones 832-2761;
jonesj@ccsu.edu
“Why Get
Involved? Talking About Democracy”
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz
Friday, October 14
10:30 am
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Lorraine Schweitzer 832-2967;
schweitzerL@ccsu.edu
“Break the Silence. Stop the Violence”
Alyx Kellington, photo-journalist
Monday, October 10
5:30 pm
Robert C. Vance Academic Center, Rm. 105
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin 832-1655;
Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu
The Godlewski Evening of Polish Culture
Professor Anne Swartz in a multi-media presentation: "Moniuszko’s
Halka and the Revival of the Noble Tradition at Warsaw’s Teatr
Wielki"
Friday, October 7
7:00 pm
Founders Hall - located in Davidson Building
Contact:
)
832-3010;
Jacquesm@ccsu.edu
"Haiti: The Truth about the Occupation"
Daniel Simidor: journalist & leading activist with the Grassroots
Haitian Solidarity Committee; Marty Goodman: jitness to the fall of the
Duvalier regime as a writer for the Guardian newspaper
Friday, October 7
7:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Mike Alewitz, 832-2359;
alewitzm@ccsu.edu
“Living la Dolce Vita”
Dr. Raeleen
D’Agostino Mautner, Quinnipiac University,
author, Living la Dolce Vita: Bring the Passion, Laughter, & Serenity
of Italy into Your Daily Life
Thursday, October 6
6:00 pm
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Carmela Pesca 832-2882;
pescac@ccsu.edu
'Look Back on Me": New England Celebrates the 150th
Anniversary of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Inter-disciplinary
program: panel discussion, exhibit,
theatrical & musical performances, & poetry readings by former U.S. poet
laureate
Billy Collins & Martín Espada. Information about the Library
exhibit,
"Images
of Walt Whitman: The Commercialization of an American Original,"
can accessed at this
link.
Thursday-Friday, September 22-23
Schedule
Contact: Robert M. Dowling,
DowlingRom@ccsu.edu; (860) 832-2741
“Reflections on
Katrina”
Center for Africana Studies panel discussion
Wednesday, September 14
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Founders Hall, located inside Davidson Hall
Contact: C. Charles Mate-Kole, 832-3105;
matekolec@ccsu.edu
"Constitution Day"
CCSU celebrates and explores the U.S. Constitution. Events include
a reading of the Constitution, panel discussions on its contemporary
relevance, and satellite broadcasts of conversations with Supreme Court
Justices Breyer and O'Connor.
Friday, September 16
10:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Schedule
Contact: Robert Wolff, wolffr@ccsu.edu;
(860)-832-2807
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