Interdisciplinary Lecture Series
The College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Lecture Series returns this fall with a six-part series on Understanding Violence from an Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
The series, hosted in partnership with our interdisciplinary programs, invites well-known national and international scholars, authors, and experts in select fields to help us dissect and dive into social and cultural issues.
While each series has a distinct focus, various perspectives are woven together to create a foundation of knowledge. This program is open to the Loyola community, including students, alumni, faculty, and staff and is available in a hybrid format. Previous topics included Migration (2022 - 2023), Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation in Global Affairs (Spring 2022) and Global Racism in Comparative Perspective (Spring 2021).
Understanding Violence from an Interdisciplinary Perspective | 2023 - 2024
The human experience is shaped by violence. From world wars to interpersonal brawls, violence is wielded as a weapon for dominating, defending, and establishing status. Through it all, violence leaves an enduring and unforgettable legacy in its wake on the nations, communities, relationships, and individuals it touches, feeding into a neverending cycle. As stories, accounts, and depictions of violence continue to infiltrate every form of media we consume daily, it begs the question: is violence the catalyst behind or the result of our human nature?
Upcoming Events
FEBRUARY
The Impact of Violence on Identity
Featuring faculty from across the College of Arts and Sciences
When: February 15, 2024 | 4-5 PM
Where: Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean MPR North
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MARCH
Title to be announced
Featuring Adrien Raine, Richard Perry University Professor of Criminology & Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania
When: March 14, 2024 | 4-5 PM
Where: Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean MPR North
Presented by: Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
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APRIL
Title to be announced
Featured guest to be announced
When: April 11, 2024 | 4-5 PM
Where: Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean MPR North
Presented by: Race & Ethnicity
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Past Events
SEPTEMBER
The Roots of Violence
Featuring faculty from across the College of Arts and Sciences
The faculty panel discussed the multi-faceted concept and impacts of violence at the intersection of the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Panelists included:
- Arthur Lurigio, Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Criminal Justice
- Agustin Markarian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
- Elfriede Wedam, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
- Benjamin Penglase, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
OCTOBER
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Geopolitics of Gender
Featuring Cinzia Solari, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts Boston
Solari will explore how Russia seeks to redefine itself in opposition to its former Soviet state policies that supported women’s liberation by creating an oppositional idea of modernity, placing the focus on men and re-masculinization. Within the past decade, other nations across the world have followed suit in embracing this oppositional view of gender identity and sexuality: Belarus, Brazil, India, the Philippines, Turkey, and even factions within the United States. The invasion of Ukraine and its subsequent violence has allowed Putin to position Russia as the leader of this transnational modernity of manliness ideal by forcefully keeping Ukraine out of Europe and within its repressive control.
When: Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 4-5 PM
Where: Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean MPR North
Presented by: Women's Studies and Gender Studies Program
NOVEMBER
Defining the Connection Between Illegal Drugs and Violence
Featuring Patrick J. O'Dea, Field Intelligence Manager at the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
When: Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 4-5 PM
Where: Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean MPR North
Presented by: Forensic Science Program