- Sunday, October 19
DSPT’s Annual Auction: Sunday in Spain
Location: DSPT
Thank you to all those who gave donations for the auction and to all those who volunteered to help with the set up and with the actual event! Support from DSPT students has been tremendous! For volunteers, watch out for an e-mail from Advancement regarding last-minute instructions. For those who cannot make it as volunteers or guests, it’s not too late to spread the word and help us drum up attendance. Remember, this fundraising effort directly benefits you as a student, so please help out in whatever way you can.
The Election and the Jewish Vote (a.k.a. Obama and the Jewish Question)
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: PSR Chapel
A moderated panel discussion about issues related to the upcoming Presidential Election with Gabriel Schoenfeld (senior editor of Commentary magazine; Guest Scholar at Witherspoon Institute, Princeton, NJ; author of The Return of Anti-Semitism), Rabbi Michael Lerner (editor of Tikkun magazine; author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right), and Michael Berenbaum (American scholar, professor, writer, and filmmaker; Project Director of the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC). The panel will be moderated by Maria Echaveste (former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief-of-Staff in the second Clinton term; senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and lecturer at UC-Berkeley School of Law). This event is co-sponsored by the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the GTU and the Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program at UC-Berkeley. - October 20-24: Reading Week
- Monday, October 20
Rosemary Radford Ruether lectures on "Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religions"
Professor Eileen Harrington hosts Rosemary Radford Ruether in her Ecofeminism course. Guests and community are invited to attend.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: PSR Chapel - Wednesday, October 22
Deadline for Theology Department Thesis Proposals
There will be an extra Theology Department meeting this month, which means there will also be an extra opportunity for students to submit their thesis proposals! The deadline will be 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22 which is in the middle of Reading Week so prepare accordingly if you want your proposal to be under consideration at this meeting.
Deadline for Philosophy Department Thesis Proposals
There will be an extra Philosophy Department meeting this month, which means there will also be an extra opportunity for students to submit their thesis proposals! The deadline will be 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22 which is in the middle of Reading Week so prepare accordingly if you want your proposal to be under consideration at this meeting. - Thursday, October 23 and Friday October 24
The Politics of Faith Conference
The GTU and the Religion, Politics and Globalization program at UC-Berkeley are co-sponsoring this conference. It is free and open to the public.
§ Thursday, October 23
Keynote Address “Religion and US Foreign Policy: Assessing its Surprising Turn”
Allen Hertzke, Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
§ Friday, October 24
"Religion in the Public Square"
Allen Hertzke, Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma
Barbara McGraw, Director of the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism, St. Mary’s College of California
Kenneth Wald, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Heyns Room, Faculty Club
"Religion in the Media"
Roberta Green Ahmanson, Award-winning journalist, Chair of the Media Project of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life
James A. Donahue, President and Professor of Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union
Matthai Kuruvila, Religion and Spirituality Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Heyns Room, Faculty Club
Lunch Break
Time: 12:45 p.m.
"Religious Influence in Politics"
Marc Dollinger, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University
Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University
J. Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Heyns Room, Faculty Club
See the DSPT Academic/Events Calendar here: http://www.dspt.edu/docs/news/calendar_list.asp
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Student Job Opening
DSPT is looking for a student to coordinate the lunches on Tuesdays. The student would be responsible for planning and preparing the lunches, including set-up and clean-up. This position would be approximately 5 hours/week, with the possibility for additional hours for assisting with other DSPT events. This is a great opportunity, a fun way to earn some extra money, plus – you get free food! A detailed job description and application is available from Elissa at the front desk. Applications are due as soon as possible! If you have any questions, please email them to Elissa at emccormack@dspt.edu. - DSPT E-mail
Check your DSPT e-mail at http://mail.op.dspt.edu If you have set up forwarding from your op.dspt.edu account and are receiving 2 copies of the forwarded e-mail please contact Elissa at emccormack@dspt.edu. She will remedy the situation. Please note: we will be using your DSPT e-mail address to communicate all school information so if you have not yet activated your DSPT email, do so as soon as possible! Once activated, you can set it to forward to another email address if you wish. If you need to know how to activate your DSPT e-mail account, contact Elissa at emccormack@dspt.edu.
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