March Lectures and Events
Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies and The Athenaeum Press
WITHOUT BORDERS: TRACING THE CULTURAL, ARCHIVAL, AND POLITICAL AFRICAN DIASPORA
Wednesday to Saturday, March 4-7, all day
The 2020 International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference is the second annual event held on the CCU campus. This year’s theme is “Without Borders: Tracing the Cultural, Archival, and Political African Diaspora,” and the conference brings together academics and practitioners from interdisciplinary areas of study to offer their groundbreaking contributions in the form of scholarly papers, films, performances, and spoken poetry. Presentations focus on the political, technological, and cultural encodings and decodings of the African diaspora in archives, public interpretation, performances, and community organizing. Gullah Geechee Community Day takes place on Saturday, March 7, in downtown Conway. It includes a vendor fair, touring musical groups, a history harvest, and workshops on community organizing, heirs property, and genealogy.
The Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values
Philosopher's Corner
"PUNISHMENT: PRISONS, THE ECONOMY, AND ETHICS"
Thursday, March 5, 4:30 p.m.
James Manos will explore the ethics of punishment from a perspective of political economy. He will do this by examining the distribution of wealth, the role of rising interest rates, the municipal bond system, and the global labor market. In particular, he will focus on what this analysis tells us about the point and purpose of punishment, and about our ethical relationships - what we owe to others and what we deserve.
The Department of History & Phi Alpha Theta
PRESENTS A COLLOQUIUM ON VIETNAM
Thomas Castillo: Memory and the Vietnam War
Friday, March 6, 1:30 p.m.
The struggle over the meaning of the Vietnam War has seemly mirrored the struggle over defining “Who We Are” as a nation. When Bruce Springsteen hauntingly sung “Born in the U.S.A.” the imagery of loss and perseverance filled the lyric and reflected the chaos of economic disruption and cultural alienation marking the 1970s. This talk will evaluate the deeply emotional journey to find meaning in the Vietnam as it unfolded in the production of music, film, literature, and more formal public memorials. Thomas Castillo is an Assistant Professor of History who specializes in 20th-century U.S. history, with a research focus in inequality, class, ideology, African American and immigration studies. His recent courses have engaged the memory of the Vietnam War in late twentieth century America. Many of the classes he teaches explores the contours of American class struggle, identity, and memory.
Office of Academic and Community Outreach
OLLI@CCU SATURDAY LECTURE SERIES
CLIMATE CHANGE: Paul Gayes
Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. to noon
Paul Gayes, executive director of the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine & Wetland Studies, delivers a lecture on the global causes and consequences of climate change related to human populations and the geopolitics around these issues. This event is the second in a five-part series sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of CCU.
Office of Academic and Community Outreach
OLLI@CCU SATURDAY LECTURE SERIES
CLIMATE CHANGE: Thomas Mullikin
Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. to noon
Thomas Mullikin, research professor in the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine & Wetland Studies, delivers a lecture on the global causes and consequences of climate change. Mullikin will discuss the science of climate change and assess the current international framework for addressing its challenges. This event is the third in a five-part series sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of CCU.
The Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values
Philosopher's Corner
“The Ethics of Truth in the MahĀbhĀrata”
Thursday, March 19, 4:30 p.m.
(CANCELLED)
Guest lecturer Jeremy Henkel, assistant professor of philosophy at Wofford College, presents a lecture addressing the nature and role of truth and truthfulness in a classical text from northern Indian Buddhism.
Office of Academic and Community Outreach
OLLI@CCU SATURDAY LECTURE SERIES
CLIMATE CHANGE: Zhixiong Shen
Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. to noon
(CANCELLED)
Zhixiong Shen, assistant professor in CCU’s Department of Marine Science, delivers a lecture on the global causes and consequences of climate change. He will present a geological reconstruction of extreme flooding in northeastern South Carolina to explain the natural and anthropogenic causes of extreme flooding. This event is the fourth in a five-part series sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of CCU.
Department of English
WORDS TO SAY IT VISITING WRITERS SERIES
CREATIVE NONFICTION READING: BERRY GRASS
Wednesday, March 25, 5:30 p.m.
(CANCELLED)
Essayist Berry Grass, a native of rural Missouri, presents a reading from their book Hall of Waters (2019), an attempt to demythologize the rural American Midwest. Their essays and poems appear in Diagram, The Normal School, Waxwing, Barrelhouse, Sonora Review, and BOATT, among other publications. Grass is a 2019 nominee for the Krause Essay Prize and serves as nonfiction editor of Sundog Lit. A book signing follows the event.
Academic and Community Outreach
TOWN And GOWN
Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m. to noon
(CANCELLED)
CCU faculty, staff, and students present a morning of lectures, demonstrations, and performances at locations across campus. This inaugural event features the rich intellectual and creative talents that fuel innovation and excellence at CCU, while also celebrating the strong relationship between the University and its surrounding community and neighbors. Concurrent sessions include lectures, interactive discussions, presentations, and exhibits.
One session is the fifth lecture in the OLLI @ CCU Saturday Series on Climate Change, by Julinna Oxley, professor in CCU’s Department of Philosophy.