Pre-Lecture Events
Pre-lecture Events open to the Southwestern Community and General Public
Faculty advisors: Shannon Mariotti, assistant professor of political science and Ken Roberts, professor of economics
Practicing Political Theory: Reading Thomas Friedman
Sponsored by Dr. Mariotti's Contemporary Democratic Theory and Introduction to Political Theory Classes. Created and managed by these classes, students will read one of Friedman's New York Times columns each week and post about it on a blog they create together. Students will practice the critical skills they learn in class while reading Friedman's columns.
http://theoryandfriedman.wordpress.com/about/
The Flaw: Documentary Screening and Salon
February 8, 4 pm
Room 110, F.W. Olin Building
Coordinated by Dr. Mariotti's Contemporary Democratic Theory Class.
Made by international award-winning documentary maker David Sington, THE FLAW tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing expert Robert Shiller, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and economic historian Louis Hyman, as well as Wall Street insiders and victims of the crash including Ed Andrews - a former economics correspondent for The New York Times who found himself facing foreclosure - and Andrew Luan, once a bond trader at Deutsche Bank now running his own Wall Street tour guide business, the film presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy. See the trailer at http://theflawmovie.com
Global Citizenship: An Alumni Forum
February 16, 4 pm
Room 105, F.W. Olin Building
An interdisciplinary discussion among alumni working for organizations/corporations/NGOs with clearly articulated global agendas/connections.
- Maggie Hawthorne '02 - Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins; working as a Program Officer with the Institute of Medicine's Board on Global Health
- Farhana Mahmood Qazi '96 - Senior Instructor on the AFPAK Team, Booz Allen & Hamilton and former US government political analyst
- Tim Trevino '93 - Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Agency Communications, Alamo Area Council of Governments; Member of the U.S. EPA's Good Neighbor Environmental Board
Contact Cindy Locke at x1212 with questions.
