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WORCESTER, Mass. – The following faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross are available for media interviews related to Pope Benedict’s XVI visit to the U.S. from April 15 – 20, 2008, including his address on Catholic education to presidents of Catholic colleges and universities and diocesan education leaders on April 17 at the Catholic University of America.  For more information, or for assistance scheduling an interview, please call Kristine Maloney at 508-793-2419. Experts listed below may also be contacted for comment directly.

Mathew N. Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies; director of the College Honors Program
mschmalz@holycross.edu
508-793-2557 (office)
508-831-7044 (home)
Schmalz specializes in global Catholicism, the Papacy, and Catholicism/culture issues in the U.S.  A frequent media commentator, he has provided expert analysis on a multitude of issues, including the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI, to outlets including the Associated Press, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, U.S. News & World Report, and NPR.

David O’Brien, professor of history; Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies
dobrien@holycross.edu
508- 829-9759 (home)
(available until April 13, 2008)
O’Brien specializes in Catholic social and political thought, the history of American Catholicism, and religion and politics. He can comment on questions regarding the contemporary life and work of the Church in the United States, as well as Catholic intellectual life and Catholic higher education. O’Brien frequently provides expert commentary for the media; he has been quoted in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Catholic Reporter, the Associated Press, and NPR.

Rev. Thomas Worcester, S.J., associate professor of history
tworcest@holycross.edu
508-793-2784 (office)
Fr. Worcester teaches a course on the papacy, and can comment on the history of papal travel to various parts of the world, especially since the 1960s.

Rev. Mario Farrugia, S.J., International Visiting Jesuit Fellow
Theologian, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
mfarrugi@holycross.edu
508-793-3501 (office)
Fr. Farrugia, a Maltese Jesuit, teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the University of Malta, and the Pontifical Theological Faculty in Naples. Specializing in theological anthropology, he is a visiting fellow at Holy Cross this semester, and is currently teaching a course at the College titled “Catholicism in Word and Image.”

William Shea, Director, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture
wshea@holycross.edu
508-793-3735 (office)
Shea is an expert on the history of American religion, with a special interest in evangelical and Catholic relations. He is the author of several articles and books, including most recently Lion and the Lamb: Evangelicals and Catholics in America (Oxford University Press).

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross present the internationally renowned Borromeo String Quartet, on Thursday, April 10 at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Nationally and internationally acclaimed since its debut in 1989, the group includes violinists Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violist Mai Motobuchi, and cellist Yeesun Kim. They will be playing the works of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

The Quartet plays the compositions of several contemporary composers including the world renowned Osvaldo Golijov, Loyola Professor of Music at Holy Cross.

Their repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary pieces, and they perform over 100 concerts across the world each season. Abroad, the group plays in some of the most famous concert halls including the Philharmonie, Casals Halls, the Concertgebouw, Opera Bastille, and Wigmore Hall.  In the U.S. they have performed at Weill Recital Hall, Jordan Hall, the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others.

The Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2007 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and in 2006 the Aaron Copland House created the Borromeo Quartet Award to acknowledge the group’s commitment to contemporary music and annually honor the work of young composers to audiences internationally.  They were also the winners of the Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, the Cleveland Quartet Award, the Ensemble-In-Residence for National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and received the top prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France.

In 2003, the Borromeo made classical music history by starting their own record label, the Living Archive Recorded Performance Series, which allows people to order their music from around the world.  They are presently recording the complete quartets of Bela Bartok.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Environmental Studies Program at the College of the Holy Cross and the Blackstone Collaboratory will host local environmental legend Marion Stoddart. The lecture and trailer viewing for a forthcoming documentary titled “The Work of 1000,” which will chronicle Stoddart’s role in cleaning up the Nashua River, will take place on Wednesday, April 16 from 7 – 9 p.m. in Rehm Library at Holy Cross. Stoddart and Dorie Clark, the director of the film, will be in attendance to speak about the project. The event is free and open to the public.  Free parking is available on campus.

“Marion’s work in cleaning up the Nashua River is an inspiration to citizen activists everywhere,” explains producer Susan Edwards. “This dramatic environmental success story shows that ordinary citizens can make a difference, even when the odds seem impossible.”

