Prehistoric Burials in Thailand
a Spring Brown Bag Lunch Presentation
Dr. Thanik Lertcharnrit, Archaeologist - Silpakorn University, Bangkok
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
12:00pm – 12:50 pm
DiLoreto Hall, Room 109
Contact: Melinda Baumgartner 832-2610; baumgartner@ccsu.edu

"'Say it Loud!'"  America's Moral Crisis in the 1960s and 1970s"
Don Adams, Associate Professor of Philosophy, CCSU
Wednesday, May 9
1:00-2:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Don Adams, 832-2923; adamsde@ccsu.edu
 

"From Portugal to the Pamirs: An insight into Fauna & Flora
International's operations in Eurasia"
Paul Hotham, Regional Director Fauna & Flora International
Friday, April 27
11.00 am, Vance 105
Contact: Barbara Nicholson, 832-2706, nicholsonb@ccsu.edu

"The Spanish Civil War Today: Between Myth and Trauma,"
Carmen Moreno-Nuno (Wesleyan University), Antonio Gómez (Darmouth College)
Paloma Lapuerta (CCSU), Ángela Morales (CCSU)
Thursday, April 26
4:00 pm.
Phillbrick, Student Center
Contact: Ángela Morales at moralesa@ccsu.edu

"Challenging the Conventional Wisdom"
Ned Lamont, former Democratic candidate for Senate
Thursday, April 26
11 am
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: David Blitz 832-2916, Blitz@ccsu.edu

"Shanghai and Surrounding Areas: The Largest Megacity in China
Environmental Impacts of the Three-Gorges Dam"
Prof. Shen Daoqi and Prof. She Zhixiang
Tuesday, April 24
3:30pm and 4:15pm
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Dr. Xiaoping Shen, 832-2794, shenx@ccsu.edu

"Making Another World Possible -- From the Bottom Up: the Zapatistas' Other Campaign?"
John Ross, author/activist/poet & winner of the American Book Award for Rebellion From the Roots
Thursday
April 19
1:00--2:30PM
Philbrick Camp Room, Student Center
Contact: John O'Connor 832-2975, oconnorjohn@CCSU.edu

“For Your Freedom and Ours: The Kosciuszko Squadron, 1919-1945”
The Annual Fiedorczyk Lecture
James S. Pula, prolific author and editor of Polish American Studies
Wednesday, April 18
7:00 pm
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Megan Jacques, 860 832-3010, jacquesm@ccsu.edu

"Tolerating Religious Differences" (Religious Diversity Lecture Series)
Panel discussion with representatives of Christianity, Judaism, & Islam
Norton Mezvinsky (CCSU)
Felton Best (CCSU)
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (U. of Haifa)
Abdullah Antepli (Hartford Seminary)
Tuesday, April 17
4:00 p.m.
Torp Theater (Davidson Hall)
Contact: Carolyn Fallahi: FallahiC@ccsu.edu

"Identity, Salvation, and Human Rights" (Religious Diversity Lecture Series)
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Professor of Psychology, University of Haifa
Tuesday, April 17
11:00 am--12:15 p.m.
Torp Theater (Davidson Hall)
Contact: Carolyn Fallahi: FallahiC@ccsu.edu

“I am Heathcliff.” Landscape, Language, and Desire
Geraldine Finn, Professor of Cultural Studies & Philosophy, School for Studies in Art & Culture, Carleton University
Monday, April 16
5:00 pm
Vance Academic Center 105
Contact: Eleanor Godway, 832-2918; Godway@ccsu.edu

"Gender & War": The June Baker Higgins Gender Studies Conference
Friday, April 13
12:30 pm
Bellin, Student Center
Contact: Karen A. Ritzenhoff, 832-2692  Ritzenhoffk@CCSU.edu

"If Only There Were Wings That Could Carry Me"
A presentation of poems and photographs based on their manuscript of bird poems and bird photographs.
Featuring: Wally Swist, poet & John Van de Graaff, photographer
Friday 13 April
10:00 am
Copernicus 213
Contact: David Spector, 860-832-2652; spectord@ccsu.edu

