January 23, 2013 | Human Rights Violations | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
Human rights have been violated in the ancient times and continue to be violated in the modern world. The colloquia, "Human Rights Violations," sheds light on "Religion" being one of the determinants for the violation of these rights in the past and also in the present. The role played by "International Politics" in spearheading human rights violations is also described in the course of discussion. In addition, "Media's" contribution in raising the general awareness of human rights and their violations, is also highlighted in the colloquia. Professors Jim Castonguay (Communication and Media Studies), June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Alka Jauhari (Government and Politics)
January 30, 2013 | Plastic Planet | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
Documentary Plastic Planet will be shown. This film helps show the impact that the making and the consumption of plastic products has on the environment and our health. Discussion to follow. (Sponsored by the Environmental Club - Green SHUs)
February 6, 2013 | Zombies, Souls and Fear of the Flesh| Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
"Why do zombies terrify us? Why are we so fascinated by them? In this colloquium, we will discuss that one way to think about why zombies have such enduring appeal is that they are us. They are not aliens or monsters or demons, they do not come from the "beyond"; zombies are us, but robbed of those qualities that we like to believe make us special in the animal kingdom. Zombies are us without thought, love, imagination, art, religion, hope, charity, etc. Zombies fascinate, disgust, and terrify us because we are afraid that maybe, just maybe, that is all we truly are. Maybe humans are just eating, defecating, meat-machines stumbling through the world. Maybe we are just this flesh, and the rest is an illusion. Horrifying." Professor Jesse Bailey (Philosophy)
February 13, 2013 | Meet Your Meat| Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
The inefficiencies of industrialized animal farming in America that result in profound animal abuse will be discussed. Additionally, ethical arguments related to meat consumption will be explored. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Beau Greer (Exercise Science and Nutrition)
February 13, 2013 | Information Literacy Colloquia| Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45PM - BI Room/Library
“Finding and Using the Library’s Resources” Libby Knapik (Head of Information Literacy Programs)
February 13, 2013 | Little Town of Bethlehem| Monday 7:30PM - Curtis Hall Theatre
A documentary about three men—two Palestinians and a former pilot in the Israeli Defense Force – who, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s teachings on non-violence, have joined together to engage with others in peaceful, non-violent resistance to oppression and bloodshed in the Holy Land, despite threats to their lives by members of external groups and within their own communities. Is peace possible? What is the price of peace? What are people willing to do for peace? Film screening and post-film discussion. (Sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Program)
February 20, 2013 | Top 10 Ways to Build a Flourishing Life| Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
Learn 10 strategies on how your emotions can be used to create happiness and provide you with a more fulfilling life of meaning and purpose. Dr. Susan Dinnocenti (Education)
February 20, 2013 | Trauma & Mental Illness| Wednesday 7PM - University Commons
In the aftermath of the horrific tragedy that occurred in Sandy Hook, Connecticut on December 14th, the office of Marketing and Communications and The Human Journey Colloquia Series have organized a series of Colloquia addressing some of the vexing issues that are in need of reflection and discussion. The first Colloquium addresses two important issues: first we will discuss the impact of trauma on both the individual and the community and paths towards healing in the aftermath of such a massacre. Second, we will also direct attention to the issue of the relationship between mental illness and violent actions as we have witnessed at Sandy Hook. Leading us in this discussion will be David Johnson, Ph.D. and Hadar Lubin, M.D. from the Post-Traumatic Stress Center in New Haven, CT. Drs. Lubin and Johnson have been working with the families from the Sandy Hook tragedy.
February 20, 2013 | The Obamas| Wednesday 7PM - TBD
Award –Winning Journalist and Author Jodi Kantor is a New York Times correspondent and author of The Obamas. She is a recipient of the Columbia Young Alumni Achievement Award and appears regularly on television such as Today and Charlie Rose. Jodi Kantor covered the 2008 presidential campaign and Barack Obama’s biography. In 2007 she wrote some of the first articles about the Michelle Obama and the role of the Obama daughters in their father’s career. “In The Obamas, Kantor takes audiences deep inside the White House as President and First Lady try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships...” Guest Speaker: Jodi Kantor. (Sponsored by the Ryan Matura Library and Government and Politics)
February 27, 2013 | Returning To the Classroom with PTSD| Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
An overview will be given of what PTSD is and how it affects a person. We will hear from two veterans and their unique situations in the Marine Corps and how they are overcoming PTSD. Discussion to follow. Guest Speaker: Thomas Burke
February 27, 2013 | Suicide and College Students| Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45PM - TBD
Representatives from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will show a very gripping film about suicide and college students. Discussion will follow. This Colloquium is limited to 20 participants. Please RSVP your attendance with Deanna Bradshaw by February 25th.
