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Honors College

Lecture Series: Fall 2016

Fall 2016
HONORS LECTURE SERIES

CITIZENSHIP, REFUGEES, AND IMMIGRATION
(uh 3000, crn# 81640)
MONDAYS, 3:00 TO 3:55 P.M.
HONORS AMPHITHEATRE (ROOM 106)

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 
 
DateSpeakerLecture Title
August 22Philip Phillips
(Associate Dean, Honors College)
Welcome and Introduction
August 29John Vile
(Dean, Honors College)
Immigration and Citizenship: The American Historical Experience WATCH VIDEO
September 5Labor Day – No classes 
September 12 Ida Fadzillah
(Sociology and Anthropology)
Immigration, Refugees, and the Global Diaspora: Key Concepts and Themes
WATCH VIDEO
ICE CREAM SOCAI TO FOLLOW IN THE HONORS COURTYARD
September 19 Robert F. Barsky
(English and French Literatures,
Vanderbilt University)
Migrants on the Front Lines: Vulnerability and Arbitrariness in an Era of Fear of the Other
WATCH VIDEO
September 26 Daoud Abudiad
(Faith and Culture Center, Nashville)
The Intersectionality of Islamaphobia and Anti-Immigrant/Refugee Sentiments in Tennessee
WATCH VIDEO
October 3 Denise C. Bates
(Health and Human Performance)
Reflection on Volunteering in Lesvos During the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis
WATCH VIDEO
October 10Fall Break – No classes 
October 17Louis M. Kyriakoudes
(Director, MTSU Albert Gore Research Center)
Exodus from Vietnam, Surviving Katrina, and the Oil Spill
WATCH VIDEO
October 24 Sisavanh Houghton
(Art)
Conversational Spaces
WATCH VIDEO
October 31Andrei Korobkov
(Political Science/Russian Studies
Migration Patterns in the Former Soviet Union
WATCH VIDEO
November 7 Laura Clark
(Educational Leadership)
Tennessee DREAMS: Stories of Latino Immigrants in Middle Tennessee
WATCH VIDEO
November 14 Laura Clippard
(Honors College Advisor)
Applying for Scholarships and Fellowships
WATCH VIDEO
November 21 Thesis Presentations
(Honors students)
Grayson DuBois – Watch YouTube Video
Mitchell Brisbon – Watch YouTube Video
November 28 Thesis Presentations
(Honors students)
Erin Gardner – Watch YouTube Video
Collin McDonald – Watch YouTube Video

Contact Us

Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)

Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu