Iluminacion Celebration, Feb. 24
Wilkinson College of Humanities andSocial Sciences is proud to present our Iluminacion: Celebration, February 24, 2012in the George H.W. Bush Conference Center in Beckman Hall Room 404. The event will consist of a cocktailreception, dinner, followed by the live music by the well-known Latin Jazz Bandwith Frank Cano. The Keynote speaker for the event will
Dealing with a Rising China Lecture with Former Ambassador of China, J. Stapleton Roy, Feb. 9
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences presents, “Dealing with a Rising China” with former ambassador of China, J. Stapleton Roy, Thursday, February 9 at 4PM. This lecture is part of the Dr. Richard Watson Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by the Kay Family Foundation. Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy was born in Nanjing, China of American missionary parents.
John Fowles Presents A Sneak Peak to their 2011-2012 Literary Series
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing promotes and advances the discipline of creative writing in all its aspects: fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction and screenwriting. For fourteen years the center has invited international writers to Chapman as: Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Maxine Hong Kingston among others. Each year access tothose writers is available not
John Fowles Presents Sergio Chejfec, Mar. 26
The John Fowles Center presents Sergio Chejfec, March 26, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room. Chejfec currently lives in NYC and teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish program at NYU. He has written novels, essays and a poetry collection. Among his works, one can mention Lenta biografía, Los planetas, Boca de
Alumni Book Club Presents: The Help, Feb. 16
You’reinvited to the WilkinsonCollege Alumni Book Club: TheHelp, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Elliot Alumni House. Overview of the book to be discussed: ProfessorPat See, who lived in Mississippi during the 1960’s, shares her uniqueperspective on bestselling book and recent fi lm success, The Help. TheHelp, a novel written by American author Kathryn Stockett, explores thelives
FACULTY NEWS: Communications Studies Professor Publishes New Book
Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Studies Assistant Professor, Jennifer H. Waldeck has recently published a book entitled, Business and Professional Communication in a Digital Age, a comprehensive instructional package designed to build students’ business and professional communication competence. The interactive, multimedia nature of this text emphasizes traditional and contemporary topics germane to business and
Public Sociology Conference, March 16-17
Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the Public Sociology Conference entitled, “Faceless Latino/a Immigrants: Pathways to Resistance” at Chapman University on March 16 and March 17 2012. The conference aims to encourage meaningful conversations and practices between scholars, policy makers and local Latino/a communities on undocumented immigrants in
The Future of Social Science Research Methods Conference with Earl Babbie, March 21
Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences presents, The Future of Social Science Research Methods Conference with Earl Babbie on March 21. Hosted by the Earl Babbie Center at Chapman University. The Earl Babbie Research Center at Chapman University is dedicated to empowering students and faculty to apply a wide variety of
How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy
If you’re interested in Art History, read this intriguing article in the Washington Post that portrays the relevance between humanities and education. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-art-history-majors-power-the-us-economy/2012/01/06/gIQAUv36hP_blog.html
Everyman's Infinite Art Review
Check out the review of Everyman’s Infinite Art Exhibit in the Los Angeles Times! http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/pst-a-to-z-everymans-infinite-art-guggenheim.html#more