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Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Professor of Spanish, Patricia Saldarriaga will give a lecture, “Spheres of God and Knowledge: Geometrizing Power in Hispanic Visual Culture”

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Inaugural Lecture: Heidi Grasswick

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In Science We Trust! — Or Not? Developing a situated account of responsible trust in scientific experts From claims of climate change, to the safety of vaccines, to genetic research on particular populations, to sex differences research, scientists are often confused and surprised when their work is met with distrust from members of the public. Though many instances of distrust in science lack warrant, failures in the trustworthiness of scientific communities can at times justify such distrust.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Academic Affairs
Pieter Broucke, Department of the History of Art and Architecture; Director of Arts, will give a lecture as part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series titled, “A Cliffhanger from the Twilight of the Ptolemies:The Enigmatic West Building at Yeronisos, Cyprus””.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Academic Affairs
Kemi Fuentes-George, Department of Political Science, “Local Culture, International Treaties: The Effect of Norms on Global Environmental Governance”

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Claire de Dobay Rifelj, Independent Art Historian, Writer, and Curator, “Artist-Run Spaces in Los Angeles: Tradition or Trend?” Artist-run exhibition spaces—alternative venues for the presentation of contemporary art—are not a new phenomenon, nor are they indigenous only to Los Angeles. Yet due to several factors, including urban sprawl, comparatively low costs, prominent art schools, and a shifting art market, artist-initiated spaces have mushroomed in several pockets of the city in the past two years, filling an evident need.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Academic Affairs
Matt Dickinson, Department of Political Science, “How I Squandered My Leave Year Chasing Presidential Candidates Across the Country in a Quixotic Bid to Make Campaign Coverage Great Again and Predict the Winner of the 2016 Election”

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

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Inaugural Lecture for John Spencer Professorship in African Studies, Jacob Tropp

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The Challenges of “Traditional” Healing in South Africa’s Colonial Moment Since the ending of apartheid in 1994, intense public debates have erupted over the role of “traditional” healing in contemporary South African society. Despite the broadly accepted goals of undoing inherited state policies of the colonial and apartheid past that discriminated against Africans’ diverse healing systems and practices, there are still many unresolved questions regarding how to formally define, regulate, and incorporate “traditional” healing systems into the country’s existing health care framework.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

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Academic Affairs
From Trauma to Resilience: New Directions for Literacy Education Research in Refugee Resettlement Communities

Lecture by Shawna Shapiro

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Open to the Public