As of August 18, 2003
Announcing
The Democracy Project: On account of the vision and leadership of
Associate
Director Brian Birch, the theme of building democracy
will be sustained in various forms through the academic year.
The aim is to promote civic dialogue, ethical inquiry, and
academic engagement.
Please note: In general, monthly Great Thinkers lectures
occur the first Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30 PM, the Forum
for
Faculty Research the second Thursday of the month from 11:30
AM-12:45 PM, and
Faculty Bookgroup the third Wednesday of the month from 3-4:30
PM.
September 3
Great Thinkers Lecture Series
JaNae Brown Haas, Professor of History, UVSC
“The Athenian Democracy: A Two Hundred Year Experiment that Began
with Solon"
7-8:30 PM, SC 213b
Reception begins at 6:30 PM
September 4
Democracy Project Panel Discussion
“Building Democracy in Post-Saddam Iraq"
Brad Cook, Vice President for Academic Affairs, UVSC
Masoud Kazemzadeh, Assistant Professor of Political Science
J. Bonner Ritchie, Visiting Scholar, UVSC
10-11:15 AM, CS 404
September 11
Integrated Studies Forum for Faculty Research
David Keller, Philosophy
“Procreation and Consumption: The Ecology of Democracy”
11:30 AM-12:45 PM, CS 404 (box lunches provided)
(Co-sponsored with the Integrated Studies Program)
September 17
Faculty Bookgroup (discussion led by Debora Ferreira):
Jose Saramago, The Cave
3-4:30 PM, SC 213b
(Supported by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs)
September 15-19
Ethics Awareness Week: Democracy and Public Policy
September 15
Keynote Address
Vern Anderson, Editorial Page Editor, Salt Lake Tribune
“The
Necessity of Responsible Journalism for Democracy"
9-9:50 AM,
SC 206 abc
Ethics Across the
Curriculum Faculty Pedagogy Discussion
3-4:30 PM, SC 213b
(Co-Sponsored
with the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence)
September
16
Ethics Panel Discussions
8:30 AM-12:45 PM, SC 213b
September
17
Ethics
Panel Discussions
9 AM-1:50 PM, SC 213b
Excellence
in Ethics Service Award
Jon Huntsman, accepted by Karen Huntsman
Presented by President Sederburg
7-8 PM, SC 206 abc
Reception
begins at 6:30 PM
September 18
Fifth
Annual Conference by the Faculty
“
Sustainability
in Theory and Practice"
8:30 AM-2:15 PM, CS 404
September 19
Philosophy
Forum Open Discussion
“Is Democracy the
Best Form of Government, or Not?"
1-1:50 PM, SC 206a
October
1
Great Thinkers Lecture Series
Michael Minch, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
“Hobbes: Lessons from the First Great English Philosopher”
7-8:30 PM, SC 213b
Reception begins at 6:30 PM
October 9
Integrated Studies Forum for Faculty Research
“Does the Rest of the World Matter? International Human Rights
Law and the American Death Penalty”
Alan Clarke, Integrated Studies
11:30 AM-12:45 PM, CS 404 (box lunches provided)
(Co-sponsored with the Integrated Studies Program)
October 15
Faculty Bookgroup (discussion led by Dennis Potter):
Jon Krakauer, “Under the Banner of Heaven”
3-4:30 PM, SC 213b
(Supported by the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs)
October 23
Eighth Annual Religion and the Humanities Conference
8:30 AM-3:45 PM, SC 206 a&b
Keynote Address, 7-8:30 PM, SC 206 a&b
November 5
Great Thinkers Lecture Series
Deen Chatterjee, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
'Feminism and Cosmopolitan Justice: The Ideas of Amartya Sen and
Martha Nussbaum'
7-8:30 PM, SC 213b
Reception begins at 6:30 PM
November
13
Integrated Studies Forum for Faculty Research
David Knowlton, Anthropology
“The Burned Palace and the State in Flames: Neoliberalism and
the Politics of Sovereignty in Bolivia”
11:30 AM-12:45 PM, CS 404 (box lunches provided)
(Co-sponsored with the Integrated Studies Program)
November 19
Faculty Bookgroup (discussion led by Alex Simon):
Alan Durning, “How Much Is Enough?”
3-4:30 PM, SC 213b
(Supported by the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs)
Democracy
Project Keynote Address
“Paradigms of the American Power Structure”
Masoud Kazemzadeh, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Alex Simon, Assistant Professor of Sociology
6:30-7:30 PM, SC 206a
November
20
“Mahatma Gandhi and the American Imagination”
S.S. Moorty, Professor of English, Southern Utah University
(Co-Sponsored with the Butler Institute for International Understanding)
1-2:15 PM, CS 404
December 3
Great Thinkers Lecture Series
Ardean Watts, Professor Emeritus of Music, University of
Utah
7-8:30 PM, SC 213b
Reception begins at 6:30 PM
December 5
Richard E. Ottoo, Assistant Professor of Finance, Pace University
“The African AIDS Apocalypse”
12-1:50 PM, Center Stage
(Co-Sponsored with the Butler Institute for International Understanding)