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Political economist, Patrick Bond is the director of the Centre for Civil Society, and teaches political economy and eco-social policy at the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa. His research interests include economic justice, energy and water, NGO work in urban communities, and global justice movements in several countries.

Bond has authored/edited more than a dozen policy papers of the new South African government between 1994-2002, including Reconstruction and Development Programme, and the RDP White Paper. For information about his current research projects, please visit the Centre for Civil Society website.

Bond was educated at Swarthmore College, Department of Economics, the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, where he received his Ph.D. in 1993.

Events Include:

“Climate Change: What’s Wrong with Carbon Trading”
Tuesday, Sept. 29 1:00pm
Sawyer 427/429
8 Ashburton Place, Boston

“South African Politics in the Zuma Era”
* A reception will proceed this event @6:00pm in the McDermott Conference Room
Wednesday, Sept. 30 7:00pm
Donahue 311
41 Temple Street, Boston

“The Current Crisis and the Future of Capitalism”
A panel discussion with David Tuerck, Chair of Economics & Sebastián Royo, Assoc. Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Thursday, Oct. 1 1:00pm
Sawyer 423
8 Ashburton Place, Boston

“Looting Africa”
A panel discussion with James Carroll, Distinguished Scholar in Residence & Lina Zedriga Waru Abuku, Hunt Alternatives Fund
Friday, Oct. 2 12:00pm
The Poetry Center, Sawyer Library
73 Tremont Street, Boston

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 6:30pm
C. Walsh Theatre 55 Temple Street, Boston

Paul Polak, writer and founder of International Development Enterprises, joins Jasmine Waddell, senior officer for research and learning at Oxfam America, to discuss how entrepreneurial innovations empower those addressing poverty at its roots.

Presented by the Distinguished Visiting Scholars series at the College of Arts & Sciences and the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University.  For more information, please e-mail info@fordhallforum.org or call 617-557-2007.

This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 1:00pm
Sawyer 427/429 8 Ashburton Place, Boston
The Distinguished Visiting Scholar Series presents the panel discussion, “Serving the Other 90%: Practical Ways to Help the Very Poor.”  Featuring Paul Polak, the founder of Colorado-based non-profit International Development Enterprises (IDE) and author of Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail; Stephen Coffey, the owner and President of Thousand Hills Coffee; Sushil Bhatia, Suffolk professor, and inventor; and Gertrude Hewapathirana, Suffolk professor, and expert on female entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka.

Refreshments will be served.  For more information, please contact Lisa Shatz, lshatz@suffolk.edu.

March 26, 2009 1:00pm C.Walsh Theatre

James Carroll has the distinction of being the first participant in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Visiting Scholars program and is now with the College on a permanent basis as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence.

Carroll is an award-winning author and a columnist for the Boston Globe. His novels include Madonna Red, Mortal Friends (New York Times bestseller), Family Trade, Prince of Peace, The City Below, and Secret Father. His memoir, American Requiem: God, My Father and the War that Came Between Us, won the National Book Award in 1996. He has published Constantine’s Sword: the Church and the Jews: A History, which was a New York Times bestseller and listed Best Book of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor, and has since been the subject of Oren Jacoby’s documentary James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword; Toward a New Catholic Church: The Promise of Reform, in response to the Catholic Church abuse scandal; and Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War, a compilation of op-ed pieces written for the Boston Globe since 9/11; and House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power, a history of the Pentagon, was called “the first great non-fiction book of the new millennium” by the Chicago Tribune.

Performed both at the C. Walsh Theatre at Suffolk University and at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Daughter of Venus shows us a family in pain, a mother too fragile to carry the weight of her husband’s desires, and a father and daughter emotionally distant to the point of despair. Sometimes the choices we make (or don’t make) have vast repercussions on our world and the people we love. Daughter of Venus is a co-production with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.  Following the Saturday evening performance on January 24, there was be a “Ground Floor” talk-back with Howard Zinn andBoston Globe columnist and author James Carroll.

Performed both at the C. Walsh Theatre at Suffolk University and at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Daughter of Venus shows us a family in pain, a mother too fragile to carry the weight of her husband’s desires, and a father and daughter emotionally distant to the point of despair. Sometimes the choices we make (or don’t make) have vast repercussions on our world and the people we love. Daughter of Venus is a co-production with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

Special Post-Show Discussion:
Following the Saturday evening performance on January 24, there will be a “Ground Floor” talk-back with Howard Zinn and Boston Globe columnist and author James Carroll.

For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit Boston Playwrights’ Theatre online. Tickets are $25/General Admission - $20/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID). Special Suffolk student rush for $5 available one hour prior to the show, space permitting.

January 22-24, 2009
C. Walsh Theatre
55 Temple Street
Beacon Hill, Boston

January 29-February 8, 2009
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Daughter of Venus
By Howard Zinn
Directed by Wesley Savick

Based in Madrid, Spain, the Flamenco Conservatory Foundation “Casa Patas” was established in 2000 to support the teaching, research and promotion of flamenco in all its art forms: song, guitar playing and dance. The Foundation is a non-profit organization designed to offer semnars, conferences, and classes, in order to provide its students with a full understanding of the art of Flamenco. 

The Foundation will be perfoming on November 24, followed by a class visits on November 25 at Suffolk’s Boston based campus.

New York Times bestselling author, Edward P. Jones has written the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Known World (2003), the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning Lost in the City (1992), and most recently,  All Aunt Hagar’s Children (2006), and is the 2005 MacArthur Fellowship recipient. He also has taught fiction writing at numerous colleges and universities, including Princeton. 

Edward P. Jones is scheduled to visit the College on November 12, 13, & 14, 2008.

A Ford Hall Forum Special  Event Thursday, October 30th, 6:30-8:30pm, C. Walsh Theater : 

Why are intolerance, violence and war so deeply ingrained in religion? Constantine’s Sword, the latest film by Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby, follows James Carroll, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University, Boston Globe columnist, and author of the forthcoming book Practicing Catholic, in his search for answers to this question. Looking to his own past and that of his religion, Carroll addresses the darker side of Christianity and explores the consequences of the religion’s influence on United States foreign policy. In what ways can religion inspire us to be better people? How can it lead us astray? And where do we, as a society, draw the lines between our religion and public life? James Carroll joins us to screen the film and address the blessings and perils of religion.

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Historian, author, and social activist, Howard Zinn has written numerous books including, A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to the Present (2006), A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (2007), and You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (2002). Receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia University under the GI bill, and having served in World War II as an Air Force bombardier, Zinn went onto to teach at Spelman College and Boston University. He has been a visiting professor at several colleges and universities, including the University of Paris and the University of Bologna; and the recipient of such awards as the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award, and the Lannan Literary Award.

Zinn will share his works for the stage with the College, on October 28, November 20-22, & January 22-24.

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