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Is Consent Enough?

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April 8, 2025

7:00pm ET

Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall

Rethinking Love, Sex, and Relationships

A catered dinner from Manakeesh will be provided.

SPEAKERS:

MODERATOR:

Christine Emba

Staff Writer; CES Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins AY 2024-25

Johns Hopkins University

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MODERATOR:

Vera Ludwig

Founding Director of the Human Sexuality and Well-Being Project at the Positive Psychology Center

University of Pennsylvania

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MODERATOR:

Anna Moreland

Anne Quinn Welsh Endowed Chair, Director, University Honors Program; Professor, Humanities Department

Villanova University

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Making Life Meaningful (When Life is Mediocre)

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November 18, 2024

7:00pm ET

Penn Newman Center

A dialogue about what the classic, philosophy, and ancient religion traditions have to tell us about how to live a flourishing life. Featuring Dr. Jed Atkins, the inaugural director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership at the University of North Caroline and Dr. Peter Struck, Professor and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dinner from Han Dynasty provided

SPEAKERS:

MODERATOR:

Jed Atkins

Director and Dean; Professor of Civic Life and Leadership

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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MODERATOR:

Hyniff Collins

Undergraduate Student (2026)

University of Pennsylvania

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Peter Struck

Professor and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

University of Pennsylvania

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Disciplining the Soul

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April 16, 2024

7:00pm ET

Claire Fagin Hall Auditorium

A Priest and Shaykh Discuss the Perfection of the Spiritual Life

A free dinner conversation with Rev. David Friel and Shaykh Mohamud Awil Mohamed on what the Christian and Muslim traditions teach us about the role of self-abnegation and self-discipline in seeking spiritual perfection.

SPEAKERS:

MODERATOR:

Rev. David Friel

Director of the Vocation Office for Diocesan Priesthood

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary

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Shaykh Mohamud Awil Mohamed

Ph.D. Student in History

University of Pennsylvania

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