DAVENPORT —A variety of speakers and topics will be presented at St Ambrose University this spring.
The ongoing debate over the effectiveness of UN peace-operations will be the focus of the 2019 Wilber Symposium on the Christian Tradition and Non-Violence.
On March 21, SAU professor and director of the International Studies program, Duk Kim, PhD, will present the lecture: “An Agenda for Peace in the 21st Century: Do Peacekeepers Really Keep Peace?”
The event begins at 7PM in the Rogalski Center ballroom. It is free and open to the public.
SAU Philosophy Professor, Rev Brian Miclot, PhD, will offer the welcome and introduction.
Complete information is at www.sau.edu/wilber-symposium-2019.
Also on March 21 at 7PM in McCarthy Hall is “Searching for Freedom: African-American Migration in Iowa,” a talk delivered by David Brodnax Sr, PhD, JD, a Professor of History at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois.
Brodnax will explore the history of black movement to and around Iowa during the 1800s, beginning with the arrival of the first African-Americans in the 1830s and ending with the creation of one of Iowa's only black majority communities at the turn of the century. This event is co-sponsored by the African-American Museum of Iowa, Humanities Iowa, and St Ambrose University Intercultural Life office.
Complete information is at www.sau.edu/searching-for-freedom-lecture,
The 16th Annual Folwell Lecture in Political Science and Pre-Law will feature Gerard Wegemer, PhD, director of the Center for Thomas More Studies and professor of English, University of Dallas.
The lecture, “Leading Citizens, the Role of Law, and the Advancement of Justice: A History Through the Visual Arts,” begins at 7PM, March 28, in the Rogalski Center.
The following day, March 29, Wegemer will join the panel discussion, “The Value of the Liberal Arts: Past, Present, and Future.”
The discussion begins at 3PM in the Folwell Center at St Ambrose University. Panelists also will include Professor L Joseph Hebert, PhD, and SAU History Professors Daniel La Corte, PhD, and Larry Skillin, PhD.
The events are presented by the SAU Department of Political Science and Leadership Studies and sponsored by the Folwell Chair Endowment.
Complete information is at www.sau.edu/folwell-lecture-in-political-science-and-pre-law.
The annual Saint Ambrose of Milan Lecture will be April 4 at 5:30PM in Christ the King Chapel, delivered by Fr George McDaniel, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History.
Fr McDaniel will talk about “SAU History Through Its Patron’s Portraits,” with a nod toward the University’s 2018-19 Project Series theme of Visual Narratives.
Complete information is at www.sau.edu/saint-ambrose-of-milan-lecture.
