Ethnic Studies Seminar Series

WCU Ethnic Studies Seminars are free and open to anyone interested in expanding their world view. Speakers come from various WCU departments as well as from off-campus to share their experiences and expertise through both lecture and discussion.

When:

12-12:50 p.m.
Select Wednesdays

Where:

Francis Harvey Green
Library Room 409
West Chester University

Fall 2009 Schedule

Some Reflections on Science-Religion Discourses
Ramakrishna Puligandla
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Toledo

Spring 2009 Schedule

Ethnic Buddhism in Western China
Frank J. Hoffman
Associate Director of Ethnic Studies, WCU
Dept. of Philosophy, WCU   

To Become a Chinaman Again:  Gu Hongming as a Cultural Amphibian
Chunmei Du
Lecturer, Yeshiva University of New York
PhD. Candidate in East Asian Studies, Princeton

Myths and Realities of Public Education
Joe Batory
Author and Former Superintendent of schools, Upper Darby, PA

The Sri Lankan Tsunami Disaster
Brinta Vasagar
Miss Philadelphia, 2008

The Indian Diaspora
Valerian DeSousa
Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, WCU

My Experience in the Ethnic Studies Institute
Dawn Manning
Graduating Senior in Ethnic Studies and Anthropology and Sociology, WCU

Apartheid and Personal Experiences in South Africa
Marguerite Gould
Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), WCU

Fall 2008 Schedule

DNA and the Social Construction of Race
Anita Foeman
Dept. of Communications, WCU

Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus: Slavic Ethnic Identity in the Post-Soviet Era
Fred Patton
Dept. of Foreign Languages, WCU

Trauma Narrative in Post-war Germany: Holocaust Memorials in Berlin
Margarete Landwehr
Dept. of Foreign Languages, WCU

An Inventory of the Intercultural Development Inventory
Alice Speh
Dept. of Liberal Studies, WCU

Psychology and Ethnicity
Krishna Kumar
Dept. of Psychology, WCU