Open VISIONS Forum - 2009-10 Schedule

Inspired Minds = Engaged Community

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: Jean ClottesJean Clottes

Pre-eminent archaeologist and internationally acclaimed expert on painted cave art.

The Cave Paintings of Chauvet

Community Partner: Fairfield Museum and History Center
Collegial Partner: Art History, Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: Campbell BrownCampbell Brown

CNN anchor

Behind the Headlines: In Front of the News

Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: Khaled HosseiniThe Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture

Khaled Hosseini

International acclaimed best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

The Voices of Afghanistan

Collegial Partner: Office of the Dean of Freshmen

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: Junot DiazJunot Díaz

Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

An Evening with Junot Díaz (LA)

Collegial Partner: Program in Latin American Studies


Monday, November, 9, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: Niall FergusonNiall Ferguson

Best-selling author of The War of the World and The Ascent of Money. Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

The Ascent of Money

Funded in part by the Patrick J. Waide, Jr. Fund for Ethics and Public Policy

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8 p.m.

Image: Christopher DoddChristopher Dodd

United States Senator, Conn.

The Future of US Latin American Relations

Free and open to the public

Collegial Partner: Program in Latin American Studies


Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 - 8 p.m.

Image: David Plouffe David Plouffe

Campaign manager for Barack Obama

The Audacity to Win

Note: Barone Campus Center Oak Room For tickets for this event only, call (203) 254-4110. Admission: $15

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 8 p.m.

The Ignatian Lecture

Image: Christopher Hitchens and John F. HaughtChristopher Hitchens

Journalist, literary critic and best-selling author of God is Not Great

and

John F. Haught

Senior Fellow, Science & Religion, Woodstock Theological Center of Georgetown University

The Question of God

Community Partner: Westport Magazine/Moffly Media

To purchase tickets, call the Regina A. Quick Center Box Office at (203) 254-4010 or toll free 1-877-ARTS-396 (1-877-278-7396).
Ticket prices: $45.

Buy Tickets

Purchase all six lectures and receive a 10% discount off the regular, full ticket price. Deadline for advance orders with priority seating from Sponsors, Patrons, Friends, Contributors, and renewing season subscribers is July 10, 2009. Single tickets and new subscriptions go on sale July 31, 2009. For corporate and patron circle memberships contact Elizabeth Hastings at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2688.

Sponsored in part by:

Image: Sponsors

Photo credits: Díaz - Lily Oel; Hitchens - Christian Witkin; Hosseini - John Dolan

The Fairfield University community has selected three areas of focus for major academic and cultural enrichment programming for the 2009-2010 academic year. The areas are Latin America: Images, Dialogue and Action, The Romeo and Juliet Project, and Communities in Action: A Year of Activism. Each area of focus links back to Fairfield University's strategic priorities related to diversity and global citizenship. Activities listed in this publication relating to the area are designated with the following symbols:

LA Latin America: Images, Dialogue, and Action

RJ The Romeo and Juliet Project

CA Communities in Action: A Year of Activism