Special Panel Series

Perspectives on the Events of September 11, 2001

The College of Liberal Arts, with support from the Office of the Provost, is hosting a series of programs offering perspectives on the events of September 11, their implications and the aftermath of those tragic and devastating attacks on The World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The programs are being held on Thursdays at noon in the University Museum Auditorium, which is located at the north end of Faner Hall.

The first panel was held Thursday, September 20. Thereafter, each Thursday at noon, the college has been presenting a panel, a discussion, a speaker, or some other program in an effort to provide information and perspectives that may help members of the SIUC community as they try to think about the events of last month. At this point, the following programs have been confirmed:

• January 24, 2002
• November 29, 2001 (postponed from November 15)
• November 8, 2001
• October 25, 2001
• October 18, 2001
• October 11, 2001
• October 4, 2001
• September 27, 2001
• September 20, 2001

Other programs drawing upon faculty from a number of departments as well as some other members of the SIUC community and outside speakers will be announced as they are organized. Bookmark this page to return easily for updates.

All of the programs are U-card approved.

All students, faculty, staff and friends of SIUC are invited
to attend these programs on Thursdays beginning at noon
in the University Museum Auditorium.

Shirley Clay Scott, Dean
College of Liberal Arts

Past Programs

Thursday, January 24, 2002

"Conflict and Peace in the Middle East"

Video presentation and discussion focusing on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict in connection with the events of September 11.

Perry A. Knop, Associate Professor of Political Science
John A. Logan College

Gayle Pesavento, Associate Professor of Speech
International Education Coordinator, John A. Logan College

Gregory Wendt, Video Producer
ISS, Library Affairs, SIUC

The 25-minute video includes original footage from a Palestinian Refugee camp, The West Bank and Jerusalem, and it features Professor John Woods, Director, Middle East Studies Center, University of Chicago, who provides an historical framework of the "creation" of the Middle East as we know it today. Also featured are Senator Paul Simon, retired Geology Professor David E. Christensen, and members of Seeds of Peace, an organization that brings together teens from the Middle East to work out their conflicts.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, November 29

Postponed from November 15 because of conflicts with scheduled activities of the Public Policy Institute.

A panel of faculty from the Department of Philosophy will discuss a topic to be announced.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, November 8

A panel of faculty from the Department of History will look again at historical precedents that bear upon the current situation.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, October 25

A panel of faculty from the Department of History will look at historical precedents that bear upon the current situation. Scheduled participants include Professors Jonathan Wiesen, Ted Weeks, and Robbie Lieberman.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, October 18

A panel of faculty from the Department of Sociology will address "Social Representations of the Other: Images of Nationality, Religion, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class." Scheduled participants include Professors Rob Benford, Tom Calhoun, Darren Shekat, and Kathy Ward.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, October 11

A panel of faculty from the Department of Philosophy and the Classics Program consider what classical imaginative and philosophic literature can tell us about tragedy, war, violence, devastations. Scheduled participants include Professors David Johnson, Rick Williams, Tom Alexander.

This program is U-card approved.
The program begins at noon in the University Museum Auditorium.

Thursday, October 4

Professor Rodney Jones of the Department of English will organize a poetry reading to honor those who lost their lives. October 4 is National Poetry Day, and Professor Jones and members of the Creative Writing Program will use that day to read poems that can speak to a national tragedy and our need to mourn and reflect.

This program is U-card approved.

Thursday, September 27

Facilitator: Professor William Turley, Department of Political Science. The panel will be comprised of faculty from the Department of Political Science who study international relations and will offer perspectives on these attacks. Other members of the panel organized by Professor Turley will be

• Professor Stephen Shulman
• Professor Cooper Drury

This program is U-card approved.

Thursday, September 20

Facilitator: Professor Thomas Castellano, Director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections. Professor Castellano is a member of the Governor's Commission on Hate Crimes, and it will be a discussion of the potential of a situation like this to generate hate crimes, victimization, and violations of civil liberities. Other members of the panel organized by Professor Castellano include

• Professor James Garofalo, Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections
• Professor Kevin Foster, Professor of Black American Studies
• Najjar Musawir, Lecturer in the School of Art and Design

This program is U-card approved.