SPRING SEMESTER
Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m. - Dispelling the Myths About Islam
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, assistant professor or religious studies and women's studies at the University of Florida . Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series.
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. - Suffering and Silence: Theodicy in Literature
Jewel Spears Brooker, professor of literature at Eckerd College. Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series.
Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. - Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to Be Learned
Paul Rusesabagina, real-life hero portrayed in the 2004 Academy Award-nominated Hotel Rwanda
Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. - "The Mirror Effect: Reflections on Post-World War I and Post-9/11 America."
Dennis Lehane '88, Eckerd alumnus and author of "Mystic River."
Monday, March 6, 7:30 p.m. - Compassion as a Way of Life
Barbara Brown Taylor, professor of religion at Piedmont College and adjunct faculty at Columbia Theological Seminary; Tom Long, professor of homiletics at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University . Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series.
Wednesday, March 15, 7:30 PM -
Every Wall is a Door:
Ten Centuries of Russian Poetry
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
Tuesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. - Politics of the Muslim World
Vali Nasr, professor of Middle East and South Asia politics at the Naval Postgraduate School and author of The Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (2001)
Please note that this program has been rescheduled from April 4, 2006.
Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. - Bioterrorism in a Historical Perspective
Judith V. Reppy, professor of science and technology studies, associate director of the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University, and Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar.
ART, MUSIC, THEATRE
October 2 – November 4
Eckerd College Faculty Art Exhibition
Featuring recent works by faculty in the residential program
Elliott Gallery
Thursday – Sunday, November 3-6, and 10-13
Thursday - Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 2 pm
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
A musical comedy about going to a Catholic school in the 1950's
Bininger Theatre, General admission: $10
Saturday, December 10, 4 p.m.
Welcome to Our World: A Christmas Celebration
Featuring music for choir, orchestra, and bells Griffin Chapel at Eckerd College.
Thursday – Sunday, March 9-12
Thur.-Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 2 pm
The Dining Room
Six actors portray a total of 59 different characters in 19 vignettes that all take place in a dining room
Bininger Theatre, General admission: $10
Sunday, May 7, 3 p.m.
Eckerd College Concert Choir and Eckerd Ringers Spring Concert
Griffin Chapel at Eckerd College
PREVIOUS SEMESTERS
WINTER TERM
Saturday, January 21, Time TBD
Stephen King, author Public reading in MacArthur Gymnasium.
FALL SEMESTER
Thursday, October 6, 7:30 p.m. - "Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power"
David Rothkopf, foreign policy expert and author of Running the World (May 2005)
Friday, October 14, 6 p.m. - Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble
Lester Brown, president of Earth Policy Institute and author of Plan B, Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble
Plan B is read in the Quest for Meaning course taught to senior students; the lecture is scheduled for the same weekend as Alumni Reunion; and the lecture will be followed by an International Cinema Series environmental documentary, The Great Warming (2004), at 8:00 pm in Miller Auditorium. Cost to attend the film - general admission, $5; Students, $1 with/ID. Proceeds will benefit hurricane relief.
Produced by the Discovery Channel in Canada, The Great Warming has not been aired in the United States – even by the Discovery Channel – largely because of a political movement within the U.S. to deny or spin the accepted facts about global warming. Narrated by singer/songwriter Alanis Morrissette and actor Keanu Reeves, the film examines what really is happening to the world's climate and what we can begin to do about it.
Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m. - Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity
Jackson Katz, anti-sexist male activist | More Info
(In partnership with Juvenile Welfare Board Pinellas, Bethel Community Foundation, Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, Pinellas County Health Department, CASA, YWCA of Tampa Bay, and St. Petersburg College)
** CANCELED **
Tuesday, October 25, 7:30 p.m. - Freedom At Home and Abroad: Striking the Balance Between Security and Prosperity
Ambassador Cresencio Arcos, Director of International Affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
This event has been canceled. The speaker's schedule regrettably retains him for rescheduled meetings in Washington, DC. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.
Tuesday, November 1, 7:30 p.m. - Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground
Robert Kaplan, correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly , Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and author of Imperial Grunts (September 2005)
Thursday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. - It's Good to Be Good: The Convergence of Spirituality and Medicine in the Affirmation that a Generous Life is a Healthier Life
Stephen G. Post, author, professor of biomedical ethics at Case Western Reserve University , and president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series. |