March 13, 2013 | Learning from Indigenous People| Wednesday 5PM - Schine Auditorium
Nomads are one of the richest cultures and nomadic life is considered to be one of the most ancient lifestyle in the world. This film has a look at the Man’s life in nature and records the Bakhtiari Tribe lifestyle in Iran. Documentary “1030” to be viewed. Professors Cima Sedigh (Education) and June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies)
March 13, 2013 | Date Violence and The College Student| Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - TBD
What is date violence? How prevalent is date violence on college campuses? Does date violence happen on our campus? How can college communities respond? Please join faculty and students in this important discussion. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Jennifer McLaughlin (History), and Amanda Moras (Sociology)
March 13, 2013 | The ‘SHOW’ Must Go On, and it Does!| Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45PM - TBD
A group of friends gathered for dinner. During the course of the evening the many layers of their life journey are revealed forming a powerful tapestry of suffering and survival, courage and hope, and victimization and triumph. The SHOW (Social Healing of Wounds) Program is a collaborative work between the Post Traumatic Stress Center (PTSC), New Haven, CT and clients who engaged in trauma – centered therapy at the center and elected to pursue advocacy work. Guest Speakers: David Johnson, Ph.D., and Hadar Lubin, M.D. Post Traumatic Stress Center
March 13, 2013 | Media & Trauma| Wednesday 7PM - University Commons
In this second colloquium of our series on the Sandy Hook tragedy, Dr. Jim Castonguay and Craig Lemoult from WSHU will discuss the role the media and media ethics have played throughout this tragic event. Craig Lemoult, a journalist, has published about the Newtown tragedy and Dr. Castonguay is Director of SHU’s MACOMM Graduate Program.
March 20, 2013 | Hate Crimes | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
Students will engage in a multi-disciplinary discussion of crimes against others because of race, religion, ethnic or national identity, sexual orientation. What are hate crimes? Why are there hate crimes? What can be done about hate crimes? Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology/Religious Studies), Jennifer McLaughlin (History), and Amanda Moras (Sociology)
March 20, 2013 | Suicide and College Students | Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45PM - CANCELLED
Representatives from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will show a very gripping film about suicide and college students. Discussion will follow.
April 3, 2013 | Plastic Planet | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
Documentary Plastic Planet will be shown. This film helps show the impact that the making and the consumption of plastic products has on the environment and our health. Discussion to follow. (Sponsored by the Environmental Club - Green SHUs)
April 3, 2013 | Made in LA | Wednesday 7PM - Curtis Hall Theatre
A screening and post-film discussion about the award-winning documentary (2007) that chronicles the journey of three Latina sweatshop seamstresses in LA as they struggled to secure their civil rights as workers. Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology & Religious Studies) and Pilar Munday (Foreign Languages and Cultures)
April 10, 2013 | Working on Mysteries Without Any Clues | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
Michael C. Dooling is an author, antiquarian bookman, and news librarian. Currently residing in Waterbury, CT and a native of Middlebury, CT, this Connecticut native finds interests in historical topics of this state. His newly released book in 2011, Clueless in New England, focuses on the disappearance of three women in the late 1940’s and 1950’s. Paula Welden, Connie Smith and Katherine Hull all vanished and not one clue was uncovered that explained what happened. The three cases are brought to life in this work through newspaper accounts, police investigation files, and interviews with several key persons. Michael looks at these cases through the eyes of modern psychological and geographic profiling. Using knowledge from accruing a Master of Arts degree in Psychology and gained from the only case in which any remains were found he applies that learning to the other two cases. Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Dooling
April 10, 2013 | The Sandy Hook Tragedy: Where is God? Why is there Evil? | Wednesday 7PM - University Commons
In this third Colloquium of our series, we will discuss the most vexing questions that face us in the aftermath of this tragedy. Such tragic events as the Sandy Hook massacre bring many of us to ask why does such irrational evil occur and in the face of this evil, where is God? There are no firm answers to such questions but these questions call for our reflection and discussion. Dr. June-Ann Greeley will facilitate discussion with local interfaith clergy
April 17, 2013 | Gender and the Media | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - University Commons
This colloquium explores historical and modern day portrayals of gender in various forms of media (print, television, etc.) and how these portrayals are connected to gender inequality and power in our society. Topics will include the double-bind of female femininity, portrayals of female competition, and women in the workplace. To provide additional illustrations, a clip from the film “Miss Representation” will be shown and discussed. Professor Lori Bindig (Communication and Media Studies)
April 17, 2013 | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45PM - TBD
Representatives from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will show a very gripping film about suicide and college students. Discussion will follow. This Colloquium is limited to 20 participants. Please RSVP your attendance with Deanna Bradshaw by April 15th.
April 24, 2013 | Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America | Wednesday 2 - 3:15PM - Schine Auditorium
Will look at recent artwork made in prison—a range of production from mainstream prison art, with its reliance on tattoo imagery, to prison folk arts like soap carving and toilet paper sculpture, to powerful drawings and paintings by outstanding individual artists, with quotes from men and women in institutions from county jail to death row. They are candid and insightful about their lives, their art, and their imprisonment. Phyllis Kornfeld, author of Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America, (Princeton University Press), has been conducting visual art programs with incarcerated men and women for thirty years.
May 1, 2013 | Restorative Justice | Wednesday 7PM - University Commons - CANCELLED
Restorative justice is the opposite of retributive justice. Retributive justice seeks punishment to fit the crime. Restorative justice is about the process of responsibility, forgiveness, and reconciliation between parties. Are human persons capable of this challenge? Professors June-Ann Greeley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Stephane Kirven (Criminal Justice)
