Events
The Humanities Department sponsors and/or co-sponsors a wide range of events for students and the general public throughout the year. Our Cultural Expressions Program and Building Bridges of Understanding Series host a number of fascinating, fun, and educational cross-cultural events.
For access to an up-to-the-minute list of events, please consider becoming a "fan" of our facebook page: Humanities Department - Dominican University of California. It is maintained by our work-study students, who have a passion for social justice and community building!
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Event Name |
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Location |
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AHSS Student Open House Meet and greet new and continuing students in all Humanities Dept. majors as well as undeclared students |
9/9/2009 |
7:00 p.m. |
Angelico Hall |
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"War against Democracy" A film by John Pilger examining U.S. Latin American Intervention |
9/10/2009 |
7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. |
Angelico Hall |
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Highlights of Student Trip to Ecuador Learn all about the amazing adventure to Ecuador and the volunteer opportunities in which our students participated. |
9/10/2009 |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Creekside |
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Michael Karpfen Michael Karpfen, president of the Shanta Foundation, an NGO education and relief group working in Burma |
10/8/2009 |
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
Creekside |
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Riki Ott presents "The Democracy Crisis: The Evolution of Corporate Personhood" Corporations with human rights, the demise of democracy, and what we can do about it. |
10/14/2009
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6:00 p.m.
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Library 207
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Imagination and Healing An Evening of Poetry with Physicians Catharine Clark-Sayles and Dawn McGuire |
10/20/2009 |
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Creekside |
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Afghan Summit Day-long conference with lectures focusing on current events and developments in Afghanistan with an emphasis on history, educational and social problems, and the artistic cultural legacy of Afghanistan. |
11/1/2009 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Guzman Lecture Hall + Guzman 201, 202, 301, 302 |
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Cançonièr: The Garden Enclosed: Medieval Music of Celebration and Revelry |
11/18/09 |
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Creekside |
Recent Past Events:
Robert Bly and Sufism Symposium: June 26 and 27, 2009
co sponsored by the Humanities Expressions Program and the International Association of Sufism
Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m. Angelico Hall -- Robert Bly reads Rumi accompanied to music
Saturday, June 27, 9:00-6:00 p.m. Guzman Lecture Hall -- The Symposium continues with lectures and panel discussions, including a psychology panel. It concludes with music beginning at 5:00 p.m. For complete information, see the International Association of Sufism web stie: www.ias.org or call 415-382-7834.
3rd Annual Joint Student and Alumni Symposium for Graduate Liberal Studies and Humanities Students at Stanford -- June 26-28, 2009
Dominican Graduate Humanities Students will present their research at the 3rd Annual Joint Student and Alumni Symposium at Stanford University with participants from ten colleges and universities in the western region of the United States, including: Dominican University of California, Maastricht University, Marylhurst University, Reed College, San Diego State University, Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, St. Mary's College, Oklahoma University, University of Southern California
The following DUC Humanities graduate students and alumni are presenting this year:
Anne O'Brien -- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Catherine Borg - Stupa Beginnings in Buddhism
Stephen Galliani -- Words as Art: A New Perspective on Shaped Poetry
Kendall Roper -- Animated Letters in Medieval Iluminated Manuscripts: Embodied Signs of a Culture's Transition Toward Literacy
Neal Wolfe (alumus) -- Conceptualizing God in a Post-Copernican Universe
