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SUMMARY:Of Slaves\, Sharecroppers\, and Convicts: Unsettling Clemson University’s History
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Rhondda Thomas\, Associate Professor\nDepartment of English\, Clemson University \nThis talk examines the unsettling of Clemson University’s sanitized approach to history through a scholar-activist’s recovery of the stories of enslaved and sharecropping African Americans who labored on the land—John C. Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation—upon which the institution was built by a predominately African American convict labor crew; Clemson student activists’ demands to the administration for greater transparency and a more diverse and inclusive community; and the Clemson Trustees’ consciousness awakening experience regarding Clemson history during debates that led to the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds following the Charleston 9 massacre. \nCo-hosted by the Local Americanists Group and the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/slaves-sharecroppers-convicts-unsettling-clemson-universitys-history/
LOCATION:Tawes Hall 2115\, 7751 Alumni Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161101T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161101T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T054143Z
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SUMMARY:With Justice for all? Bryan Stevenson and the First Year Book
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Bryan Stevenson\, Author of Just Mercy\, the 2016-17 First Year Book at UMD \nBryan Stevenson will be on campus to discuss his book and speak on the public defense available to the poor and the wrongly condemned in the United States. His memoir compels readers to question what mercy is in America. Through the story of Walter McMillian\, Just Mercy shows the how the criminal justice system treats accused individuals. Like To Kill a Mockingbird\, this story involves the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of an innocent man for a crime committed in Monroeville\, Alabama. The difference is that Mr. McMillian’s case is the true story of a dream deferred.
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/justice-bryan-stevenson-first-year-book/
LOCATION:Stamp Student Union Colony Ballroom\, 3972 Campus Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161027T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161027T170000
DTSTAMP:20160906T164944Z
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SUMMARY:Citizenship and the Right to Public Education for Undocumented Immigrants
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Robert Koulish\, Director\, MLAW Programs and Joel J. Feller Research Professor\nCollege of Behavioral and Social Sciences\, University of Maryland \nImmigrants are not as different from citizens in terms of citizenship responsibilities and right as many have been led to believe. And quite frankly\, depending on how citizenship is defined\, immigrants– even undocumented immigrants– can have much to teach citizens about what it means to be a strong citizen. \nCo-hosted by the Department of Government and Politics and the MLAW Programs
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/citizenship-right-public-education-undocumented-immigrants/
LOCATION:Jiminez Hall 0220\, Jiminez Hall\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161024T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161024T180000
DTSTAMP:20160815T053713Z
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SUMMARY:The Architecture of Thomas Jefferson for a New Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Cynthia R. Field\, Adjunct Professor\, and Isabelle J. Gournay\, Associate Professor\nSchool of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation\, University of Maryland \nThis talk will present an avenue into Thomas Jefferson’s ideals and actions through his architecture. Jefferson’s architecture reflects the influence of both Scottish philosophy and French Enlightenment.  This combination was a well-established special relationship in Europe. It manifested itself in his faith in the “associationist” reading of buildings and the symbolic and functional geometric forms of contemporary French designs. The dominating idea of architecture for Jefferson was its provision of didactic models for the new citizens of a democracy.  In this regard\, we will examine his plans for the University of Virginia\, the Virginia State Capitol (on which he worked with a French architect)\, and his contributions to the Capitol in Washington\, DC. \nHosted by the School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/architecture-thomas-jefferson-new-democracy/
LOCATION:Architecture Auditorium 0204\, 3835 Campus Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161020T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161020T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T053413Z
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SUMMARY:American Democracy and Science
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Thomas D. Cohen\, Professor\, Department of Physics\, University of Maryland \nThe philosophical movement known as the Enlightenment stressed the role of reason and in many deeps ways guided the development of modern science. In developing the political system of the United States\, its founders were also profoundly influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment. This talk explores the interactions between American democracy and science from their enlightenment beginnings to the present. \nHosted by the Department of Physics
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/american-democracy-science/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Complex\, Lobby\, Physical Sciences Complex\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161019T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161019T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T053226Z
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SUMMARY:Promises of Consent and Equality? Public Education after the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Holly Brewer\, Burke Chair of American History and Associate Professor\nDepartment of History\, University of Maryland \nThe American Revolution led to the birth of public education as we know it because\, as many founders argued\, unlike aristocracy where a few men born to power ruled\, democracy required an educated citizenry who could govern themselves. While educating the public took place on the state level\, not the national\, and policies were thus characterized by dramatic differences\, the promises of the Revolution opened a national debate over what those promises meant. The founders’ ideas about who could or should consent to their own government framed their policies for who should be educated and in what disciplines and to what degree: these promises of equality did not necessarily include everyone. \nCo-hosted by the Department of History and the Center for Global Migration Studies
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/promises-consent-equality-public-education-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Taliaferro Hall 2110\, 4280 Chapel Drive\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161013T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161013T170000
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SUMMARY:From the Schoolhouse Gate to the Jailhouse Door: Constitutional Rights on Campus
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Frank LoMonte\, Executive Director\, Student Press Law Center \nThe Supreme Court first explicitly recognized in 1943 that students have inalienable constitutional protections that public schools cannot take away\, but since that time\, student rights have been on an ideological roller-coaster depending on the tenor of the times. Why today’s judicial deference to school disciplinary decisions — and school authorities’ panicky overreaction to social media — puts students at risk. \nCo-hosted by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and College Park Scholars