"Is Latin America Turning Left?"
Speakers will include Sonia E. Alvares, Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics and Studies, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Director of Latin American Studies there; Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima, Consul General of Brazil in New York; and Leo Zuckerman, Professor of Political Studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico City and co-host of TV Azteca's Entre Tres Program of political commentary. Paul Petterson of Political Science will moderate.
Thursday, April 12
5:00 pm
Sprague Carlton Room, Student Center
Contact: Mary Ann Mahony, 832-0119 ; mahonym@ccsu.edu

Poetry Reading: John Hollander, Penelope Pelizzon and Nancy Kuhl
Penelope Pelizzon, Director, Creative Writing Program, UConn; Nancy Kuhl, Associate Curator, Beinecke Library, Yale; and John Hollander, Poet Laureate of the state of Connecticut
Monday, April 9
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Alumni Hall, Student Center
Contact: Ravi Shankar, 832-2766; shankarr@ccsu.edu

Professor Pascal Bataillard from Université Lumière-Lyon II, France
“James Joyce’s Ethicacy”
In conjunction with the “Language of Images” Conference
Wednesday, April 4
3:00-4:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Laurence Petit, 832-2768; Laurence.Petit@ccsu.edu

“Off the Record with Dan Rather”
Dan Rather--2007 Robert C. Vance Distinguished Lecture
Wednesday, April 4
7:30 pm
Welte
Free tickets required; reception/dinner: $85 tickets required
Contact: vancelecture@ccsu.ed; 832-1765

"The Language of Images"
International Conference on Text and Image; Art Exhibit
Thursday-Friday, March 29-30
Schedule, Location, Participants, & More Information, here
Contact: Laurence Petit, 832-2768; Laurence.Petit@ccsu.edu

"Religion: A Peace-Making or War-Driving Force? A Catholic Position"
Gerhard Beestermoller, Ph. D., Institute of Theology & Peace, Hamburg Germany
Thursday, March 29
11:00 AM
Torp Theater, Davidson Hall
Contact: Carolyn Fallahi: FallahiC@ccsu.edu

"Tolerating the Differences Between Judaism & Christianity"
Norton Mezvinsky, CSU Professor, Professor of History
Tuesday, March 27
4:00 p.m.
Torp Theater
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, (860) 832-2805; mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

“Our Disruptive History: Civil Rights & Feminism in Modern America”
Women’s History Month Luncheon
Kimberly Springer, Ph.D., lecturer, American Studies, Kings College, London; author Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980
Wednesday, March 28
12:00 noon
Alumni Hall, Student Center
Tickets at Centix: 832-1970
Contact: Elizabeth Kaminski 832-3136; Kaminskie@ccsu.edu

“Business Ethics in Poland”
Brother Leo Ryan, SJ, Loyola University of Chicago
The Koproski Lecture in Polish Economics & Business
Wednesday, March 28
7:00 p.m.
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Megan Jacques, (860) 832-3010; jacquesm@ccsu.edu

CANCELED: "The Co-existence of Jews & Muslims in Israel & the Middle East"
Mohammad Darawshe, development director, The Abraham Fund for Co-existence
Friday, March 16
11:30 am
Torp Theater
Contact: Carolyn Fallahi: FallahiC@ccsu.edu

“I Was a Teenage Feminist”
Therese Shechter, film maker
Thursday, March 15
12:00 noon
Women’s Center Lounge, Student Center Room 215
Contact: Monique Daley, 832-1655; ST_Daleym@ccsu.edu

"Reflections on Ghana @ 50: Implications for Africa and the Diaspora"
Panelists:
Professor Peter Kyem - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, CCSU; Professor Chengiah Ragaven - Visiting Professor in Urban Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, Adjunct Professor, International Studies, CCSU
Garnett Ankle - Graduate Student, CCSU
Moderator: Dr. C. Charles Mate- Kole, Professor, Department of Psychology, Director, Center for Africana Studies, CCSU
Wednesday, March 14
12:00am-1:00pm
Center for Africana Studies
Contact: Dr. Charles Mate-Kole, 832-2816; MateKoleC@ccsu.edu

"The 155+ Year Campaign for Women's Rights: Are We There, Yet?"
Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon, author: Women's Rights and Nothing Less: the Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Failure is Impossible, the Story of Susan B. Anthony and Women's Work; The Story of Betty Friedan
Tuesday, March 13
2 pm
Location: Philbrick Camp Room
Contact: Monique Daley, 832-1655; ST_Daleym@ccsu.edu

"International Women's Day: History and Current Issues"
Panel Discussion
Thursday, March 8
12:30 PM
DiLoreto 001
Contact: Heather Prescott, 832-2809; prescott@ccsu.edu

“A Middle East Update: An Israeli Perspective”
David Saranga, Consul for Media & Public Affairs, Israeli Consulate General, New York
Wednesday, March 7
5:00 pm
Founders Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, (860) 832-2805; mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

"Lebanon: A Precarious Republic In A Turbulent Region"
Dr. Ghassan El-Eid, Political Science Department
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Vance Academic, Rm 105
Contact: Paul Petterson, 832-2969; pettersonp@ccsu.edu

“Our Separate Ways: The Struggle for Professional Identity”
Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, professor of business administration, Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business
Monday, March 5
12:00pm
Connecticut Room, Memorial Hall
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin, 832-1655; Cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu

"Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas & Husband-Hunting Harems: Decoding Reality TV's Twisted Fairy Tales"
Jennifer Pozner, Founder of Women in Media & News
Wednesday, February 28
7:00 PM
Vance Academic RM 105
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin, 832-1656; cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu

“The Status of Latinos in Higher Education”
Felipe Luciano, reporter, poet, activist
Thursday, March 1
4:00 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Felton O. Best, 832-2190; best@ccsu.edu
 

"The AMISTAD’s Legacy: Reflections on the Spaces of Colonization"
The Fourth Annual AMISTAD Lecture
Dr. Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, February 27
3:30 PM
Founders Hall
Contact: Olusegun Sogunro, 832-2131; sogunroo@ccsu.edu; Gloria Emeagwali, 832-2815; emeagwali@ccsu.edu

"'You can observe a lot by just watching': How animals use social information to solve ecological problems" 
Biology Seminar
Dr. Joseph J. Nocera, Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University & Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Monday, February 26
2:00 pm
Copernicus Rm 210
Contact: Barbara Nicholson, nicholsonb@ccsu.edu

“The Status of African Americans in Higher Education”
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of Religious Studies & Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Diversity in Higher Education Lecture Series
Thursday, February 22
4:00 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Contact: Felton O. Best, 832-2190; best@ccsu.edu

“The End of Reconciliation? Problems in Polish-German Relations”
Zdzislaw Krasnodebski, distinguished author of works on sociological and political theory, visiting professor, Columbia University
Annual Milewski Lecture in Polish History
Friday, February 23
7:00 pm
Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Megan Jacques, 832-3010; JacquesM@ccsu.edu

“Educational Value of Hip Hop Music”
Dr. Tricia Rose (Brown University), Dr. Melanye Price (Wesleyan University), Brother Abu-Alvin Carter, Sr.
Tuesday, February 20
6:00 PM
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: 832-2816

"Literary Censorship in the Spanish Letters during the Counter-Reformation Period"
Dr. Ángela Morales, Associate Professor, Modern Languages
Wednesday, February 14 
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Dr. Ángela Morales, 860-832-2887; moralesa@ccsu.edu

"The original Golem story, its difference from Frankenstein, & the current uses of large-scale violence for 'protection': Faustian weaponry, the production of fear, & the technical domination of the planet"
Marc Estrin, novelist, cellist, puppeteer, and activist
Wednesday, February 7
4:00 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson
Contact: Jason Jones, 832-2761, JonesJason1@ccsu.edu

Afif Safiah, Head of the PLO Mission to the United States
"The American, Israeli, Palestinian Triangle"
Middle East Insights Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 7
5:00 PM
Torp Theater, Davidson Hall
Contact: Ali Antar, 832-2931, antar@ccsu.edu

