Past Events
2007-08
Faculty Summit at Seattle University
Race: Beginning A Holistic Conversation
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Student Center 160
Community Conversations at Seattle University
A RENEWED LEGACY OF SEGREGATION:
From Brown v. Board to PICS v. Seattle School District #1
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Student Center 160
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Justice in Society, Global African Studies Program and the Washington Educators for Social Justice
EMF International Grants & CSJS Justice Scholarship Series Breakfast
Thursday, November 8, 2007
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Student Center 160
Sponsored by the Endowed Mission Fund & the Center for the Study of Justice in Society
Africans and the Catholic Church Conference
January 31 - February 2, 2008
Seattle University
The conference keynote speaker is Rev. Sr. Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike, professor of religious studies at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. Her keynote address is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Justice in Society. Nasimiyu-Wasike is a systematic theologian who obtained her doctorate from Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pa. She has held fellowships in the U.K. and the U.S., and is a leading member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, an ecumenical group of Africa’s foremost women theologians.
Sponsored by the Global African Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, the Endowed Mission Fund and the Center for the Study of Justice in Society
Globalization & Justice: INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUES
February 21-22, 2008
Seattle University Pigott Hall & Sullivan Hall
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Justice in Society, the Center for Global Justice (School of Law), the SU School of Law, the Albers School of Business & Economics and the Endowed Mission Fund
CSJS Justice Scholarship Series & 2008 O'Hara Graff Lecture Series present
Dr. Emilie Townes
Andrew W. Mellin Professor of African American Religion
& Theology at Yale University
February 29, 2008
LeRoux Room, Student Center
Sponsored by the Department of Theology & Religious Studies and the Center for the Study of Justice in Society
Justice Faculty Fellows Reception & Open House
Friday, May 16, 2008
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Hunthausen 100
All faculty members are invited to attend as fifteen faculty members participating in seminars led by three faculty facilitators will present their works-in-progress to the SU community in a roundtable session on Friday, May 16. This year’s CSJS seminars include “Postcolonial Theory: Knowledge, Power & Resistance” (facilitated by Tayyab Mahmud, School of Law); “The Quest for Justice in Latin America” (facilitated by Marc McLeod, College of Arts & Sciences); and "Masculinities" (facilitated by Debby A. Phillips, College of Nursing). For more info, here are this year's topics.
2006-07
October 10, 2006: justice scholarship series (jss) Open House and Breakfast ~ The Guadalupe Faith/Hospitality Experience in Mexico. Application available, deadline November 7th. Please view the attached document for more information. For more information on this year’s seminar, contact Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez via email at jrodrigu@seattleu.edu
October 20, 2006: Justice Faculty Fellows Program deadline.
October 27, 2006: The Path of the Spirit: Indigenous Rights, Intercultural Dialogue and A Collaborative Response to Preserve Diversity Conference with Keynote Speech: Biocolonialism and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Debra Harry, Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB). Ms. Harry's participation is sponsored by the Seattle University Center for the Study of Justice in Society.
October 31, 2006: CSJS Advisory Board meeting, 12 - 1 p.m. in Casey 400.
November 28, 2006: Women Confronting Globalization: Cultural Resistance, Fair Trade and Human Rights with guest speaker, Cecilia Santiago Vera from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Wyckoff Auditorium (ENGR 200).
Cecilia Santiago Vera is a social psychologist from Chiapas, Mexico. Her work is focused primarily on gender and multi-cultural studies and strengthening the community. She has worked with the displaced population, especially with women survivors of the Acteal massacre, people in prison, and indigenous communities that live in violent contexts. Cecilia collaborates on the Psychological Project in Chiapas, a Mexican NGO that works to develop psychological interventions in populations experiencing human rights violations to take back the resources of the community.
Event co-sponsored by the SU Women Studies Program, the Center for the Study of Justice in Society and the Wismer Center for Gender & Diversity Studies
February 8, 2007: justice scholarship series (jss): Faculty Luncheon and Book Talk for Community and Difference: Teaching, Pluralism and Social Justice, with authors: Roberto Peña, Kristin Guest and Larry Matsuda. Awarded the Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education in 2006, and selected as one of the “Books for Change” by the Elliott Bay Book Company, this edited volume tackles the complexities of teaching for social justice in a multicultural world. The authors/editors will facilitate an interactive discussion among faculty about what motivates scholarship about social justice. This luncheon is the second in a series of social events this year to highlight the justice scholarship of Seattle University faculty.
March 5, 2007: CSJS Advisory Board meeting from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola 105)
April 3, 2007: Copyright Society of the USA, Pacific Northwest Chapter presents: Can Our Culture Be Saved? The Future of Digital Archiving with Diane Leenheer Zimmerman (Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University School of Law), Steve Davis (CEO, Corbis Corporation) with Margaret Chon (Moderator). Sponsored by the Seattle University School of Law, the Center for the Study of Justice in Society at Seattle University and the Law Firm of Darby & Darby.
April 12-14, 2007: Intersections of Race and Gender: (Re) Imagining the Family Interdisciplinary Conference at Seattle University. One of the conference keynote speakers is Adrienne Dale Davis of the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. Her keynote address is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Justice in Society and the SU School of Law.
April 17, 2007: Luncheon with Dr. Coll Thrush in the Stimson Room of the Lemieux Library. Sponsored by the Seattle University School of Law Institute of Indian Estate Planning and Probate & the Center for the Study of Justice in Society (CSJS).
May 11, 2007: Men of Color Reception from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola Hall 105).
May 14, 2007: Women of Color Reception from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola Hall 105).
May 15, 2007: Justice Scholarship Series (jss) Luncheon, Water and Social Justice: from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola Hall 105).
May 16, 2007: All Faculty of Color Receptionfrom 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola Hall 105).
May 17, 2007: Open Interest Meeting for 2007-08 Globalization, Innovation and Justice Conference from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in the Wismer Center (Loyola Hall 105).
May 18, 2007: Justice Faculty Fellows Reception & Open House from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Sullivan Hall 110 (School of Law). Sixteen faculty members in seminars led by three faculty seminar facilitators will present their works-in-progress to the SU community in a roundtable session.
May 22, 2007: CSJS Advisory Board meeting from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in Casey 517.