The trailer, intended to raise awareness about the project, is the first step in producing a full-length documentary film, which is scheduled for release in spring 2009. The cleanup of the Nashua—once, one of the 10 most polluted rivers in the nation—represents a significant environmental victory in Massachusetts history.

The Nashua River is located in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.  Formed in eastern Worcester County, the Nashua River generally flows north-northeast through Groton, Mass. to Nashua, N.H., where it joins the Merrimack River.  During the colonial period, paper, shoe and textile factories relied on rivers, such as the Nashua, to aid manufacturing by taking water and releasing wastes into the river.  The toxins resulted in the river changing colors almost daily, and becoming one of the most polluted rivers in the U.S.

Realizing the importance of cleaning the river, Stoddart launched her vision in the mid-1960s and formed the Nashua River Clean-Up Committee.  She and her supporters aimed to clean the river and protect the land along its banks.  In 1969, they formed the Nashua River Watershed Association to research and produce a long-range plan to improve the river’s poor conditions.  Today, much of the pollution has been cleaned due to their efforts, the Clean Water Act and the addition of eight new sewage treatment plants.  Stoddart has been honored for her advocacy with a United Nations Award, was featured as a citizen hero by The Today Show, and became the subject of a widely-read children’s book, titled A River Ran Wild (1992) by Lynne Cherry.

For more information about the event, email blackstone@holycross.edu or call 508-793-2456.  To learn more about the film or to donate, please visit www.workof1000.com.

WORCESTER, Mass. – U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, John Ford ’02, Paul Posner, professor of Latin American studies at Clark University, and Jon Niconchuk ’09, will take part in a panel discussion titled “Discovering El Salvador” on April 7 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 519 of the Hogan Campus Center at the College of the Holy Cross. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the congressman’s office, the Office of the College Chaplains, Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), and the Student Government Association (SGA).

McGovern, who has visited Latin America numerous times over the last few decades, and the other participants will share personal stories, discuss U.S. policy, and talk about issues of social justice and human rights that El Salvador has faced and continues to face. The discussion will focus on the past, present and future of the country.

John Ford is the nephew of Ita Ford, a Maryknoll nun killed in El Salvador while working with the poor during the brutal civil war that raged for a decade in the 1980s. She was raped and murdered along with three fellow nuns on Dec. 2, 1980. Ford was born three days before Ita was killed. His family has spent the last 27 years keeping Ita’s memory alive and encouraging Americans to make a commitment to social justice. John has spoken about his aunt at Holy Cross and has spoken and protested at the School of the Americas. He is a corporate lawyer in New York City.

Niconchuk, a Spanish major with a minor in chemistry who is in the premedical program, participated in a chaplains’ office trip to El Salvador, studied abroad in Costa Rica this past summer, and has traveled to Guatemala several times to visit family. He is director of community relations for the SGA.

The event is organized by Katie Clay ’09, a political science and Spanish double major, and Kymberly Cianci, a member of the Class of 2008 at Clark.  They both currently intern at McGovern’s office in Worcester. Their goal is to raise student and community awareness about human rights and social justice issues in Latin America and how the U.S. has impacted the area in the past, and seek ways to improve the situation in the future.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), a student-run community service organization at the College of the Holy Cross, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. SPUD will be marking the anniversary with a breakfast event on Sunday, April 6, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom.

During the breakfast, alumni, students, and several community partners will have an opportunity to talk about the relationship between SPUD and the Worcester community.
The event will begin with remarks from Rev. Michael McFarland, S.J., president of the College; Annette Rafferty, director of Abby’s house, will give the keynote speech; and Pat Clancy ’68 will receive an award for his role as the founder of SPUD. There will be performances by the Nativity School choir and the Delilah’s, an a cappella group at the College.

“Students at Holy Cross have taken this anniversary year as an opportunity to reflect on the relationships we have formed with our neighbors in Worcester and to consider how we can grow in our commitment to solidarity with the most vulnerable among us,” explains Marybeth Kearns-Barrett ‘84, associate chaplain and director of service and social justice at the College. “We have focused on trying to find ways to build on our tradition of service to become women and men committed to social justice for all people.”

