Events Archive - The Voice of Wilkinson

Guggenheim Gallery Presents Demolition Woman

September 18, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University is pleased to present Demolition Woman, an exhibition curated by Young Chung, Monday, September 23 to Friday, October 25, 2013. The exhibition assembles an intergenerational sisterhood of artists whose projects re-envision our shared habitat through inflections of difference. Utilizing a symbolic stratagem that undergoes both physical and contextual transformations, Demolition Woman dismantles shoddy infrastructures of knowledge and social order by regenerating

Bluestockings Bookclub Meeting – Sept. 27

September 18, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

The Bluestockings Bookclub invites you to discuss the book of essays, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, Friday, September 27, 2013, 1-2 p.m. in Leatherby Libraries, Room 420. If you haven not read the book, a copy of it is on reserve at the Leatherby Libraries. Check the library’s catalog for availability

Screening of Schindler’s List – Sept. 24

September 17, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education invites you to a free screening of Schindler’s List, Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the Sandhu Conference Center D. Dr. Marilyn Harran, Professor of History and Religious Studies and Director of The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education will introduce the film. Watch the trailer here …

Tabula Poetica Presents, Sholeh Wolpé – Sept. 24

September 17, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

Tabula Poetica continues it’s Poetry Reading Series on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 with Sholeh Wolpé, author of Keeping Time with Blue Hyacinths. Wolpe’s talk, “Crimes of Passion-Murder on the Translation Express” will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center, followed by a poetry reading at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading

Engendering Emotion?: The Devotional Theology of an 8th Century Hindu Woman Poet-Mystic

September 16, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

The Religious Studies Department invites you to this Fall’s Huntington Lecture, “Engendering Emotion?: The Devotional Theology of an 8th Century Hindu Woman Poet-Mystic,” on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, of Lancaster University, UK will be lecturing on the popular

LOL (French Movie) with the French Club – Sept. 19

September 16, 2013 by Laura Silva | Events

You’re invited to see the French movie LOL (Laughing Out Loud) with the French Club. This free screening will be on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 6 p.m. in Argyros Forum 209A. It’s a great way of improving your French language and culture skills! Check out the Trailer:

Brown Bag Discussion with Joel Kotkin – Sept. 16

September 11, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to attend a brown bag discussion with Joel Kotkin, Professor of Urban Development, Author and Chapman University Presidential Fellow, on Monday, September 16, 2013 at 12 p.m. in the Smith Hall Conference Room (1st Floor). Kotkin will discuss his recent research and exciting projects happenings at

Voices – A Night of Spoken Word With Matt Sedillo – Sept. 17

September 10, 2013 by Laura Silva | Events

You are invited for a night of spoken word focused on intersections of identity with local artist, Matt Sedillo on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 7 p.m. on the student stage of Argyros Forum. Matt Sedillo is a two-time national slam poet, grand slam champion of the Damn Slam Los Angeles and the author of

Critical Theories of Cute – Sept. 21

September 10, 2013 by Laura Silva | Events

Professor Micol Hebron will be presenting a lecture on critical theories of “cute” at the Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts on September 21, 2013, 6-8 p.m. As part of the closing reception for the exhibition “Show and Tell”, Professor Hebron will discuss the impact of evolutionary psychology, ethology, gender, and aesthetics upon the development

Wilkinson College Faculty Movers and Shakers

September 6, 2013 by Laura Silva | Events

David Shafie, Assistant Professor in Political Science, recently had his book, Eleventh Hour: The Politics of Policy Initiatives in Presidential Transitions by Texas A&M University Press. Jennifer Waldeck, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, had an article appear in the September issue of Spectra, the magazine of the National Communication Association. The article is entitled “Reflections