This year's conference will examine timely issues of policing, violence, and racism.

Opening Plenary: Policing Creativity, History and Identity

These remarks stress the need to govern, with forward-looking policies, the issue of migration and theme of citizenship in connection with the trends of public opinion and the "use" of the immigration issue in contemporary politics in Italy and the U.S.

Immigration, Public Opinion and Politics at a Crossroads with Global Crises

An account of how African writers in Italy have represented the predicament of African migrants in Italy.

Alter-Native Stories: African Writers on African Immigrants in Italy

DeVon Jackson

Agape Latte is a monthly speaker series program that provides a safe, social environment for students who are seeking to learn more about how faith applies to real life questions.

Agape Latte: DeVon Jackson

Keynote Presentations by Dr. Richard Lapchick (Founder and President of NCAS) and Ms. Emily Pasnak-Lapchick (End-Trafficking Officer, U.S. Fund for UNICEF).

Shut Out Trafficking Week: Keynote Presentation

Svetlana Alexievich

In her talk, Brintlinger will focus on the unique genre of Alexievich’s work and how she channeled the voices of Soviet and post-Soviet people, creating “monuments” in words. T

The Genre of Human Voices: Svetlana Alexievich

Douglas E. Norton, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mary-Angela Papalaskari, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Computing Sciences, Heidi Rose, PhD, Department of Communication will share their thoughts with us at this event, which is the first event this semester in the Reading Villanova series.

Reading Villanova: Science and the Soul

A special 1-hour Behind the Scenes animation presentation and Q&amp;A with one of the directors, Byron Howard.  Byron Howard directed Disney’s 2010 hit “Tangled” with Nathan Greno.

Behind the Scenes of Disney’s Zootopia

Suburban Special Event: The Evolving Role of Large Institutional Investors in Reshaping Modern Markets

The Evolving Role of Large Institutional Investors in Reshaping Modern Markets

Mary Holper, associate professor of Law and director of the Immigration Clinic at the Boston College School of Law will speak on “Gaudium et Spes and Immigrant Families Fifty Years Later.”

Gaudium et Spes and Immigrant Families Fifty Years Later

Social Sciences and Society - Video (HD)

Agape Latte is an evening of coffee and conversation about the intersection of faith and life.  Kathy Byrnes ’82, Associate Vice President for Student Life, will be our speaker telling her story, “Are you there God? It’s me, Kathy.”

Agape Latte

The Department of Psychology presents Dr. Karen Adolph, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University. Dr. Adolph will present a colloquium on Friday, Dec. 11, 3:30 p.m., in Room 215 Tolentine Hall.

Learning to Move, and Moving to Learn

The Villanova Social Science Forum presents The Annual Fritz Nova Memorial Address Thursday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m., in the Connelly Center Cinema with Dr. Paula England, President of the American Sociological Association. The talk will report and analyze findings from a large recent survey in 21 schools on relationships, hookups, sex, and related issues. This event is free and open to the public.

The American College Hookup Scene

Dr. Huang Kaifeng, Director, General AdministrativeOffice, Shanghai Academy of Social SciencesDr. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Professor, BrianLamb School of Communications, UniversityFaculty Scholar, Purdue University.

Dr. Huang Kaifeng, Director, General Administrative<br>Office, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences<br>Dr. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Professor, Brian<br>Lamb School of Communications, University<br>Faculty Scholar, Purdue University.

U.S. and Chinese Perspectives in Theory & Practice: Cross-Cultural Communication

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Intercultural Communication Competence: Ethics to Ponder

Panel 3 of the conference "Sports, Violence, And Equality: Current Issues in Title IX Compliance".

Sex Assault, Harassment and Gender-Based Violence

Sports, Violence and Equality: Current Issues in Title IX Compliance, with Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman, brought together regional &amp; national experts to explore Title IX compliance as it impacts sports, violence &amp; broad issues of equality on campus.

Sports, Violence and Equality: Current Issues in Title IX Compliance Featured Speaker

Villanova University School of Law will mark its annual commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as part of a University-wide celebration. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 4:30-6 p.m., the Law School presents its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, sponsored by Pepper Hamilton LLP. This year’s featured speaker Yasser Payne, Associate Professor of Black American Studies at the University of Delaware, will talk on “School-to-Prison Pipeline in the 21st Century: Understanding the Educational Experiences of The Streets of Black America.”

The School To Prison Pipeline 

Kathryn Murphy

The Villanova Community celebrated James and Kathryn Murphy’s planned donation of 300 signed, first-edition Irish poetry books to Falvey Memorial Library. The event marks the unique contributions the Murphys have made to Irish Studies and Villanova’s long standing connection with leading Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Muldoon and Ciaran Carson. Readings by award-winning poet and former Heimbold Chair, Moya Cannon.

James and Kathryn Murphy Reception and poetry Reading

EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen and University of New Hampshire professor Dante Scala, co-authors of The Four Faces of the Republican Party:The Fight for the 2016 Presidential Nomination, delivered a joint lecture about the GOP primary race.

Four Faces of the Republican Party

Please join us on Thursday, October 1 at 4:30 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner of Falvey Memorial Library as several prominent Villanova scholars present: “The Global and the Interdisciplinary ‘Education and Privilege’” as part of the Reading Villanova series.

ReadingVillanova: 'EducationPrivilege'

This talk will explore questions by discussing "Laudato Si" in the context of spirituality and the evolution of consciousness.

The Vision of Pope Francis: On Care for our Common Home

The Villanova University Department of Gender and Women's Studies presents "Not in Our House?: Violence Against the LGBTQ Community" with Stephanie Knauss, Ted Martin, Tobias Wolff, Christine Albert, and Mike Kaufman.

Not in Our House?: Violence Against the LGBTQ Community

Dr. Peter Lawler, Dana Professor of Government at Berry College presents a lecture titled, "Tocqueville and Individualism Today".

Tocqueville and Individualism Today

This lecture ranges from classical antiquity's distinction between the use and the ownership of goods, to early Christian views on particular kinds of superfluous goods, and to contemporary Christianity's concern with economic justice.

When Wealthy People Become Thieves: Christianity's Treatment of Superfluous Goods

The 2015 Faith and Reason Lecture, presented by the Department of Humanities, with Anna Moreland, PhD, associate professor, Department of Humanities, presents "Discerning Your Future: Navigating Life Beyond Villanova."

Discerning Your Future: Navigating Life Beyond Villanova

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