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Calendar of Events
Spring 2008
 

March
Mar 19

Immigration: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
A lecture by Dolores Huerta 7:00 pm, Commonwealth Ballroom B, Student Commons
Dolores Huerta is a legendary labor and immigrant rights leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Cesar Chavez.
Sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Forum and The School of World Studies


Mar 26

The Mayan Calendar:The Heart of Mayan Religion and Cosmovision
A Lecture by Vincent Stanzione
6:00 pm, Scott House, Reception to follow
      Mr. Stanzione will illuminate the mechanics and symbolism of the Mayan calendar
      and the many ways it still regulatesmuch of contemporary Mayan life and meaning.

Mar 28-30

French Film Festival
Byrd Theater, Carytown
      The newest French Films presented by their award-winning actors and directors
      at the historic Byrd Theater in Carytown in Richmond, VA.


April

Apr 2

Religion, War, and Democracy – Children of Men
SWS & Pace Student Center Film and Discussion Night
7:00 pm, Pace Student Center, 700 W. Franklin St.
      Sheila Pour, Physician’s Assistant, Crossover Ministries
       “Is War just a Distraction from Domestic Problems: Like Our Broken Health
      Care System?”

Apr 8

Bishop Walter Sullivan Inaugural Lecture in Catholic Studies
Terrorism, Counter Terrorism, and the Ethics of Warfare
7:30 pm , Commonwealth Ballroom B, Student Commons
      Speaker “Monk” Malloy, former president of Notre Dame

Apr 11

 

SWS Research Roundtable
3:00 pm, B-35 Cabel Library
Mar Góngora, Associate Professor of Spanish
The Sephardic Identity and the Contemporary Spanish Self in Antonio Muñoz Molina's Sefarad

Apr 14

 

Russian Video Night
7:00-10:00, Cabell B-41
      Join us for a love of all things Russian.

Apr 23

The Vocation of a Christian Intellectual
A Lecture by Cornell West

7:00 pm, Watts Chapel on the campus of Union-PSCE, 3401 Brook Road
      Cornel West is one of America's most gifted, provocative, and important public
      intellectuals. He speaks with a distinctive voice about the thorniest social and
      political issues of the day and bridges the gap between black and white opinion.
      Limited Seating. Tickets available after April 1. Please call 804-278-4223.

Sponsored by Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education in partnership with VCU, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, the School of Theology at Virginia Union U., J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Randolph-Macon College, adn the Univeristy of Richmond

Apr 25

 

SWS Research Roundtable
3:00 pm, B-35 Cabel Library
Lynn Nelson, Professor of International Studies
Political Transformation under Putin: Democratizing and Authoritarian Trends

 

 


 
 

 


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