Events and Programs: 2020-2021
Paradox Symposium 2021
April 30, 2021 at 10:00 A.M (PST)
This symposium will engage a range of topics with a shared concern for paradox and will feature both student and faculty presentations. Asuka Sango (Associate Professor, Carleton College) will offer a keynote address on the issue of paradox as seen in Buddhist debate practices in medieval Japan.
A Conversation on the LMU Liturgical Vestment Collection
April 21, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. (PST)
This ACTI Faculty Fellowship presentation will feature a conversation between Professor Leon Wiebers, Cynthia Becht, and Professor Cecilia González-Andrieu on the historic vestments held in the Archives and Special Collections of the William H. Hannon Library.
IGI: Interactive, Gaming and Immersive Media
April 7, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. (PST)
LMU’s new Interactive, Gaming, and Immersive Media, is known informally as IGI or Iggy, after our institution's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. It formalizes a longstanding collaboration between the College of Science & Engineering (CSE) and the School of Film & Television (SFTV).
Join us for an hour-long discussion that will offer insights from two of the program’s founders, Prof. Tom Klein and Dr. Ray Toal.
L.A. Uprisings, Race, and Media (1992 & 2020)
February 3, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. (PST)
Join us for a movie screening of L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later and a pre-recorded panel discussion with Dr. Julia Lee (LMU associate professor of English) and Eric Deggans (NPR TV critic) to address the media representations of race during the civil unrest in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict. Lee describes her experience as the daughter of Korean immigrants whose store was burned during the uprising. Deggans describes his experience covering the unrest and its impact in Pittsburgh, where he was one of the few Black reporters working at the local newspaper. Lee and Deggans then have a conversation about the protests following George Floyd's murder and the need for media outlets to diversify their ranks and coverage.
When Parents Kidnap
December 9, 2020 at 1:00 PM
This pre-recorded panel discussion and this film explore the shattering impact of forcible separation of a child from a parent through parental kidnapping. This not only affects the child, but also negatively impacts the family as a whole, including the kidnapper. This program will explore this issue through the film “Sarah Cecilie”, produced and directed by LMU Professor Glenn Gebhard, and executive produced by Baroness Catherine Meyer.
Paradox and Comparative Monasticism: Self and Society in the Middle Ages
November 19, 2020, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This panel will use the notion of paradox to examine religious thought and practice in the Middle Ages.
A Defense of Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
November 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM
In this discussion, Dr. Christopher Kaczor and Dr. Catherine Peters discuss the paper “A Defense of Conscientious Objection in Healthcare.”
“Welcome to Sodom” Movie Screening & Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
October 26-28, 2020
Access the movie here and then watch a panel discussion with professors Nicole Bouvier-Brown, Charles E. Swanson, and Brian Treanor.
Events and Programs: 2019-2020
Events and Programs: 2018-2019
