The Migration Project
Schedule of Events
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Friday, Sept. 18
CONCERT The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Friday, Sept. 25
LAFF LECTURE (Political) Ecologies of Migration
Wednesday, Sept. 30
LECTURE Forced Migration: Challenges for the International Community
Oct. 9-11
ART EXHIBIT Morrissey Gallery show of alumni art
Tuesday, Oct. 13
LECTURE “Go After the Women": Mothers Against Illegal Aliens’ (MAIA) Campaign
Against Mexican Immigrant Women and their Children
Monday, Oct. 19
LECTURE 7:30 p.m., Adam Shepard, Location TBA
Sponsored by CAB
Wednesday, Oct. 28 POSTPONED
LECTURE POSTPONED Migration and Disease
Thursday, Nov. 12
LECTURE
Personal Narratives in the Teaching of American Migration History
Friday, Nov. 13
LAFF LECTURE Musical Migration
Sunday, Nov. 15
CONCERT Brahms' "Requiem"
Wednesday, Jan. 27
LAFF LECTURE The Biology of Migration
Wednesday, Feb. 24
LECTURE Migration of African-American Catholics
Friday, Feb. 26
LAFF LECTURE Migration in the Americas
March 2-April 16
ART EXHIBIT In-Between: The Architecture of Migration
Thursday, March 11
LECTURE Lessons Learned From Postville
March 22-26
ART EXHIBIT Far-Flung Fibers: The Migration of Fiber and the Fiber Arts, St. Ambrose University Library
Wednesday, March 24
LECTURE Irish American Songs from Old New York: Edward Harrigan and the Roots of American Musical Theatre
Friday, March 26
LAFF LECTURE Irish and Lithuanian Immigration to the Midwest
Saturday, March 27
PLAY "America, Amerique," Galvin Fine Arts Center, Allaert Auditorium
April 16-18
PLAY "Oedipus Rex,"
Galvin Fine Arts Center, Allaert Auditorium
Major Lectures
Forced Migration: Challenges for the International Community
Susan Martin delivers the Folwell Chair Lecture
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Millions of people are displaced each year by conflict and repression. Climate change is forcing millions more to flee as they lose homes and livelihoods because of intensified natural disasters, rising sea levels and increased drought and desertification. Susan Martin will discuss the international response to these movements of people, analyzing gaps in current legal, institutional and operational capacities to address this important humanitarian and security issue.
“Go After the Women": Mothers Against Illegal Aliens’ (MAIA) Campaign
Against Mexican Immigrant Women and their Children
Dr. Mary Romero delivers the Ambrose Women for Social Justice Lecture
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Romero will examine specific aspects of racist nativist sentiment towards Mexican immigrant women by focusing on the anti-immigration group, Mothers Against Illegal Aliens.
Migration and Disease
Dr. Martin Cetron delivers the Hauber Chair of Biology Lecture
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. – POSTPONED
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Human migration has been a source of epidemics throughout history. As the amount and speed of migration increases, so do the risks of major epidemics. How can we monitor the spread of disease? How can we prepare for it? How can we combat it? These questions are becoming increasingly important in this era of globalization.
Personal Narratives in the Teaching of American Migration History
Dr. Thomas Dublin delivers the Geiger Chair Lecture
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Explore what we can learn about American immigration
and migration history from the personal narratives of our students.
Migration of African-American Catholics
The Rev. Cyprian Davis delivers the Catholic Studies Chair Lecture
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Rev. Davis' will speak about the migration of African-American Catholics in the United States and explore the richness of the diversity of Catholic life in America. This year’s Chair of Catholic Studies Lecture also coincides with the University’s celebration of Black History month.
Lessons Learned From Postville
Stephen Bloom delivers the Baecke Lecture
Thursday, March 11, 7 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Shared cultural values that once bound Americans today no longer exist. Today's multiculturalism mandates nations within a nation. With such fragmentation, many Americans no longer make emotional, political and social commitments to the United States. Their loyalty is to their own people, to maintain an identity for themselves and their own communities of shared, vested values. This is what has happened in Postville. Is this good?
