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The Common Hour: Trans*Forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change

TTosten — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:20:45 +0000

The Common Hour: Trans*Forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 7 am

TTosten Mon, 04/04/2016 - 09:20

Alumnae Chapel, Thomson Hall

T.J. Jourian is a social justice educator, learner, and trainer; having spoken and consulted at hundreds of college campuses, conferences, and community-based organizations in the U.S. He has completed his PhD in Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago by investigating how trans*masculine college students conceptualize masculinity for his dissertation. T.J. is a co-founder of the T*Circle Collective, the first and only collective of trans* higher education and student affairs educators. He is also on the training and facilitation team of the Brown Boi Project, a community of masculine-centered people of color across gender identities, committed to changing the way that communities of color talk about gender.

The Common Hour: Mitigation of Climate Change

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:25:20 +0000

The Common Hour: Mitigation of Climate Change

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 12 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:25

Brooks Complex Auditorium

Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Maria Silvia Muylaert de Araujo

GHG emissions accelerate despite reduction efforts. Most emission growth is CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes. Without more mitigation, global mean surface temperature might increase by 3.7 degrees to 4.8 degrees Celcius over the 21st century. Delaying mitigation is estimated to increase the difficulty and narrow the options for limiting warming to 2 degrees Celcius. Effective mitigation will not be achieved if individual agents advance their own interests independently. Issues of equity, justice, and fairness arise with respect to mitigation and adaptation. Climate policy may be informed by a consideration of a diverse array of risks and uncertainties, some of which are difficult to measure, notably events that are of low probability but which would have a significant impact if they occur.

The Common Hour: Engaging Climate Conflict

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:22:45 +0000

The Common Hour: Engaging Climate Conflict

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:22

Dr. Lisa Woolley

Do novels offer an imagination space for transcending the polarizing rhetoric of Climate Change? Barbara Kingsolver's "Flight Behavior" suggests that ecological challenges invite us to better understand ourselves and others.

The Common Hour: Climate Change and Mathematical Modeling

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:20:35 +0000

The Common Hour: Climate Change and Mathematical Modeling

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:20

Dr. Alexander Munson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at ��˹��Ӱ��

The Common Hour: Animals and the Anthropocene

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:18:27 +0000

The Common Hour: Animals and the Anthropocene

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:18

Dr. John Elia

Following Elizabeth Kolbert's "The Sixth Extinction," I consider the value of indirect arguments for concern about climate change, specifically, in terms of habitat loss, species extinction rates, and our care for animals.

The Common Hour: American Apocalypse

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:15:35 +0000

The Common Hour: American Apocalypse

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 2 pm

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:15

American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism

Dr. Matthew Sutton's talk focuses on how American fundamentalists and evangelicals across the twentieth century took to the pulpit and airwaves to explain how Biblical end times prophecy made sense of a world ravaged by global wars, genocide, and the threat of nuclear extinction. Rather than withdraw from their communities to wait for Armageddon, they used what little time was left to warn of the coming Antichrist, save souls, and prepare the United States for God's final judgement, ultimately transforming American politics.

The Common Hour: Preparing for Doomsday

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:12:44 +0000

The Common Hour: Preparing for Doomsday

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:12

Dr. Matthew Sutton's talk analyzes the work of David Koresh, Harold Camping, and Billy Graham. While most Americans may want to separate the violent prophecies of Koresh, the date-setting urgency of Camping, and the mainstream evangelicalism of Graham, the work of these prophets of apocalypse has far more in common than most men and women realize. The ideas of Koresh, Camping, and Graham all emerged from the same long river of American Protestant apocalypticism and together they demonstrate the continuing power and appeal of doomsday beliefs in modern United States history.

The Common Hour: Yearning for the End of All Things

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:08:30 +0000

The Common Hour: Yearning for the End of All Things

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 6 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:08

Yearning for the End of All Things: Who Wants That and Why?

Dr. Lee Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary

Fascination with the end-times has recurred with regularity in the history of Christianity. However, each generation seems to project different scenarios of the sometimes feared and sometimes hoped for future. We will look at some of the motivations for this interest, and the ways in which diverse apocalyptic passions have given rise to divergent and often conflicting theologies.

Lee Barrett is Staeger Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary. He holds BA, MA, MDiv, and PhD degrees from Yale University and is the author of several books and articles on the thought of Soren Kierkegaard, the theology of the Reformed tradition, and Christianity and popular culture.