Honors Colloquia, Lectures, and Events 2007 - 2008

Honors Colloquia offer the entire campus community opportunities to engage in academic discourse outside of the classroom. Sweet Briar faculty, as well as visiting scholars, present research talks in all academic disciplines for audiences that include faculty and students from Sweet Briar College and occasionally students and faculty from other colleges. 

Every year the Honors Program selects a concept to examine and discuss across academic disciplines. In Honors seminars, colloquia, and weekly lunch table discussions, we invite the campus community to consider the different meanings attached to a word or phrase when viewed through the different disciplinary perspectives of the sciences, the arts, and the humanities. This year’s theme is "Mind and Body." Sweet Briar faculty, as well as visiting scholars, will present research talks in all academic disciplines throughout the year. The informal presentations include questions and discussion, and all students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend.

Fall 2007
Wednesday September 5
4:30 PM Honors Center
Jonathan Green, Dean of the College, will give the inaugural lecture: “Conducting: The Ultimate Mind-Body Experience”

Wednesday October 17
4:30 PM Honors Center
David Griffith, Assistant Professor of English
"I Guess You Had to Be There: The  Rewards and Pitfalls of the Personal Essay"

Saturday October 6
MARCUS Conference at Sweet Briar College
For information go to http://marcus.sbc.edu

Wednesday November 14
4:30 PM Honors Center
Dylan Wittkower, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
"The History of Philosophy as Told Through the Body"

Spring 2008
Wednesday January 30
4:30 PM Honors Center
Abraham Yousef, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
"Synthesis and Photochemistry of 3(2H)-furanones: Potential mediators in the mind & body experience"

Wednesday February 13
4:30 PM Honors Center
George Gillies, Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering and Visiting Research Professor of Physics, University of Virginia, and Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University
"I've Got an Idea!!! (The Long Road from Concept to Product)"

Thursday February 21
7:30 PM Wailes Lounge, College Conference Center
Owen Flanagan, Duke University, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Faculty Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience
"The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World"
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Lectures and Events Committee

Wednesday February 27
4:30 PM Honors Center
John Morrissey, Associate Professor of Biology
"Human Ego vs. Human Anatomy: The Ultimate Clash Between Mind and Body"

Wednesday April 16
4:30 PM Honors Center
Sonia Olivera, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
"All about the Heart: The Cultural Body and Mind of Paraguay"

Additional Honors sponsored events and colloquia will be announced during the year.