Tom O’Hara: Rambler and Olympian
Do you have Olympic fever? Did you know that Loyola sent their world-record holding track start to the 1964 Olympics? Check out the University Archives & Special Collections’ blog to learn more about Loyola’s only Olympian, Tom O’Hara.
Desire from a Buddhist Perspective: FLASH Seminar
With Dr. Paul Giblin, Institute of Pastoral Studies Spiritual practice is often misperceived as dampening down desire. Buddhist practice makes a helpful distinction between healthy desire or heart’s desire, and unhealthy or addictive clinging. In this brief seminar we will examine the notion of desire in the Four Noble Truths with an eye to “liberating” […]
Buddhism: A Non-Violent Path to Subversion – FLASH Seminar
Join Sr. Ananda Amritmahal, RSCJ, Visiting Scholar at the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, for a discussion focusing on the ways in which Buddhism has challenged oppression by religious hierarchies and offered a different approach and space to the marginalized. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH 1:00 PM, IC LEVEL ONE Take this opportunity to learn more […]
New Exhibits
New exhibits are up in the Donovan Reading Room. Five of the ten cases commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The exhibit features replica artifacts from the Titanic courtesy of Dr. Robert Bucholz, as well as many other photographs, documents and a model of the ship itself. The Titanic exhibit compliments […]
Lecture: Exploring the RMS Titanic
An event in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic Join us for a public lecture by Emory Kristof, National Geographic photographer and explorer. Kristof will be presenting close-up still photos and video of the wreckage of the Titanic. When: Friday, April 13, 2012 7 o’clock in the evening Where:Mundelein […]
Lecture: “Ladies Don’t Argue With a Burglar”
The Women and Leadership Archives Lecture Series presents: “Ladies Don’t Argue With a Burglar”: Gender, Race, and Class in Firearms Advertisements 1880-1918 This presentation by Matthew Sawicki will examine a variety of gun advertisements to determine gender and class roles in post-Reconstruction America. Friday, April 13, 2012 3:00 – 4:00 PM Piper Hall, Room 201