2012 Symposiums and Lectures
Newman Legacy Lecture
Join distinguished theologian Rev. Michael Buckley, S.J., Ph.D., as he returns to Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman's classic work The Idea of the University as a source of inspiration and challenge to contemporary higher education. The public is invited on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7 p.m., in the Power Center Ballroom. Learn more>>
Stewart O'Nan, Reading His Fiction
A reading by Stewart O'Nan, author of more than a dozen books, on Monday, march 26, 7 p.m., Power Center Ballroom. His work includes The Odds, Emily, Alone, and Last Night at the Lobster.
The event is free and open to the public through the generous support of Duquesne University's Office of the Provost, Department of English, and First-Year Writing Program. For more information, email english@duq.edu.
Mission Today: Where and Why
The First Rev. Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp., Missiology Symposium. Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Power Center Ballroom.
This event is free and open to the public. Learn more>>
2012 Symposium on Christian Muslim Dialogue
Focusing on building relationships and the role of women and minorities in interreligious dialogue in the United States. Tuesday, February 7, 2012,in the Africa Room, Duquesne Union. Co-sponsored by the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies; the Office of Mission and Identity, the Department of Theology, the Department of Philosophy and the Office of Research.
2011 Events
Technology and Identity
Nov. 12 - Duquesne's Marginal Theory Group will present papers and discuss Technology and Identity. during a workshop at Duquesne University.
Center for International Relations
Nov. 16 - San Giuseppe Moscati: the Doctor Saint, the Saint of Doctors
Law and Order in the Underground Economy
Nov. 2 - Sudhir Venkatesh, researcher and writer on urban neighborhoods in the United States. His most recent book is Gang Leader for a Day.
Center for International Relations
October - 38th Annual Western Pennsylvania Symposium on World Literatures.
Italy Now and Then: 150th Anniversar
The Lady's Magazine and Women's Literary Histories
September 21 with the Departments of English, History, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the McAnulty College NEH Endowment Fund. Dr. Jennie Batchelor of the University of Kent-Canterbury.
Constitution Day Lecture: Civil Liberties, Surveillance and Terrorism
September 19 with the Department of Political Science and the McAnulty College NEH Endowment Fund. Roger K. Newman, professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Political Science - The War on Terror After 10 Years
September 8 the Department of Political Science and Pi Sigma Alpha with participants Dr. Clifford Bob, Dr. Pat Dunham, Dr. Mark Haas and Dr. Daniel Lieberfeld.
Theology - Christian Relations with Muslims: Concrete Perspectives
September 8 with Fr. Joseph Kenny, O.P. one of the most important international Catholic Scholars on and in dialogue with Islam.
Philosophy - Only a God Can Save Us
September 9, 50th anniversary celebration, film screening and panel discussion on philosopher Martin Heidegger with filmmaker Jeffrey van Davis, Dr. Tom Rockmore and Ted Kisiel.
History Forum Lecture- Awaiting the Sirens’ Call: American Encounters with Disaster Planning from Hiroshima to 9/11
September 15 - the History Department hosts Dr. David F. Krugler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
