This fall, Political Science Professor Clayton Thyne will be teaching A&S 100: Introduction to Peace Studies. The class will serve as a portal into the wide range of theories exploring the nature and causes of conflict, the possibilities for conflict resolution, and the foundations of peace.
A&S Associate Dean Ted Schatzki returns from England's University of Essex, having delivered social theory lecture.
The revolutions throughout Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and other nations in the Arab world have inspired earnest debate among experts. UK experts will discuss related topics this Friday.
Students serve as history-detectives, acquiring information from community leaders, local archivists and historians from across the U.S., to accumulate relevant information never analyzed concurrently. They developed and debated historical interpretations of the primary sources they found and engaged in both online and classroom discussions.
Next lecture in "Place Matters" series to take place this Friday. The talk is entitled "Somewheres on the Track: Place, Art, and Music in Eastern Kentucky"
Students are encouraged to submit abstracts of their work related to Appalachia for presentation at the third annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase. The deadline for the call for papers is Dec. 15.
The Committee on Social Theory presents the 2010 Lecture Series, "Law, Sex, and Family"
Marianne Noble is a Professor in the Department of Literature at American University. On Friday February 5, 2010, she delivered her lecture, "The Limits of Empathy and The Promise of Sex in Walt Whitman and Julia Ward Howe".
The Committee on Social Theory presents the 2010 Lecture Series, "Law, Sex, and Family"
Marianne Noble is a Professor in the Department of Literature at American University. On Friday February 5, 2010, she delivered her lecture, "The Limits of Empathy and The Promise of Sex in Walt Whitman and Julia Ward Howe".
23rd Annual Public Lecture Series: Social Theory
Title: "America’s Exhibit A: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Living History and the Genres of Authenticity"
Feb. 25, 2011: Professor Roy Baumeister, Frances Eppes Eminent Scholar, Department of Psychology, Florida State University
23rd Annual Public Lecture Series: Social Theory
Title: "America’s Exhibit A: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Living History and the Genres of Authenticity"
Feb. 25, 2011: Professor Roy Baumeister, Frances Eppes Eminent Scholar, Department of Psychology, Florida State University
