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Toward a Deeper Understanding of Forgiveness

Conference Schedule

Go To: Wednesday, September 12
       Friday, September 14
       Saturday, September 15
       Tuesday, September 25

 
Wednesday, September 12

7:00 PM

Documentary Film: "Long Night’s Journey Into Day," An account of South Africa’s national Peace and Reconciliation Commission, which provided amnesty to all those willing to fully and publicly confess political crimes committed during apartheid.


Rehm Library, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture

 
Friday, September 14

4:30 PM

Liturgy

Celebrant: Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., President, 
College of the Holy Cross

Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel
7:30 PM Major Speaker 

Donald W. Shriver, Jr., President Emeritus and Professor of Applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, 
"An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics."


Hogan Ballroom

 
Saturday, September 15

9:00 AM

Major Speaker 

Prof. Aaron Lazare, M.D., Chancellor and Dean, University of Massachusetts Medical School
"Apology and Forgiveness"

Hogan Ballroom
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Concurrent Panels

1.   "Forgiveness and the Crimes of Our Ancestors" - PANEL CANCELED


Speaker: Prof. Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Anthropology University of Chicago - UNABLE TO ATTEND
"Abortive Rituals: Historical Apologies in the Global Era." 

Speaker: Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, Lawyer/Activist - UNABLE TO ATTEND 
"Forgiveness and the Question of African American Slave Reparations."

Rehm Library, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture


2.   "Responding to Sexual Violence: Forgiveness Versus Justice, or Forgiveness as Opportunity for Justice?"


Speaker: Rev. Marie Fortune, Center for Prevention of Sexual Violence - UNABLE TO ATTEND
"Forgiveness and Violence Against Women."

Speaker: Prof. Ann Chih Lin, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan 
"Remorse, Rehabilitation, and Criminal Justice."

Speaker: Prof. David Livingston, Mercyhurst College
"Forgiveness as Re-Conciliation: Responding Responsibly to Male Violence."

Hogan Suite A


3.   "The Genesis of Forgiveness"


Speaker: Prof. John Hamilton, Classics, College of the Holy Cross
"Vengeance, Rage, and Reconciliation: Homer and an Ancient Greek Perspective."

Speaker: Prof. Frederick Murphy, Scripture, College of the Holy Cross
"Seventy-times Seven: Forgiveness in the Teaching of Jesus."

Speaker: Prof. Roxanne Euben, Political Theory, Wellesley College
"Reinterpretation and the Politics of Forgivness: the Political Thought of Hannah Arendt."

Hogan 402


4.   "Christian Notions of Forgiveness in Light of the Holocaust"


Speaker: Prof. James Bernauer, S.J., Philosophy, Boston College "After Christendom: The Holocaust and Catholicism’s Current Search for Forgiveness."

Respondents: Prof. Larry Cahoone, Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, and Prof. William Stempsey, S.J., Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross

Hogan 401

Noon Lunch

1:30 PM Interfaith Prayer Service and Blessing of the Rehm Library and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture
2:15 PM Concurrent Panels

1.   "Forgiveness and the Aftermath of Contemporary Crimes Against Humanity" Rescheduled for Nov 8, 2001, 4 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall


Speaker: Marguerite Feitlowitz, Independent Scholar
"Argentina: Forgiveness(?) in the Face of Impunity."

Speaker: Prof. Anita Isaacs, Stinnes Professor of Global Studies Haverford College
"Guatemala and the Challenges of Forgiveness."

Rehm Library, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture

2.   "Psychological and Interpersonal Aspects of Forgiveness"


Speaker: Prof. Catherine Coyle, University of Wisconsin - UNABLE TO ATTEND; PAPER WILL BE READ
"The Psychological Process of Forgiveness."

Speaker: Prof. Mark Freeman, College of the Holy Cross 
"Narrating Forgiveness: Conscious and Unconscious Dimensions."

Hogan 401

3.   "Forgiveness in the Context of Modern Economic and Bureaucratic Structures"


Speaker: Anthony J. Bellia, University of Notre Dame Law School - UNABLE TO ATTEND; PAPER WILL BE READ
"Does the American Legal System Thwart or Encourage Forgiveness?" 

Speaker: Prof. Roberto Rigobon, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Forgiveness and Third World Debt."

Hogan Suite A

4.   "Is America a Forgiving Place?"


Speaker: Prof. Emerita Elise Boulding, Dartmouth College, former Secretary-General, International Peace Research Association
"Is America a Forgiving Place?"

Speaker: Prof. Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
"Remorse, Responsibility, and Forgiveness in Popular Culture: An Analysis of the Film ‘Dead Man Walking.’"

Hogan 402
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM Inter-religious Theological Forum


Speaker: Prof. Edward Yarnold, S.J., Holy Cross/Oxford University
"Christian Theology and Forgiveness."

Speaker: Prof. Solomon Schimmel, Hebrew College
"The Relationship Between Repentance and Forgiveness in Jewish Thought."

Speaker: Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina, University of Virginia - UNABLE TO ATTEND; 
SUBSTITUTE SPEAKER: Mohamed Lazzouni, Director of Interfaith Relations, The Islamic Society of Greater Worcester
"How Shall We Heal? Restoration Through Forgiveness and Compassion."

Rehm Library, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture
5:30 PM Break
8:00 PM Concert of Sacred Music: soloists, orchestra, and schola cantorum

Prof. Eric Culver, Conductor

Mozart, Mass in C Major, K. 220

Mozart, Exultate Jubilate, K. 165

Mozart, Laudate Domino from "Solemn Vespers of a Confessor," K. 339

Works for organ and orchestra featuring the Thomas Appleton Concert Hall Organ


Brooks Concert Hall


The Holy Cross Bookstore currently has on display books authored by the Conference speakers.  They will be available for purchase on Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Tuesday, September 25

Sr. Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Life Story

Co-sponsored by Holy Cross Students for Life, the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, and the President’s Office.


Hogan Ballroon

 

 

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