Loyola University Chicago

Past Colloquia

November 12, 2009
Women of the Word: A Colloquium of Catholic Women Poets

Presented by The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage

with assistance from:

The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, Fordham University
                        
The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University Chicago

art by Elizabeth Stromme

Program
 
9:15-9:30am Welcome

9:30-10:00am Reading by Carolyn Alessio
10:15-10:45am Reading by Linda Nemec Foster
11:00-11:30am Reading by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
11:45-12:15pm Reading by Stella Ann Nesanovich

1:30-2:00pm “Catholic and Female: A Poetic of Our Own”
  Angela Alaimo O’Donnell

2:00-4:00pm “Faith and the Poet’s Craft: Four Womens' Perspectives”
  Discussion with Carolyn Alessio,
  Linda Nemec Foster, Angela
  O’Donnell, Stella Ann Nesanovich

4:00-5:30pm Reception
  Piper Hall
  Hosted by the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership

Thursday, April 16, 2009
“Is Belief in God Irrational?”

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A colloquium in cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago, Department of Peace and Justice.
Opening remarks by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.  Presentations by and discussion with Rev. Edward T. Oakes, S.J. (University of St. Mary of the Lake), Prof. Inamul Haq (Elmhurst College), Frederick Aquino (Assistant Professor, Abilene Christian University), Kenneth Seeskin (Professor, Northwestern University).  

September 18, 2008
"Jesuits and Science"

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12:45 PM   Opening Remarks 

1:00  PM   "The Kerala School, Jesuits, and Calculus"
                 Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph, University of Manchester

2:00 PM    Coffee Break

2:30 PM   "The Jesuit as a Scientist"
                Dr. Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology

3:30 PM    Mid-Afternoon Break

4:00 PM    Panel Responses
                Dr. Florence Hsia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
                Dr. Eli Maor, Loyola University Chicago
                Dr. Paul Mueller, S.J., Loyola University Chicago

September 27 & 28, 2007
Human Sexuality:  A Dialogue Across Discipline

1st Interdisciplinary Panel – 9/27
Dr. Patti Jung, Dr. Robert DiVito, Dr. Fred Kniss, Dr. John McCarthy, Dr. Paul Mueller, Dr. David Ozar
McCormick Lounge – 1:00 pm–3:30 pm

1st Keynote Address – 9/27
“Evolutionary Biology and Human Sexuality”
Dr. Joan Roughgarden, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Crown Center Auditorium – 4:00 pm-5:30 pm

2nd Keynote Address – 9/27
“Human Sexuality, Catholic Intellectual Heritage, and Interdisciplinary Dialogue”
Dr. Stephen Pope, Dept. of Theology, Boston College
Crown Center Auditorium – 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

2nd Interdisciplinary Panel – 9/28
Dr. Anna Vigen, Dr. Frank Catania, Dr. Pamela Caughie, Dr. Anne Figert, Dr. Terry Grande, Dr. Jon Nilson, Dr. Susan Ross
McCormick Lounge – 9:00 am-11:30 am