THE MILL PRESENTS: THE MILL FACULTY LECTURE SERIES:
“The Mill is a diverse group of creative students committed to enhancing the social climate at Trinity College. As a group representing the myriad of social niches on campus, we actively seek new opportunities to promote themes of creativity, innovation and passion. The goal is to unify a vibrant and eclectic student body and improve social culture by fostering the student arts. As a venue, theMill enables creative expression, artistic collaboration and innovative thought.” On Jan 29th, Prof John Alcorn delivered the first lecture on the legalization of drugs. Professors Markle and Seidman of the History Dept. are scheduled to give lectures on their research in April. Mark your calendars!

For more information go HERE and The Mill The Blog.

Schedule of Lectures:

Tues Jan 29 – John Alcorn and Forrest Robinette ’16: “Should We Legalize Drugs?: A Student-Faculty Debate with Open Discussion”;

Thur Jan 31 – Scott Smedley: “CSI (Compost Scene Investigation): Citizen Scientists Making Discoveries about Backyard Scavengers”;

Tues Feb 5 – Barry Schaller: “After the Wars: Combat PTSD, Veterans, and the Courts” (5pm);

Thur Feb 7 – Meredith Safran: “Lost on Pandora’s Island: The Influence of the Greek Myth on ABC’s Lost”;

Tues Feb 12 – Michael Burke: “The Downtown Performing Arts Scene in NYC and His Personal Experience as an Artist”

Thurs Feb 14 – Sheila Fisher, Kent Dunlap, Meredith Safran and Dina Anselmi: “Valentine’s Day: On Love”

Tues Feb 19 – Mel McCombie: “Egypt After the Revolution: A Fulbright Scholar’s Experience”

Thur Feb 21 – Mark Silk and Frank Kirkpatrick: “Religion in American Politics”

Tues Feb 26 – Jim Trostle: “Better Than Well: Study Drugs and Performance Enhancement”

Thur Feb 28 – Barry Kosmin: “Political Secularism in a Global Context”

Tues Mar 5 – James Wen: “The Institutional Barriers for Chinese Farmers to Share Agglomeration Effect”

Thur Mar 7 – Tennyson O’Donnell: “Aloha. Welcome to Hawai’i. Don’t Forget to Go Home.”

Tues Mar 12 – Seth Sanders on Music

Thur Mar 14 – Daniel Wang (Topic TBA)

Tues Mar 26 – Michael Fotos: “Explaining the Crisis in American National Government”

Thur Mar 28 – Drew Hyland: “The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts: Athletics and Education”

Mon Apr 1 – Seth Markle – “Dirty Ass Loops! Madlib, Zambian Psychedelic Rock, and the Making of Beat Konducta in Africa”

Wed Apr 3 / 10 – Ciaran Berry: Student and Faculty Poetry Reading

Thur Apr 4 – Alex Jacky on “Ink, Blood, and Citizenship: Mara Salvatrucha Tattoos and the Construction of the Mara Nation”

Tues Apr 9 – Derek Seidman (Topic TBA)

Thur Apr 11 – A Conversation on Syria with the House of Peace

Tues Apr 16 – Bill Church: “The Aging of America: A Looming Crisis in Health Care – Have the First Shots of a Generational War Already Been Fired?”

Thur April 18 – Jonathan Gourley: “Why the Global Warming Debate is Over and What Happens Next”

Tues Apr 23 – Theresa Morris Presenting on Research Relating to Birth and Reproduction

Thur Apr 25 – Andrew Walsh: “Trinity and Hartford”

Tues Apr 30 – Dan Mrozowski: “Contemporary Detective Fiction & The Crime of Masculinity”

Thur May 2 – Janet Bauer: “Why We Hate Iran”