David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College. Black Swan events are those with low or unknown probability, but high, long-lived and often global impacts. Orr will discuss how we should design commun

Fallou Ngom, associiate professor, Boston University, will address the myth of illiteracy in Islamized areas of Africa. It uncovers important sources of African knowledge written in the modified classical Arabic script known as Ajami. The event is spons

Natural resource extraction has been at the heart of economic growth and, for that reason, remains a source of considerable political and economic controversy. Both Pennsylvania and Mozambique are currently experiencing a boom in natural gas exploration

The purpose of this teach-in, which is sponsored by Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, U.S. Army War College and the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues on behalf of Dickinson College, is to elevate and broaden the ongoing national discussion

Peter Bechtel ’81, director, Andorinha Azul Ambiental, a company specializing in sustainable development; Ruth Mkhwanazi-Bechtel, program director, Vanderbilt University’s Friends in Global Health in Mozambique For many years, Mozambique has been ne

Are there ways to have better conversations about homosexuality and religion? Jay Michaelson, an award-winning author and LGBT religious activist, will move this conversation forward by discussing relevant biblical texts and “best practices.” This e

Environmental expert Michael Shellenberger, president of The Breakthrough Institute, will describe why technology is the key to dealing with the world’s toughest environmental problems from climate change to rainforest destruction and species extinctio

Ara Wilson, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, will provide a new direction for thinking about sexuality at the transnational level. She will focus on the infrastructures of globalization, highlight the e

Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science, George Washington University, will shed light on the unfinished Middle East revolutions that have so far brought down the governments of Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, and will offer a framework for unders

A panel of Dickinson professors will discuss the important policy positions of each of the presidential candidates. The presentations will be nonpartisan and objective in nature. Topics include health care and insurance, the federal budget and the nationa