“New Age Racism & the Realization of Removing Racism”
Elaine Brown, author, activist, & former leading member of the Black Panthers
Wednesday, February 7
7:00 pm
Robert C. Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Contact: Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin, 832-1656, cobbina-boivinj@ccsu.edu

Junot Díaz, award-winning author named one of the Top 20 Writers of the 21^st Century by The New Yorker and Professor of Creative Writing at MIT
Reading from his stories
Wednesday, January 31
6 PM
Founders Hall, Davidson
Contact: Katherine Sugg, 832-2760, suggkae@ccsu.edu

Understanding the History of Captivity Through Archaeology
Moderators: Dr. Warren Perry, Janet Woodruff
Thursday, February 1
11:00 am— 2:00 pm
Center for Africana Studies, Marcus White 008
Contact: Center for Africana Studies 832 2816

Incarcerated Women's Experiences & Perspectives Through the Arts
Thursday, Feb 1 & Friday, Feb 2
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Davidson Hall (Founders, Torp Theatre, & Davidson 123)
Contact: Andrew Clark, 832-1871, clarkanj@ccsu.edu

"Temperate Scleractinian Coral Populations in Narragansett Bay & Long Island Sound"
Dr. Sean Patrick Grace, Biology, Southern Connecticut State University
Monday, January 29
2:00 PM
210 Copernicus
Contact: Barbara Nicholson, 832-2706, nicholsonb@ccsu.edu

Three Poets Reading from Their Works: Bruce Covey, author of The Greek Gods as Telephone Wires; Reb Livingston, author of Your Ten Favorite Words; and P. F. Potvin, author of The Attention Lesson
Monday, December 4
7:00 PM
CCSU Bookstore
Contact: Ravi Shankar, Shankarr@CCSU.edu

David W. Lounsbury, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“Building & sustaining collaborative rapport in community-academic research partnerships: Learning how to share power, perspectives, resources, & knowledge”
Wednesday, December 6
3 pm
Copernicus 213
Contact: Marc Goldstein Goldsteinm@ccsu.edu

Cyrus Bina, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota, Morris
"Iran, the U.S., & the Role of Oil"
Wednesday, December 6
5:00 pm
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805, Mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

Stephen H. Unger, professor computer science, Columbia University
"E-Voting: Invitation to High-Speed Fraud"
Wednesday, December 6
7:00 pm
Founders Hall
Contact: Brian O'Connell 832-2718; OConnellB@ccsu.edu

Steven Johnson
"Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter"
Monday, December 11
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Alumni Hall, Student Center
Contact: Jason Jones, 832-2761, JonesJason1@ccsu.edu

Wm. Wayt Thomas, Ph.D
Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of Botany
The New York Botanical Garden
"Research and Conservation in the Coastal Forests of Bahia, Brazil"
Wednesday, November 29
12-1 p.m.
Marcus White Living Room
Contact:  Mary Ann Mahony, mahonym@ccsu.edu , or Prof. Sylvia Halkin, Halkins@ccsu.edu

Rami Khouri, editor, Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
War & Strife in Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, & Iran: An Insider's View
Tuesday, November 14
5:00 pm
Alumni Hall, Student Center
Contact: Aram Ayalon, 832-2135; ayalona@ccsu.edu; or Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805, Mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

Mary Crawford, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Connecticut
"Sarita's Story: Understanding Sex Trafficking"
Wednesday, November 15
3:00 p.m.
Copernicus Room 213

Martín Espada, Poet, Essayist, Editor & Translator
Discussing Latin American poetry and reading from his just published book,
The Republic of Poetry
Wednesday, November 1
4:00 pm
Marcus White Lounge
Contact:  Dr. Antonio García Lozada, 832-0056

"Reemergence of Pan Africanism in the 21st Century: Implications for Empowerment of Black Educators & Students in the African Diaspora"
13th Annual Center for Africana Studies Conference
Friday, November 3
9:00am – 5:00pm
Torp Theater, Davidson
Contact: 832-2816; kennedyg@ccsu.edu

