ThursDay, January 17 

7 p.m. | McGuire Hall
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University, will discuss "Race, Religion and Changing Demographics." For more information, visit www.loyola.edu/convocation.

6:30 p.m. | McGuire Hall West
The Green and Grey Society, in their commitment to stimulate intellectual curiosity and dialogue on campus, begins a series of lectures for professors to give a lecture as if it were their last. Dr. Scheye is starting this series with his last lecture entitled "Not to irksome toil, but to delight." Light refreshment provided.

ThursDay, February 7 

5:30 p.m. | 4th Floor Program Room
A behind-the-scenes discussion with Loyola student editors, artists and publishers of a newly edited text of "Measure for Measure," a Shakespearean play in which the Duke of Vienna tricks his people by disguising himself as a friar. The event is in conjunction with this year's Humanities Symposium, "Judge, Judge Not."

MonDay, February 11 

7:00 p.m. | Knott Hall B01
Fr. Dean Brackley, S.J. from the Jesuit University of El Salvador will discuss solidarity and immigration from the perspective of those in the south. Brackley is an international speaker and have lived and worked in El Salvador since the murder of the Jesuits from this University in 1989.

TuesDay, February 12 

8:00 p.m. | McGuire Hall
Gene Roberts, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland, will present the 2008 Muriel and Clarence J. Caulfield Lecture entitled “Judging Race: The Press & Civil Rights.” Roberts covered the civil rights story for years and wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning history about it. The lecture is part of Loyola's 2008 Humanities Symposium, “Judge, Judge Not.” This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Loyola Box Office, or from 6 - 8 p.m. before the event. Free tickets also may be obtained by calling the Department of Communication at ext. 2242 weekdays during 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MonDay, February 18 

5:00 p.m. | College Conference Center Room 313/314
Sister Panagia, Sister Theotokos and Sister Mary of Ephesus from the Institute of the Incarnate Word will present "Vocation and Virtue in the Fallen World." Part of this year's Humanities Symposium, "Judge, Judge Not."

TuesDay, February 19 

Al Braunmuller Presents Humanities Symposium Keynote Address: "Justice, Law and Mercy in Measure for Measure"

7:00 p.m. | McManus Theater
Al Braunmuller teaches English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. In addition to numerous articles on Renaissance and modern dramatists, he has edited several plays - most recently, Shakespeare's King John and Macbeth. Braunmuller currently serves as Associate General Editor of the New Cambridge Shakespeare and as co-general editor of the New Pelican Shakespeare. He has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the College Institute.

5:00 p.m. | 4th Floor Program Room
Presented by Nikolaj Zunic, acting director of the Human Sciences Initiative and assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Sponsored by the Catholic Social Thought Committee and the Catholic Studies Program.

MonDay, February 25 

4:30 p.m. | 4th Floor Program Room
Wairimu Mutai, Ph.D., Timothy Ibutu, S.J. and Jacob Okumu, S.J., Pastoral Counseling, present the Catholic Studies Lecture, “Awakening to Tragedy: Processing the Post Election Crisis in Kenya.”

TuesDay, February 26 

6:00 p.m. | McGuire Hall West
Robert Miola, Gerard Manley Hopkins Professor of English and Loyola College Professor of Classics, will present "Darkness as a Bride: Classical Ideas of Justice in Measure for Measure." Part of this year's Humanities Symposium, "Judge, Judge Not."

WednesDay, February 27 

4:30 p.m. | College Center Conference Room 114
Phyllis Zagano, Ph.D., senior research associate-in-residence at Hofstra University and Rev. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., associate professor in Loyola’s department of Pastoral Counseling, present the Catholic Studies Lecture, “Mother Teresa’s Prophetic Embrace of Darkness.”

ThursDay - Saturday, February 28 - March 1 

Columbia Graduate Center
The 6th Annual Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality represents a joint partnership between Loyola College's Department of Pastoral Counseling and Division 36 (Psychology of Religion) of the American Psychological Association (APA). The aim of this relationship is to leverage resources in an effort to stimulate research in the area of psychology and religion/spirituality. The conference provides a supportive academic forum where professionals can discuss the latest research findings and scientific advances in the field. For more information on the program on registration fees, visit the website.

