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Conference on Islam - Preaching Peace and Co-existence in a Multicultural Society - Siraj Wahhaj
3:15 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Siraj Wahhaj is a Muslim activist, leading a community-based anti-drug campaign in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn which forced the closure of 15 drug houses. Once a minister for the Nation of Islam in the early 70s, he converted to mainstream Islam. He is the founder and Imam of Masjid At-Taqwa in Brooklyn, and is currently serving as the elected leader of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA). He has also served on the executive board of the Islamic Society of North America.

Conference on Islam - In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Journey through the Muslim World (A slideshow presentation) - Peter Sanders
10:15 AM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Peter Sanders is a professional photographer and director of the Peter Sanders Photographic Library, London, established 1986 because of the lack of high quality photographs of the Islamic World appearing in the media. He has traveled extensively and his collection includes photos from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, India, the U.S.A., Sudan, Jordan and Jerusalem. His professional career in photography began during the mid-sixties where he photographed most of the major stars in the music business including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, The Rolling Stones etc. His photography has appeared in many commercial publications, as well as in books on Islam, including Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam) publications.

Conference on Islam - Islam, World Peace, and September 11th - Dr. Jamal Badawi
7:45 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Dr. Jamal Badawi, born in Egypt, is a professor of Management at Saint Mary University in Halifax, where he teaches a course on Islamic religious tradition. Dr. Badawi has also taught a course on Islam at Stanford University and gave a series of lectures on the Quran at Oxford University (UK). He has authored several books and articles on Islam and designed and participated in the production of nearly 350 half-hour segments of a television series on Islam. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim dialogues, a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Fiqh Council, and the director of the Islamic Information Foundation in Halifax, Canada, a nonprofit educational foundation.

Conference on Islam - Islam, Bosnia and Migration - Part I - Aras Konjhodzic
7:45 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Aras Konjhodzic was born in Bosnia, moved to Turkey and later lived in Serbia where he became the President of the Muslim Youth Organization and an Executive Member of the Islamic Community of Serbia. When war broke out in Bosnia, he actively helped the refugees and orphans. This is the first part of a 3-part series on Bosnian culture and politics.

Annual Charles Mulford Lecture in Sociology - Control Theory and the Limits of the Criminal Sanction
8:00 PM – 1414 Molecular Biology Building - Michael R. Gottredson is Executive Vice Chancellor and Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. His research and teaching specialties are crime and the criminal justice system. He is the author of several books, including Personal Liberty and Community Safety; The Generality of Deviance; and A General Theory of Crime. He has published numerous articles in the professional literature about the causes of crime and crime policy. He has frequently consulted with state, county and federal governments concerning criminal justice policy.Dr. Gottfredson has served as the Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center, a private not-for-profit corporation in New York, and on the board of directors for The Parent Connection in Tucson and for the Crime and Justice Research Center in Philadelphia.

Women’s History Month - Humor and Creativity in Women's Lives
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Barreca is editor of The Penguin Book of Womens Humor, and the author of numerous books including Sweet Revenge: The Wicked Delights of Getting Even, Fay Weldons Wicked Fictions, Perfect Husbands (and Other Fairy Tales), They Used to Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted, and Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful. She is a professor of English Literature and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, and writes a monthly column for "The Chicago Tribune," a weekly column for "The Hartford Courant." She received her B.A. from Dartmouth College, an M.A. from Cambridge University, where she was a Reynolds Fellow, and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York.

RESCHEDULED!!! - The Fundamental Violation of Human Rights in the Sudan - John Garang de Mabior
12:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union * 3 p.m. Reception, Cardinal Room - John Garang de Mabior is the founding member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement(SPLM) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). He has been the Chairman of the SPLM and Commander-in - Chief of SPLA since their inception 1983. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Sudanese Opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He was born in Southern Sudan in June 1945.He moved to USA and earned a Bachelor of Science in 1971 from Grinnel College, and a doctorate from Iowa State University in 1981. In the same year he wasawarded the Gamma Sigma Honor Award for significant contributions to agricultural science. He has completed considerable research in the area of economic development in Southern Sudan. He previously served as Deputy Director of Military Research Branch in the Sudan Army General headquarters in Khartoum. The Sudanese civil war between the mainly Christian and animist south and the Muslim north has claimed more than two million lives since it began in 1983.

Annual Msgr. James Supple Lecture - A Reluctant Heretic: Jovinian and the Early Christian Debate on Marriage - David G. Hunter
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - David G. Hunter, Professor of Religious Studies, holds the Monsignor James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Dr. Hunter received a doctorate in theology from the University of Notre Dame (1986). For fifteen years Hunter taught at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has published several books including Marriage in the Early Church and Augustine, Marriage and Virginity.

What's the Matter with Marriage? Some Early Christian Answers - Elizabeth A. Clark
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Elizabeth A. Clark is John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Religion at Duke University and the author of several books, including The Origenist Controversy and Reading Renunciation. She is the past president of the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the North American Patristics Society. She is the coeditor of the Journal of Early Christian Studies. She will discuss early Christian perspectives on sexuality, marriage, and family.

OWI: A Powerful Lesson - Mark Sterner
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mark Sterner was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity at a college in Rhode Island when he and four fraternity brothers took off for spring break. They took along their video camera to capture their trip to Florida. On the final night of the break, with an intoxicated Mark at the wheel, the five men were in a fatal accident. Three of the men were killed. The video camera was rolling until 15 minutes before the accident. In addition to suffering serious injuries, Mark was sentenced to 23 months in a Florida prison for three felony counts. While serving his time, he spoke to over 100,000 students. Upon his release he began to speak nationwide about the dangers of drinking and driving and poor decision- making. He will be showing the video taken the night of the accident.