Events Archive

2023-24

October 6, 7, 8*, 13, 14, 15*- Theatre

"Intimate Apparel" - Lynne Nottage | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

October 26 - Books and Beer

- Shu Yang (World Languages and Literatures) - | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

October 27, 28, 29*, Nov 2, 3, 4, 5*- Theatre

"Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" - Dave Malloy, Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 2 - Book Discussion

Felon by Reginald Dwayne Betts - discussion leader: Alen Hamza (English) | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播 |

November 9 - University Center for the Humanities

Reginald Dwayne Betts - Executive Director, Freedom Reads - "Freedom Reads" - | 7 p.m.| 2452 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 10, 11, 12*, 16, 17, 18, 19* - Theatre

"Clue" - Sandy Rustin - | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 16 - Books and Beer

 - Daniel Macfarlane (School of the Environment, Geography, and Sustainability) - | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 30, Dec 1, 2 - Theatre

"Next Stop, Broadway!" -  | 7:30 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

December 7 - Books and Beer

- Emily Hauptmann, Department of Political Science - | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

February 2024 - 2, 3, 4*, 8, 9, 10, 11* - Theatre

"More Fun Than Bowling" - Steven Dietz | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

February 8, 2024 - Books and Beer

- Jeffrey Angles, Department of World Languages and Literatures | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

March 2024 - 15, 16, 17*, 22, 23, 24*- Theatre

"Argonautika" - Mary Zimmerman | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

March 14, 2024 - Univerisity Center for the Humanities

Roosevelt Mont谩s - Columbia University Center for American Studies - "Rescuing Socrates - How the Great Books Changed My Live and Why They Matter for a New Generation" | 7 p.m.| 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

March 21, 2024 - Books and Beer

- Lauren Foley, Department of Political Science | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

April 2024 - 5, 6, 7*, 11, 12, 13, 14*- Theatre

"SpongeBob SquarePants" - Stephen Hillenburg, Book by Kyle Jarrow, Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

April 4, 2024

- Richard Katrovas, English - | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

May 2024 - 17, 18, 19*, 24, 25, 26*- Theatre

"Julius Caesar" - William Shakespeare | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Glimore Theater Complex, 澳门六合彩官网直播

 

2022-23

Books and Beer

December 7 -  Alen Hamza, English Dept. -  | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall 

January 19, 2023 - Ann Miles, Sociology Dept. -  | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall 

February 16, 2023 - Robert Berkhofer, Medieval Institute -  | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall 

March 16, 2023 - Lauron Kehrer, Gilmore School of Music -  | 5 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall

Ethics Between the Lines

 October 5, 12, 26 - Kathy Purnell, senior coordinator of advocacy and intake for the Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | 4 - 5 p.m. | Zoom

Sheryll Cashin's   

October 27, November 3, 10 - Chien-Juh Gu, Sociology | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.| 3120 Sangren 

stef shuster's   

November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - William Santiago-Valles, Emeritus Africana Studies | 5:30 - 7 p.m. | Zoom

Ilan Pappe's   

February 7, 21, 2023 - Michael Redinger, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, 澳门六合彩官网直播 Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Webex

Jonathan Metzl's  

April 5, 2023 - Kathy Purnell, J.D., Ph.D., senior coordinator for Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan and instructor, Department of Political Science | 4 - 5:30 p.m. | Webex

Matthew Desmond's 

Ethics Center Lecture Series

September 23 -Thanh Nevill, 鈥淚mproving End-of-Life Care: The 3 Wishes Program鈥 | 4 p.m.| 

November 3 - Thomas Stelzl, "Conspiracy Theories in Germany and the U.S." | 4 p.m. | 1730 Sangren Hall, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 17 - stef shuster, "Uncertain Expertise in Trans Medicine" | Burian Lecture | 6 p.m. | 4010 CHHS,Lauron Kehrer 澳门六合彩官网直播 | RSVP

February 19, 2023 - Sue Ellen Christian, 澳门六合彩官网直播 School of Communication, "Special Exhibit Tour: Using Media Responsibly" | 1 p.m. | Kalamazoo Valley Museum

