Archive for March, 2016

The Wealth & Poverty Theme hosts a free film screening of Navajo Math Circles (directed by George Csicsery) on Tuesday, March 8, from 7-9 p.m. at Athena Cinema. It’s a one-night only event, consisting of a brief introduction before the movie and a Q&A session upon its completion. Free popcorn to the first 50 people in […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Inhabit – A Permaculture Perspective on March 9. Panelists are Dr. Therese Moran, Assistant Professor of English and Food Studies theme director; Paige Walters, International Development and Environmental Studies student; and Weston Lombard, Solid Ground Farm Athens County. Topics include permaculture, agriculture, farming, innovation, economics, governance, ecology. The […]

Café Conversations presents Dr. Joshua Sosin on “Ancient Texts in a Modern Age: The Promise and Perils of Digital Scholarship” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, in the Baker Center Front Room. Papyri on the Internet? It seems like a strange match of communication tools, but it could revolutionize our understanding of Roman Society […]

The Knowing the Future theme presents Dr. Josh Sosin on “Punk Rock, Bicycles, and Ancient Documents” on Thursday, March 10. Hear him over coffee from 10:30 to11:30 a.m. in Gordy 110. Sosin is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University. About Josh Sosin “My current scholarship bulks in two main areas. The first is what you might […]

The Knowing the Future theme presents Dr. Joshua Sosin on “Slaves, Aliens, Freedmen, and Citizens: Ancient Athenian Legal Status” on Thursday, March 10, at 6 p.m. in Porter 105. A reception and refreshments follow the lecture. Sosin is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University. This event also is sponsored by the departments of History and […]

The Ohio University Institute for Applied & Professional Ethics presents Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on “Is Morality Unified?” on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m., in Stocker 103. This is the Philosophy Department’s Annual Spetnagel Ethics Lecture. Sinnott-Armstrong is the Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics at Duke University. This event […]

NOTE: Date changes: Chop Puja and Skeleton dance is now Tuesday, March 8. The lecture on Buddhism & a Course in Happiness is Wednesday, March 9. The Comparative Religions Club and Gawande Organization at Ohio University are sponsoring a visit from Tibetan Monks from Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India. […]