Events

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leading researcher and writer on topics of men and masculinity, Michael Kimmel, will speak at Transylvania University’s William T. Young Campus Center, Tuesday, September 22, at 7 p.m. The lecture, titled “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men,” is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Kimmel is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity, The Politics of Manhood, and his newest book Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men.  His documentary history, Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 (Beacon, 1992), chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country. This “inspiring, path-breaking collection of remarkable documents” (Dissent) was also called “meticulously researched” (Booklist) and a “pioneering volume” which “will serve as an inspirational sourcebook for both women and men.” (Publishers’ Weekly). Kimmel will speak to Transylvania students at two prior sessions on Tuesday. At 11 a.m., he will present “Mars and Venus, or Planet Earth: Women and Men in a New Millennium” in Haggin Auditorium and at 12:30 p.m., he will present “Globalization and its Mal(e) contents: Gender on the Extreme Right” in the faculty/staff lounge. Kimmel’s talks at Transylvania are part of Transy’s collaboration with the Women and Gender Studies program at Eastern Kentucky University and the Gender and Women’s department at the University of Kentucky. Kimmel

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at the Duke Divinity School, will deliver the opening convocation to the Transylvania community on Sunday, September 13, at 7 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium.   His topic, “The Grace of Good Food,” continues the theme of this year’s First Engagements Community Book Project pick, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.  Wirzba pursues research and teaching interests at the intersections of theology, philosophy, ecology, and agrarian and environmental studies. In particular, he focuses on understanding and promoting practices that will equip both rural and urban communities to be more faithful and responsible members of creation. Current projects focus on eating as a spiritual discipline, theological reflection as informed by place and agrarianism as a viable and comprehensive cultural force. Wirzba has published The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age and Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight. He has edited The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land and The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry. He serves as editor for the book series Culture of the Land: A Series in the New Agrarianism, published by the University Press of Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Well-known peace activist Cindy Sheehan will give a talk titled “Myth America” on Saturday, September 12, at 7 p.m. in the Cowgill Center, room 102. A reception will follow. George Ella and Steve Lyon will perform music and poetry before Sheehan’s talk. The event is sponsored by Transylvania student group Progress, and it is free and open to the public, with limited seating. Sheehan is a Gold Star Mother, having lost her son Casey in combat in Iraq. She has spent much of the last six years working against war. She has written six books, met with the president, challenged lawmakers over the Iraq War, made many appearances on national media and has been arrested and jailed for her actions against the Iraq War. Her most cited activities were demonstrations at Camp Casey outside of President George W. Bush’s ranch in Texas.