"Is Regionalism Still a Dirty Word?"
Institute for Municipal & Regional Policy Governor William A. O'Neill Endowed Chair
Former Secretary of OPM Professor Anthony Milano; Undersecretary of OPM David LeVasseur; New Britain Mayor Timothy Stewart; Ledyard Mayor Susan Mendenhall; Professor of Georgraphy Brian Sommers, CRCOG Executive Director Dr. Lyle Wray
Thursday, October 26
11:30 am
Memorial Hall, Constitution Room
Contact: Maria Simao 832-1953; simaoM@ccsu.edu

"Connections to Our State and the World"
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies annual fall conference
Friday, October 27
8:00 am
Student Center
Contact: Matthew Warshauer, 832-2803  Warshauerm@ccsu.edu

Kevin Boyle, professor of history, Ohio State University
"Arc of Justice: The 1925 Sweet Case & the Course of Civil Rights."
Friday, October 27
2:00 pm
Constitution Room, Memorial Hall
Contact: John Tully, 832-2812, tullyj@ccsu.edu

2006 Doris Honig Guenter Women & Film Festival
"THE UN-CENSORED CAMERA"
October 17, 18 & 19
Torp Theater, Davidson Hall & New Britain Museum of American Art
Contact: Karen A. Ritzenhoff, 832-2692  Ritzenhoffk@CCSU.edu

Panel Discussion on Guantanamo Bay: Detention, Torture and Human Rights
Panelists: Ghassan El-Eid, Political Science; Jan VanRiper, Philosophy; Paul Petterson, Political Science; Mark Rutkowski, Student; David Blitz, Panel Chair 
Thursday, October 19
2:00 PM
Marcus White Living Room
David Blitz, 832-2916 blitz@ccsu.edu

"Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision"
Three women--a Christian, a Jew, & a Muslim--speak on the realities of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Tuesday, October 17
2:00 pm
Davidson Room 123, Davidson Hall
Contact: Ali Antar, 832-2931, antar@ccsu.edu

5th Congressional District Debate between Nancy Johnson (R) and challenger Christopher Murphy (D)
Saturday, October 14
3 p.m.
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall
Contact: Cindy White, whitec@ccsu.edu

Vic Geraci, Associate Director, Food & Wine Historian, Regional Oral History Office (ROHO)
“Creating & Consuming Cultural Terroir: An Oral History of California Food & Wine Identity & Sense of “'Somewhereness'”
Thursday, October 12
4:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: Briann G. Greenfield, 832-2821, greenfieldB@ccsu.edu

Sut Jhally, professor of communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Peace, Propaganda, & the Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
Film & discussion
Wednesday, October 11
2:00 pm
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805, Mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

Amir Ofek, Israeli Consul for Public Affairs
"Current Aspects of Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli Conflicts"
Wednesday, October 11
5:00 pm
Torp Theatre, Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805, Mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

Dr. Wolfgang K. Vorwerk, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany
German-American Day guest speaker
"The End of the Cold War and the Division of Europe"
Wednesday, October 4
4:00 p.m.
Founders Hall
Contact: Peter Kilduff, 832-1791, kilduff@ccsu.edu

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
"The Story of America's Freedom"
Friday, September 29
4:00 pm
Marcus White Living Room
Contact: John Tully, 832-2812, tullyj@ccsu.edu

Senator Kenneth McClintock-Hernandez, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
"The Special Relationship of Puerto Rico to the US"
Wednesday, September 20
2:00 p.m.
Founder’s Hall in Davidson Hall
Contact: Moises Salinas, 832-3104, SalinasM@ccsu.edu

2006 Polish Genealogical Conference
Friday, September 22 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
and Saturday, September 23, 2006 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
CCSU Student Center
Contact:  Diane Szepanski, 832-2690, Szepanski@ccsu.edu 

Dr. Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the US, on the current situation in the Middle East & the status of Syrian-US relations
Thursday, September 28
7:00 p.m.
Founders Hall in Davidson Hall
Contact: Norton Mezvinsky, 832-2805, Mezvinskyn@ccsu.edu

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