Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program

The Gothic Image at the Villa Diodati: Frankenstein and The Vampyre.
2018-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | David Boren Hall (Honors College) Room #180, 1300 S. Asp St., Norman, OK, 73072, United States
February 16, 2018 | 4-5pm
OSLEP Public Event

University of Oklahoma, Norman campus
David Boren Hall (Honors College) Room #180
1300 S. Asp St.
Dr. Jerry Hogle, University of Arizona
Many are well aware that Mary Shelley’s and John Polidori’s 1818-19 novels — hugely influential on “Gothic monster” fiction-making ever since — came out of a gathering of writers at the Villa Diodati (rented by Lord Byron) on the shores of Lake Geneva during the Summer of 1816. What is less well known is exactly what both novels took from precisely what was read and discussed by the Diodati party throughout those summer months. This illustrated talk argues that it was more than just bits of content that these novels took from what that gathering perused; the very nature and symbolic capacity of the monster-figures themselves in both books (and hence their influence since) come from the sense of the Gothic image that Shelley and Polidori took in during that stormy summer from the discussions and readings that kept taking place throughout that June, July, and August.

Monkey Love and Duck Grief: An Anthropologist's Perspective on Animal Emotions
2017-10-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | OK
Noon, Thursday, October 12, 2017
Free Public Lecture
University of Oklahoma
JJRhyne Community Room
Zarrow Hall
Barbara J. King, University of Notre Dame
This is co-sponsored by the Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program and The Anthropology Graduate Student Association.

Greek Filmmaker Olga Malea
2015-11-09 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | OK
Thursday, November 9 in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union
6 pm reception
7 pm screening of The Cow’s Orgasm
The reception is sponsored by the OU Office for Student Affairs. The screening is sponsored by the Film and Media Studies program and the Union Programming Board.

Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J.
2015-10-31 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | OK
Saturday October 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm in Pegasus Theatre, University of Central Oklahoma campus
The death penalty is one of the great moral issues facing our country, yet most people rarely think about it and very few of us take the time to delve deeply enough into this issue to be able to make an informed decision about it. Sister Helen will speak on her work, through the Ministry Against the Death Penalty.
For more information about Sister Prejean and her work go to http://www.sisterhelen.org/

Is Money All There Is?: Other Aspects of Life in Adam Smith's Free Market
2015-02-12 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | OK
Thursday February 19, 2015 at 7 pm in the Community Room (LL118) of Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma
Jack Weinstein, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
Adam Smith is the father of modern economics and has become a symbol of the conservative and libertarian belief that the free-market can resolve all disputes. He has also been used to justify greed, significant income inequality, and limited government. Are these accurate descriptions of his work? Did Adam Smith really think that money and competition are the be-all and end-all of life? This discussion will look at Smith’s writing in context and show that modern economists and politicians portray him incorrectly. It will emphasize that Smith offers a rich mix of philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, and psychology that can help guide moral, political, and economic inquiry for the 21st century.
Find out more about Jack at: http://www.jackrussellweinstein.com/
