Fall 2016 Events
Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Tanzania
Liz Mach,ÌýMaryknoll Lay Missioner
August 31, 2016
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Service Learning and the PULSE Program at ÌÇÐÄvlogÖ±²¥Æ½Ì¨
Meghan T. Sweeney,ÌýBoston College
September 13, 2016
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The New Bostonians: How Immigrants have Transformed Boston since the 1960s
Marilynn Johnson,ÌýBoston College
September 21, 2016
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Economy for the Common Good: A Theory of Change That Works
Christian Felber,ÌýAuthor and Essayist
September 21, 2016
This event is co-sponsored by theÌýTheology Department,ÌýtheÌýCarroll School of Management,Ìýand theÌýManaging for Social Impact interdisciplinary minor.
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Speak, Stand, Sit or Scream? How Young People Engage Politics and the World in 2016
Craig Ford, GSAS '18, ÌýTheology (PhD)
Najat Goso, MCAS '18, Communications
Isra Hussain, MCAS '17, Psychology
Russell Simons, MCAS '17, BiologyÌý
September 28, 2016
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Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Craig Ford,ÌýCornell University
Martin Summers (response), Boston College
October 4, 2016
This event is co-sponsored by theÌýInstitute for the Liberal ArtsÌýand theÌýAfrican and African Diaspora Studies Program.
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Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution ofÌýDavid Hollenbach, S.J.
October 14–15, 2016
Co-sponsored by theÌýInstitute for the Liberal Arts,ÌýMorrissey College of Arts and Sciences,ÌýThe Jesuit Institute,ÌýTheology Department,ÌýSchool of Theology and Ministry,ÌýInternational Studies Program,Ìýand theÌýCenter for Human Rights and International Justice.
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Just War Revisited
General James Dubik,ÌýU.S. Army, ret., Georgetown UniversityÌý
Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University
Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
October 20, 2016
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An Ethics for the Coming Storm: A Theological Reflection on Climate Change
Laurie Zoloth,ÌýNorthwestern University
October 25, 2016
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Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Election
MT Dávila,ÌýAndover Newton Theological School
Marc Landy,ÌýBoston College
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Erik Owens,ÌýBoston College
November 2, 2016
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The Christians of Lebanon: Surviving amidst Chaos
Marius Deeb,ÌýSchool of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;ÌýHoover Institute, Stanford University
November 9, 2016
Co-sponsored with theÌýDepartment of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures, theÌýDepartment of Political Science, theÌýDepartment of Theology,ÌýIslamic Civilization and Societies, andÌýChristian Solidarity International (CSI).Ìý
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Factoring Faith into Development
Amie Harris,ÌýU.S. Agency for International Development
November 14, 2016
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Stories that Move: A USAID Book-a-thon Event
Peter H. Reynolds,ÌýChildren's book author
Paul Reynolds,ÌýCEO, FableVision Studios
November 15, 2016
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Religion and Conflict Transformation
Fr. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., Inaugural Memorial Lecture
Professor David Little, Georgetown University
December 11, 2016
This event is sponsored by theÌýCenter for Human Rights and International Justice; theÌýFaith, Peace and Justice Program;ÌýFilm Studies;ÌýCooperative Metropolitan Ministries; theÌýKnights of the Holy Sepulchre; theÌýRotary Club of Scituate, MA; and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.