2002-2003

30 April 2003                                                                                                                                                                                              "The Sacking of Iraq's Cultural Treasures: The Media Frenzy around My Resignation from the President's Cultural Advisory Committee"                                                                                      Dr. Martin Sullivan, Director and CEO of Historic St. Mary's City                 Moderated by Dr. Robin Bates, Professor, English, SMCM                                        (Photo at right: Dr. Martin Sullivan addresses the audience in Cole Cinema)

26 April 2003                                                                                                         "A Roundtable on Democracy, Religion and the State: The Legacy of Liberty of Conscience"                                                                                  Dr. Mel Endy, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, SMCM              Dr. John Krugler, Associate Professor of History, Marquette University                                          Moderated by Dr. Jon Armajani,  Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, SMCM                        (Heritage Weekend)

22 April 2003                                                                                                                                           "Meet the (Student) Press: A Town Hall Meeting with the St. Mary's County Delegation in Annapolis on the 2003 Legislative Session"                                                                       Senator Roy Dyson (D-St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles)                                                               Delegate John Wood (D-St. Mary's)                                                                             Delegate Anthony O'Donnell (R-St. Mary's, Calvert)                                                       Delegate John Bohanan (D-St. Mary's)                                                                                            (Co-sponsored with the Point News) 

12 March 2003                                                                                                                                                                                       "The Relationship between Memory and Historical Imaging in Guatemala"                                    Dr. Lucrecia Méndez de Penedo, Associate Dean of Humanities, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala                                                                                                                                             Introduction by Dr. Jorge Rogachevsky, Associate Professor, Spanish, International Languages and Cultures Department

6 March 2003                                                                                                                   "Ancient Athenian Democracy and Democracy Today:
Culture, Knowledge, Power"
Dr. Josiah Ober, Professor of Classics, Princeton University
Introduction by Dr. Linda Jones Hall, Assistant Professor, Department of History, SMCM

21 February 2003
“Democracy and Society in The Gambia and Senegal”
Professor Boro Suso, University of The Gambia in Banjul
Professor Oumar Ndongo, Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar       (at right: Professor Ndongo)

20 February 2003
"Four Judges on Judging: The State of the American Judicial System"
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 
Judge Peter J. Messitte, U.S. District Court for Maryland
Judge James Kenney, Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Judge Karen Abrams, St. Mary's County Circuit Court                                                                   Moderated by Dr. Susan Grogan, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM

12 February 2003  

"Democracy and Race in Brazil"                                      Professor Emílio José de Castro e Silva,                       Universidade Federal da Bahia, Director of Office of International Affairs;                                                                  Introduction by Dr. Femi Ojo-Ade, Professor, International Languages and Cultures Professor, SMCM  (at right, Professor Silva addresses the audience in Blackistone)                                                                                                                                                                     3 February 2003                                                                                                                                     "Killer Bunnies and Shark Attacks:  Why Reporters Travel in Herds"
Brooks Jackson, former CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Associated Press correspondent           Introduction by Zach Messitte, Director, Center for the Study of Democracy                                                                                                                                                                                     6 November 2002  
"Analyzing the 2002 Elections from the National, State and Local Perspectives"
J. Frank Raley, former Maryland State Senator
Thomas Dennison, Chief Annapolis correspondent for The Gazette newspapers of southern Maryland
Dr. Michael Cain, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM                         Moderated by Zach Messitte, Director, Center for the Study of Democracy

23 September 2002
"Challenging Authority: Youth and Women in Iran’s Islamic Republic"
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center

27 April 2002
“Democracy in Post-communist Societies”
Dr. Mitchell Orenstein (Harvard University)
Dr. Patricia Davis (State Department)
Dr. Gregory Hall, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM
Dr. Michael Cain, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM

10 April 2002
“Islam, Non-violence, and the Dialogue of Civilizations”
Ramin Jahanbegloo (National Endowment for Democracy)

5 April 2002
Round Table Discussion on Civil Society
John Ishiyama (Truman State University)
Dr. Jon Armajani, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, SMCM        Dr. Michael Cain, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM
Dr. Asif Dowla, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, SMCM
Dr. Elizabeth Osborn, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SMCM
Dr. Kristen Sheeran, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SMCM

4 April 2002
“Civil Society, Political Parties, and Democratic Consolidation in Eastern and Central Europe”
Dr. John Ishiyama (Truman State University)

6 March 2002
“Can Democracy and Islam Coexist?”
Dr. Monica Ringer, Williams College (History)
Dr. Sahar Shafqat, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, SMCM
Jon Armajani, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, SMCM