Events that meet requirement #3 for Peace & Conflict Studies minor
Additional requirement:
3. Students are expected to attend six Peace & Conflict-related campus or community
events. Those events that qualify will be advertised through the Peace & Conflict Studies
website, and will be tracked by the director of the program. Students are encouraged to
attend at least two a year. Attendance at these events may not be used as excused
absences from other courses. Transfer students who transfer in 70 credits or more are
required to attend two Peace & Conflict-related events total. Transfer students who
transfer in 40-70 are required to attend four events. Transferring in fewer than 40
credits commits you to all six events.
Events for Academic Year 2010-11
This list will be updated frequently. Please check back regularly.
September 2010
From the Women’s Center, 220 Lawrence Hall
Monday, September 207:30-9:00, Main Hall Auditorium, Room 168
Why Are Anti-Immigration Laws a “Women’s Issue”?
Dr. Linda Stevenson, Director of the Latin American Studies Program, and Susan
Kim, Interim Executive Director of Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship
Coalition, will lead a discussion on immigration laws, including the highly
controversial SB1070 law in Arizona, and how women are impacted by such
legislation. Co-sponsored by Latin American Studies, WCU Latino Heritage
Committee, Women’s Center, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
WCU College of Visual and Performing Arts Production
Sorrows and Rejoicings by Athol Fugard (Tickets: $5 general admission)
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.: Goshen Studio Theatre
Thursday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.: Goshen Studio Theatre
From the Frederick Douglass Institute
Cedar Hill, the historic home of Frederick Douglass, Washington, DC Bus Trip
Friday, September, 24
For further details please see the institute's Web site at www.wcupa.edu/_academics/fdouglass/,
e-mail fdouglass@wcupa.edu, or call 610.436.2766.
October 2010
WCU College of Visual and Performing Arts Production of
Sorrows and Rejoicings by Athol Fugard (Tickets: $5 general admission)
Friday, October 1, 8 p.m. .: Goshen Studio Theatre
Saturday, October 2, 2 and 8 p.m. .: Goshen Studio Theatre
Sunday, October 3, 2 p.m. .: Goshen Studio Theatre
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m.: Sykes Union
Frank Meeink, Autobiography of a Skinhead
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 11:00AM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Allen Hornblum | The Invisible Harry Gold: The Man Who Gave the Soviets the
Atom Bomb
Cost: FREE No Tickets required.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 12:00PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Tariq Ramadan | What I Believe
Cost: FREE No tickets required.
A leading scholar of Islam in the Western world.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 7:30PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Michele Norris | The Grace of Silence: A Memoir
Cost: FREE
Norris turns her investigative powers on her own family’s complex racial legacy.
Wednesday, October 20, 3 p.m., 252 Sykes Student Union
Language, A Double-Edged Sword: Words that Offend and Empower
Drs. Anita Foeman, Rodney Mader, Lisa Ruchti and Mr. Skip Hutson will present a
panel discussion about the use of words that can be both offensive and, at the
same time, empowering.
November 2010
From the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program listings
Lecture by Ms. Barbara Shaiman, on the activities of her philanthropic
organization, Champions of Caring
Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.: Philips Autograph Library
From the Women’s Center, 220 Lawrence Hall
Monday, November 15, 7:30-8:30 pm, Women’s Center, Lawrence 220
Empowering Women Globally: Shonglap is an organization that educates,
empowers, and provides job training and interest free loans to young, adolescent
girls in Bangladesh. Anna Rohwer, Shonglap US Program Manager, will speak
about her experiences with this organization and talk about opportunities to get
involved.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7:30PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Cost: $15 General Admission, $7 Students
Carlos Eire | Learning to Die in Miami: Confession of a Refugee Boy.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:30PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Cost: $10 General Admission, $7 Students
James K. Galbraith | John Kenneth Galbraith: The Affluent Society & Other
Writings 1952-1967
Tuesday, November 30, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Ballroom C, Sykes Student Union
Lunch and Learn: WCU Alumna Journey to LGBT Director, City of Philadelphia
Enjoy free pizza and meet WCU alumna, Gloria Casarez, who will talk about her
impressive journey from student leader to Director of LGBT Affairs for Mayor
Nutter. All will be inspired by Gloria’s efforts to fight the spread of HIV and make
a difference in the lives of Philadelphia’s Latino and LGBT communities. Cosponsored by the Women’s Center, Wellness Center, LGBTQ Services, and the
Office of Multicultural Affairs.
December 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 7:30PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
Cost: $10 General Admission, $7 Students
David Eisenhower | Going Home To Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D.
Eisenhower, 1961-1969
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 7:30PM: Free Library of Philadelphia
William T. Coleman | Counsel for the Situation: Shaping the Law to Realize
America's Promise
Cost: FREE
January 2011
No events identified yet.
February 2011
Philadelphia Speaker Series/Widener University/The Kimmel Center
F.W. de KLERK: Former President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
February 21, 2011 - Monday, 8pm
March 2011
From the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program listings
Time and place to be announced
Lecture by Dr. Gregory Kendrick, professor of history at UCLA, on the twisted
“heroic” logic of fascism and communism in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.
April 2011
From the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program listings
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.: Sykes Student Union Theatre
featuring a lecture by Dr. James F. Harris, professor of history, University of
Maryland and dean of arts and humanities, on popular anti-Semitism in 19th
century Bavaria.