Events and Exhibits Spring 2006
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, 1 p.m. James J. Kirschke
on Gouverneur Morris
Tuesday, Jan 31, 5:30 p.m.
International Studies: welcoming reception
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, 6 p.m., first floor lounge. Cathy Kolongowski,
facilitator, One Book discussion on The Kite Runner
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, 11:30 a.m., first floor lounge. Chiji Akoma,
facilitator, One Book discussion on The Kite Runner
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, 5 p.m., first floor lounge. Gail Ciociola,
facilitator, One Book discussion on The Kite Runner
Saturday, Feb. 4, 12 p.m. Early
Action Candidate’s Day: Honors Presentation
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 11:30 a.m. One Book
Villanova: Khaled Hosseini Kite Runner book signing
Thursday, Feb 9, 1 p.m. Black History
Month: Mark Shiffman on “Ellison’s Blue Confessions”
Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, 1 p.m., first floor
lounge. Seth Whidden, Rimbaud's Complete Works, Select Letters, a
bilingual edition
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 4 p.m., second
floor. Fr. Werner Grootaers, OSA on "Life and Culture in an 18th
century Augustinian Monastery"
Wednesday, Feb.
15, 7 p.m. Black History Month: Student Forum on "Ellison's Visible Man"
Thursday, Feb. 16, 1 p.m. Black
History Month: Faculty Panel on “Ellison’s Hero Visualized”
Monday, Feb. 20, 1:30 p.m. Black
History Month: John Callahan on “Ellison’s Visible Impression”
Thursday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Villanova Literary Festival: Anne Waldman reading
Friday, Feb. 24, afternoon, second
floor. Augustine and Politics mini-conference book panel and reception
“Sing a Song: A Celebration of Traditional Music
of Ireland and Elsewhere in Print.” Monday, March 13, 2006 through Friday,
April 28, 2006, second floor.
Monday, March 13, 7 p.m., second
floor. “Sing a song” exhibit preview: Lewis Becker
Wednesday, March 15, 4 p.m. Women's
History Month/Scholarship @ Villanova: Rebecca Winer on Women, Wealth and
Community in Perpignan, c. 1250-1300; Christians, Jews, and Enslaved Muslims
in a Medieval Mediterranean Town
Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m. “Sing a
song” exhibit opening: Mick Moloney and Athena o’Lochlainn
Friday, March 17, 1 p.m. English
Dept. reception
Monday, March 20, 4 p.m. Women's
History Month/Scholarship @ Villanova: Catherine Kerrison on Claiming the
Pen; Women and Intellectual Life in the Early American South
Tuesday, March 21, 1 p.m. Scholarship
@ Villanova: Outstanding Faculty Research Award
recipient
Mary Desmond
Tuesday, March 28, 1 p.m. Legacy of
Pope John Paul II lecture: Physicist Stephen Barr on “Evolution, Intelligent
Design and the Catholic Church”
Thursday, March 30, 1 p.m.
Scholarship @ Villanova: David Barrett on The CIA and Congress
Friday, March 31, 2 p.m. Discussion
on global violence against women
Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m. “Sing a
Song” lecture/performance: Frank Malley and Murray Callahan
Friday, April 21, 9 a.m., first floor. "Environmental Education in an Era of Global Climate Crisis" :
David Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics,
Oberlin College.
Thursday, April 20, 7 p.m. “Sing a
Song” lecture/performance: David Caudill and Richard Swain
Tuesday, April 25, 3:30 p.m., second floor. Scholarship @ Villanova: Fr.
David Cregan, OSA on "Sebastian Barry"
Wednesday, April 26, 4 p.m. National
Poetry Month: readings by students and others
Thursday, April 27, 1 p.m.
Scholarship @ Villanova: Seth Koven on Slumming
Friday, May 5, 12 p.m. Falvey Scholars
2006
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