Next week will be a very busy one, with two evening events at the London Centre, plus our first speaker at Conway Hall: read on for details.
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Bob Conway, “ND London, Cross-Cultural Experience, and Your Global Future”
Monday, 14 November, Conway Hall, 5.30pm
This event launches “CONWAY CONVERSATIONS,” a new series new series of talks, symposia, poetry readings, etc. at Conway Hall Student Activities Centre.
The launch event features Bob Conway himself, who completed an undergraduate degree at Notre Dame before moving on to graduate work at the University of Chicago, international study at the University of Louvain (Belgium), and a sparkling career in international investment banking with Goldman Sachs, which included a 5-year stint teaching in Columbia University’s MBA Program and, most spectacularly, the spearheading of Goldman Sachs’s development into one of the world’s foremost global investment firms.
Bob has served on Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees for the last 21 years and the Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame in England, as well as the Council for the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Board of ND’s Irish Studies Program. Notre Dame awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 2005.
Bob likes to roll his sleeves up and get deeply into the thick of things, so his talk will be on the concise side, with a spirited “conversation” to follow.
Seating is limited so this event is open only to students on the London Undergraduate program. To reserve a seat, students should email Christina Pehlivanos and put “Conway Conversations” in the Subject line (Christina.Pehlivanos.1@nd.edu).
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Wednesday, 16 November. 5.30pm. Room G.07
“Bible: The Story of the King James Version 1611-201”
Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies, University of Leicester
Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of the original publication of the King James Bible, the ‘Authorized Version’ and the single most influential book in English, Professor Gordon Campbell has published a highly acclaimed critical study (with Oxford University Press) of the book’s creation, initial impact, and reception history of the last 400 years. His talk, taking the title from his recent publication, traces the story of the KJV and his own scholarly engagement with this profound history.
University of Notre Dame students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to attend; please email london@nd.edu to book your place.
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Thursday, 17 November 5.45pm
“Alcohol and Violence: A Global Health Crisis”
Kathryn Graham, Senior Scientist and Research Professor, University of Western Ontario
Kathryn Graham’s talk is a highlight in a two-day London Centre seminar on “Alcohol and Affliction” hosted by the Drugs and Addiction National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki (Finland).
University of Notre Dame students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to attend; please email london@nd.edu to book your place.