SPRING
& FALL 2003 SEMINARS
Click on any of the following seminar titles
for a longer description and faculty profile.
All seminars are in the Center for Continuing Education unless otherwise
noted.
Contemporary Culture's Conflicting Visual
Messages to Girls
Girl Culture: Lauren Greenfield Photographs.
(On display at the Snite Museum of Art)
Gina Costa
Wednesdays, Feb. 26 & March 5
Stone-Age Babies (and Parents) in
a Space-Age World?
Culture and Biology in Conflict
Jim McKenna
Wednesdays, Apr. 16 & 30
Gregorian Chant and Medieval
Polyphony
This seminar will examine how, when, where, and why Gregorian chant and
polyphony were sung in the Middle Ages
Calvin Bower and Alexander Blachly
Mondays, Apr. 21 & 28
Struggling in the Path of God:
Perspectives on Jihad in Islam
This seminar will focus on the various meanings of jihad which have seminally
shaped the moral, ethical, and legal orientations of Islam. It is expected
that this historical treatment will set the stage for a better understanding
of recent and ongoing events and the complex role of jihad in them, which
will also be a part of our discussions.
Asma Afsaruddin
Wednesdays, May 7 & 14
This seminar will focus on evaluating competing answers to these and other central questions relating to 9/11.
James P. Sterba
Monday, Feb. 24 & Tuesday, March 4
Modernization in Latin America: Urban
Changes, Technology, and Desires at the Turn of the Century
We will discover the emergence of a modern sensitivity in Latin America,
touched by technological advances and desires of being "authentic" in
the midst of changes, through pictures of that time and readings in English
translation of the most fascinating authors of the so-called "Modernismo."
Marķa Rosa Olivera-Williams
Mondays, November 3 & 10
Genetic and Environmental Influences
on Behavioral Development
The purpose of this seminar is to examine the types of questions that
can and cannot be asked, to understand the methods used in behavioral
genetic research, and to discuss the implications of the findings in the
literature.
Cindy Bergeman
Tuesdays, November 4 & 11
Christian Attitudes Toward War, Peace,
and Revolution
This course is a survey of Christian understandings of war, peace, and
revolution from the time of Christ and the early church to the present.
Michael J. Baxter, C.S.C.
Mondays, November 10 & 11
The Holocaust
This seminar focuses on new research and classic scholarship to address
some key questions about the Holocaust.
Doris Bergen
Tuesdays, November 11 & 18
Psychology of Discrimination
This seminar has been designed to facilitate your understanding of discrimination
and prejudice from a social-psychological perspective. The psychologically
based causes, correlates, and consequences of discrimination and prejudice
will be examined through the application of psychological theories and
research to the real experiences of stigmatized group members. As such,
this course is intended to help you: 1) better understand the major psychological
principles underlying prejudiced attitudes and discriminatory behavior;
2) become acquainted with current research on the causes, correlates,
and consequences of prejudice and discrimination; and 3) engage in more
objective examination of one's own attitudes and behaviors.
Alexandra F. Corning
Tuesdays, November 18 & December 2