Center on Religion & the Professions » KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org An affiliate of the Missouri School of Journalism, improving religious literacy among professionals. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:50 +0000 en hourly 1 3-day Event about Hispanic/Latino Culture http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5111/3-day-event-about-hispaniclatino-culture/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5111/3-day-event-about-hispaniclatino-culture/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 16:17:42 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=5111 The Alianzas program and The University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human development is hosting Cambio de Colores. Cambio de Colores is a 3-day event to examine and discuss Hispanic/ Latino culture.

The event will be held over May 24-May 26 at Stoney Creek Inn.

For more information please visit http://www.cambiodecolores.org/.

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5111/3-day-event-about-hispaniclatino-culture/feed/ 0 Race and Diversity in Mid-Missouri http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5102/race-and-diversity-in-mid-missouri/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5102/race-and-diversity-in-mid-missouri/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 17:57:04 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=5102 KBIA-produced talk show Intersection will be recorded live at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on Monday, May 10. Come join Mizzou representatives and members from the Columbia community to share in a discussion of race and diversity in Mid-Missouri. Questions to the panelists are also welcome during the recording. The event will be held from 6:30- 7:30 p.m.

The event will broadcast live on KBIA radio 93.1 from 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Suggestion of discussion topics are welcome. Please e-mail intersection@kbia.org with your ideas.

Refreshments and conversation will follow the event from 7:30-8:00 p.m.

Space is limited. Please reserve your spot by visiting the Intersection’s website.

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5102/race-and-diversity-in-mid-missouri/feed/ 0 Noel P. Gist Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5058/noel-p-gist-brown-bag-luncheon-seminar/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5058/noel-p-gist-brown-bag-luncheon-seminar/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:51:17 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=5058 Barbara Bauer, trauma psychologist at the International Center for Psychological Trauma, will present a lecture entitled, “Women and War: Observations Over 15 Years of Humanitarian Work.”

Dr. Bauer has worked with the International Center for Psychological Trauma, Doctors without Borders, and Network 4 Africa. Bauer has worked in Bosnia, Pakistan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Nepal. During her work she gained the appreciation of women in war. Bauer will share positive and negative effects of war on women, and will share photos of her most recent humanitarian work in Uganda.

Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010

Time: 12:00 p.m.- 12:50 p.m.

Location: Memorial Union, Room S203


]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5058/noel-p-gist-brown-bag-luncheon-seminar/feed/ 0 MU Professor writes book about nuclear disarmament http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5045/mu-professor-writes-book-about-nuclear-disarmament/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5045/mu-professor-writes-book-about-nuclear-disarmament/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:09:11 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=5045 Bill Wickersham, professor of peace studies at the University of Missouri, self-published his book, “Confronting Nuclear Warfare: The Role of Education, Religion, and Community.” Wickersham hopes to raise awareness about nuclear warfare and stress the importance of nuclear disarmament.


Click here for information on Wickersham’s book http://www.confrontingnuclearwar.com/.

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5045/mu-professor-writes-book-about-nuclear-disarmament/feed/ 0 Film: “1912: Breaking the Silence” http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5018/film-1912-breaking-the-silence/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5018/film-1912-breaking-the-silence/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:17:54 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=5018 The film explores the discrimination, injustice and murder of Cubans of African descent when they tried to organize the “Party of the Independents of Color” in 1912. The program is free and open to the public. Q & A with visiting filmmaker Gloria Rolando of Cuba will follow the screening of the film. Location: MU Campus–Arts and Science Building, Room 114 Date: Friday, April 9th Time 4 p.m.

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/5018/film-1912-breaking-the-silence/feed/ 0 “Diversity in Action” seminar: Religion, Health and the Body in Japan http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4098/diversity-in-action-seminar-religion-health-and-the-body-in-japan/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4098/diversity-in-action-seminar-religion-health-and-the-body-in-japan/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:53 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=4098 The Chancellors diversity initiative welcomes you to the second “Diversity in Action” seminar for this year: “Religion, Health and the Body in Japan” presented by Edward Drott, Assistant Professor of Religion Studies, on March 10, 12:00- 1:00 p.m., S206 Memorial Union. “Diversity in Action: Bridging Research and Practice” is a research-based brown bag series for faculty, staff and students. For more information please visit us at http://diversity.missouri.edu/. Contact Yuan Gao or call the Chancellors ‘s Diversity Initiative office at 882-2714.

