Tommie Shelby
Lindner Lecture (Sponsored by Philosophy Department)
Wednesday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. (Scheide Music Center – Gault Recital Hall)
Tommie Shelby is a professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University. Shelby’s main areas of research and teaching include African American philosophy, social and political philosophy, social theory and philosophy of social science. He is the author of We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity and the co-author of Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason.
The Golden Age
Play by Louis Nowra (Sponsored by Theatre and Dance Department)
Family Weekend; Thursday, October 24 – Saturday, October 26, at 8:15 p.m. (Freedlander Theatre)
The Golden Age was written by Australian playwright Louis Nowra in the 1980s. It tells the story of two young men who discover a lost community in the forests of Tasmania while hiking during the 1940s. The community has been isolated since the mid-19th century, and their culture is constructed upon the social conventions of Regency England, in stark contrast to the modern Australian culture.
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Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
Film directed by Robert Gardner
Wednesday, November 6, at 6:30 p.m. (Lean Lecture Room)
This film was awarded to the College of Wooster Libraries as a part of the “Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys” grant sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World is a documentary about the history and meaning of Islamic art. The film examines a multitude of art forms, from calligraphy to the architecture of mosques. Assistant Professor Kara Morrow will present a brief talk before the film and will lead a discussion afterwards.
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Sonia Shah
Poverty, Race, and Medical Practice (Sponsored by the CDGE)
Tuesday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. (Babcock Formal Lounge)
Sonia Shah is an investigative journalist and author of critically acclaimed and prize-winning books, including The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years, The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World’s Poorest Patients, Crude: The Story of Oil, and Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire. Her work combines science, human rights activism and international politics into intellectual yet witty works of journalism.
Sonia Shah on her book The Body Hunters:
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Prince Among Slaves
Film directed by Andrea Kalin
Tuesday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m. (Lean Lecture Room)
This film was awarded to the College of Wooster Libraries as a part of the “Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys” grant sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
The film, Prince Among Slaves, tells the true story of an African Muslim prince who was captured during a war and sold into slavery in America. After being enslaved for forty years in Mississippi, he finally regained his freedom, and worked to try to gain freedom for his extended family and friends as well. Assistant Professor Ibra Sene will present a brief talk before the film and will lead a discussion afterwards.
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