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Fall Flannery Lecture
Gonzaga's Cataldo Hall Globe Room Spokane, WA, United StatesFall Flannery Lecture November 6, 2018 6 PM Cataldo Hall, Globe room Gonzaga University Speaker: Andrew Prevot, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Boston College Department of Theology Lecture Title: Unrestricted Love: Blackness and Catholicity as Interrelated Marks of Christian Life About the Lecture Series: The Flannery Chair of Roman Catholic Theology is an endowed Chair gift of …
“Listening to Survivors as We Address Clery Sexual Abuse”
Hemmingson Center, Gonzaga University 702 E Desmet Ave., Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Brian Clites studies religious violence, power, and trauma within the contemporary US. He is currently finishing his first book, Breaking the Silence, an ethnography of survivors of priestly sexual abuse.
Flannery Lecture in Catholic Studies
Hemmingson Center, Gonzaga University 702 E Desmet Ave., Spokane, WA, United StatesIn this lecture, Thomas P. Doyle will explore the complex nature of the world-wide reality of sexual violation of minors and the vulnerable by Catholic clerics and religious and the systemic mishandling, denial and coverup by the hierarchy. This is not a new phenomenon in the Church, suddenly surfacing in the 1980’s. It has been …
Women’s Suffrage Parade
Gonzaga University Spokane, WA, United StatesSTEPS: From Suffrage to Solidary Join in! Celebrate the past, present, and future of women’s activism. What inspires you about the past or makes you hopeful about the future? What brings you together with other Zags? (Your club, your culture, your dorm or floor, your team or a sport, your future profession, your field of …
COVID-19: Perspectives from Theology, Bioethics, and Population Health
Virtual event via ZoomMonday, Feb. 8, 5 to 6:30 p.m. This virtual event, the Spring 2021 Flannery Webinar, is sponsored by the Religious Studies Department at Gonzaga University. Panelists include: Aline Kalbian, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, Florida State University Rhonda Medows, M.D., President, Population Health, Providence Andrea Vicini, S.J., Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, Boston College The …
Join Us For The Launch of Gonzaga’s New Climate Center!
Virtual event via ZoomIn response to the threat of global warming — and as an expression of our Catholic, Jesuit, humanistic mission — Gonzaga University is launching the Gonzaga Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment. This new interdisciplinary academic center will serve Gonzaga students and our region by advancing innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, consulting, and capacity-building. Featured …
Justice and Equity: Challenging Hate and Inspiring Hope
Vitual on WHOVA confernce platformThe Sixth Gonzaga International Conference on Hate Studies will be held Nov. 4 to 6. This will be a virtual event hosted on the WHOVA conference platform. The schedule: Thursday, Nov. 4, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference is …
Operation Opera Festival: When Purple Mountains Burn
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts CenterOperation Opera Festival kicks off with the world premiering opera, "When the Purple Mountains Burn" exploring the connection between Iris Chang and Shiro Azuma with the Nanking Massacre in China during World War II. Music by Shuying Li, libretto by Julian Crouch, with soprano Yvette Keong, baritone Hidenori Inoue, vocalists-in-residence at the festival, the Four …
Herzog Book Launch Celebration
The Book Launch of Michael B. Herzog's 'Pilgrimage,' The Only Complete Version of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' More than 600 years ago, in his Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer put thirty pilgrims on the road from London to Canterbury. But they never got there, as Chaucer did not finish the story. Now, Michael B. Herzog, PhD, …
Book Launch for “Pilgrimage: The Completed Canterbury Tales” by Dr. Michael B. Herzog
Hemmingson Center, Gonzaga University 702 E Desmet Ave., Spokane, WA, United StatesMore than 600 years ago, in his Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer put thirty pilgrims on the road from London to Canterbury. But they never got there, as Chaucer did not finish the story. Now, Dr. Michael Herzog, Professor Emeritus of English at Gonzaga University, has finally completed what Chaucer started. Jess Walter says this book …
Americans and the Holocaust: Remembering Our Past to Inform Our Future
Hemmingson Center, Gonzaga University 702 E Desmet Ave., Spokane, WA, United StatesThis special event is part of the larger Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibit being hosted by Gonzaga University. Features a live interview by Spokane area resident and Holocaust Survivor Carla Peperzak. Tickets are free and open to the public, available at Foley Center Library and Hemmingson GUEST services desk on the Gonzaga campus. For …
