BC Graduate Seminar: Hosting the Stranger
Spring 2009
Professor Richard Kearney of the Boston College philosophy department directs "Hosting the Stranger," a graduate seminar in collaboration with MIT. Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts. Learn more
Conference: Inter-Religious Hospitality in the Five Wisdom Traditions
March 13 and 14, 2009
(a) Hospitality in Jewish Culture, panel with Ed Kaplan (Brandeis) and Jacob Meskin (Hebrew College), Friday, March 13, 3 - 4:30 p.m. (Devlin 008)
(b) Hospitality in Christian Culture, panel with Catherine Cornille (BC) and Patrick Hederman (Abbot of Glenstal Abbey), Saturday, March 14, 9:30 - 11 a.m. (Devlin 101)
(c) Hospitality in Muslim Culture, panel with Dana Sajdi (BC) and Joseph Lumbard (Brandeis), Saturday, March 14, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Devlin 101)
(d) Hospitality in Hindu Culture, panel with Francis Clooney (Harvard) and Swami Tyagananda (Harvard and Vedanta Institute), Saturday, March 14, 2 - 3:30 p.m. (Devlin 101)
(e) Hospitality in Buddhist Culture, panel with Andy Rotman (Amherst), John Makransky (BC), Saturday, March 14, 4 - 5:30 p.m. (Devlin 101)
Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Concert: Songs of Sacred Welcome
March 13, 2009
Featuring Noirin Ni Riain & Company, Saint Mary's Chapel, 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Lecture: Dorothy Cross
April 1, 2009
"Strangers of the Deep"
Guestbook/Lowell Lecture in Devlin 101 (5:30 p.m.). Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Festival: Poetries of the Stranger
April 17-19, 2009
Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Friday, April 17, 7 p.m.
"Strange Voice" with James Tate, Fanny Howe, and John Ashbery
Saturday, April 18, 7 p.m.
"Strange Image" with Henri Cole, Jorie Graham, and Mark Strand
Sunday, April 19, 7 p.m.
"Strange Place" with Adam Zagajewski, Lucie Brock-Broido, and Derek Walcott
Panel: Hosting the Stranger: Hospitality and Hostility in World Politics, featuring Noam Chomsky
April 22, 6:30 p.m.
Merkert 127 Auditorium
Noam Chomsky is the featured panelist in this event, moderated by Richard Kearney, director of the seminar, with responses by Ali Banuazizi, professor of political science, and Stephen Pfohl, professor of sociology. Sponsored by the Boston College Guestbook Series.
Conference: Phenomenologies of the Stranger
May 2, 2009
This conference features panelists Jack Caputo, Karmen MacKendrick, Edward Casey, David Wood, Simon Critchley, and William Richardson (Devlin 101, 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.) Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts.