2021 Fall Semester: Mini-Themes

The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues invites you to look at our calendar of programs for the Fall semester, many of which implicitly invite us to “Rethink Normalcy”. Under this broad notion, we are sponsoring three “mini themes” for the coming semester: “Climate Crisis”, “Languages, Rights and Translation”, and “Criminal Injustice” (which also
happens to be the theme of the Office of Equity and Inclusivity).

Climate Crisis

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Getting to Net-Zero: Climate Challenges and Solutions
Karl Hausker P’22, World Resources Institute’s Climate Program

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism Lecture
Stopping the Climate Crisis: The Time to Act Is Now
Varshini Prakash, Sunrise Movement

Criminal Injustice

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement and the Politics of Race
Jennifer Carlson, University of Arizona

Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Seeking Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Elizabeth Rule, American University

Language, Translation and Rights

Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Virtual in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
(This program will not be recorded)
Our Languages Belong Here: Indigenous Language Revitalization in Urban Contexts
Lindsay Morcom, Queen’s University (Canada)Language, Translation and Rights

Monday, November 8, 2021
Virtual in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Translation (in) Visible
Regina Galasso, University of Massachusetts Amherst