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May 2011
Saturday, May 7th
May 2006
Friday, May 5th
- Convocation: Jonathan Kozol
- After being fired from his teaching job for reading a Langston Hughes poem to his students, Jonathan Kozol wrote "Death at an Early Age," which put urban schools on America's political agenda. He has since tackled illiteracy, homelessness, and educational equality, earning himself the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Conscience in Media Award for his efforts. He has written many books, including "Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation"; "Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope"; "Savage Inequalities" and, most recently, "The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America". Kozol is an eloquent spokesperson for the disenfranchised, and explores the reflections of children surviving and thriving in America's most violent communities. The title of his presentation is "The Shame of the Nation."
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Thursday, May 4th
April 2006
Friday, April 28th
- Convocation: Lisa See
- Raised in Los Angeles, author Lisa See spent much of her time in Chinatown. Her first book, "On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family," was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of 1995. The book traces the journey of her great-grandfather, Fong See, who overcame obstacles at every step to become the 100-year-old godfather of Los Angeles's Chinatown and the patriarch of a sprawling family. She has most recently written "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," a novel about "nu shu," the secret writing developed and used by women in a small country in China for over a thousand years. In addition to her writing, she has served as guest curator for an exhibit on the Chinese American experience for the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, which then traveled to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. She then helped develop and curate the Family Discovery Gallery at the Autry Museum, an interactive space for children and their families that focuses on Lisa's bi-racial, bi-cultural family as seen through the eyes of her father as a seven-year-old boy living in 1930's Los Angeles.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Thursday, April 20th
Monday, April 17th
Friday, April 7th
- Convocation: Mahmood Mamdani
- Originally from Kampala, Uganda, Mahmood Mamdani is one of the leading experts on African politics and history, as well as the relationship between Islam and the war on terror. He received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University. He is currently Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Department of Anthropology and Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War and the Origins of Terror, When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and Genocide in Rwanda, and Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. The title of his lecture is "The Secular Roots of Radical Political Islam."
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Thursday, April 6th
Monday, April 3rd
March 2006
Friday, March 31st
- Confronting Katrina: How Should We Respond?
- We invite you to participate in "Confronting Katrina: How Should We Respond?," an all-campus day of education, discussion, and reflection in response to the devastation experienced along the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina. View the full event listing for the complete schedule of events.
- Convocation: Margaret Simms '67
- "Confronting Katrina: How Should We Respond?," a day of education, discussion, and reflection in response to the devastation experienced along the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina, begins with this convocation by Margaret Simms '67. An economist and nationally recognized expert on minority business development, Simms is Vice President for Governance and Economic Analysis at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington D.C. Founded in 1970 by black intellectuals and professionals to provide training and technical assistance to newly elected black officials, the Joint Center is recognized today as one of the nation's premier think tanks on a broad range of public policy issues of concern to African Americans and other communities of color. Forty years after beginning the war on poverty, we have been confronted by pictures of people in horrible conditions because they lacked the resources to escape a natural disaster of epic proportions. What happened, or more precisely, what didn't happen? Were the programs flawed in their structure? Did we fail to put enough resources in them? Did we lack the public will to sustain them long enough? Was the problem with the people themselves, lacking the will to pull themselves up by the public bootstraps they were offered? Simms traces the development of policy during the past four decades as a way of highlighting the persistence of poverty in her presentation titled "Discovering Poverty While in College."
- 9:00 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Tuesday, March 28th
February 2006
Tuesday, February 28th
- Sustaining Intercultural Dialogue
- Small group discussion sessions sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. If interested, please call the Office of Multicultral Affairs at x4014.
Thursday, February 23rd
Saturday, February 18th
Friday, February 17th
- Convocation: Charles H. Long
- Professor emeritus of the history of religions and former director of the Research Center for Black at UC-Santa Barbara, Charles H. Long presents, "New Orleans as an American City: Origins, Exchanges, Materiality, and Religion."
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Wednesday, February 15th
- Chili Night
- Chili Night: A chili dinner and discussion sponsored by Multicultural Affairs
- 5:00 pm, Goodhue Superlounge
Tuesday, February 14th
- Vagina Monologues
- Come witness a momentus performance for a great cause!
- 7:00 pm, Concert Hall
Saturday, February 11th
Friday, February 10th
Thursday, February 9th
Tuesday, February 7th
- Sustaining Intercultural Dialogue
- Small group discussion sessions sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. If interested, please call the Office of Multicultral Affairs at x4014.