February 21, 2023 - Wa'ed Alshoubaki, assistant professor at the University of Jordan, 鈥淭he Ethical Considerations of Conducting Research with Forced Migrants鈥 | 5 p.m. | 208 Bernhard Center

March 15, 2023 - Alec Koppers, master鈥檚 student, 澳门六合彩官网直播 Department of Philosophy, "Grasslands, Garbage Islands, and Plastic Trees: Working Towards a Future Ecology" | 6 p.m. | 105 Bernhard Center

March 16, 2023 - Kayte Spector-Bagdady, interim co-director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Title: TBD | 12 p.m. | WMed UpJohn Building, 300 Portage St., Kalamazoo

March 21, 2023 - Jonathan Milgrim, faculty specialist, 澳门六合彩官网直播 Department of Philosophy, "Is Ignoring Climate Change Akin to Mass Murder? Troubling Ethical Conclusions about Climate Change and its Effects" | 6 p.m. | 208 Bernhard Center

March 30, 2023 - Edgar Franco-Vivanco, assistant professor of political science, University of Michigan, 2023 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture, "Between Violence and Resistance: The Challenges of Latin America in the 21st Century" | 6 p.m. | 208 Bernhard Center

Medieval Studies

March 16, 2023 - Cornelius Lowe Lecture in Medieval Studies - Craig Gibson,University of Iowa, "Philosophers without Borders: Translating Wisdom in Medieval Greek Fiction" | 4 p.m. | 1028 Brown Hall

Theatre

November 3, 4, 5, 6* - "The Thanksgiving Play" - Larissa Fasthorse | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Williams Theater, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 11, 17, 18, 19, 20* - "Pippin" - Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Roger O. Hirson | 7:30 p.m., *2 p.m.| Shaw Theater, 澳门六合彩官网直播

University Center for the Humanities

September 8 - University Center for the Humanities Bahar Ensemble  | 5 p.m. | RCVA patio/Miller Fountain plaza, 澳门六合彩官网直播

March 2 - Ashley Atkins, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy - "On Lamentation" | 4 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall

April 6, 2023 - Kevin Hood Gary, professor of Education, Valparaiso University, "Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life" | 4 p.m. | 2500 Knauss Hall

University Libraries

January 31, 2023 - Dr. Lauron Kehrer, Gilmore School of Music - Queer Voices in Hip Hop: A Book Talk | 7 p.m. | Meader Room (3rd Floor), Waldo Library | 

February 7, 2023 - Emily Knox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - "Intellectual Freedom and the Rise of Banned Books | 7-8:30p.m. | Fetzer Center | 

 

 

2021-22

Ethics Center Lecture Series

October 28 -  Rebecca Ginsburg, Dale Brown, "A Conversation about Ethics and Carceral Higher Education" | 4 p.m. | Webex

November 4, 2021 - Peter Loge, Sandra Borden, "A Conversation about Ethics and Political Rhetoric" | 5:30 p.m. | Webex

February 16, 2022 - D. Terry Williams,  ," Sue Ellen Christian, School of Communication, Richard Katrovas, English and the cast of the play: Paul Stroili, Laurie Carter Rose and Myles Schwarz 鈥淓thics and the Lifespan of a Fact鈥 | 6 p.m. | 

March 14, 2022 - Victoria Vuletich, founder and CEO, Ethics虏, 鈥淒o We Have an Ethical Duty of Moral Attention?鈥 | 6 p.m. |  

March 30, 2022 - Timothy Palmer, Haworth Business College, 鈥淏usiness Ethics and Sustainability鈥 | 4 p.m. | 

April 5, 2022 - Ainsley Carry, University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada), 鈥淒isputed Memorials and the Moral Standards Question,鈥 | 6 p.m. |  

April 12 - Amitav Ghosh - 2022 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture - | 7 p.m - 9 p.m. |  -  - (Webex) 

