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SPRING SEMESTER
Wednesday, February 7, 7 pm, Fox Hall
Enough – The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America – and What We Can Do About It
Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio's Morning Edition
A Black History Month Celebratory Event.
Tuesday, February 20, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Why No One Wants To Die In America
Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School
Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by Eckerd's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Zeta of Florida .
March 14, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
God as a Threat to National Security
Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon, Bishop of The United Methodist Church, North Alabama Conference
Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series.
March 29, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era
Micheline Ishay, professor and director of the International Human Rights Program, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series.
April 12, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Arab Culture and Islam: An Embedded Journalist's Perspective
Barbara Ferguson, journalist, Arab News Bureau Chief, National Press Club's International Correspondents co-chair
Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Lecture Series.
April 17, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Could Slavery Have Been Abolished in the Revolutionary Era?
Gary B. Nash, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, director of UCLA's National Center for History in the Schools
Sponsored by Eckerd's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Zeta of Florida .
April 18, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
The Ethical Challenges of Gender Equality in the Era of Globalization
Gita Sen, Sir Ratan Tata Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series.
(Please note the new date for this lecture, originally scheduled for Feb. 28)
April 27, 7 pm, Miller Auditorium
Bamako (The Trial)
A film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako (115 min., Country: Mali/France, 2006). A discussion led by Professor Linda Lucas will follow.
Part of the International Cinema Series.
SPRING SEMESTER THEATRE & MUSIC
January 26-27, February 15-18, 22-25
Thursday – Saturday, 8 pm
Sunday, 2 pm
Big Love
A play by Charles L. Mee, directed by Todd Olson, producing artistic director for American Stage.
Bininger Theatre
No reservations needed. $10, general public. EC Community, $5; EC students with I.D., $1.
Sunday, May 6, 3 pm
Spring Choral Concert
Eckerd Concert Choir and Eckerd Ringers
Griffin Chapel
Free
PREVIOUS SEMESTERS
FALL SEMESTER LECTURES
Thursday, September 14, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
One World: The Ethics of Globalization
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series.
Friday, September 22, 7 pm, Miller Auditorium
My Country, My Country
A film directed by Laura Poitras (90 min., in Arabic, English and Kurdish with English subtitles, 2006). Discussion will follow. Part of the International Cinema Series.
Wednesday, September 27, 7 pm, Fox Hall
GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
Anna Lappe, author and co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund
Thursday, October 5, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
In Defense of Globalization
Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Economics and Law, Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series.
Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Women, the Elections, and Fighting Words
Robin Morgan, founder of The Sisterhood Is Global Institute, co-founder and board member of The Women's Media Center, poet, novelist, feminist theorist.
Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm, Griffin Chapel
A Martyr's Homily
Actor Al Staggs portrays Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in San Salvador while celebrating Mass for speaking out on behalf of the poor and victims of the country's civil war.
Thursday, November 9, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
The Heart of Islam
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies, George Washington University
Thursday, November 16, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Dolphins and Whales Without Borders
Dr. Bernd Wursig, Professor of Marine Biology, world expert on whale and dolphin biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston
FALL SEMESTER THEATRE & MUSIC
November 9-19
Thursday – Saturday, 8 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Our Town
A play by Thornton Wilder, directed by Cynthia Totten.
Bininger Theatre at Eckerd College
Call 864-8279 for tickets: $10, general public.
Sunday, November 12, 3 pm
Songs of Thanks
A program of choral music with organ, bass, and percussion featuring the Eckerd Concert Choir, choruses from Xavier University of Louisiana and the Symphonic Chorus of the Pinellas County Center for the Arts
First United Methodist Church, 212 Third Street North, St. Petersburg
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MIGHT CAUSE.
Sunday, December 10, 5:30 pm
Everlasting Light Christmas Concert
Eckerd Concert Choir and Eckerd Ringers
First United Methodist Church, 212 Third Street North, St. Petersburg
(Please note time change)
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