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Past Faculty Lunch Talks

The Office of Peace and Justice hosts one faculty lunch talk per month, highlighting faculty research and fostering dialogue around peace and justice issues on campus. 

Please see below for our past lunch talk offerings, and consider joining us at our upcoming events!

2023-2024

"The Relevance of Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy of Peace in Today’s World"

Dr. Sudeshna Basu

Thu, Apr 18, 2024 from 12-12:50 pm

Lunch talk poster for Dr. Sudeshna Basu's talk

“Rethinking Nigeria’s Nationalist Narrative: The Role of Ethnic Minorities in Shaping Post-Colonial Nigerian Politics"

Dr. Oghenetoja Okoh

Wed, Feb 21, 2024 from 11-11:50 am

Lunch talk poster for Dr. Okoh's talk

"Legacies of Slavery at Loyola: Historical Evidence from the Postbellum Period"

Dr. David Carey Jr.

Wed, Jan 31, 2024 from 11-11:50 am

Poster for Dr. Carey's lunch time talk

"Church and Modern Anti-Semitism"

Dr. James Snow

Wed, Dec 6, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm

poster for Dr. Snow's lunch time talk

"Slavery and Its Legacies at Loyola”

Dr. David Carey, Jr.

Wed, Nov 15, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm

Poster for Dr. Carey's lunch time talk

"Genocide and Identity: Destruction and Reconstruction of Selfhood in Me, the Last Tutsi”

Dr. Heidi Shaker

Wed, Oct 18, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm

poster for Dr. Shaker's lunch time talk

2022-2023

Compassionate Accountability and Collective Responsibility"

Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead 

Co-hosted with Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice
Mon, Apr 17, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm

poster for Dr. Whitehead's lunch time talk

"Democratic Partisanship"

Dr. Fuat Gursozlu

Wed, Mar 22, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm

poster for Dr. Gursozlu's lunch time talk

"The Age of Cain: Western Extractive Colonialism, the Christian Imagination, and the Anthropocene"

Dr. Daniel Castillo

Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 from 12:15-1:15 pm

poster for Dr. Castillo's lunch time talk

Contact Us

Heidi Shaker
Associate Professor of French
Director, Office of Peace and Justice
Maryland Hall 351-I
hsbrown@loyola.edu