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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.

Why the Emmett Till Story Still Matters
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

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?
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

Prostitutes, Prophets, and Priests: Women Power from the Book of Revelation to the Many Marys
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

Kafka’s Ape-Readings in Decolonial Narrative Ethics
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

The John F. Callahan Lecture:
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

Climate Change an Existential Threat
3/30/2021: 4:00PM-5:30PM

Climate Change an Existential Threat

Johanna Oksala, PhD
Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago

A Conversation with Annie Duflo, April 1, 2021
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

Economic Sanctions and Human Rights
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

Anti-Racism at Loyola University Chicago: Pedagogy and Practice
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

SOC CDEP 10th Anniversary Symposium
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.

Christopher Columbus, Should He Stay or Should He Go?
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

Truth, Basic Research, and the Scientific Method
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