Author: Mrs. Emily Brees
Monday, 3/2 The Causes and Resolutions of National and Ethnic Conflicts: A Global Review
Register HERE or RSVP to: emily.brees@scranton.edu or call 941-6206
Friday, Feb. 27th: American Foreign Policy: Is History a Useful Guide?
Join us for the first Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon of the spring semester!
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: IS HISTORY A USEFUL GUIDE?
It’s been said that those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it but too often leaders who act with history in mind nevertheless repeat it to their disadvantage. This talk will explore how history can be useful, even essential, to understanding the present, while also stressing that knowledge of the past is not enough; it must be supplemented by other approaches.
Fredrik Logevall, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Vice Provost for International Affairs
Cornell University
LOCATION/TIME: Brennan Hall, Rose Room 509, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
LECTURE & LUNCH FEES: $20 per person or $30 per couple
Click HERE to RSVP or contact: emily.brees@scranton.edu or call 941-6206
Schemel Forum Courses Begin Soon!
Dec. 8th – Sacred Arts of Tibet: The Monks of Gaden Shartse
On December 8th, a group of Tibet monks from Gaden Shartse Monastic College in Southern India will visit The University of Scranton. The purpose of their tour is to share with all people the monks’ culture, as well as practices and paths to inner peace and compassion. This will be a unique learning experience for our community.
Please join us for any of the following events on December 8th:
9 am – 7pm Sand Mandala of Peace – Feel free to come and go and observe.
Loyola Science Center Atrium
11 am Classroom Visit – Open Discussion and Q&A
Loyola Science Center 127
**RSVP required for the classroom visit to ann.pang-white@scranton.edu
6 pm Evening Recitation of Tara Puja Ritual & Prayers
Loyola Science Center 133, PNC Auditorium
7 pm Dissolution (sweeping) of Mandala, Blessing & Distribution of Sand
Loyola Science Center Atrium
For more information visit www.sacredartsoftibettour.org
December 4th – Philanthropy in America: A Wide-Angle View
In collaboration with the Scranton Area Foundation, the Schemel Forum will host Grant Oliphant, President of the Heinz Endowments on Thursday, December 4, 2014, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Philanthropy in American: A Wide-Angle View
Mr. Oliphant will address the unique role that philanthropy has in American society, why that is and what the future holds in terms of shared responsibility for the public good.
Brennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium, Room 228
Reception to follow
FREE EVENT – RSVP requested to emily.brees@scranton.edu or 941-6206.
The Great Learning Gap and Why We Must Do Something About It
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n us on Monday 11/24 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with Judith Renyi, Ph.D.
Executive Director, The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia
The Great Learning Gap & Why We Must Do Something About It
In October 2013 an international study of literacy revealed that the US had fallen below average among 23 first world countries. It found that 36 million US adults are functioning too low in reading, writing and mathematics and the ability to solve problems in a technology-rich environment to get or keep jobs. Dr. Renyi will discuss the US Department of Education’s response to workforce development crisis and the innovations piloted In Philadelphia to reskill Americans on a large scale.
Noon to 1:30pm, Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509
RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu
An Uncanny Era: The Underpinnings of Democratic Transformation in Eastern Europe
Join the Schemel Forum on Wednesday, November 12th
for a collaborative event with the Polish Cultural Institute of New York &
New School for Social Research in NYC
An Uncanny Era: The Underpinnings of Democratic Transformation in Eastern Europe
Adam Michnik in conversation with Elzbieta Matynia, editor and translator of An Uncanny Era: Conversations between Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik, will address the essential question of post-revolutionary life: How does one preserve the revolution’s ideals in the real world? The discussion will help us to understand how the struggles between democratic aspirations and pragmatic realities are at work even more widely in today’s world.
Adam Michnik is cofounder of the Solidarity Movement in Poland and editor-in-chief of Poland’s largest newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza.
Elzbieta Matynia is a professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Free Event
5:30 to 7pm – Brennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium, Room 228
Book signing to follow
RSVP Required to emily.brees@scranton.edu or click here.
Nov. 10th – War and Peace: the Challenges of the Islamic State and Ukraine
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n us on Monday 11/10 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with Daniel Serwer, Ph.D.
Professor of Conflict Management, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
War and Peace: the Challenges of the Islamic State and Ukraine
While the United States has been trying to disengage from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it now faces new challenges from Russia in the Ukraine and from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. How did this come about? What risks do Ukraine and the Islamic State pose for the United States? Are we going back to a Cold War with Russia and a hot one with the Islamic State? How can we best respond to these challenges?
Noon to 1:30pm, Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509
RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu
INSIDE THE HOTEL RWANDA: The Surprising True Story and Why It Matters Today
INSIDE THE HOTEL RWANDA: The Surprising True Story and Why It Matters Today
On NOVEMBER 6th, 2014, the Schemel Forum welcomes Kerry Zukus, Co-author Inside the Hotel Rwanda.
DeNaples Center McIlhenny Ballroom, Room 407, Noon to 1:30pm
The film, Hotel Rwanda, the alleged true story of refugees surviving the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. But was the hotel manager depicted in it, Paul Rusesabagina, credited with single-handedly saving the lives of those who sought safety in the hotel, just a Hollywood creation? Mr. Zukus and his Rwandan co-author, Edouard Kayihura, tell a different story which will be the subject of his talk.
RSVP to emily.brees@scranton.edu or 941-6206