September 17, 2007
Constitution Day
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson and James Apple
September 26, 2007
Change of Government: A Public Forum
Doug Duncan, former Montgomery County Executive and Patrick Murphy, Head for Change of Government Task Force in St. Mary’s County
September 28, 2007
Replaying the Slots in Southern Maryland: A Panel Discussion at the College of Southern Maryland
October 16, 2007
Heather Raffo,
“Nine Parts of Desire”
Co-Sponsored by Arts Alliance of St. Mary’s, Department of Political Science, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Art and Art History Department, and Theatre, Film and Media Studies
October 19, 2007
Janks Morton, “
What Black Men Think”
Co-Sponsored by The Black Student Union
October 22, 2007
Dr. Bianca Premo,
“Rights without Revolutions, Liberty without Liberation: Everyday Enlightenment in Colonial Spanish America and Spain”
A Latin American Symposium Event
4:45 pm | Blackistone Room
Supported by the Mellon Foundation, co-sponsored by the History Department, Africa and African Diaspora Studies, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
October 23, 2007
Pierina Correa Delgado
Migration in Latin America: A Sign of the Times
A Latin American Symposium Event
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
Supported by the Mellon Foundation, Co-Sponsored by Latin American Studies
October 29, 2007
Dr. Napisa Waitoolkai, Thai Speaker on Democracy
Co-Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of Economics
November 1, 2007
Martin Espada:
A Poetry Reading
8:15 pm | DPC
A Latin American Symposium Event
Supported by the Mellon Foundation, Co-sponsored by Voices of St. Mary’s, Department of International Languages and Cultures and the Department of African and African Diaspora
November 2, 2007
A Conversation with Martin Espada
9:20 am | The Blackistone Room
Co-sponsored by Voices of St. Mary’s, and the Department of African and African Diaspora
November 2–3, 2007
“Rediscovering Maryland in the Atlantic World
A symposium on Early Maryland History and Culture
Co-sponsored by the SlackWater Center, The Maryland Heritage Project and the Departments of Anthropology, Art History, and History
November 5, 2007
Arabs & Terrorism with Bassam Haddad
Co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Political Science Department
November 6, 2007
Immigrant Rights and the Other Campaign
Jose Pedro Leon Galicia
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
November 12, 2007
Latin American Film Series:
A Fronteira (The Border)
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
Supported by the Mellon Foundation
November 12, 2007
Global Warming Forum
Professor Bill Williams, professor of biology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
County Commissioner President Jack Russell
Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Co-Sponsored by the St. Mary’s Student Environmental Action Coalition
November 19, 2007
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler
A classroom discussion and invitation-only lunch.
December 6, 2007
Student Panel on the College Convention 2008
Sam Birnbaum, Jacqueline Caminiti, Elizabeth LeBlanc, Austin Lyman, Molly McKee, and Dr. Todd Eberly, assistant professor of Political Science.
Co-Sponsored by the Political Science Department
January 16, 2008
Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence
Co-sponsored with The Patuxent Partnership
January 28, 2008
Latin American Film Series: Luminous Shadows
Latin American Film Series
A Latin American Symposium Event
Supported by the Mellon Foundation
January 31, 2008
Focus the Nation
February 28, 2008
David Bell
The Culture of War and Peace in Europe, 1750 – 1815
Co-Sponsored by the History Department
March 17, 2008
Latin American Film Series: XXY
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
Supported by the Mellon Foundation
March 25, 2008
Latin America’s Turn To The Left
Paulo Sotero, Woodrow Wilson Center
Dr. Victor Armony, University of Quebec, Montreal
A Latin American Symposium Event
Supported by the Mellon Foundation
March 28, 2008
2007 Benjamin C. Bradlee Distinguished Lecture in Journalism
Tom Brokaw, NBC News Correspondent
March 29, 2008
“No End in Sight”
With interviewee and Iraq Expert Colonel Paul Hughes
Co-Sponsored with the Global Justice League
April 3, 2008
Recent Experiences in Iraq, Dr. Lena Harzell, Naval Dentist
Co-Sponsored with SMASH
April 7, 2008
Latin American Film Series: Before Night Falls
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
Supported by the Mellon Foundation
April 9-10, 2008
Patuxent Defense Forum: The Privatization of the Military
Co-Sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership
April 21, 2008
Latin American Film Series: Super Amigos
8:00 pm | Cole Cinema
Latin American Film Series
Co-sponsored with the Department of Languages and Cultures
April 22, 2008
Jackpot: Maryland’s Slot Debate
St. Mary’s Project presentation by Zach Bankert
April 24, 2008
Cuba after Castro
Frank Calzón, Executive Director, of the Center for a Free Cuba
Daniel P. Erikson, Director of Caribbean Programs, Inter-American Dialogue