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