Irish American Songs From Old New York: Edward Harrigan and the Roots of American Musical Theatre
Mick Moloney delivers the McCaffrey Chair Lecture
Wednesday, March 24, 7 p.m.
Location: Rogalski Center Ballroom
Moloney’s lecture will place into historical and musical context the work of Edward Harrigan, an Irish immigrant who became the playwright and songwriter of the Irish-American experience.
Art Exhibit
In-Between: The Architecture of Migration
March 2-April 16
Reception Friday, March 5, 5 – 7 p.m.
Galvin Fine Arts Center Catich Gallery
Jane Gilmor's fascinating exhibition is interactive, with wearable, readable, and touchable structures designed to explore the psychology of personal and cultural migration. Visitors will also be challenged to consider the issues of mobility and consumerism in our post-industrial era.
Far-Flung Fibers: The Migration of Fiber and the Fiber Arts
March 22-March 26
St. Ambrose University Library
As people move, their ideas and art forms travel with them. During the last week of March, the library will host a series of programs and displays related to the theme of the migration of the fiber arts. From international textiles to spinning, knitting, and embroidery techniques from Europe and beyond, we will explore how such a blend of ideas and items arrived in Iowa.
Concert/Play
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Galvin Performing Arts Series
Friday, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.
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Location: Galvin Fine Arts Center, Allaert Auditorium
The Tibetan Buddhist Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery bring “Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing” to Galvin’s stage. Performing ancient pieces created for environmental, social and individual healing, the monks play traditional Tibetan instruments, known as zokkay, complete chords are achieved as each chantmaster simultaneously intones three notes. www.mysticalartsoftibet.org
Brahms' Requiem
Sunday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m.
Location: Galvin Fine Arts Center, Allaert Auditorium
Johannes Brahms' choral masterpiece represented a departure from the traditional Requiem Mass. Written for the living rather than for the dead, Brahms' German version offered solace, peace and hope in place of the traditional judgment day horrors. The St. Ambrose University Chorale will perform the work in English, accompanied by a four-hand piano arrangement by the composer.
America, Amerique
Galvin Performing Arts Series
Saturday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. Order Tickets
Location: Galvin Fine Arts Center, Allaert Auditorium
From the potato fields of Ireland and the stetls of Russia to the tenements of New York and the farms of the Midwest, stories of American immigration are told through the immigrants' eyes. Presented by the JENA Company.
Oedipus Rex
Galvin Performing Arts Series
April 16 and 17, 7:30 p.m.; April 18, 3 p.m. Order Tickets
The award-winning St. Ambrose Theatre Department presents Sophocles' play that explores human nature and moral responsibility. This movement-based ensemble creation reveals the role of excessive ambition and pride, inevitably leading to downfall and the confrontation of truth.
Liberal Arts Friday Forums
All lectures are in the Faculty Dining Room, Cosgrove Hall, from 4-5:30 p.m.
(Political) Ecologies of Migration
David Diamond, History professor; Father Bud Grant, Environmental Studies/Theology professor; and Bill Parsons, Political Science professor
Friday, Sept. 25
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The Transmigration of the Soul: Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
Tadd Ruetenik, Philosophy professor, and Mara Adams, Theology professor
Friday, Oct. 30
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Musical Migration
Joan Trapp and Bill Campbell, music professors
Friday, Nov. 13
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The Biology of Migration
Matt Halfhill and Amy Blair, Biology professors
Friday, Jan. 29
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Migration in the Americas
Kathy Fox and Cornelio Chaldez, Modern Languages professors, and Bea Jacobson, English professor
Friday, Feb. 26
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Irish and Lithuanian Immigration to the Midwest
Ryan Dye, History and International Education professor, and Randy Richards, Philosophy and Managerial Studies professor
Friday, March 26
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