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President's Speaker Series

The third year of the Speaker Series features Michael Eric Dyson, Lisa Sowle Cahill '70, E.J. Dionne Jr., and Avraham Burg, who will discuss issues of religion and politics.

Santa Clara Lecture Series

The Santa Clara Lecture Series is sponsored by the Bannan Institute, which is committed to examining Catholic identity and Jesuit character.
Ethics at Noon

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics sponsors the Ethics at Noon lecture series. These lunch-hour programs provide a forum for SCU faculty members and other experts to explore ethical issues in many fields.

de Saisset Museum

The museum offers several lectures and programs based on current exhibitions.

WGST Fall Lunch Lecture "The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society" with Janet Flammang

Nov 9, 2009
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location
Benson Center, Williman Room
Cost : Free
Lecture

Professor Janet Flammang will discuss her newly released book The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society.

Exploring "the idea that table activities—the mealtime rituals of food

preparation, serving, and dining—lay the foundation for a proper education

on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it

means to be a good citizen."

JANET A. FLAMMANG is a professor and the chair of political science at

Santa Clara University and the author of Women’s Political Voice: How

Women Are Transforming the Practice and Study of Politics and other works.

Lite Lunch will be served.

RSVP is required.

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Jeanette Miller
408-554-4461
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