Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Janisse Ray to Lecture on Ecology and Preservation
The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Committee and the Muhlenberg College Center for Ethics present Conversations About Ecology and the Preservation of Wooded Spaces.Friday, October 9, 2009 11:22 AM
It is a lecture by Janisse Ray, on Tuesday, October 20 at 7:00 p.m., Miller Forum, Moyer Hall. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Ray is an environmental activist and poet whose work raises questions about southern rural space, its ecology, and the peoples that inhabit and interact with it. She is the award-winning author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, a highly praised book that combines elements of ecology and autobiography into a multifaceted work.
Ray will be on Muhlenberg’s campus from October 19 – 23, as a part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow program. Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows connect a liberal education with the world beyond the campus by bringing thoughtful and successful practitioners to colleges for a week of discussions with students and faculty. Fellows are scheduled for formal presentations in classrooms, panels, and public platforms, and informal encounters at meals, in student centers, clubs, dormitories, career counseling and individual sessions. The week-long visit allows Fellows to explicate their ideas fully and often leads to continuing ties.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has developed and conducted programs in higher education since 1945. More than 200 colleges have participated in the Visiting Fellows program since 1973.
Conversations about Ecology and the Preservation of Wooded Spaces is part of the series Ethics of Space: Power of Place, programs that will examine three different sub-themes relating to the concept of “space:” BOUNDARIES, including the invisible, the visible, and the geo-political; CONTROLLING SPACE, considering the differences and overlaps between public and private space, and physical and metaphorical space; and SPACE IN BODIES, which will tackle issues of shared identity, constructing differences, and the spaces between people.
Each year, the Center for Ethics sponsors an intensive series designed to encourage discussion and reflection on a timely, pertinent topic. Center for Ethics programs are free and open to all members of the Muhlenberg campus and the local community. For more information on the series, visit www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/ethics.
Muhlenberg College gratefully acknowledges the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation’s support of the Center for Ethics.