Humanities "Courage" Speaker Series

October 28, 2021 - Dana Nessel | 7 p.m. | Bernhrd Center 228 - South Ballroom, 澳门六合彩官网直播

November 11, 2021 - Christina Wolbrecht & Kevin Corder | 7 p.m. | Webex

March 24, 2022 - Deirdre Cooper Owens | 7 p.m. | 4010 College of Health and Human Services, 澳门六合彩官网直播

April 7,  2022 - Sarah Deer | 7 p.m. | 

April 14, 2022 - Denice Frohman | 7:30 p.m. | Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo College

Ethics Between the Lines

September 20, 27, Oct 4, 11, 2021- Charlie Kurth, Philosohpy | 5:30 p.m. | Webex - Michael Sandel鈥檚 The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? 

October 13, 20, 27, 2021 - Kathy Purnell, School of Public Affairs and Administration  | 6 p.m. | Zoom  - Joseph Carens鈥 

November 3, 17, 2021 - Tyler Gibb, Medical Ethics, Humanities & Law | 5:30 p.m. | Webex or In-person at Jenson Fireplace Lounge, WMed UpJohn Building - Harriet Washingtion's 

January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2022 - Henry Curcio, Philosohpy | 5:30 p.m. |   - Valerie Tiberius' 

March 2, 16, 23, 30, 2022 - William Santiago-Valles, Africana Studies | 5:30 p.m. |   - Eric Alliez & Maurizio Lazzarato's 

March 21, 28, April 4, 2022 - Ronald C. Kramer, Sociology | 5:30 p.m. |  - Ronald C. Kramer's  

April 12 - Amitav Ghosh - A Special Edition of the Climate Change Book Club: Author meets Fans of "The Nutmeg鈥檚 Curse: Parables for a Planet" in Crisis" - | 5:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m. | 

Books and Beer

February 17, 2022 - Vivan Steemers, Dept. of World Languages and Literatures -  and Irma L贸pez, Lee Honors College - Extra帽o no-amor el tuyo

March 17, 2022 -Lynne Heasley, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability -  and Lewis Peyenson, Professor Emeritus of History -  | 5 p.m. |  

April 21, 2022 - Paul Crutchfield - Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, 澳门六合彩官网直播 Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine -  | 5 p.m. | 
 

2020-21

Ethics Lecture Series

Sep. 25 - Ethics Lecture Series | Nanette Elster, Kayhan Parsi 

Apr. 5 - Ethics Lecture Series | Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture  鈥淧olitical Effectiveness, Negative Externalities, and the Ethics of Economic Sanctions鈥 

Ethics Book Club

Sep. 30 - Dr. Mona Hana-Attisha鈥檚 What the Eyes Don鈥檛 See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City 

Oct. 13 - Ian Shapiro鈥檚 The Moral Foundations of Politics

Nov. 2 - Mike Davis鈥 The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of the Avian Flu 

Feb. 9 - Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro鈥檚 Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself (2018)

Mar. 1 - Alex S. Vitale鈥檚 End of Policing (2018)

Mar. 2 - John Scalzi's Lock-In (2015)

Apr. 7 - Isabel Wilkerson's Caste (2020)     

Humanities Speakers Series

Oct, 22 - Jennifer Steinhauer | THE FIRSTS: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress

Books By Broncos

Jan. 21 - Alexis Lenderman-Black and Justin Black | Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness

Feb. 18 - Jill Hermann-Wilmarth & Caitlin Ryan | Reading the Rainbow: LGBTQ-Inclusive Literacy Instruction in the Elementary Classroom (Language and Literacy Series)

Mar. 18 - Jeffrey Angles and Takako Arai  | Factory Girls

2019-20 Ethics Lecture Series

Nov. 22 | Saba Bazargan-Forward, "Justifying the Beneficiary Pays Principle" Keynote speaker, Philosophy Graduate Conference

Nov. 6 | Anna Popkova and Taylor Koopman, "Populism, Social Media and Democratic Participation"

Oct. 23 | David J. Gunkel

Oct. 10 | Juan Cole, "The Saudi Crisis in the Contemporary Middle East鈥 H. Nicholas Hamner Lecture