SPUD, the largest student organization on campus, was started in 1968 by Clancy as a way to connect college students to the local community and to “create a better Worcester for all of its citizens.” Sponsored by the Office of the College Chaplains, it now consists of over 40 different community outreach programs including social agencies, service programs and schools in the Greater Worcester community. SPUD has over 800 active members — almost a third of the student body. On a weekly basis, students tutor, feed the hungry, and share their skills, but most importantly build relationships with those who are marginalized.

The group has influenced the lives of many. “Without my involvement as a volunteer in SPUD, my entire life would probably be different,” says Sarah Fontaine ’08, a SPUD leader. “Having that weekly contact with those who are materially less fortunate than I has forced me to reevaluate my priorities, my goals, and who I hope to be in the future.”

WORCESTER, Mass. – Marian F. Earls, a member of the class of 1976 and medical director of Guilford Child Health, Inc., a large, non-profit, private pediatric practice in Greensboro, N.C., will deliver the 10th annual Katherine A. Henry ’86 Memorial Lecture titled “Healthcare for Women and Children: Disparities and Advocacy” on Thursday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center, room 304 at the College of the Holy Cross.  The event, sponsored by women’s and gender studies and by the premedical/predental program, is free and open to the public.

“A pioneer at Holy Cross, Dr. Earls has been in the forefront of dealing with maternal and children’s health issues from clinical, community, and policy standpoints, particularly in relation to low-income families,” says Shawn Lisa Maurer, director of women’s and gender studies and organizer of the event. “We are fortunate to have her return to the College to speak about issues that don’t often get enough attention in the broader debates surrounding women’s health.”

Earls received her A.B. in 1976 from Holy Cross, among the first class of women admitted to the College. She and her daughter, Dr. Naomi Earls Leslie ’00, are the College’s first mother-daughter alumnae.

Earls is looking forward to her visit back to campus. “Holy Cross provides an excellent academic and premed preparation,” says Earls. “However, the more important factor for me was the Holy Cross mission to provide an education and environment that prepares a student to be a ‘person for others.’”

Earls earned her master’s of theological studies from Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, and her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her pediatric residency at Moses Cone Hospital (UNC AHEC) in Greensboro.

In addition to holding the title of medial director, she is also a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at Guilford Child Health, Inc. and is an associate clinical professor at the University of North Carolina Medical School.

Vice president of the North Carolina Pediatric Society, Earls has recently been appointed to the Committee on the Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and is the liaison from the AAP to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). She is currently providing technical assistance to five states for the implementation of developmental and behavioral screening and surveillance through a grant titled “Setting the Stage for Success” awarded by the Commonwealth Fund.

The Katherine A. Henry ’86 Memorial Lecture Series, which is focused on women’s health issues, was endowed by Katherine Henry’s parents, in memory of their daughter who died in 1997.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Jeffrey Klaiber, S.J., visiting Jesuit and professor of history at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, will give a presentation titled “The Latin American Church Today: Internal Crises and Challenges for the Future” on Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross.

Fr. Klaiber will be speaking about the emergence of dynamic lay movements in the Latin American church. These movements have been especially evident in Base Ecclesial Communities, adult catechesis, and the theology of liberation. Although Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed these movements when he addressed the bishops of Latin America in Brazil last May, conservative Catholics continue to pose a threat to the new Latin American church. At the same time, Catholics in Latin America are learning positive lessons from the Evangelical churches, due to some promising ecumenical developments.

A native of the mid-west, Fr. Klaiber, has taught at the University of Peru in Lima, for over 30 years. As a teacher and a writer he is interested in religion and politics. He is the author of several books on the Church in South America, including Religion and Revolution in Peru (1977), The Church in Peru (1988), and The Church, Dictatorships, and Democracy in Latin America (1998). He is currently working on a new book on the history of the Jesuits in Latin America.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Lynne Davis, a leading international concert organist will perform on Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. in the Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross.  The event is free, handicap accessible, and open to the public.

