Category: Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
April 2019
Croghan Bicentennial Lecture in Biblical Studies and Early Christianity
2019 Visiting Croghan Professor Lawrence M. Wills will present a lecture entitled "Irreconcilable Differences: Diversity Among the First Followers of Jesus."
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Considering the Case for Campus Free Expression
What are we allowed to say? Should there be restraints on ideas and public discourse? On Wed., April 3, the Society for Conservative Thought will host "Considering the Case for Campus Free Expression" to explore these questions and more.
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Why do Catholics think that a cracker becomes the Lord of the Universe?
Transubstantiation, of course! Come learn why Catholics think bread and wine become Jesus's Body and Blood. Father Thomas Davenport, O. P. from the Thomistic Institute will give a talk on Transubstantiation with time for questions.
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Lecture, Aruna D’Souza
THURS at 7 pm --D’Souza writes about contemporary art; intersectional feminisms and other forms of politics; and how museums shape our views of each other. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, and her book Whitewalling: Art, Race and Protest in 3 Acts was published by Badlands Unlimited in 2018.
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Seneca and the End of the World
Francesca Romana Berno, of Sapienza Universita di Roma, will present on Seneca and his view of the end of the world.
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“Women and Work: The Role of Norms” by Rohini Pande
Rohini Pande is the Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the keynote speaker of the CDE Gender and Development Conference, presenting on "Women and Work: The Role of Norms."
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“Fertility and Sex-Selective Abortion in India” by S Ankruti
S. Anukriti is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Boston College. She is a speaker in the CDE Gender and Development Conference, presenting on "Fertility and Sex-Selective Abortion in India."
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“Impact of Funding Cuts and Legal Restrictions on Global Abortion Rates" by Yana Rodgers
Yana Rodgers is a Professor of Women's & Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is a speaker in the CDE Gender and Development Conference, presenting on “Impact of Funding Cuts and Legal Restrictions on Global Abortion Rates."
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"Influences on the Health of Young Girls in Developing Countries" by Nidhiya Menon
Nidhiya Menon is a Professor of Economics at Brandeis University. She is a speaker at the CDE Conference on Gender and Development, presenting on "Influences on the Health of Young Girls in Developing Countries."
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“Inequalities in Education: What Do the Data Say?” by Rebecca Thornton
Rebecca Thornton is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a speaker at the CDE Gender and Development Conference, presenting on Inequalities in Education: What Do the Data Say?"
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