ThursDay - Friday, February 28 - 29 

MonDay, March 10 

6:00 p.m. | Location TBA
Laura J. Beard, associate professor of Spanish, Portuguese, Comparative Literature, Women's Studies and Latin American and Iberian Studies at Texas Tech University, will present “Can Justice be Measured? The Legacy of the Indian Residential School System” as part of this year's Humanities Symposium, "Judge, Judge Not."

TuesDay, March 11 

8:00 p.m. | McGuire Hall
Gene Roberts, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland, will present the 2008 Muriel and Clarence J. Caulfield Lecture entitled “Judging Race: The Press & Civil Rights.” Roberts covered the civil rights story for years and wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning history about it. The lecture, which was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather, is part of Loyola's 2008 Humanities Symposium, “Judge, Judge Not.” This event is free and open to the public.

TuesDay, March 18

5:00 p.m. | 4th Floor Program Room
Professor Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, will present "Murder not then the fruit within my womb: Women, Crime and Pregnancy in Early Modern English History and Culture." Part of this year's Humanities Symposium, "Judge, Judge Not."

WednesDay, March 26 

7:00 p.m. | McGuire Hall
Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English at Virginia Tech, is an African-American author, poet and civil rights activist. Her writings first gained prominence during the turbulent 1960s and are said to inspire, encourage and motivate. Some of her most celebrated works include “Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day,” “And I Have You,” “Nikki-Rosa” and “Love is.” Recently, she earned national recognition for her closing remarks at the dedication of the memorial honoring those who died in the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

She was the first recipient of the Rosa Parks Women of Courage Award and she has seen her works reach No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list. She is also a three-time NAACP Image Award Winner and earned a Grammy nomination for “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection.”

This event is sponsored by the Student Government Association, Women’s Center, Writing Center, Education for Life, ALANA Services and Gender Studies. For more information or to reserve a free ticket, call the Loyola College Box Office at 410-617-5912 between 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

WednesDay, April 2 

22nd Language, Literature and Society Colloquium: "Music, Ideology and National Identity"

FriDay, April 4 

4:00 p.m. | Sellinger Atrium
The Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Colloquium will feature poster and oral presentations by undergraduate students who have participated in original research and scholarship activities. A schedule of events is available at www.loyola.edu/usrsc.

FriDay, April 11 

8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Columbia Graduate Center
The Lattanze Spring Research Symposium will feature a collection of research findings that link the Lattanze Center with the Year of the City initiative. Topics include social networking in Baltimore, communications for virtual teams in emergencies, helping underprivileged children in India and improving IT education for women and minorities. Speakers include Jay Liebowitz from Johns Hopkins University, Michael Chuang from Towson University, Viswanath Venkatest from the University of Arkansas and John Nosek from Temple University.

Friday, April 25 

8:00 p.m. | 4th Floor Program Room
Mark Crispin Miller speaks about media coverage in the upcoming (and past) election. Currently a professor at New York University in media studies, Miller is the former director of film studies at Johns Hopkins University and the author of The Bush Dyslexicon, Fooled Again, and his latest book, Loser Take All. Miller's analysis of the media covers the Ohio election controversy of 2004 as well as the current network coverage of the various primary debates. A reception and book signing will follow. Presented by the Writing Center and the Center for Humanities, this event is free an open to the public. Contact esleik@loyola.edu for more information.

FriDay - Saturday, June 13 - 14 

The 27th annual Cosmos & Creation Conference, a symposium focused on the relationship between science and theology, presents “Other Universes, the Anthropic Principle and the Cost of Evolution,” a lecture by Dr. William Stoeger, S.J., senior research fellow on the Vatican Observatory Staff and professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona. Dr. Stoeger will present Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Knott Hall B03 and Saturday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. in Knott Hall B03.

On Saturday, June 14, Dr. Carl S. Helrich, Jr., professor of physics at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, will present a luncheon lecture entitled "Growing up in Oak Ridge during Development of the Atomic Bomb." The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. in Hopkins Lounge, followed by the lecture at 1:30 p.m. in Knott Hall B03.

Both lectures are free, but the luncheon is $15. Space is limited. To reserve seats for the lectures or luncheon, contact Candra Healy at 410-617-2988 or email cosmosandcreation@loyola.edu.