RWU President’s Distinguished Speakers Series event featuring architect and educator Julian Bonder
Ten years after being commissioned by Jean-Marc Ayrault – the French prime minister who at the time served as mayor of the City of Nantes, for centuries France’s largest slave port – the award-winning Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery opened in March 2012. Sited on the banks of the Loire River in the heart [...]
Read More →Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. to Speak at Roger Williams University
Twice each week, millions of newspaper readers seek out the rich, uncommonly resonant voice of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. And countless others have devoured his critically acclaimed books, including his most recent, the 2012 novel titled “Freeman.” On Wednesday, Nov. 28, members of the public are invited to spend an evening with Pitts [...]
Read More →RWU Theatre Main Season Series II: “Antigone”
Robin Stone directs this classic Greek tragedy about Antigone, daughter of the deceased King Oedipus, who defies the new ruler of Thebes by attempting to have a respectable burial of her slain brother, though it may mean her death. This play explores issues of war, law, morality and class struggle. The performance takes place in [...]
Read More →RWU Theatre Main Season Series II: “Antigone”
Robin Stone directs this classic Greek tragedy about Antigone, daughter of the deceased King Oedipus, who defies the new ruler of Thebes by attempting to have a respectable burial of her slain brother, though it may mean her death. This play explores issues of war, law, morality and class struggle. The performance takes place in [...]
Read More →Jewish Experience Series: Perceptions of the Holocaust Experience in American Media
As part of the Roger Williams University 2012 Film/Speaker Series on the Jewish Experience, three films and a lecture will take place at Roger Williams University from Tuesday, November 13, through Sunday, November 18. On Sunday, November 18 , guest speaker Jeffrey Shandler, Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will discuss how the Holocaust has been presented [...]
Read More →Jewish Experience Series: “Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald”
As part of the Roger Williams University 2012 Film/Speaker Series on the Jewish Experience, three films and a lecture will take place at Roger Williams University from Tuesday, November 13, through Sunday, November 18. On Thursday, November 15 , the documentary, ”Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald,” will be presented at 6 p.m. in the Global Heritage Hall Building, [...]
Read More →Jewish Experience Series: Two Short Films on the Israeli Experience
As part of the Roger Williams University 2012 Film/Speaker Series on the Jewish Experience, three films and a lecture will take place at Roger Williams University from Tuesday, November 13, through Sunday, November 18. On Tuesday, November 13 , two short films on the Israeli experience will be presented at 6 p.m. in the Marine & [...]
Read More →Veterans Day Ceremony at Roger Williams University
Roger Williams University Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets are extending an invitation to the community to attend this year’s Veterans Day Ceremony. On November 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in front of the University Flagpole (Administration Building) we will be honoring those who have fought in past wars and those who are presently serving in [...]
Read More →Panel Discussion: How the Media Impacts the Election
The Roger Williams University HawkTheVote Journalism Media Lab will host local members of the press — including East Bay Newspapers’ General Manager Scott Pickering — in a panel discussion of the impact of news coverage on the electoral process on Tuesday, October 30 at 6 p.m. at Roger Williams University. Panelists will include Scott Pickering, [...]
Read More →Roger Williams Biographer John M. Barry to Speak at RWU on Nov. 1
BRISTOL, R.I. – Power, politics and religion clash dramatically in the riveting and untold stories depicted in the nonfiction prose of John M. Barry, a bestselling author whose acclaimed books – including his latest, “Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State and the Birth of Liberty,” published in January of this year [...]
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