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
“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
"Legacies of Slavery at Loyola: Historical Evidence from the Postbellum Period"
Dr. David Carey Jr.
Wed, Jan 31, 2024 from 11-11:50 am
"Church and Modern Anti-Semitism"
Dr. James Snow
Wed, Dec 6, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm
"Slavery and Its Legacies at Loyola”
Dr. David Carey, Jr.
Wed, Nov 15, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm
"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
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
"Democratic Partisanship"
Dr. Fuat Gursozlu
Wed, Mar 22, 2023 from 12-12:50 pm
"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
Contact Us
Heidi ShakerAssociate Professor of French
Director, Office of Peace and Justice
Maryland Hall 351-I
hsbrown@loyola.edu