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
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
Attention sophomore students! You are invited to participate in Chapman Chats: Sophomore and Alumni Perspectives, Monday, April 8 – Thursday, April 11 . This is your chance to connect with young alumni who are successful and who have been in your shoes before. Why not take the opportunity to ask them how to make
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Michael Armacost, a three-time former U.S. Ambassador, former president of the nation’s oldest think tank, the Brookings Institute, and recipient of the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award. Ambassador Armacost offered
Leatherby Libraries and the Women’s Studies Minor Program of Wilkinson College continue the Bluestockings: Women’s studies Book Club series on Friday, March 21, 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Leatherby Libraries room 420. The discussion will be, Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. What the book is about: In a
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of History present The 5 th Annual Alpha Mu Gamma History Conference on Saturday, March 16, 2013, starting at 8:15 a.m. in Beckman Hall. Seniors will present their papers as part of the capstone Senior Seminar courses 496/498, while commentators come from Historian’s Craft
Did you know Muslim women were empowered more than 1,400 years ago with rights to education, inheritance, and the freedom of marriage and divorce? Want to know more about Muslim women and their views? If so, then you are invited to an event where common misconceptions relating to women in Islam are unveiled by
All Wilkinson Faculty and staff are invited to a sneak peak at Wilkinson’s current and upcoming initiatives on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 3 p.m. in the Marvin Meyer Athenaeum, Argyros Forum. In addition to the upcoming initiatives, Dean Patrick Fuery will talk about his first hundred days as Dean, give a CRASsH and
Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children on the legendary Schindler’s List , died on January 12, 2013 after a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He was 83. A memorial service will be held in his honor on February 17, 2013 at 12 p.m. in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Mr. Leyson devoted much
“Silent Witness: Jewish Community Buildings after the Holocaust” will be the topic of the next talk in the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education 2012-2013 lecture series, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Beckman Hall, Room 404. In this illustrated lecture, Jeffrey Koerber, research associate with the Department of History and the