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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

Distinguished Speakers Series

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences brings prominent leaders from various fields to campus through the Distinguished Speakers Series. Special supporting events often occur in conjunction with these visits.

Performing and Visual Arts

The Division of Humanities in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents theatre, dance, music, and other artistic productions to complement academic majors and courses.

Student Newsletter

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Student Newsletter informs students of important semester dates, college services, scholarship opportunities, and noteworthy events.

Faculty Lecture Series

The Faculty Lecture Series in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences explores the college faculty’s diverse areas of interest in the humanities, natural, and social sciences. Come join the college for lively discussions about ideas and issues.

Fall 2008 Semester Schedule

I, Rigoberta Menchu: The Collision of Literature and Politics as a Life or Death Issue
Barbara Brodman, Ph.D., professor of global studies and Latin American and Caribbean studies
Division of Humanities  
Tuesday, September 9, 2008, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Parker Building, room P-241                                                                  

What It’s Like to be Dead: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Philosophers on the Possibility of Disembodied Experience               
Darren Hibbs, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy
Division of Humanities
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Parker Building, room P-241                  

Human Nature: An Integrative Perspective
Michael Voltaire, Ph.D., visiting professor of psychology
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, from 5:10-6:00 p.m. in the Parker Building, room P-241  

“Posing Off”: Performance and Body Language on the Jamaican Stage  
Andrea Shaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of English      
Division of Humanities
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Parker Building, room P-240 

The Life and Death of Species: The Sirenians as a Case Study               
Ed Keith, Ph.D., associate professor of biology
Division of Math, Science, and Technology
Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Parker Building, room P-241                   

Previous Series

2007-2008 Faculty Lecture Series

"Duppy or Gunman?": Articulations of the Supernatural in Caribbean Popular Culture
Andrea Shaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of English

Are Inappropriate Relationships Inappropriate?
Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D, associate professor of psychology

Stacking the Deck: Japan, the International Whaling Commission, and the Resumption of Commercial Whale Harvests
Ed Keith, Ph.D., associate professor of biology

Who’s the Man? Truth and Power in America
Jason E. Piccone, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology

Fuzzy Truth: What We Learn from Observing the World
Evan Haskell, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics

Truth and Politics:
The White Rose: The Courage to Challenge Evil by Stephen R. Levitt, LL.M., associate professor of legal studies
How to Tell the Truth About the Past: Lessons from Eastern Europe by Alex Cuc, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology

Philosophical Conceptions of Truth
Darren Hibbs, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy

The Soul of the Psychopath
Tom Fagan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology

Truth and Power in Modern China
Tim Dixon, J.D., associate professor of history and legal studies

Truth, Power, and the Mexican Cult of Death: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo
Barbara Brodman, Ph.D., professor of global studies and Latin American and Caribbean studies

For more information, please contact Jim Doan, Ph.D., professor in the Division of Humanities.