image 1Department of Political Science

Summer Session

Upcoming Events

2009–2010 Lecture Series
Students are required to attend at least ONE lecture each semester.
Attendance is taken.
  • ERACE RACISM: "Race, Racism, & the Mortgage Crisis on Long Island"
    Monday, September 14, 2009, 11:00 a.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom

  • "Women & War: Victims or Peacemakers?"
    Pierre Schori
    Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 12:00 p.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom

  • Constitution Day: "The Electoral College and Original Intent"
    Lester Baltimore, Associate Provost
    Thursday, September 17, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 313

  • "Housing Foreclosures & Discrimination on Long Island"
    Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
    Thursday, September 24, 2009, 1:40 p.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 211

  • "Hagedorn Lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility"
    Robert B. Willumstad, Former Chairman of AIG
    Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:00 a.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom

  • Student Night at Street Scene
    Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
    Performing Arts Center, Olmsted Theatre

    A performance of the 1929 play about life in a tenement house in New York City and an interactive discussion of related issues.

  • "The Evolution of Dad & the Politics of Gender"
    Dana Glazer
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 201

  • "The Middle East Peace Process"
    Egyptian Ambassador to the UN, Maged Abdelaziz
    Thursday, October, 29 2009, 12:00 p.m.
    Alumni Hall

  • GLBT 101
    LI Gay & Lesbian Youth (LIGALY)
    Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
    Hagedorn Hall, Room 108

    Workshop that overviews issues of sexual orientation gender identity, heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia.

  • "Indonesia: Regional Role, Global Reach"
    Indonesian Ambassadorto the UN, R.M. Natalegawa
    Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 11:00 a.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom

Past Events

Discussion of Presidential Candidates and Issues
Q&A with audience
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Panel:
Joe Conte
Tricia Hardgrove
Jenna Melo
Michael Puma, Facilitator

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2008–2009 Lecture Series

  • "Loser Take All: America's Election Mess & How to Fix It"
    Mark Crispin Miller
    September 17, 2008
    Read the Press Release

  • Environmental Forum
    September 25, 2008

  • "Domestic Workers United:
    Building a Movement to Empower Caregivers"

    September 29, 2008
    Read the Press Release

  • V.O.T.E.R. and ICAN present: "A Presidential Debate Party"
    October 15, 2008

  • V.O.T.E.R., ICAN, Political Science and Sociology present:
    "Becoming an American"

    October 21, 2008

  • Ambassadorial Lecturer
    Tofiq F. Musayev, Counsellor
    October 27, 2008

    "Security Challenges in the Louth Caucasus: Azerbajan's Perspective"

  • "All's Fair: Love, War, and Politics"
    Mary Matalin & James Carville
    October 29, 2008
    Read the Press Release

  • Fair Trade Fashion Show
    November 10, 2008

  • ICAN Film Series: "This is What Democracy Looks Like"
    November 21, 2008

  • Sixty Years On: The United Nations and Universal Human Rights
    December 3, 2008
    Read the Press Release

  • "Israel and the U.N."
    Daniel Carmon, Israel Ambassador to the U.N.
    Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom
    Read the Press Release

  • "The Road to Peace: a Palestinian Perspective"
    Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the
    Palestinian Authority to the United Nations
    Wednesday March 4, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
    Ruth S. Harley University Center, Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom
    Read the Press Release


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2007–2008 Lecture Series
  • Guantanamo Bay and Extraordinary Rendition:
    Panel Discussion Sponsored by Amnesty International

    October 29, 2007

  • "Women, Peace and Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
    November 13, 2007
    Read the Press Release

  • "The Abrahamic Religions: Conflict or Coexistence"
    India's U.N. Ambassador Nirupam Sen
    November 19, 2007
    Read the Press Release

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Go to the Events Archive to see previous events from Adelphi's Department of Political Science.


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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Department of Political Science
Blodgett Hall, Room 202
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY 11530
p - 516.877.4590
f - 516.877.4594

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