January 2006
Saturday, January 28th
Friday, January 27th
Wednesday, January 25th
- Chili Night
- Chili Night: A chili dinner and discussion sponsored by Multicultural Affairs
- 5:00 pm, Goodhue Superlounge
Friday, January 20th
- Convocation: Derrick Bell
- "Martin Luther King, Jr: The Twentieth Century Jesus?" A compelling voice on issues of race and class in this society, Derrick Bell has provoked his critics and challenged his readers with his uncompromising candor and original progressive views throughout his 40-year career as a lawyer, activist, teacher, and writer. Derrick Bell is one of the most highly respected constitutional law professors in America. His civil-rights career began when Thurgood Marshall recruited him fresh out of law school. He was the first African American to be tenured at Harvard Law School, as well as the only academic to relinquish a coveted tenured position to protest Harvard Law School's failure to appoint women of color. He served as the dean of the University of Oregon Law School and again resigned when the faculty refused to hire a qualified Asian-American woman. Sponsored by Multicultural Affairs and the Class of '57 Revolving Lectureship Fund.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Thursday, January 12th
November 2005
Monday, November 7th
- International Week
- International Week features speeches and discussions with Kgomotso "Whizzy" Matsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and "Oprah" magazine South Africa edition editor; and Patrick B. Bigabo, senior staff journalist of Rwanda's leading English language newspaper.
- Various times/locations; see full event details
- Kgomotso Matsunyane: The South African HIV-AIDS Debate
- Kgomotso "Whizzy" Matsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and editor of "Oprah" (South African edition), will speak to students at the International Coffee Table on "The South African HIV-AIDS Debate: Making Sense of the Senseless." Sponsored by Pangea.
- 5:00 pm, LDC 104
Friday, November 4th
- International Week
- International Week features speeches and discussions with Kgomotso "Whizzy" Matsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and "Oprah" magazine South Africa edition editor; and Patrick B. Bigabo, senior staff journalist of Rwanda's leading English language newspaper.
- Various times/locations; see full event details
- Convocation: Joy Harjo
- "How We Became Human: A Performance." Internationally known Native American poet and musician Joy Harjo was initially a student of painting and theater, not music and poetry. She began writing poetry when the national Indian political climate demanded singers and speakers, and was taken by the intensity and beauty possible in the craft. Her work is grounded in her relationship to the earth, on a physical, spiritual, and mythopoetic level, and her writing contains a disturbing mixture of darkness and beauty, at once a lament and a moving incantation. Her work provides a unique perspective and piquant examination of American culture from a native point of view. She later sought to combine the poetry with a music involving elements of tribal music, jazz and rock. Harjo is presently a professor of creative writing at the University of New Mexico. Sponsored by Multicultural Affairs.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
- Film Screening: Kgomotso Matsunyane '95
- Kgomotso "Whizzy" Mutsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and Oprah magazine (South Africa edition) editor, will show excerpts from her films, The Moon in My Pocket and Heavy Traffic, to alumni and students. Q & A reception follows, hosted by Alumni Affairs.
- 7:00 pm, Leighton 305
- Beira Mar Brasil
- Brazilian music
- 9:00 pm, TBA
Thursday, November 3rd
- International Week
- International Week features speeches and discussions with Kgomotso "Whizzy" Matsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and "Oprah" magazine South Africa edition editor; and Patrick B. Bigabo, senior staff journalist of Rwanda's leading English language newspaper.
- Various times/locations; see full event details
- Kgomotso Matsunyane: Women in Africa
- Kgomotso "Whizzy"” Matsunyane ’95, South African filmmaker and "Oprah" magazine (South Africa edition) editor will speak to students about Women in Africa.
- 12:00 pm, Sayles Hill Lounge
Wednesday, November 2nd
- Campus Conversation: Portraits of Home
- Campus conversation addressing art as activism. Photographers who participated in the "Portraits of Home Exhibit" and faculty members will give brief presentations and answer questions. Time: TBA
- Gould Library Anthenaeum
Tuesday, November 1st
- International Week
- International Week features speeches and discussions with Kgomotso "Whizzy" Matsunyane '95, South African filmmaker and "Oprah" magazine South Africa edition editor; and Patrick B. Bigabo, senior staff journalist of Rwanda's leading English language newspaper.
- Various times/locations; see full event details
- Mr. Patrick B. Bigabo: Genocide and Reconciliation in Rwanda
- Rwandan journalist Mr. Patrick B. Bigabo speaks on "Genocide and Reconciliation in Rwanda after 1994."
- 7:00 pm, Boliou 104
October 2005
Saturday, October 29th
- Best Practices Workshop: Developing Cross-Cultural Studies Programs
- Sponsored by Associated Colleges of the Midwest, this two-day workshop (October 28-29th) will study ways to develop cross-cultural studies programs on campuses, with a special focus on intercultural education in the classroom taught through theory and practice. Workshop facilitators are Petra Crosby (Director of International Student Programs), Margit Johnson (Director of Off-Campus Studies), and Eva Posfay (Professor of French).
