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Kenefick Chair
 

   
         Activities of the Kenefick Chair in the Humanities
        Dr. Wendy M. Wright, Chair-holder

      "Books That Humanize" 
             
View Kenefick Chair interviews with  Creighton Humanities faculty

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
          2006
               
Kenefick Brown Bag Lunches: Race: the Power of an Illusion
                         
Tues. Jan. 24: Race: a Biological Fiction   SC 104
                          Wed. Feb. 1: Why Does Race Matter in America?   SC 105
                          Mon. Feb. 13: Law and Discrimination   SC 105
                          Thurs. Feb. 16: The Social Hierarchy of Race  SC 105
                          Thurs. Feb. 23: Medical Practice and Race  SC 105
                          All sessions take place at 12:30-1:30 p.m.

                Kenefick Humanities Luncheon
                          March 17, 2006: Dr Nel Noddings, "Educating for the Humane Life"
                          By invitation

                Kenefick Lecture on the Humane Life
                           March 23: Dr Ronald Modras, St Louis University
                                           "Christian Humanism in the Jesuit Tradition"

          2005
                Kenefick Brown Bag Lunch series- Spring 2005
                         Perspectives on the Death Penalty
                           February 2   Death Penalty in Nebraska: Eric Aspengren (NADP)  
                           February 15  Death Penalty and Human Rights: Amnesty International
                           February 23  Catholic Consistent Life Ethic: Todd Salzman, moderator
                           March 1   Pro and Con: Legal and Moral Issues: 
                                           Collin Mangrum and Richard Swenson

                Panel on the Death Penalty 
                            February 24, 2004
                            Drs. Christine Wiseman, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Hause, Christy Hargesheimer
                            Moderator: Dr. Kevin Graham


                Kenefick Humanities Luncheon
                            April 15, 2005
                            Professor Belden Lane, Saint Louis University
                            "Are there Sacred Spaces in America?: Cultural Studies and Beyond." 


                 Kenefick Fall Presentation on the Humane Life
                             September 8, 2005
                             Sr. Diana Ortiz, The Blindfold's Eye: My Journey from Torture to Truth."                 

                 Brown Bag lunch series: Public Poems/Private Poems 
                             Sept. 22 (Thurs) Susan Aizenberg
                             Sept. 27 (Tues) Jinmei Yuan
                             Oct. 5 (Wed) Tim Austin
                 

           2004        
                Kenefick Brown Bag Lunch series - Spring 2004
                          Humane Relationships: Love
                           January 29    Susan Aizenberg: "Women's Love Poetry"
                           February 18  Dr. Richard White: "The Philosophy of Love"
                           February 24  Dr. Michael Lawler: "Marriage and the Catholic Church"

               Kenefick Humanities Luncheon
                           Professor Marilyn Fischer, University of Dayton
                           "Addams on Community and Cosmopolitanism"
                            April 20, 2004

               Co-sponsor of Annual Meeting of Society for Social Philosophy
                            Held on Creighton Campus, July 2004

               Co-sponsor Nebraska Governor's Lecture
                            September 7, 2004
                            University of Nebraska at Lincoln
            
               Fall Kenefick Presentation on the Humane Life
                           "Discovering Dominga" Film and Discussion
                            September 16, 2004
                            Creighton University

               Brown Bag Lunch Series on the Humane Life
                             "Who's Afraid of Poetry?"  Susan Aizenberg, English
                             November 2, 2004   SC Ballroom West

                             "Crediting Poetry". Dr. David Gardiner, English
                             November 10, 2004  SC 104

                Kenefick Panel on the Humane Life
                             "Genocide in Sudan and Omaha"
                              November 17, 2004  SC 104               

            2003

             Kenefick Brown Bag Lunch Series - Spring 2003
                       Video series: "A Force More Powerful: 
                       Non-violent Movements in the Twentieth Century"
                       January 21, February 10, February 25,
                       March 17, April 3, April 14
                       Creighton Student Center 104

             Kenefick Humanities Luncheon
                        Prof. Thee Smith, Emory University
                       "The Non-violent Life as a Humane Life"
                        March 25, 2003
                        Creighton Student Center Ballroom

              Co-sponsor (with Nebraska Humanities Council)
                       Nebraska Governor's Lecture
                        Joslyn Art Museum, Witherspoon Concert Hall
                       September 17, 2003           

              Fall Kenefick Presentation on the Humane Life
                        Team from L'Arche Community, Clinton Iowa
                        September 22, 2003, 7 pm
                          Creighton Student Union

              Kenefick Brown Bag Lunch series -fall 2003
                          "Humane Communities"
                           September 22  L'Arche Community
                           October 28      Maureen Waldron: Living with People with Disabilities
                           11:30-1, SC 104                         

              Nebraska Book Festival
                         DVD/book display: "Books That Humanize"
                         October 24-25, 2003
                         Creighton University Student Center
                                                   View interviews with Humanities faculty  

            2002
               Co-sponsor of "Saints Alive! 
                        Rediscovering Heroes and Holy Ones for Today"
                        Creighton University, November 9, 2002     
                 

                              

                                                   

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