2010 Fall Engagement: Mind, Body, and Soul
“The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom”
50 years have passed since the fall of Tibet. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader, has lived in exile for most of his life, trying to find a […]
Read MoreLos Angeles Catholic Worker
The Los Angeles Catholic Worker community is part of the lay Catholic Worker movement founded over seventy years ago by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to “feed the hungry, shelter […]
Read MoreMichael Spezio
Michael L. Spezio is Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Scripps College. His work focuses on the mental and neural processes involved in social decisions and actions, from judging […]
Read More“American Mystic”
AMERICAN MYSTIC is a documentary about twenty-somethings, each a member of a fringe religious community, who have separated themselves from mainstream America in order to live immersed in their faiths. […]
Read MoreGayle Salamon
As assistant professor of English at Princeton University, Gayle Salamon specializes in gender and queer theory, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and 20th century Continental philosophy. Her recently published book, Assuming a Body: […]
Read More“Whiz Kids”
At a time when American teens lag far behind other countries in math and science, WHIZ KIDS is a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of three remarkably different yet […]
Read MoreKenneth Rogers
Kenneth Rogers is Assistant Professor in the Media and Cultural Studies Department at the University of California, Riverside. His academic research is broadly concerned with the spaces where institutional power, […]
Read More“Utopia in Four Movements”
Throughout human history, people have had giddy dreams and fantastic notions about what the future would bring: space travel, peace, and a world of plenty are just a few. But […]
Read More“No Impact Man”
Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s film provides an intriguing inside look into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation, while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds […]
Read MoreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. Professor Csikszentmihalyi is the director of the Quality of Life […]
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