March 4, 2021 - King’s College will welcome author Brenda Miller in March as one of two Visiting Writers for the 2020-2021 academic year as part of an annual program sponsored by the College’s English Department. As part of her virtual residency, Miller will work with King’s students in conjunction with the Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop in an online learning environment. Miller will also hold a free, virtual reading of her work that will be open to the public and conducted over Zoom on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session.
WHERE: Online, via Zoom
WHEN: Monday, March 1, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (U.S. EST)
Bernadette Tobin, Director, Plunkett Centre for Ethics, Australian Catholic University and St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, “The Right to Religious Freedom: A Threat to Equality, or an Aspect of It?” with a response from Daniel Sulmasy, André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
WHERE: Online, via Zoom
WHEN: Monday, February 22, 2021, 4:00 p.m. (U.S. EST)
Elizabeth Shackelford, Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and former career diplomat with the U.S. Department of State, “The Role of Dissent in Government and Foreign Affairs,” in discussion with Issa Dahdal, WRKC New Director and President, Model United Nations Club, Ayesha Ray, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Cristofer Scarboro, Professor of History, King’s College
WHERE: Online, via Zoom
WHEN: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (U.S. EST)
Shannen Dee Williams, Albert LePage Assistant Professor of History, Villanova University, “Why Black Catholic History Matters,” with a response from Mary Beth Fraser Connolly, Lecturer in History, Purdue University Northwest
WHERE: Online, via Zoom
WHEN: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (U.S. EST)
M. Therese Lysaught, Professor, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Care Leadership and Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago, “‘The Spirit of Revolutionary Change’: Catholic Social Thought and the Transformation of Catholic Bioethics,” with a response from Matthew Shea, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Scranton