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Emmanuel Magazine: Recent Lectures



The Wyant Lecture Series, Spring 2011: Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace

The spring 2011 Wyant Lecture Series featured a panel discussion with The Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace on February 8th in the Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall. Panelists discussed issues relating to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.

 

Sister Marie Augusta Neal, SND Lecture: Trends in Violence

Jack Levin, The Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston and co-director of the Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University spoke about "Trends in Violence - American Style" during The Sister Marie Augusta Neal, SND Lecture on February 28th in the Janet M. Daley Library Lecture Hall.

Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture: Five Years After Hurricane Katrina: What "Recovery" Looks Like

Mary C. Waters, the M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology and former chair of the sociology department at Harvard University, presented the inaugural address of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture Series on March 31st. Waters' lecture, "Five Years After Hurricane Katrina: What ‘Recovery' Looks Like for Survivors," offered insight into the psychological and sociological resilience of the people of New Orleans as well as the post-traumatic growth of the city since the 2005 natural disaster.