April

In the wake of hate

D-phi’s “Humanities in Charlottesville after ‘Charlottesville’” to examine community recovery and student leadership.

April 2, 2018

Victor Luftig, professor and director of the Center for the Liberal Arts at the University of Virginia, was gearing up to teach a Fall 2017 class called “Global Resistance and Student Activism.”

That’s when the horrific events of this past August descended upon the college town.

As Metropolitan State University of Denver reaffirms our commitment to campus safety, join the Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry on April 5 at 2 p.m. in SSB 400 for “Humanities in Charlottesville after ‘Charlottesville,’” where Luftig will discuss the role of humanities in assisting a community’s recovery. He’ll detail his recent collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center and how students have become leaders in the wake of hatred.

The event is free and open to the community.

Other upcoming D-phi events include:

“Creating Local Change: Insights From Former Sen. Linda Newell and MSU Denver Alumnus Jack Wylie”
Co-sponsored event with the American Democracy Project
April 10, 3:30 p.m.
Library Discovery Wall 

“From Pasture to Hell-Hole: Agency and Industry in David Lynch's Eraserhead”
Film screening and talkback with James Reid, associate professor of philosophy at MSU Denver, and Candace Craig (Pikes Peak Community College)
April 12, 4 p.m.
CAVEA theatre, SSB 420

“Trust, Anger, Resentment: On Blame and the Economy of Disesteem”
Talk by R. Jay Wallace, professor of philosophy and distinguished chair for Innovative Teaching and Research at UC Berkeley
April 20, 3 p.m.
Location TBD

“The Monarchy of Fear”
Talk by Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago
Sept. 27, 2 p.m.
Location TBD