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Friday, 5/09 – Mayor of Palermo to Speak at Schemel Forum

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May 2, 2014

10:00 am

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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 for a Roundtable Discussion

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April 21, 2014

9:00 am

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SchemelJoin 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

Media Attention for the Mutiny on the Bounty Exhibit

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March 31, 2014

1:00 am

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Mutiny on the Bounty Exhibit Blog PostAlthough the mutiny on the Bounty will always stand as a signal event in maritime history, the circumstances surrounding the mutiny have been clouded by early attacks on Lieutenant William Bligh and by motion pictures, which portrayed him as a tyrant.

In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Mutiny on the Bounty, the Weinberg Memorial Library is presenting an exhibit on the topic drawn from the collection of University benefactor and alumnus Edward R. Leahy.

The exhibit is on display in the 5th Floor Heritage Room until April 17th and has already received positive media attention.

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On March 18th, Erika Funke interviewed Special Collections Librarian Michael Knies about the exhibit for WVIA’s ArtScene. Ms. Funke also provides an overview of the Mutiny on the Bounty as it’s been depicted in film. You can listen to the interview on the WVIA website.

 

 

 

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The  exhibit is also featured in a blog post by Rebecca Rego Barry for Fine Books & Collections magazine.  She highlights a couple of the rare books from Mr. Leahy’s collection that are currently on display as part of the exhibit.

 

On April 9th at 5:30pm, Edward Leahy will speak on The Mutiny on the Bounty: Myth and Fact in the Library’s 5th floor Heritage Room with a reception to follow. The talk is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested. The event is cosponsored by the Schemel Forum and the Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library.

We invite everyone to explore the exhibit, which is on display until Thursday, April 17th in the 5th floor Heritage Room during regular Library hours.  For more information, please contact Special Collections Librarian Michael Knies, Michael.Knies@Scranton.edu 570-941-6341.

Monday 3/31 – An American in Paris: Straddling Two Educational Cultures

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March 26, 2014

12:21 pm

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Join us on Monday 3/31 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with
CELESTE SCHENCK, Ph.D.
President of the American University in Paris

“An American in Paris: Straddling Two Educational Cultures”

Dr. Schenck speaks from her 25 years’ experience as an American educator in Paris on the profound differences between the French/European university system and the American one. She will discuss the public/private divide; differences in faculty status and governance; the constraints of labor relations and the different organization of degree programs and student services in the US and abroad. Political and cultural differences between French and American culture will also be discussed.

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

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu

Monday, 3/24 – Obama and the World in Historical Perspective

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March 14, 2014

11:00 am

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Schemel Logevall BlogJoin us on Monday 3/24 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
Fredrik Logevall

“Obama and the World in Historical Perspective”

How should we judge Barack Obama’s foreign policy as he approaches the midpoint of his second term? And how does he compare to his predecessors in his approach to the world? In this lecture Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall places Obama’s foreign policy in historical context, with particular attention to Wilsonianism.

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

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu

Friday, March 14th – Nasser’s Egypt & the Origins of the Arab Spring

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March 6, 2014

12:34 pm

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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

bookjacketThe 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

Mon. 3/10 – The Emergence of Anti-Liberal Politics in Central Europe

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March 3, 2014

3:55 pm

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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