2013-2014 Lectures

The Faculty Lecture Series draws from the knowledge and expertise of full-time faculty members within the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. The series explores the faculty's diverse areas of interest in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences. In addition to mentoring students in independent research projects, guiding travel-study experiences, and participating in the development of their fields through publications and involvement in their disciplines' global communities—faculty members support the college mission by sharing their experiences with students through these insightful campus lectures that convey their passion for education and research. Each presentation explores a different topic related to the college's current academic theme. These events are free and open to the public.

The 2013-2014 Academic Theme was “Good and Evil.” The issues surrounding good and evil are complex and topical in today’s world. The college will explore how the broad concepts of good and evil present themselves in society through topics such as national security, criminal justice, politics, cultural identity, artistic expression, and the environment. We will examine the relationship of good and evil within social, scientific, legal, religious, historical, and artistic contexts. We may ask ourselves, what is the philosophical nature of good and evil? How are good and evil viewed through science, literature, history, the arts, and psychology?

Schedule

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2013
Thursday, September 19th
5:00 PM

Laguna Manatí: Can ‘Good’ Arise from ‘Bad’ Environmental Changes?

Eileen Smith-Cavros, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Thursday, October 17th
12:00 PM

Good and Evil in the Arab Spring

Timothy Dixon, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, October 31st
12:00 PM

The Good, the Bad, and the Vampire

Barbara Brodman, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, November 14th
12:00 PM

Personal Genomics: Good, Evil, or Both?

Emily Schmitt, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, December 5th
12:00 PM

Artificial Reefs: Good for Fishing, Bad for Fish

Paul Arena, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

2014
Thursday, January 16th
12:00 PM

A Limited Defense of the Limited God Theodicy

Darren Hibbs, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Beyond Good and Evil: American Foreign Policy Since 1980

G. Nelson Bass III, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, February 13th
12:00 PM

Biofuels: The Benefits and Disadvantages as an Energy Source

Reza Razeghifard, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, March 13th
12:00 PM

Sympathy for the Devil? Rape, Murder, and Evolutionary Psychology

Glenn Scheyd Jr., Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Thursday, March 20th
12:00 PM

Witch-Hunts in American History!

Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM