Author: Mrs. Emily Brees

Join us on Friday 5/9 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with LEOLUCA ORLANDO
Mayor of Palermo, Italy

 

“Identity & the Struggle between the Culture of Human Rights and the Mafia”

As Mayor of Palermo from 1985 to 1990 and 1993 to 2000 and returning to the position in 2012, Leoluca Orlando has dedicated his career to the rebirth of his beloved city after decades of Mafia rule. His brilliant civic strategy ignited a virtual Renaissance in Palermo, demonstrating the power of civil society to change the city’s trajectory from one of crime and corruption to one of justice, democracy and civil and human rights. Palermo’s story exemplifies Orlando’s leadership and the courage of its citizens to restore social and political values despite a looming threat of retaliation and fear.

Noon to 1:30pm, Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 5th floor

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu

 

Join us Monday, April 28th for a
A Roundtable Discussion

“We Are All Others: The American Story”
Co-Moderated by Sondra Myers, Director of the Schemel Forum
and Julie Schumacher Cohen, University of Scranton Director of Community and Government Relations

Monday, April 28, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305

This roundtable discussion will explore how all of us are “others” to someone. Our nation has welcomed people from all corners of the globe, as has Northeastern Pennsylvania. Can we celebrate our diversity by becoming more inclusive? How do we welcome newcomers today? What does the American melting pot experience say about an increasingly globalized world?  

Event is Free & Open to the Public. Spaces are limited.

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu

The Schemel Forum and the African Studies Department invite you to a full day
collaborative event on Saturday, April 12th.

To register click here

Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
Friday, March 14th, 12 pm – 1:30pm
Rose Room, Brennan Hall, 5th Floor

Nasser’s Egypt & the Origins of the Arab Spring
Jesse Ferris, Ph.D.
Vice President for Strategy at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem

The lecture will focus on the subject of Ferris’ book, Nasser’s Gamble: How Intervention in Yemen Caused the Six-Day War and the Decline of Egyptian Power, demonstrating how Nasser’s missteps set the stage for the decline of Arab nationalism and the rise of political Islam.

Book signing will follow the lecture.
RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu

Join us on Monday, March 10th for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon with
JIRI PEHE, Director of NYU Prague, Political Analyst & Former Chief Political Advisor of President Vaclav Havel

“The Emergence of Anti-Liberal Politics in Central Europe”

All of the Visegrad countries have had problems in the last few years with maintaining liberal democracy. In Hungary the Fidesz party has stifled some liberal freedoms while in Poland, the anti-liberal right is likely to stage a comeback in the next elections. In Slovakia the political scene is entirely dominated by a leftist populist movement while in the Czech Republic, the last elections marked a spectacular rise of anti-system parties and movements, some which reject traditional party politics.

12pm – 1:30pm – DeNaples Center, McIlhenny Ballroom, 4th Floor

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu