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Monday, September 19 at 8 p.m.
"State of the Nation: Polling the Mood"
Chief White House Correspondent, political director for NBC News, contributing editor to Meet the Press and occasional contributor to news outlets such as The Atlantic.
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Corporate Sponsor - Delamar Hotel - Southport
Monday, October 3 at 8 p.m.
"Apartheid to Afghanistan, Reporting from the Front Lines"
Chief Foreign Correspondent, CBS News. Logan has reported extensively from the frontlines of Afghanistan and had followed the Green Berets as they searched for Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden..
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Sixth Annual Students' Forum
Wednesday, October 19 at 8 p.m.
"On the Aisle: Critically Speaking"
Benjamin Brantley became chief theater critic of The New York Times in September 1996 after having served as its drama critic since joining the newspaper in August 1993. Mark Lamos is a theatre and opera director, producer and actor. Under his direction, Hartford Stage won the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. He is now Artistic Director of the Westport Country Playhouse.
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Community Partner - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Corporate Sponsor - Harry's Wine and Liquor Market
Monday, November 7 at 8 p.m.
Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship
"Capital Crimes Challenged by DNA Evidence"
Although he received national media attention while serving on O.J. Simpson's defense team, Scheck's more influential legal work lies in his dedication to exposing wrongful convictions as director of the Innocence Project. He is a professor at Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
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Sunday, January 29 at 3 p.m.
"Hollywood Notebook: Glory or Gory?"
Film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. He currently writes the column "On the Town with Rex Reed" for The New York Observer.
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Community Partner - Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
Civic Partner - The Office of Film, Television & Digital Media of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Monday, February 13 at 8 p.m.
"Globetrotting into Civil Rights"
For 22 years, Lemon was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and is a 2003 inductee of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Wednesday, March 28 at 8 p.m.
"Author's Liberty as a Voice of Patriotic Radicalism"
Author, journalist, essayist and social commentator, Vowell has written nonfiction books on American history and culture, such as Assassination Vacation (2005). She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996-2008, and the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.
Community Partner - Pequot Library
Dr. Stephen M. Coan and Dr. Robert Ballard
Monday, April 23 at 8 p.m.
"The Future of Our Oceans"
Dr. Stephen M. Coan, president & CEO, Sea Research Foundation, and Dr. Robert Ballard (via video), founder and president, Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium, will discuss the critical need to protect our ocean planet.
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Thursday, September 22 at 7 p.m.
Even Silence Has An End
Ingrid Betancourt, former senator and presidential candidate of Colombia, South America who was taken hostage and held for 6 years in the Colombian jungle. Even Silence Has An End is her chronicle of this harrowing ordeal and of her unending faith that made survival possible.
Kelley Theatre - Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
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This event is free.
Friday, November 4 at 7 p.m.
Michael White
To celebrate the opening of the Fairfield University Bookstore in Fairfield, 2011 CT Book Award nominee, Michael White, director of the Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing Program, will read from his best-selling book Beautiful Assassin. Beautiful Assassin has been nominated for the 2011 CT Book Award for fiction.
Fairfield University Bookstore downtown Fairfield
This event is free.
Friday, November 18 at 6 p.m.
Thieves of Baghdad
Matthew Bogdanos
Colonel Matthew Bogdanos led the US task force to investigate the pillaging of the Iraq Museum in the wake of the invasion of Iraq. Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures was written as a result of this investigation.
Colonel Bogdanos' visit to campus is presented by The Bellarmine Museum of Art. Admission: $15 includes a signed copy of Thieves of Baghdad. Tickets are available through the Quick Center Box Office at (203) 254-4010 or online at fairfield.edu/quick. For more information on this event please visit www.fairfield.edu/museum.
Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m.
A reading and discussion with two faculty members from Fairfield's MFA in Creative Writing program.
Rachel Basch, author of The Passion of Reverend Nash and Degrees of Love and Pete Nelson, author of I Thought You Were Dead
Fairfield University Bookstore - Post Road, Fairfield
This event is free.
Wednesday, December 7 at 7 p.m.