Announcement sponsored by Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative.

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4098/diversity-in-action-seminar-religion-health-and-the-body-in-japan/feed/ 0 “God and Google”, lecture by John Durham Peters http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4091/god-and-google-lecture-by-john-durham-peters/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4091/god-and-google-lecture-by-john-durham-peters/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:21:50 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=4091 F. Wendall Miller distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa will give a speech Friday, March 5th, entitled: “God and Google”.

Both media and religion provide ways of making sense of each other, ourselves and the universe. They  both provide techniques of orientation and organization across space and time. The lecture explores some o the uncanny similarities between the oldest medium and one of the newest media. Google returns us, after the long audiovisual deviation of the twentieth-century, to the fundamental medium of writing, the mother of all media. Both God and Google claim to organize all the world’s knowledge and information whether in books or life or networked servers. What does it mean for the human prospect in 2010 that Google has become our central device for seeking and finding truth?

This talk is sponsored by the department of German and Russian Studies, Communication, English, and by the MU Lecture Committee.

When: March 5th, 3 PM

Location: Cornell Hall, Room 217

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/4091/god-and-google-lecture-by-john-durham-peters/feed/ 0 Patricia J. Williams speaks in celebration of the MLK holiday http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3033/patricia-j-williams-speaks-in-celebration-of-the-mlk-holiday/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3033/patricia-j-williams-speaks-in-celebration-of-the-mlk-holiday/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:48:08 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=3033 Join MU as we celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Wednesday January 27, 2010. Enjoy a light reception and then listen to the featured presentation “Engaging the Community: Closing the Achievement Gap” by Guest Speaker Patricia J. Williams.   Williams writes the monthly “Diary of a Mad Law Professor” for the Nation magazine. Her wry, witty columns cover broad issues of social justice, including the rhetoric of the war on terror, race, ethnicity, gender, all aspects of civil rights law, bioethics and eugenics, forensic uses of DNA, and comparative issues of class and culture in the US, France, and Britain.

This event is free and open to the MU Campus and Columbia Community. The Reception is sponsored by the Friends of Peace Studies.  The presentation is sponsored by the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, School of Law and Peace Studies Program. For more information contact the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative at 573.882.5838, via e-mail at diversity@missouri.edu.

Date: 1/27/10

Time: 6 PM-9 PM

Location: MU Campus- Memorial Union, Room N103

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3033/patricia-j-williams-speaks-in-celebration-of-the-mlk-holiday/feed/ 0 Noel P. Gist Seminar – Human Security in the New Eastern Europe http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3030/noel-p-gist-seminar-human-security-in-the-new-eastern-europe/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3030/noel-p-gist-seminar-human-security-in-the-new-eastern-europe/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:11 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=3030 Presented by Professor Emeritus Robin Remingtion. The Noel P. Gist Seminars, named for the distinguished MU sociologist who founded them, explore the world beyond the borders of the United States and consider the relations of the United States with other countries and regions of the world. Unless otherwise noted, the seminars meet every Thursday when MU classes are in session, from noon to 1 p.m. Tables are available for participants who bring lunch.

Robin is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and a member of the Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition

Date: 1/21/10

Location: MU Campus- Memorial Union, Room S203

Time: 12 PM- 1 PM

]]> http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3030/noel-p-gist-seminar-human-security-in-the-new-eastern-europe/feed/ 0 Diversity In Action–The Experimental Learning Program in Mexico http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3020/diveristy-in-action-the-experimental-learning-program-in-mexico/ http://www.religionandprofessions.org/3020/diveristy-in-action-the-experimental-learning-program-in-mexico/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:46:02 +0000 KatyB http://www.religionandprofessions.org/?p=3020 quinnSpeaker: Christiane Quinn, coordinator, Cambio Center. “The Experimental Learning Program in Mexico: Culture, Family Values, Agriculture and Migration.”

Contact information: Yuan Gao
Phone: (573) 882-2714
Email: ygbvc@mail.missouri.edu


Date: May 5th, 2010

Time: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Location: MU Campus – Memorial Union
Room: S206 (Gillette/Ware Room)

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