As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, the program will feature organ works by J.S. Bach, Georg Boehm, Samuel Scheidt, and Jehan Alain. This concert, as well as the entire 2007-2008 Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, is dedicated to the memory of renowned composer Daniel Pinkham, who died in December of 2006.

Davis graduated with honors from the University of Michigan. Shortly after, she moved to France where she studied with numerous European master organists. For 30 years, Davis remained in France.  She married Pierre Firmin-Didot, founder of the Chartres International Organ Competition. The couple was very involved in the French organ music scene, opening the famous 1992 exhibition and recording of “Les Orgues de Paris.”

Davis’s career began when she won first place at the renowned St. Albans International Organ Competition in England.  From there, she went on to perform at two American Guild of Organist national conventions and participate as a member of international competition juries, concerts, master classes and lectures about French organ history and literature. Her unique living and working experience in France gives her the status of world authority in all French organ repertoire.

Recipient of the “Certificat d’Aptitude de Professeur d’Orgue” delivered by the French government, she was an organ professor at the Conservatory of Music in Clamart, near Paris and worked at the French National Regional Conservatory. In 2006, she was appointed associate professor of organ and holds the Ann & Dennis Ross Endowed Faculty of Distinction chair at Wichita State University School of Music in Kansas. She is also in charge of the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series and directs the Women’s Vocal Ensemble.

Davis performs extensively in both North America and Europe. Her recording, “Musique pour Cathédrales,” won the coveted French 5 Diapasons award. Recently, Davis’ recorded “Lynne Davis en Concert” on the world-renowned Cavaillé-Coll organ at the church of St. Etienne in Caen, France.

Pinkham, one of America’s most active and most-performed composers, taught at New England Conservatory from 1958 until 2000.  In addition to composing, he was an organist, harpsichordist, conductor, pioneer in the early music movement, and longtime music director at Boston’s historic King’s Chapel. With an A.B. and an M.A from Harvard University, his scholarship and work were recognized with a Fulbright Fellowship in 1950 and a Ford Foundation Fellowship in 1962. He received six honorary degrees: New England Conservatory, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Adrian College, Westminster Choir College, Ithaca College, and the Boston Conservatory.

WORCESTER, Mass. – A student group, Multiethnic Identity Xploration (MIX), at the College of the Holy Cross is hosting the annual MIX Bone Marrow Banquet and Drive on Sunday, April 6 from 6-8 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. Students, faculty, staff, and residents of the Worcester community are invited to help people in need by finding out if they are a match for different types of transplants. Tickets to the banquet are $7 for the Holy Cross Community, $8 for Worcester Consortium members, and $10 for the general public. Tickets are available March 31 – April 4 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Hogan Campus Center; tickets can also be purchased at the door. Please bring insurance card for verification. Proceeds will benefit the Caitlin Raymond International Registry of Worcester (CRIR) and the MAVIN Foundation.

“This year’s theme is superheros,” says Melandy Catalino ‘10, co-chair of MIX and organizer of the event. “We picked superheroes to let people know they can save lives by coming to our banquet to learn about this procedure.”

Jeanette Colón, a donor services recruitment specialist at CRIR will be the keynote speaker at the event. Volunteers will enjoy a buffet-style dinner and a live concert by Fools on the Hill, a Holy Cross a cappella group. In order to find out if a volunteer’s bone marrow is a match, trained professionals will take a cotton swab test from the inside of the cheek.

Representatives from CRIR, who help find matches for various kinds of transplants, will be on hand to educate people about the bone marrow transplant process. Bone marrow transplants are one of the few based on ethnicity, people from multi-ethnic backgrounds have more difficulty finding matches.

“This is because racial minorities and mixed race donors are under-represented on the National Marrow Donor Program’s registry,” says Catalino. “Because people are most likely to find a marrow match with someone of the same racial or ethnic background, it is extremely important to diversify the registry.”

Multiethnic Identity Xploration (MIX) is a Holy Cross student organization whose mission is to provide resources for students and members of the Worcester Community who deal with bi/multi-ethnic issues.  Through events, programs and speakers, MIX is dedicated to helping people of multi-ethnic backgrounds appreciate their entire heritage.