An Evening of Inspired Voices
Students and alumni of Fairfield University's MFA in Creative Writing Program will read from their original works. Their writing, some already published or soon to be published and some still a work in progress, highlights their talents and creativity in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Come and meet the students and learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing Program.
Fairfield University Bookstore downtown Fairfield. This event is free.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Jayne Anne Phillips
The 2009 National Book Award finalist for Lark and Termite and the author of MotherKind, Shelter, Machine Dreams will read from her latest work. Meet the author at the book-signing that will follow her reading.
Our Lady of The Assumption Chapel - St. Edmund's Enders Island, Mystic, CT
This event is free.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Karol Nielsen
Black Elephants: A Memoir
Karol Nielsen has written an engrossing memoir of travel, adventure, love, war and dreams. A trekking trip to Peru leads to a love affair that takes the author to Israel and the horrors of the first Gulf War. Poets & Writers selected Black Elephants as a New and Noteworthy Book and excerpts were selected as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays. Karol also writes poetry and she teaches memoir writing at New York University.
Fairfield University Bookstore
Presented by the Department of English and the MFA in Creative Writing
This event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Dreams of Joy
Lisa See
The long awaited sequel to Shanghai Girls is finally here. The Los Angeles Times calls it "One of those hard-to-put down-until-four in-the-morning books ... With each new novel, Lisa See gets better and better."
Barone Campus Center Oak Room
Community Partner: Fairfield Public Library
This event is free - please reserve your seats by calling Laura at (203) 254-4110
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Baron Wormser
Baron Wormser, Poet Laureate of Maine from 2000 to 2005, is an award- winning author of nine books of poetry as well as a memoir and a collection of short stories. His latest book of poetry, Impenitent Notes, was published last year. Baron directs the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching in Franconia, New Hampshire and he is also a faculty member of the Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing.
Fairfield University Dolan School of Business Dining Room
Presented by the MFA in Creative Writing
This event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 7 p.m.
John Darnton
Almost a Family: A Memoir
Pulitzer Prize winner John Darnton has worked for the New York Times for forty years as a reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent. He is the recipient of two George Polk Awards and also the author of five novels, including The Darwin Conspiracy and the best seller, Neanderthal. His latest book, Almost a Family, is a deeply personal homage and beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father's shadow; a father he never met who lost his life off the coast of New Guinea in World War II.
Fairfield University Bookstore
Presented by the MFA in Creative Writing
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing program.
Tuesday, September 27 at 7 p.m.
Breaking Taboo: Stopping Sexual Violence in War
Dr. Janie Leatherman, Fairfield University Professor of Politics, and author of Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict
Dr. Jocelyn M. Boryczka, Fairfield University Associate Professor of Politics
Kelley Theatre - Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
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Annually, Fairfield University offers a vibrant array of lectures by some of the world's most respected thinkers, presented by Fairfield's academic centers, including the the Center for Catholic Studies, the Carl & Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, and others. Free and open to the public.
The 2011-2012 season of events of Fairfield University's Center for Catholic Studies promises to be one in which important issues of the day are examined with a discerning eye from an array of passionate and prominent theologians, authors and scholars.
All the events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Elyse Raby, administrative coordinator of the Center for Catholic Studies, at (203) 254-4000, ext. 3415.
See lecture schedule for details.
Fairfield University's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies has announced its 2011-2012 event schedule.
All events take place on the Fairfield campus, located at 1073 North Benson Road. Unless otherwise noted, the events are free. Reservations are suggested. For more information, call the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.
See lecture schedule for details.
Saturday, September 24 at 4 p.m.
The Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., University president, and the Rev. John F. Baldovin, S.J., professor of history and liturgical theology at Boston College
Quick Center for the Arts
The President's Lecture is an invitation-only event for members of the President's Circle. President's Circle members are the signature leaders of annual support of the University, and in recognition of their generosity are invited to invitation-only special events and programs through the year with the President, administrators and faculty, on campus and around the country. For more information on the President's Circle, please call (203) 254-4004 or visit fairfield.edu/give.