The Last Good Book I Read Colloquium

 
Start the fall semester at Rockland Community College with this free provocative September 10 discussion of The Honor Code, How Moral Revolutions Happen, written by Kwame Anthony Appiah. Professor Reamy Jansen will lead this discussion about morality,  honor, and their connection to historic practices such as the British duel, Chinese foot binding, and the Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as contemporary “honor” killings.

Sponsored by Rockland Community College’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), this series is coordinated by Dr. David Lucander to be rewarding and enlightening, a sharing of knowledge through discussion of recent readings by RCC faculty representing a diverse range of academic disciplines.

Monday, September 10 (3-4 pm)
The Honor Code, How Moral Revolutions Happen  by Kwame Anthony Appiah – led by Reamy Jansen
Technology Center - Room 8322
RSVP to laaron@sunyrockland.edu or 574-4705

Thursday, October 4 (3-4 pm)
Nada by Carmen Laforet – led by Vanessa Lago Barros
Cultural Arts Center - Faculty Staff Dining Room
RSVP vlagobar@sunyrockland.edu
Refreshments served

Wednesday, November 7, (2-3 pm)
Drown by Junot Diaz – led by Rob Fuentes
Technology Center - Room 8322
RSVP to laaron@sunyrockland.edu or 574-4705

The session on Thursday, October 4, is presented in conjunction with RCC’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and includes refreshments. Nada is a brilliant depiction of life during the early days of the Franco regime and considered one of the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain.

A discussion of Drown, by Junot Diaz will be led by Rob Fuentes on November 7. The book is a collection of stories about the life-changing experiences of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, one of the fastest-growing populations in Rockland County.

For more information about Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Programs please contact Lynn Aaron at:laaron@sunyrockland.edu or 845-574-4705