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/schoolhouse-gate-jailhouse-door-constitutional-rights-campus/
LOCATION:Knight Hall\, Eaton Theater\, Knight Hall\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161011T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161011T143000
DTSTAMP:20160815T052820Z
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SUMMARY:Internationalizing U.S. Public Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Amy Wan\, Associate Professor and Co-Director of First Year Writing\, Queens College\, CUNY \nRespondent: Scott Wible\, Associate Professor\, Department of English\, University of Maryland \n“Internationalizing U.S. Public Higher Education” considers what it means to cultivate the “global citizenship” of the student body and how rhetorical education can help manage this foundational shift. By contextualizing discourse about the readiness\, language abilities\, and sense of belonging of international and multilingual students\, this presentation examines the rhetoric of the international student and the global citizen alongside the history of the rhetoric of diversity and access in public higher education. \nCo-hosted by the Department of English and the Department of Communication
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/internationalizing-u-s-public-higher-education/
LOCATION:Tawes Hall\, Ulrich Recital Hall\, 7751 Alumni Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161010T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161010T140000
DTSTAMP:20160815T052654Z
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SUMMARY:Rhetoric and Politics in America: What's Past is Prologue
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Shirley Logan\, Professor\, Department of English\, and Trevor Parry-Giles\, Professor\, Department of Communication\, University of Maryland \nProfessors Shirley Logan and Trevor Parry-Giles discuss the influence of rhetoric and persuasion on the course of politics in the U.S. over the past two centuries. They will also consider rhetoric’s role in the contemporary political campaign environment. \nCo-hosted by the Department of English and the Department of Communication
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/rhetoric-politics-america-whats-past-prologue/
LOCATION:Tawes Hall\, Ulrich Recital Hall\, 7751 Alumni Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161005T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161005T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T052331Z
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SUMMARY:Public and Personal Morality in a Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Susan Dwyer\, Executive Director\, Honors College and Associate Professor\nDepartment of Philosophy\, University of Maryland \nA hallmark of liberal democracies is that government ought not legislate morality. But while genuine liberty requires that each of us determine our own conception of the good in accordance with our values\, democracy itself cannot flourish without all of us — state and private actors alike — taking part in an active and lively conversation about what is morally good and bad and why. \nCo-hosted by the Honors College and the Department of Philosophy
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/public-personal-morality-democracy/
LOCATION:Tawes Hall\, Ulrich Recital Hall\, 7751 Alumni Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161004T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161004T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T052424Z
CREATED:20160815T052213Z
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SUMMARY:Most Americans Shouldn’t Vote
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Jason Brennan\, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Chair and Associate Professor of Strategy\, Economics\, Ethics\, and Public Policy\, McDonough\nSchool of Business\, Georgetown University \nMost Americans are misinformed and irrational about politics. By voting\, they are not doing us any favors. For most Americans\, civic virtue might mean admitting they are not competent to hold the reins of power. \nHosted by the Department of Philosophy
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/americans-shouldnt-vote/
LOCATION:Martin Hall 1108\, Glenn Martin Hall\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160926T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160926T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T051309Z
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SUMMARY:Public Education in the Early American Republic
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Ralph Bauer\, Associate Professor\nDepartment of English\, University of Maryland \nThis talk will offer a survey of how the founders of the Early American Republic saw the role and significance of public education in the formation of citizenship. \nHosted by the Department of English
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/public-education-early-american-republic/
LOCATION:Tawes Hall\, Ulrich Recital Hall\, 7751 Alumni Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160919T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160919T170000
DTSTAMP:20160815T051036Z
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SUMMARY:The Unifying Role of the Land-grant University in 21st Century America
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Angus Murphy\, Professor and Chair\nDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture\, University of Maryland \nAccess to institutions that are dedicated to providing education and opportunity to all citizens is a global aspiration; the realization of this aspiration in the form of the Land-grant university is arguably one of America’s most important and lasting achievements. \nRooted in the core values expressed by the Founders and in the 19 th -century notion that training in agricultural\, mechanical\, and military arts was the most useful starting point for working class and disenfranchised citizens\, the Land-grant universities provided technical training that drove the expansion of industrial innovation and created modern agriculture. But with the exposure of the hypocrisy of promises of equal access and opportunity thwarted by racism and sexism\, the Land-grant institutions were forced to transform themselves and acknowledge the necessary inclusiveness of their mission. In the 21st century\, a focus on the original concept of providing equal opportunity is likely to be the greatest contribution of Land-grant institutions. \nHosted by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/unifying-role-land-grant-university-21st-century-america/
LOCATION:Biology-Psychology Building 1250\, Biology-Psychology Building\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160907T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160907T170000
DTSTAMP:20160811T043051Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Visions of Education at the University of Maryland
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer:\nEthan Hutt\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Teaching and Learning\, Policy and Leadership\, University of Maryland \nThe Morrill Act of 1862 represented a young nation’s first major foray to expand access to higher education; now\, 150 years later\, access to higher education remains a major responsibility of public universities. This lecture will examine past attempts to expand access in order to illuminate present-day challenges. \nHosted by the Department of Teaching and Learning\, Policy and Leadership
URL:https://dtn.umd.edu/event/historic-visions-education-university-maryland/
LOCATION:Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building 2203\, 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building\, University of Maryland\, 3834 Campus Dr\, College Park\, MD\, 20742\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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