Teach-In Topics Fall 2005

 

9/2       History majors James Robinson and Julia Foley on “Sweatshops in the U.S.?”

9/9       Students Julia Foley, Xandra Kanoff, Jon O’Neill, Kristin Maranki, and Gayle Schooley and Professor Ralph Young on “West of Kabul, East of New York – The Historical Setting”

9/16     Professor Ken Kusmer on “Hurricane Katrina: Race, Class, and the Politics of Disaster”

9/23     Professor Mohammad F. Kiani on “Democracy in Iran and U.S. Foreign Policy”

9/30     Professor José Alvarez “Reel Cuba: Castro, Utopia, Film, and Censorship”

10/7     History Major Ryan Zastowney, “The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism”

10/14   Temple Students Wyatt Smith, Jeremy Viray, Pracheta Trivedi, Alison Macrina, Joshua Lazarus, & Hilary Lefkowitz on “Images and Reflections: Temple Students in Turkey”

10/21   Craig Eisendrath (Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy) on “War in Heaven:  The Weaponization of Outer Space”

10/28   Professor Rebecca Alpert on “What is There to Say?  Trying to Talk About Sexual Abuse and The Clergy”

11/4     Shirley & Atti Saloman (The Coalition for Voting Integrity) on “Crisis in Voting:  How the Integrity of Voting is Threatened by New Laws and Voting Machines”

11/11 Professors Ellen Schrecker, William Cutler, and Joyce Lindorff on "Speak Easy or Easy Speak: Students, Professors, and the Politics of Higher Education in Pennsylvania"

11/16 Professor Todd Shepard in a special Wednesday afternoon Teach-in: "Why is France in Flames?"

11/18 Professor Petra Goedde on "American Soldiers abroad: Can Americans in Iraq learn something from the
American occupation of Germany?"

 

Sweatshops

Foley and Robinson

Kusmer teach-in

West of Kabul Katrina Iran Cuba Kiani Alvarez Alvarez 2 Nationalism

Ryan Zastowney

Turkey

Turkey Craig Eisendrath Eisendrath Alpert

Sexual Abuse

Voting

Voting

Schrecker, Cutler, Curry

Cutler

Academic Freedom

Lindorff

Speak Easy

Todd Shepard Teach-in

Todd

Petra

Goedde