Muhlenberg’s Center For Ethics Announces Fall Programming
The Muhlenberg College Center for Ethics will sponsor Globalization From Above and Below, A semester-long series, linked to another programming initiative, Facing East/Facing West: Asia Without Boundaries, that explores the various meanings of globalization and its ethical implications.Monday, August 20, 2007 01:59 PM
The programming will look from above at the processes and technologies that have shaped globalization, while also paying close attention to the way these processes have acted from belowto affect peoples of the world.
Each year, the Center for Ethics sponsors an intensive series designed to encourage discussion and reflection on a timely, pertinent topic. Center for Ethics programs are free and open to all members of the Muhlenberg campus and the local community. For more information on the series, visit www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/ethics.
Fall programs will include:
Lecture by Martin Manalansan, University of Illinois:
“Queer Globalizations: A Transnational Look Outside the Normative Culture”
Sept. 11, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
In his talk, Manalansan, a socio-cultural anthropologist, will address issues of sexuality and gender within the processes of globalization and transnationalism. Event planned by the Gay-Straight Alliance.
Panel Discussion: “Asian Bodies and Alphabet Soup: AIDS SARS and the Ethics of Public Health in Asia”
Sept. 18, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Panel discussion with scholars Judith Farquhar (Department of Anthropology and Social Sciences, University of Chicago) and Yuanli Liu (Senior Lecturer on International Health, School of Public Health, Harvard University). Co-Sponsored with Facing East/Facing West.
Lecture by Arjun Appadurai, John Dewey Prof., The New School:
“Cosmopolitanism From Below: Some Ethical Lessons from the Slums of Mumbai”
Sept. 19, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7:30 p.m.
This lecture examines the ways in which activist slum-dwellers in Mumbai construct practices of cosmopolitanism that do not rely on universalism, high literacy or an expansive universalism. There will also be an author reception for Appadurai earlier that afternoon at 4:30 in the Trexler Library.
Documentary Film Viewing & Discussion:
Movement (R)evolution Africa
Sept. 27, Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, 7 p.m.
In Movement (R)evolution Africa, eight African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. Post-film discussion led by Professors Sarah Carlson and Charles Anderson, department of theatre and dance. Event planned by Muhlenberg Dance Association.
Lecture by Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service:
“Pursuing Global Justice: The Role of Grassroots Social Change Organizations”
Oct. 2, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Messinger, this year’s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar, is the President and Executive Director of the American Jewish World Service, a nonprofit that provides financial support, technical assistance, emergency relief and skilled volunteers to grassroots NGOs in the developing world.
Panel Discussion:
“The Ethics of Emerging Powers: Chinese and Indian Foreign Policies in an Era of Globalization
Oct. 3, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Panel discussion with scholars Surjit Mansingh (visiting scholar at George Washington and American Universities) and Quansheng Zhao (Professor of Comparative and Regional Studies and Asian Studies at American University). Co-sponsored by Facing East/Facing West.
Musical Performance by Ken Zuckerman:
Classical Indian Music on the Sarod
Oct. 10, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Concert with Ken Zuckerman, internationally acclaimed as one of the finest sarod virtuosos performing today. Sponsored by Facing East/Facing West.
Performance by The Nrithyanjali Dancers
Oct. 25, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
The Nrithyanjali Dancers are part of the Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization with a mission to preserve and promote Classical Indian art forms.
Lecture by Stephanie Nyombayrie, Genocide Intervention Network:
“Darfur: It’s Time to Globalize Our Responsibility”
Nov. 7, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Nyombayire is a Rwandan student at Swarthmore College working with Genocide Intervention Network to help end the crisis in Darfur. She has endured the trauma of losing dozens of family members in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Co-sponsored with Hillel.
Lecture on Immigration by Photojournalist David Bacon:
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Nov. 13, Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7 p.m.
Bacon is a photojournalist and former labor organizer whose work documents the lives and experiences of transnational workers, particularly Latin American and Asian immigrant workers in United States.
Film Viewing and Discussion:
China Blue
Nov. 14, Lithgow Science Auditorium, Trumbower Hall, 7 p.m.
China Blue is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Part of the FIRED UP FILMS series, a collaborative effort between Muhlenberg and Cedar Crest Colleges.
Film Viewing and Discussion:
Argentina, Hope in Hard Times
Nov. 20, Lithgow Science Auditorium, Trumbower Hall, 7 p.m.
Argentina, Hope in Hard Times examines the ways in which Argentines are picking up the pieces of their devastated economy and creating new possibilities for the future. Part of the FIRED UP FILM series.
Ten Thousand Villages Fair Trade Festival Sale Nov. 28—29, Seegers Union
The event offers a unique opportunity for the community to invest in their world by shopping fair trade.
Sponsored by students in the Marketing in Not-For-Profit Organizations class.
