Everett Community College

Humanities Calendar - Spring Quarter 2013

All events are free and open to the campus and the community.

Enlightenment Lectures - Special Guests
Tuesday, April 16, 11:10-12:40:  Gregory Wolfe. JKC 101. 
SPU Writer in Residence speaks on why television has fallen in love with literature.
Funded by the EvCC Foundation.

Wednesday, May 1, 12:20-1:20: Christina Fusch, Humanities, WA. JKC 106
Topic: Why Culture Matters: An Anthropoligical Approach to Our Lives.
Funded by the Global Education Initiative.

Thursday, May 16, 12:20-1:50: Tom Campbell, Leslie Conton, Alexandra Kovats, Karim Abdullah, and moderator Margaret Riordan. JKC 101
Topic: Panel discussion on the nature of spiritual enlightenment as seen from the traditions of Buddhism, Christianity, Shamanism, and Islam.
Funded by the Global Education Initiative.

Enlightenment Lecture Series
(repeated from Winter 2013)

Please note varying locations.
Funding provided by Faculty Development.
 
Tuesday, April 9, 10:00-11:00 am.
Don Smith, Psychology.  GWH 386/388
Enlightenment Symposium 1:  Enlightenment and the Brain
 
Tuesday, April 16, 10:00-11:00 am.
Steve Horn, Political Science & Jason Ripper, History.  JKC 106.
Enlightenment Symposium 2:  American Enlightenment:  Reality Check
 
Tuesday, April 23, 10:00-11:00 am.
Fayla Schwartz, Biology.  WHI 105.
Enlightenment Symposium 3: Eyes on Evolution: The Evolution of Vision & the Vision of Evolution
 
Tuesday, April 30, 10:00-11:00 am.
Margaret Riordan, Sociology & Religion.  WHI 105.
Enlightenment Symposium 4:  Religion and Enlightenment
 
Tuesday, May 7, 10:00-11:00 am.
Mike VanQuickenborne, Philosophy.  GWH 382.
Enlightenment Symposium 5:  Enlightenment in the Material World 
 
Tuesday, May 14, 10:00-11:00 am.
Elliot Stern, Health Sciences.  JKC 106.
Enlightenment Symposium 6:  Physiology of Enlightenment

 
Tuesday, May 21, 10:00-11:00 am.
Charles Fischer, English.  WHI 105.
Enlightenment Symposium 7:  Enlightenment and the Loss of Illusions
 
Tuesday May 28, 10:00-11:00 am.
Thom Lee, Art.  WHI 105.
Enlightenment Symposium 8:  Yin & Yang

Holocaust Survivor Forums
Wednesdays, 12:20-1:50 pm 
April 17: Eva C.
April 24: Susie S.
May 8: Leo H.
May 22: Robert H.
Location: JKC 101
Funded by the Global Education Initiative.

Holocaust Presentation
Spiritual Resistance in Music & Film: "The Boys of Terezín" documentary, introduced by Mina Miller, of Music of Remembrance.
Wednesday, April 10, 12:20-1:20
JKC 106

Faculty Performance
Kerry Lyste, Piano
Thursday, May 2, 12:20-1:20
BAK 120
Funded by the Faculty Development Committee

Tuesday Travelogues
April 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7, 14, 28
12:20-1:20, various locations