SYMPOSIUMS
In furtherance of the mission of Shorter College, "to provide quality higher education, enabling and encouraging student commitment to active life-long learning, personal spiritual values, responsible citizenship, and community and societal leadership in a global context" the Department of History, Political Science and International Studies began sponsoring an academic program of speakers on a variety of topics within its fields of study in 2007. These events provide our students with an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss topics of exceptional academic significance with scholars from beyond our campus. They also expose Shorter students to the type of scholarly presentation and discussion that is common within the academy.
The History and Political Science Symposium at Shorter College is open to students from neighboring campuses and everyone in the greater Rome community, all of whom are invited to attend. The program typically consists of a panel of three scholars, each of whom makes a presentation on that year's topic followed by response and comment and finally audience questions. In its first year the Symposium attracted a large crowd of approximately 300 persons to the campus of Shorter College. It is our hope that we can replicate and surpass that record in this and future years.
HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
SYMPOSIUM 2008
TERRORISM
A Public Program Sponsored by
The Department of History, Political Science and International Studies,
Eta Pi Sigma, and Shorter College
7:30- 9:30 pm Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Brookes Chapel
on the campus of Shorter College
Introduction
Whether for good or ill, since the events of September 11, 2001, American Society, United States Policy and Global Politics have been dominated by questions of Terrorism: What is it? When did it begin? Where does it come from? Why do people do it? and How can we confront it?
The Department feels that these questions are of particular importance to our students, our nation and the world. If our students are ever to live in a world of peace, amity and the brotherhood of mankind we must be willing to ask the questions and in a reasoned manner discuss and seek answers.
Featured Speakers
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Dr. Randall Law
Assistant Professor of History, Birmingham-Southern College
"Lessons from the History of Terrorism"
Randall Law is an Assistant Professor of History at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama, where he has taught courses on the history of Russia, Europe, and terrorism since 2003. In 2006 he received Birmingham-Southern's Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award, which is presented "to a non-tenured faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching during the previous year." Law frequently speaks on the history of terrorism to academic audiences and civic organizations.
This year Polity Press will publish Law's book, A History of Terrorism, a narrative survey designed for both general readership and course use. He frequently speaks on the history of terrorism to academic audiences and civic organizations. Law received his Ph.D. in Russian and European history from Georgetown University.
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Dr. Dwight Cassity
Associate Professor of Political Science, Shorter College
"Beginnings: The Cold War and the War on Terror"
Dr. Dwight Cassity is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the History, Political Science, and International Studies Department. His teaching interests include International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the American Presidency.
He has 35 years of college teaching experience. When with the University System of Georgia, Dr. Cassity taught locally televised Political Science courses for 10 years and produced a weekly televised news program in Rome. He received an USG Exemplary Online Course Developer award for an American Government WebCT class judged as one of the top 16 WebCT courses in the nation and was team leader of the development a USG American Government course to be televised via Atlanta PBS.
Before coming to Shorter College, Dr. Cassity served on the Executive Board of the Georgia Political Science Association and the Executive Committee of the Georgia Board of Regents Political Science Advisory Committee, where he served as Chair in 1998. He was active in the 1980s Nuclear Weapons Freeze movement and with the support of 19 of Rome's largest churches helped make Rome the first Southern city of 180 cities nationwide to support the Freeze resolution. Dr. Cassity has been a speaker at numerous colleges, conventions, and public forums on topics related to the Cold War.
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Dr. Stephen Shellman
Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
"The Rational Terrorist: Systematic Explanations for Tactical Choices"
Dr. Stephen Shellman is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia where he teaches courses on Intra-national Political Violence and Terrorism, Comparative Political Analysis and International Relations. Dr. Shellman received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida State University in 2003.
He has published numerous articles in journals such as PS: Political Science and Politics, Simulation & Gaming, Political Analysis, International Interactions, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Comparative Political Studies. He is also the director of the Violent Intrastate Political Conflict and Terrorism (VIPCAT) Laboratory at UGA and co-director of the Summer Workshop on Teaching about Terrorism and is a Visiting Fellow at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, in the Center of Excellence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Dr. Terry Morris
Professor of History, Shorter College
Commentator and respondent to the three presentations in order to help stimulate discussion
Dr. Terry Morris has taught History at Shorter College for forty-three years, making him the senior member of the faculty at Shorter College and he holds the academic rank of Full Professor of History. He is also one of the most dedicated members of the Shorter faculty.
In 2005 his hard work paid off with the publication of Organizing the Firm: The Role of Science in Modern Management. Dr. Morris' teaching areas encompass various aspects of history, specifically European and World history, he is currently teaching a course on "The Muslim World". In addition to being a History Professor, Dr. Morris is the director of Shorter's Honors Program, the Academy of Aristeaus. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1976.
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Followed by questions, answers and discussion with the audience.
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Click here to see information from the 2007 Symposium: Holocaust
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