October 12, 2001

Tragedy at the World Trade Center: Reflections on the Crisis in the United States and the World

This lecture/discussion series is presented by members of the Loyola faculty as a way to increase discussion about the recent events in New York and Washington and their consequences. Faculty members invite all interested individuals to attend any or all of these. Each session will be held in Monroe Hall, Room 156, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (except where noted).

Date	Discussion Leader	Topic
October 1	Dr. Kenneth Keulman, Professor of Ethics	The Long Twilight Struggle
October 3	Dr. Conrad Raabe, Professor of Political Science	The International Setting of Terrorism
October 8	Professor William Quigley, Law School	Social Justice Organizing in Times of Crisis
October 10	Dr. Walter Block, Wirth Professor of Economics	A Libertarian Analysis of the World Trade Center Tragedy
October 17	Dr. Edward McCaughan, Associate Professor of Sociology	Violence and Inequality in the Creation of the Modern World System
October 22	Dr. Roger White, Associate Professor of Political Science, City College	Why a Military Response is Advisable: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
October 24	Dr. Marcus Smith, Associate Professor of English	Three Pillars: Oil, Islam, Palestine
October 29	Dr. Catherine Wessinger, Professor of Religious Studies	Understanding Religious Fanaticism
October 31	Dr. Hasan Krad, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Dillard University	Islam: The Misunderstood Religion
November 5	Dr. Philip Dynia, Associate Professor of Political Science	The Implications for Civil Liberties in the United States
November 7	Dr. Timothy Cahill, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies	Islam, Orientalism, and the Roots of Misrepresentation
November 12 Special time: 7:30 PM	Dr. John P. Clark, Professor of Philosophy, City College, and Chairperson, Loyola Environmental Studies Program	Covering Armageddon: A Report on the State of the (Imagi)nation
November 14	Dr. Sarah Gualtieri, Assistant Professor of History	Extreme Violence and Martyrdom

For more information please contact Dr. Eric Gorham, Associate Professor of Political Science, Loyola University, 865-3361, gorham@loyno.edu.

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