Free ticket reservations for April’s “Conversations with Elie Wiesel” events are available now. To reserve seating for any of the four conversations scheduled for Monday, April 15, through Thursday, April 18, visit the online ticketing website. Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bestselling author, Holocaust survivor and global leader in human rights advocacy –
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, April 15 , 2013 with author Karen Yamashita. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room in the Leatherby Libraries. Admission is free and this event is open to the public. About Karen Yamashita: Karen Tei Yamashita
Journalist Greg Dawson, author of the book Just Live!: My Mother’s Story, will be the featured speaker at An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Dawson’s book recounts how Zhanna Arshanskyaya Dawson used her brilliant piano skills to survive the horrors of World War II and the Nazi
On Wednesday, April 17, faculty and staff are invited to gather with colleagues, enjoy a sip of wine, and find out what Tabula Poetica (TAB ) is all about. The 2013 print issues will be distributed and presenters will show the TAB website and the archive of online issues, discuss approaches to design and
Attention Wilkinson Faculty and Staff! Each academic year Chapman University awards scholarships to university students in the name of Albert Schweitzer . These scholarships are offered through the generosity of the Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation in honor of Valerie Scudder, former trustee of Chapman University. The scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated
Someday in the future the story of a rainy March day at Chapman University in 2013 will come back to life for high school sophomore Katie Mukai. That’s because after spending time meeting and chatting with several Holocaust survivors at the Fourteenth Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest , Katie has already pegged the
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Communication Studies present, War of the Worlds: The True Story – a screening and discussion with the director Timothy Hines ( featuring Dr. James Blaylock from the English Department ) on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 6 p.m. in Argyros Forum, Room 209.
Acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer returns to Chapman University Wednesday, April 10, to give a free lecture titled Global Souls: New Selves, Homes and Dreams in the New Millennium. In the new century, many people have multiple places they call home, several lives and even different versions of themselves. The result has been
Chapman Radio DJs, John Di Giacomo and Julie Pajuheshfar, are hosting a literary show every other Thursday at 1 p.m. on chapman.com. The program, Vox Humana, is bringing the storytelling power of the human voice back to everyday conversation through short stories and poetry readings featuring the talents of Chapman’s creative writing club
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2013- PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. The 2013 International Poetry Reading invites the campus community to submit a poem (in any language other than English) related to the arts by a well-known poet in his/her original language along with the English translation. Please send entries to