Illume Speaker Series
The College of Arts and Sciences is the liberal arts heart of the University of San Diego. Our students and faculty exemplify the power, vitality and value of a liberal arts and sciences education every day. To champion the tradition and future of the artes liberales, we have created the Illume Speaker Series featuring our own renowned faculty scholars, invited thought-leaders and prominent public figures to advance the liberal arts on our campus and inspire lifelong learning in our surrounding communities.
2018-19 Schedule
Fall 2018
Knapp Lecture Series
“Troubling Memorials: Disgraced Monuments in America”
Erika Doss, PhD, 2018 Knapp Chair
Monday, September 10 at 6 p.m.
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College Lecture Series
“You Don’t Own Me: How a Decadelong Court Battle Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side and How Society Creates and Control Culture”
Orly Lobel, SJD
Don Weckstein Professor, Labor and Employment Law
Monday, September 17 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
“Change Your Mind First: College and the Urge to Save the World”
William Deresiewicz
Wednesday, September 26 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
Hank Green, Author
Thursday, October 4, 2018
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Knapp Lecture Series
“Fracking and Trafficking: Making the Connections Between Climate Change and Prostitution”
Melissa Farley, PhD, 2018 Knapp Chair
Monday, October 8 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
Jodi Picoult, Author
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
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College Lecture Series
“Dissonance and the Rejection of Modern Music”
Chris Adler, PhD
Chair and Professor, Music
Monday, October 15 at 6 p.m.
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College Lecture Series
“Rethinking Wilderness”
Mark Woods, PhD
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Monday, November 12 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
Liane Moriarty, Author
Friday, November 16, 2018
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Illume Special Guest
“The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking”
Elizabeth Minnich, PhD
Monday, December 10 at 6 p.m.
Spring 2019
Knapp Lecture
“Neuroethics: Is It Right to Control the Mind?”
Linda Boland, PhD, 2019 Knapp Chair
Monday, February 11 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
“Strangers, Neighbors, Friends”
Kelly James Clark, PhD
Monday, February 18 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
“Culture Care in the Age of Culture Wars”
Makoto Fujimura
Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
Gretchen Rubin, author
Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m.
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Illume Special Guest
Marlon James, author
Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m.
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College Lecture
“Sleep, Unpredictability and Behavioral Choice: You Are Not the Only One with Problems”
Divya Sitaraman, PhD
Assistant Professor of psychological sciences
Monday, May 6 at 6 p.m.
Full details are listed in the Humanities Center events calendar.
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