 In keeping with theEthics/Religion and Society Focus' purpose of encouraging the ethical and religious analysis of socially significant issues, Xavier University has established a lecture series to bring to campus prominent intellectuals and public leaders having diverse perspectives on a specific issue. The speakers present a public lecture or presentation, followed by discussion and a reception. A discussion with Xavier faculty, staff, and students is usually held on the following day.
2007-2008 E/R & S LECTURE
SERIES
Ethics and Globalization
Ms. Farooka Gauhari, “Women’s Future in
Afghanistan,” Sunday, October 21, 2007,
7:00 pm, Schiff Family Conference Center. Monday, October
22, 2007, 1:30-2:30 pm, Conaton Board Room. Informal
discussion with students and faculty. Farooka Gauhari
published her memoirs, Searching for Saleem: An
Afghan Woman’s Odyssey in 1997. At the time
no Afghan woman had published an English memoir in book
form. Her personal account covers her search for her
missing husband, Saleem, her country’s turmoil
after the Russian-backed Communist takeover, and the
declining role of women in politics. A former professor
of biology at Kabul University, Ms. Gauhari fled to
the United States in 1980. She now teaches biology at
the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Hassan Abbas, “Can Democracy Work in the
Arab World?” Sunday, November 11, 2007,
7:00 pm, Schiff Family Conference Center. Monday, November
12, 2007, 1:30-2:30 pm, Conaton Board Room. Informal
discussion with students and faculty. Hassan Abbas is
a research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center
and author of the recent book Pakistan's Drift Into
Extremism. Previously, he served in the administration
of President General Pervez Musharaf (1999-2000) and
Prime Minister Benzir Bhutto (1995-1996). He also served
as a senior police officer in the Northwest Frontier
Province bordering Afghanistan during 1997-1998. Hassan
has regularly appeared on MSNBC and NECN as an analyst
on issues related to Pakistan, Afghanistan and international
terrorism. He is also a political commentator for BBC
and VOA.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Cosmopolitanism:
Ethics in a World of Strangers,” Sunday,
March 30, 2008, 7:00 pm, Schiff Family Conference Center.
Monday, March 31, 2008, 1:30-2:30 pm, Conaton Board
Room.
Informal discussion with students and faculty. Kwame
Anthony Appiah is one of America’s leading public
intellectuals. As a person of mixed-race ancestry and
a scholar of African and African-American Studies, Professor
Appiah probes questions of identity and ethical behavior
in a world where race, ethnicity, religion and nationalism
remain strong dividers. In his newest book, Cosmopolitanism:
Ethics in a World of Strangers (2006) he challenges
readers to look beyond the boundaries, real and imagined,
that divide us, to see our common humanity. His earlier
works include In My Father’s House on
African struggles for self-determination and Africana:
The Encyclopedia of African and African-American Experience
(with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.).
Robin Wright, “The Future of the Middle
East: Dreams and Shadows,” Sunday, April
13, 2008, 7:00 pm, Schiff Family Conference Center.
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 3:00 pm, Edgecliff Recital Hall.
Informal discussion with political science students
and faculty. Robin Wright is the author of Sacred
Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam and The Last
Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran.
Her forthcoming book is entitled Dreams and Shadows:
The Future of the Middle East. She is currently
the diplomatic correspondent for The Washington
Post. She has worked for a number of major newspapers
in the United States and Great Britain including the
Los Angeles Times, the Sunday Times of
London and the Christian Science Monitor. In
2003 she was awarded the United Nations correspondents’
Gold Medal for coverage of international affairs. In
that same year she became a regular panelist on the
“Meet the Press” roundtable. This event
is co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee.
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