Oct. 4 | Ashley Atkins, "Race and the Politics of Loss: Revisiting the Legacy of Emmett Till"

Sep. 20 | Jason Marker, M.D., "If the United States Promised Health Care as a 鈥楻ight,鈥 What Would We REALLY Have to Deliver?" Keynote,  2019 澳门六合彩官网直播 Medical Humanities Conference

Sep. 4 | Bernhard Stahl, "Politics of Denial: Germany's International Responsibility and the Silencing of Mass Atrocities"

Ethics Lecture Series

 

2019-20

Humanities Series: Freedom

Feb. 27 | Dr. Edward Montgomery, 鈥淎cademia and Public Policy: Uneasy Allies or Mortal Enemies鈥

Feb. 20 | Vivien Sansour, 鈥淭he Palestine Heirloom Seed Library: A Journey of Reclaiming Life in One of the World's Centers of Diversity - Palestine鈥

Feb. 21 | Vivien Sansour, Workshop

Feb. 22 |  Vivien SansourSeed Swap & Story Share

Nov. 15 | Ibram Kendi, "How To Be An Antiracist 鈥

Nov. 7 | Matthew Fletcher, "The Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian-Hating"

Oct. 28 | Jerry Saltz, "How To Be an Artist; or at least think more freely and creatively about your everyday life"

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Humanities Series: Truth

Feb. 21 | Mark Nepo, "More Together Than Alone: The Power and Spirit of Community"

Nov. 8 | Laura Blanchard, "Women Envisioning Women in Contemporary China: Subjectivity, Objectification, and the Problem of Authenticity in Art"

Oct. 30 | Nikole Hannah-Jones, "Race and Education in America"

Sept. 28 | Angela Davis, "Art & Activism: On the Inside Out"

Sept. 25 | Marion Nestle, "Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat"

Sept. 25 | Khalid el-Hakim, "The Truth Hurts: Black History, Honesty, and Healing the Racial Divide"

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Ethics Lecture Series

March 12 | Dr. Charlie Kurth, "Should Politicians Be Anxious?"

Feb. 12 | Parker Crutchfield, "Making People Better: Saving Us from Ourselves Through Moral Enhancement"

Feb. 6 | Laura Black, "Engaging Communities in Difficult Conversations: Dialogue, Deliberation, and Engaged Scholarship"

Jan. 29 | Dr. Ron Cisler, "Does Community-Wide Public Health Prevention Work? From Reducing Teen Births to Addressing Today鈥檚 Opioid Epidemic"

Nov. 9 | Justin C. Clark, "Plato鈥檚 Dialogues of Definition: What is Socrates Looking for?"

Nov. 5 | "Integrating Research Ethics into the High School Science Classroom"

Oct. 24 | Dr. Carla Koretsky, "Invisible Salt and Urban Dead Seas: Who Is Responsible?"

Sep. 25 | Special Exhibit and Follow-up Discussion: "'68: How Far Have We Come?'" Black History 101 Mobile Museum Exhibit Follow-up Discussion"

Ethics Lecture Series

Humanities Series: The Promise of Education

April 18 | Diane Ravitch, "Education Reform and the Promise of Public Education"

April 12 | Danielle Allen, "Inequality, Citizenship, and the Promise of Education"

Feb. 8 | David Denby, "The Humanities in the Age of Demagoguery"

Oct. 19 | Kentaro Toyama, "The Kindling of a Flame: Analogies to Light the Way for Technology in Education"

Sept. 28 | Mark Edmundson, "In Defense of Ideals"

Ethics Lecture Series: Panel Discussions

Apr. 2 | 鈥淓ducational Equity: From the 鈥楰alamazoo Case鈥 to the 鈥楰alamazoo Promise鈥 and Beyond鈥

Feb. 28 | 鈥淟egal Ethics in the Media鈥

Jan. 25 | 鈥淲here Do You Stand in Times of Trouble?

Ethics Lecture Series