The Iran nuclear deal has stirred much debate and controversy in the United States over the last two months. Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Emad Kiyaei, two Iranians, teamed up to shed light on the nuclear deal and Iran’s perspective on the global landscape.
“Turkey: Model for the Middle East?” is the 2013 theme for Week Eight, and the Interfaith Lecture theme is “Turkey: Crossroads of Many Faiths.”
Slightly larger than the state of Texas, Turkey occupies a key geopolitical position in terms of energy and trade, and it has played an essential role in the history of the Western world.
Ninety-seven percent of Turkey’s territory is in Asia and three percent is in Europe, placing it at the crossroads of the two continents, strategically controlling the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, which link the Black and Aegean seas. A large portion of its southern coastline borders the Mediterranean Sea.
Chautauqua President Tom Becker sees the location of Turkey as a measure of its utmost importance.
Director of Education and Youth Services Sherra Babcock spoke on the topic “Deepening Chautauqua’s Educational Impact” at the Week Eight Chautauqua Institution Trustees Porch Discussion.
The weekly topical discussions are held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays on the Hultquist Center porch.
Before opening up the discussion, Babcock gave an overview of programs that fall under the responsibility of the Department of Education and Youth Services.
In their penultimate week this season, Children’s School is getting down and dirty with an “ooey gooey” theme. Three-, 4- and 5-year-olds will explore their tactile sense while having fun and making art.
In the Red and Green rooms, 3-year-olds will explore artistic mediums, turning from paint to much squishier, foamier, bubblier forms of expression. They will make prints using slices of fruits and vegetables and marble shaving cream and use corn starch goo to paint. Experimentation with color blending will also include shaving cream, and a chance to play with slime.
The Very Rev. Tracey Lind will be the Chautauqua chaplain for Week Eight. She will speak at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday Service of Worship and Sermon in the Amphitheater, on the topic “When God Pitches a Tent.” Later on Sunday, Lind will share her faith journey at the 5 p.m. Vespers in the Hall of Philosophy, and then will preach at 9:15 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Devotional Hour. Her topics will include “Busting the Myths of Scarcity,” “Family Values,” “Love Your Enemies,” “Was Jesus a Radical?” and “Keeping Sabbath.”
Since 2000, Lind has served as dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and her Master of Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati.
Individuals and movements that were at one time considered radical have shaped the course of history in politics, religion, philosophy, arts, literature and science. This week, Chautauqua’s 10:45 a.m. Amphitheater lecture platform examines different definitions of radicalism, its history at home and abroad, and how the meaning of radicalism differs throughout the world.
Opening the week is Carlin Romano, critic-at-large at The Chronicle of Higher Education, literary critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer and instructor of media theory and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of America the Philosophical. In 2006, Romano was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, cited by the Pulitzer Board “for bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics.”
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