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2024 Zahm Lecture - Earth Democracy with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar, author, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and food sovereignty advocate based in Delhi. Pope Francis's call for environmental justice and care for the earth in his encyclical Laudato Si makes the connection between our environmental collapse and its impact on the poor an…
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Dr. Christie Klimas, DePaul University environmental scientist, focuses on the Amazon rainforest to illustrate how our individual and collective actions impact our global economy and ecology, and how this can be informed by Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, Laudato Sí. Presented March 30, 2021. Hosted by the UP Garaventa Center.…
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Dr. Matthew Eggemeier, associate professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, offers an analysis of neoliberalism, how it intersects with a number of social crises (racism, environmental destruction, democracy), and why it stands in tension with Catholic social teaching. Sponsored by the UP Garaventa Center, 3/23/21.…
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Dr. Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, highlights elements of Schitt’s Creek – the series that swept the comedy category in the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards – and proposes what we can learn from this Canadian sitcom to deepen our understanding of Catholic faith. March 2, 2021. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor…
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Linda Plitt Donaldson, MSW, PhD, examines the life of Dorothy Day, Catholic Social Teaching, and evidence-based practices to address and end homelessness, 11/5/19. Donaldson is Director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at James Madison University in Virginia, and has worked and studied homelessness in the D.C. area for o…
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Dr. Ryan Kenton of UP Biology dives into the world of actual parasitic wasps, worms, and fungus that have been found to turn thousands of other species into assorted forms of "zombies!" 10/30/19. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor Project.Af nuxolls
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Dr. Robin Jensen, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and concurrent Professor of the History of Art, presents a survey of the ways the Holy Cross and Christ's Passion have been depicted in the history of Christian art. Jensen also discusses reasons for the late emergence of both the cross and crucifixion in Christian iconography …
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Celebrated writers read from their works, followed by a moderated panel examining how their faith influences and intersects the inspiration, process, and products of their imaginations. The panel includes: Poet GC Waldrep, Professor of English at Bucknell University, whose new book Feast Gently, was just released by Tupelo Press. GC is the acting d…
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Christopher Pramuk, PhD, Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at RegisUniversity, presents the remarkable story of one-time slave trader John Newton,the composer of the song “Amazing Grace,” as a portal into the struggle fordiversity and inclusion in the US and beyond, 3-20-19. Pramuk, the author of HopeSings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters A…
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2-23-19 Performance of Angel ofthe Amazon, a new American opera by Evan Mack, in UP's Buckley Auditorium. The opera presents the riveting story of Sr.Dorothy Stang and her 2005 martyrdom as she worked to help the poor in theBrazilian rainforest, and features UP faculty member Nicole Hanig in asupporting role. Co-sponsored by Performing & Fine Arts …
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Dr. William Chafe, Emeritus Professor of History at Duke University, shines a light on how racism remains a powerful force in American society today, even though a great many Americans refuse to admit it. Co-sponsored by UP Political Science and the Garaventa Center, 2-4-19.Af nuxolls
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Elizabeth Blake, PhD, assistant professor of Russian at Saint Louis University, discusses the "Catholic underground" Dostoevsky portrayed in his works as he was alternately repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation and modern manifestations, 11-12-18. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.…
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Justin Yeakel, PhD, professor of theoretical ecology at UC Merced, plumbs the surprising wisdom of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with regard to competitive forces and survival in ecological communities, 10-24-18. Co-sponsored by the Beckman Humor Project and Garaventa Center.Af nuxolls
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