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ECKERD COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAM

Dr. William Felice Dr. Stephen Weppner

Tentative Spring 2009 schedule can be found here

Honors Schedule – Fall 2008

Sept 3 Overview Student Led Topics -- Discussion

Intellectual Journey

Sept 10 Finalize Planning

Discussion: Appiah, Intro and chs 1-5

Sept 11 Kwame Appiah will lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Fox Hall on themes from his book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers. Kwame Appiah is the Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Prof. Appiah was raised in Ghana and educated at Cambridge University. Required. (CPS event.)

Sept 17 Discussion of Appiah’s presentation and his book Cosmopolitanism

Student Led Discussions:

Sept 24 Speaker: Bob Devin Jones on Langston Hughes.

Oct 1 Student Led Discussions

Oct 2 Faculty/Student Panel: A Response to Appiah’s cosmopolitan ethics from across the disciplines. 7:30 p.m. in Fox Hall. Required. (CPS event.)

Oct 8 Discussion: Sen, chs 1-5

Student Led Discussions:

Oct 15 Visit to Holocaust Museum

Oct 22 Appiah/Sen thesis statements due; Discussion of thesis statements

Student Led Discussions:

Oct 22 Eckerd College Diplomat in Residence Jamsheed Marker will lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Miller Auditorium on “U.S. Foreign Policy and al-Qaeda.” As Ambassador, Marker represented Pakistan, at the United Nations and to ten different countries, including the United States. Required. (CPS event.)

Oct 29 Speaker: Ambassador Jamsheed Marker will discuss U.S. foreign policy, Pakistan, and al-Qaeda, and answer your questions from his 10/22 lecture.

Nov 5 Service Learning

Nov 12 Appiah/Sen papers due; discussion of student papers.

Student Led Discussions:

Nov 19 Photographer Herb Snitzer will discuss his exhibit at the Art Center in downtown St. Petersburg. Meet at the Art Center at 3:30 (719 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg).

Nov 26 No class—Thanksgiving Break

Dec 3 No class—end of semester

Note:All readings assignments should be completed by the dates listed above. In addition, please bring your books to class for the discussions of both Appiah and Sen.