150th Anniversary Scholar Series
Loyola University Chicago reignites its 150th Anniversary celebration and the 150 Scholar Series. These robust conversations with eminent scholars from across Loyola and around the world cover a range of topics and share the Loyola experience with faculty, students, alumni, and the general public. View previous sessions
11/11/2021: 9:00AM-11:00AM
Understanding The Dynamics of Global Migration
Scholars from Loyola Chicago and Boston College will facilitate a real-time discussion with panelists from around the globe, to reflect on some of the many dynamics of migration.
Abha Rai PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work
Alejandro Olayo-Méndez SJ, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, Boston College School of Social Work
Maria Vidal de Haymes PhD, MSW
Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work and Director, Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment (CIRA)
Previous Scholar Series Sessions
10/14/2021: 3:30PM-5:00PM
Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Catholic Higher Education in the 21st Century
We invite you to join us for the first fall event, a discussion from the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on the philosophical and pedagogical framework of Catholic higher education in the 21st Century.
2/3/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Why the Emmett Till Story Still Matters
Elliott Gorn, PhD
Joseph Gagliano Professor of American Urban History, Loyola University Chicago
2/22/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
45th Annual Edward L. Surtz S.J. Lecture in the Humanities: What is at Stake in the Study of Race in the Early Modern Period?
Ian Cornelius, PhD
Edward L. Surtz S.J., Professor of English, Loyola University Chicago
Ania Loomba, PhD
Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
3/2/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Prostitutes, Prophets, and Priests: Women Power from the Book of Revelation to the Many Marys
Edmondo Lupieri, LLC, Lic
John Cardinal Cody Endowed Chair and Section Coordinator, New Testament and Early Christianity, Loyola University Chicago
3/9/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Kafka’s Ape-Readings in Decolonial Narrative Ethics
Hille Haker, PhD
Richard McCormick S.J., Endowed Chair of Catholic Moral Theology, Loyola University Chicago
3/22/2021: 5:00PM-6:30PM
The John F. Callahan Lecture: "urbs procul est, urbs magna, Chicago": Latin Drama, Jesuit Education, and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
Laura Gawlinski, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair at Department of Classical Studies, Loyola University Chicago
Christopher Polt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Boston College
3/30/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Climate Change an Existential Threat
Johanna Oksala, PhD
Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
4/1/2021: 12:30-2:00 PM CST
A Conversation with Annie Duflo
Annie Duflo
Executive Director, Innovations for Poverty Action
Abol Jalilvand
Professor of Finance, Ralph Marotta Chair in Free Enterprise Founding Director: Quinlan Series on the Future of Business Education Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago
4/6/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Economic Sanctions and Human Rights
Joy Gordon, JD, PhD
Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., Professor of Social Ethics, Loyola University Chicago
4/13/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Anti-Racism at Loyola University Chicago: Pedagogy and Practice
Speakers
Sasha Adkins, Dana Garbarski, Malik Henfield, Moriah Johnson, Amy Nelson Christensen, Rebecca Valeriano-Flores
4/19/2021-4/21/2021: 9:00 am MDT | 10:00 am CDT | 5:00 pm CEST
SOC CDEP 10th Anniversary Symposiums
Co-organized by the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy (CDEP) at Loyola University Chicago, the AI4Society Signature Area at the University of Alberta, and the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin.
4/20/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Christopher Columbus, Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Carla Simonini, PhD
Founding Director and Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Professor of Italian American Studies, Loyola University Chicago
4/27/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM
Truth, Basic Research, and the Scientific Method
Graham Moran, PhD
Carl Moore Endowed Research Chair for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago
150th Anniversary Celebration
Join us in celebrating significant milestones of our past, and our Jesuit, Catholic mission and values that have created a lasting impact on Chicago and the broader global communities we serve. Learn more