CRIR, a non profit organization of the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, is a pioneer in the establishment of procedures and practices for donor searches, and is the oldest coordinating center for bone marrow in the U.S.

The MAVIN Foundation promotes healthy communities that celebrate and empower mixed heritage people and families. Their MatchMaker program is dedicated to mixed-race bone marrow donor recruitment, and to educating the public about the transplant procedure and the critical need for minority donors.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will hold the 37th Classics Day on Thursday, April 2. The day-long series of events relating to the study of Roman culture is designed to familiarize students with the Holy Cross classics departments, its faculty, and current students.

This year, more than 500 students from 19 high schools all over New England have registered for the event. Participants include Acton-Boxborough High School, Arlington Catholic High School, Boston College High School, Classical High School (Providence, RI), Coyle Cassidy High School (Taunton, MA), Doherty High School (Worcester), Holyoke High School, Hopkington High School, Littleton High School, Lunenburg High School, Newman School, Northbridge High School, Portsmouth Abbey School (RI), Shrewsbury High School, St. Sebastian’s, Wachusett Regional High School, Walpole High School, Westborough High School, and Worcester Academy.

The schedule of events is as follows:

• Registration
  9 – 9:30 a.m., Hogan 3rd Floor Lobby Area
• Welcoming Address
  9:30 – 9:45 a.m., Hogan Ballroom
• Upper and Lower Divisions Certamen
• 10 – 11 a.m., rooms will be assigned
  Certamen is Latin for “competition.” Student teams will compete College Bowl style, answering questions concerning Roman history, mythology, culture and the Latin language.
• Costume Contest
  10 – 11 a.m., Hogan Ballroom
• Chariot Race
  11 – 11:30 a.m., Hart Center
  Student teams build their own chariots. Each team consists of a rider and student “horses.”
• Lunch
  11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Kimball Dining Hall
• Final Round Certamen
  12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Hogan Ballroom
• Awards  Presentation
  1:30 – 1:45 p.m., Hogan Ballroom

WORCESTER, Mass. – Four-hundred students, staff, and faculty at the College of the Holy Cross have volunteered for the 11th annual Holy Cross Cares Day — the biggest turn out in the history of the event.  The event will take place Saturday, March 29 beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. Volunteers will be going to 20 different sites in Worcester including Refugee Apostolate, Shephard’s Place, Burncoat High School, Abby’s House, Crompton Park, the South Worcester Neighborhood Center and the Rape Crisis Center.

Showing their appreciation for the Worcester community, volunteers will spend the day performing service-oriented activities, including painting at several Worcester community centers, raking vacant lots, picking up trash and spending time with young people and families who are homeless.

Registration and breakfast is from 7:30 – 9 a.m. in the Hogan Ballroom. The keynote speaker will be Melissa Zangari ’06, the assistant director of the Nativity School in Worcester. Her presentation will be followed by a blessing, given by Rev. Michael McFarland, S.J., president of the College.  Volunteers will work at the various sites from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Participants will arrive back at the College for lunch.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will host a conference titled “Art, Creativity, and Spirituality in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov,” at which scholars from around the world will discuss the last book written by the great Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky.  It will take place April 10-12 at the College and at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Mass. Registration is free for members of the Holy Cross community (faculty, students, alumni). For the general public, lectures taking place on the Holy Cross campus are free.  To attend the entire conference there is a fee of $75, which includes access to the lectures, refreshments, a concert ticket (The Borromeo String quartet), and transportation to and from the Museum of Russian Icons. To register for the event contact Patricia Hinchliffe, at the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture.

Sigmund Freud called The Brothers Karamazov “the best novel ever written,” and for over a century it has been widely read and hotly debated.

“The goal of the conference is to critically consider Dostoevsky’s affirmation of human life, creativity, and spirituality,” explains Predrag Cicovacki, professor of philosophy at Holy Cross and the conference organizer.  “Dostoevsky’s goal (with the book) was not negative but positive. He wanted to establish a positive outlook, which would reaffirm our spiritual and religious tradition and deepen our appreciation for art and human creativity.”

List of speakers and events

Thursday, April 10

1:00-1:15 p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Opening ceremony
Welcoming address by Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president of the College and
opening remarks by Predrag Cicovacki, professor of philosophy at Holy Cross and the conference organizer.

1:15-3:15 p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Presentations
“Once More about Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov” by Robert L. Jackson, professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literatures at Yale University.

“Friendly Persuasions, Divine Conversations” by Robin Feuer Miller, professor of humanities and professor of Russian and comparative literature at Brandeis University.

3:30-5:30, p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Presentations
“Dialogue and Pseudo-Dialogue in The Brothers Karamazov” by Horst-Jürgen Gerigk, professor emeritus of Russian and comparative literature at Heidelberg University in Germany.

“Islamic Motifs in The Brothers Karamazov: Poetic Transformations of History” by
Diane Oenning Thompson, affiliated lecturer of Slavonic studies at the University of Cambridge in England.

6:15-7:45 p.m., Hogan Suites B & C
Dinner for the Conference Participants and Guests
Welcoming remarks by Timothy R. Austin, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College at Holy Cross.

8-9:30 p.m., Brooks Concert Hall
The Borromeo String Quartet
Program: Tchaikovsky, Beethoven

Friday, April 11

8:30-10:30 a.m. Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Presentations
“Ivan’s Devil as Merchant’s Wife: An Incarnational Ideal” by Deborah A Martinsen, president of the International Dostoevsky Society, and associate dean of the core curriculum at Columbia University.

“From the Great Sinner to the Grand Inquisitor” by Jacques Catteau, professeur émérite de langue et littérature slaves at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne in Paris, France.

10:45-11:45 a.m. Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Presentation
“Confession in The Brothers Karamazov” by Julian W. Connolly, professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Virginia.

12-1:45 p.m., Browsing Room, Dinand Library
Lunch and Exhibition of Books by the Conference Participants

2-2:30 p.m. (Bus departure from Hogan 3)
Trip to the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union Street, Clinton, MA

2:30-3 p.m.
Museum Tour
Continuation of the conference, in the Museum of Russian Icons.

3-5 p.m.
Presentations
“The Practices of Mercy in The Brothers Karamazov” by Ruben Apressyan, head of the department of ethics at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences and
professor of ethics at Lomonosov State University in Moscow, Russia.

“The Politics of Love in The Brothers Karamazov” by Maria Granik, professor of philosophy at Holy Cross.

5:10-6:10 p.m.
Presentation
“Dostoevsky’s Anthropology and Meta-Anthropology in The Brothers Karamazov” by
Sergey S. Horujy, member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and honorary professor of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and chair of the Institute for Synergetic Anthropology in Moscow, Russia.

6:15-7:45 p.m.
Dinner at the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, Mass.

8 p.m.
Bus transportation from Clinton to the Hilton Hotel and to Holy Cross.

Saturday, April 12

8:30-10:30 a.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Presentations
“The Tragic Hymn to Life: Dostoevsky’s Philosophy of Life” by Evgenia V. Cherkasova, professor of philosophy at Suffolk University.

“Brothers Karamazov the Opera” by Caryl Emerson, professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Princeton University.

10:45-12:45 p.m.
Presentations
“Incarnational Realism in The Brothers Karamazov” by Paul J. Contino, editor of Christianity and Literature, professor of great books and associate director of the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine University.

“Distortion and Transformation of Biblical Quotes in The Brothers Karamazov as a Means to Activate Their Original Meaning” by Olga Meerson, professor of Slavic languages at Georgetown University.

2-3 p.m.
Presentations
“Manipulative Sequencing in The Brothers Karamazov” by Robert Belknap, professor emeritus of Slavic languages and director in university seminars at Columbia University.

3 p.m.
Closing Remarks by Predrag Cicovacki, professor of philosophy at Holy Cross and conference organizer.

This conference is co-sponsored by the following Holy Cross offices: The Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture; the Office of the Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs; the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies; the Modern Language Department – Russian; and the Student Government Association.