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Category: Events
Schemel Forum Course: The Book of Kells and its World 600-900 CE
Freedom Quilt Stained Glass Art Exhibit and Lecture
Honoring and celebrating Black History Month, The University of Scranton, in collaboration with The Center for Anti-slavery Studies, is pleased to welcome the Glass Artisans Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen to the Library’s 5th floor Heritage Room. The Glass Artisans will share their creative process in designing an exhibit titled: The History of the Freedom Quilts and the Underground Railroad in Northeast Pennsylvania.
Students, faculty, staff, along with Scranton area residents, are invited to a lecture/reception/book-signing on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Sherman and Cindy Wooden, founders of the Center for Anti-Slavery Studies will lead us with a lecture along with Dr. Pedro Anes of the Glass Artisans who will explain their creative process in designing the spectacular stained-glass “Freedom Quilt” Art Exhibit.
This project is supported by a Lackawanna County Community Arts and Culture Grant, a program of the Lackawanna County Commissioners Corey D. O’Brien, Jim Wansacz and Patrick O’Malley. The event is hosted by The Office of Equity and Diversity, Education for Justice, The Jesuit Center, Office of Community and Government Relations, Peace and Justice and the History Departments of The University of Scranton.
The exhibit is on display in the Library’s Heritage Room until Wednesday, February 25, and the evening lecture will be held in the Heritage Room on Tuesday, February 24 from 5:00 to 6:30pm.
For more information, contact the Office of Equity & Diversity, 570-941-6645
Monday, 3/2 The Causes and Resolutions of National and Ethnic Conflicts: A Global Review
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Meditation for Daily Life Program Hosted in the Library
The Center for Health and Education Wellness and the Weinberg Memorial Library are co-hosting a drop-in Meditation for Daily Life series in the Heritage Room during the month of February.
All students, staff, and faculty are invited to join in the program which will be held from 5:00-5:30PM in the Heritage Room on Thursday, February 12.
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
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Technology on Your Own Terms – Spring 2015
On behalf of the Weinberg Memorial Library and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, we invite University of Scranton faculty and staff to the first of our Spring 2015 Technology On Your Own Terms (TOYOT) workshops.
Your Digital Afterlife
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 – 12:00 – 1:00pm in WML 305
Presenter: Bonnie Oldham, Information Literacy Coordinator
“When Facebook, Flickr and Twitter are your estate, what’s your legacy?” People may have made plans for what happens to their physical belongings after they die, but what about all that digital content they’ve created? Do you have a plan? This session will discuss these issues raised by Evan Carroll and John Romano in their book, Your Digital Afterlife. A light lunch will be provided.
This session is open to all University faculty and staff, but seats are limited, so please let us know you are coming. You can register at www.scranton.edu/ctleregistration – under Technology on Your Own Terms.
Schemel Forum Courses Begin Soon!
The International Film Series Presents “The Big City”
Please join us for a free screening of “The Big City” (Mahānagara) on Wednesday February 11th at 7 p.m. in the Moskovitz Theater in The DeNaples Center. Dr. Satyajit Ghosh will lead a discussion after the film.
One of famed director Satyajit Ray’s greatest films, “The Big City” (Mahānagara) is set in Calcutta in the early 1960’s. The film centers on the changes in society and how they affect a traditional Indian family. Subrata and his wife Arati are having trouble supporting children and his parents on his salary as a bank clerk. With her husband’s reluctant support Arati takes a sales job in the city, but some family members have trouble adjusting to her new-found independence.
“The Big City” is in Bengali with English subtitles.
This event is open to faculty, staff, students and the public. Please email sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for more information.
Film series sponsored by a University of Scranton Diversity Initiative Grant through the Office of Equity and Diversity.
The Schemel Forum Spring Offerings
The spring semester if not spring weather is upon us!
Sign up today for our evening courses, world affairs luncheons, and special programs of your choice. We promise to make your spirits spring!
For more information on our spring offerings and to Register, please visit the following links:
SPRING BROCHURE – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/images/Schemel%20Forum%20Spring%202015.pdf
Evening Classes – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/courses.shtml
World Affairs Luncheon Series Sponsored by MunleyLaw – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/courses.shtml
Collaborative Events – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/collaborative.shtml
Spring Bus Trip – http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/events.shtml
We look forward to seeing you this spring!