A Table Before Me
Saturday, January 28, 2006, 7:30 p.m., Hofheimer Theater
Claudia Stevens, singer, actor and concert pianist.
A musical drama in one act created by Claudia Stevens for her one-woman performance as pianist/singer/actor. 
The piece conveys the terror and turmoil experienced by her mother’s family during the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1938. Followed by audience discussion, facilitated by Sara Sewell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Wesleyan College.
Patriots, Seditionists, Rebels, Dissenters, and Evildoers: Civil Liberties, Security, and the Health of the Statein American History
Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m., and repeated at 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Shafer Room, Boyd Center
Dan Margolies, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Wesleyan College.
A historical look at the fate of civil liberties in times of national crisis, foreign threats, paranoia, or war.
Religious Privacy after September 11
Thursday, February 9, 2006, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m., and repeated at 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Shafer Room, Boyd Center
Michael Barkun, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
A discussion of religious surveillance and its impact on religious liberty in the post 9/11 context.
Fear, Folly and Freedom
Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Blocker Auditorium
William F. Schulz, M.A. (phil), D.Min., Executive Director, Amnesty International USA.
Religious freedom, along with rights such as free speech or access to an attorney, is fundamental to our republic. It is also one of the rights the war on terror has threatened to erode. Dr. Schulz will examine issues of religious freedom within the context of that "war" as well as other issues of human rights currently in jeopardy.
Confronting our Contradictions: Public Responses to Civil Liberties for Muslims
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m., and repeated at 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Shafer Room, Boyd Center
Thomas S. Lopez, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Virginia Wesleyan College; Kathy S. Stolley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, Virginia Wesleyan College; and student members of the SOC 350 course (Introduction to Social Research).
A discussion of national and Virginia Wesleyan surveys addressing the relationship between religious perspectives and attitudes toward Muslim Americans in the post 9/11 context.
It’s My Country Too: Being a Muslim American in Post 9/11 America
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m., and repeated at 7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Boyd Dining Hall
Ali Asani, Ph.D., Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures, Harvard University.
A discussion of issues facing Muslim Americans in post 9/11 America, featuring clips from a documentary film narrated by Pakistani American rock star Salman Ahmad.