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 | ![]() | |
Date | Speaker | Lecture Title |
August 22 | Philip Phillips (Associate Dean, Honors College) | Welcome and Introduction |
August 29 | John Vile (Dean, Honors College) | Immigration and Citizenship: The American Historical Experience WATCH VIDEO |
September 5 | Labor 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 10 | Fall Break – No classes | |
October 17 | Louis 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 31 | Andrei 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