Curtis J. Evans, assistant professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School, delivers this lecture as part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Studies Series.

Daniel Chowning, O.C.D., a Carmelite writer, lecturer and retreat leader, delivers a lecture about Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Carmelite nun and writer who lived from 1880 to 1906 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984.

Daniel Chowning, O.C.D., a Carmelite writer, lecturer and retreat leader, delivers a lecture about Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Carmelite nun and writer who lived from 1880 to 1906 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984.

Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Churchs teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship.

Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Churchs teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship.

"A growing number of 20- and 30-somethings have come to view living alone as a key part of the transition to adulthood," says NYU sociology professor Eric Klinenberg, editor of the journal Public Culture, and author of the forthcoming book Alone in America. Klinenberg traces the history and sociology of solitary living in urban America, from the days of immigrant boarding houses at the turn of the 20th century, to today, when 40 percent of unmarried people ages 20 to 29 live away from their parents.

"A growing number of 20- and 30-somethings have come to view living alone as a key part of the transition to adulthood," says NYU sociology professor Eric Klinenberg, editor of the journal Public Culture, and author of the forthcoming book Alone in America. Klinenberg traces the history and sociology of solitary living in urban America, from the days of immigrant boarding houses at the turn of the 20th century, to today, when 40 percent of unmarried people ages 20 to 29 live away from their parents.

Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dantes Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 14" with Adoyo Owuor, teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian.

Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dantes Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 14" with Adoyo Owuor, teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian.

Nancy Abelmann, the Harry E. Preble Professor of Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, talks about her book, The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problem of Segregation, an ethnographic study of the tensions between the ideals of higher education and the experiences of Korean American undergraduates at the University of Illinois.