- 8:00 am, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Friday, October 28th
- Best Practices Workshop: Developing Cross-Cultural Studies Programs
- Sponsored by Associated Colleges of the Midwest, this two-day workshop (October 28-29th) will study ways to develop cross-cultural studies programs on campuses, with a special focus on intercultural education in the classroom taught through theory and practice. Workshop facilitators are Petra Crosby (Director of International Student Programs), Margit Johnson (Director of Off-Campus Studies), and Eva Posfay (Professor of French).
- 5:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Tuesday, October 25th
- Diversity Discussions
- Diversity Discussions led by chaplain's associates. Dinner provided.
- 5:00 pm, Chapel Lounge
- Portraits of Home: A Forum on Housing, Homelessness, and Social Change
- PORTRAITS OF HOME: A Forum on Housing, Homelessness, and Social Change," will feature a variety of speakers from local non-profits, Carleton College, and the Greater Minnesota Housing Project. After the forum, guests will view the Portraits of Home exhibit and converse in the Athenaeum. It will take place October 25 from 7-8 PM in Boliou Hall 104, reception in Gould Library to follow.
- 7:00 pm, Discussion: Boliou Hall 104, Reception: Gould Library Athenaeum
Monday, October 24th
Friday, October 21st
- Convocation: Karen Lebacqz
- "Borders, Boundaries, and other Quagmires of Justice." The dilemma of international justice is addressed by ethics professor Karen Lebacqz. Is it possible to have an international standard of justice? Should all people around the world have the same "rights," or do justice and rights vary from community to community? Is there a global standard. Philosophers are in disagreement about these issues, and sorting out the field of international justice theory is not easy. Complicating the matter are questions of "multicultural" justice. What about groups who have different standards. Lebacqz, the author of several books and numerous essays, is best known for her work in professional ethics, theories of justice, and bioethics. Sponsored by the Gingrich Lectureship Fund and the Program for Ethical Reflection at Carleton.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
Thursday, October 20th
- LTC: Carleton Classrooms: Safe Spaces, Challenging Conversations
- How can faculty members shape the atmosphere in their classes to challenge students to take intellectual risks, and at the same time make the environment psychologically safe for every student? Today's panel and conversation continue the campus discussions from last year about classroom experiences with stereotypes and racially charged language. The Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching invites you to come on Thursday, October 20, Gould Library Athenaeum, noon-1:30 pm, with lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Monday, October 10th
- Talk by Abigail Garner
- Abigail Garner is a writer, speaker, and advocate for the estimated ten million children growing up with parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. She is speaking on her new book, Families Like Mine.
- 7:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
Friday, October 7th
- Convocation: David Carrasco
- "Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Imagination and Baseball." Harvard Divinity School Professor of the Study of Latin America, David Carrasco is a historian of religions, with a special emphasis on the religious dimensions of Latino experience. He is co-producer of the film "Alambrista: The Director's Cut," which puts a human face on the life and struggles of undocumented Mexican farm workers in the United States, and he has written "Alambrista and U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants." Latinos are revitalizing culture and ideas in the United States in multiple ways. Focusing on the relationship between the new demography and a new democracy, Carrasco shows examples of how Latino immigrants, artists, scholars and athletes are changing our ideas about citizenship, aesthetics, social criticism and diversity in American society. Sponsored by Multicultural Affairs.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Memorial Chapel
September 2005
Friday, September 30th
- Class Act Discussion
- "Class Act Discussion; Assimilation, Accommodation, Negotiation: How much Cultural Change Does an Education Cost?" Facilitated by the TRIO/Student Support Services Peer Leaders.
- 7:00 pm, Sayles Hill Lounge
Wednesday, September 28th
- Talk by Molly Secours "Whispering Black: Code Talk for Whites"
- With compassion and humor, Molly Secours, a white woman, exposes the"code talk" common among many whites that promotes stereotypes, racist behaviors, policies and complicity.This promises to be the sort of honest racial dialogue that many shy away from and which will enhance our capacity to discuss race without becoming defensive, resentful, and feeling blamed.
- 7:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Tuesday, September 27th
Sunday, September 25th
- Mel White Chapel Service
- A National Coming Out Day Chapel Service will be led by Rev. Mel White, co-founder of Soulforce, Inc., a group working to stop spiritual and political oppression for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. For 30 years Dr. White worked as a pastor, seminary professor, best-selling author, prize-winning filmmaker, and ghost writer before reconciling his Christian theology and sexual orientation. For the past 15 years, Dr. White has continued to serve as a pastor and writer, while leading Soulforce.
- 5:00 pm, Chapel
Friday, September 23rd
- Portraits of Home Reception
- The opening reception for the exhibition Portraits of Home, timed to coincided with the Northfield Art Crawl. 6-9 pm, Library Athenaeum.
- 6:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Monday, September 19th
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