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We are pleased to welcome the community, including family members, local schoolchildren, alumni and friends, to athletic and cultural events on campus. All events are free and open to the public. Please register in advance at events.hofstra.edu. For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.
Fall 2024
Energizing Our Future
Wednesday, September 11, 6-8 p.m.
The Frank G. Zarb School of Business invites you to an interactive, insider talk with key leaders and experts in the energy sector who will discuss the emerging innovations, technologies, and policies in energy that will power and preserve our dynamic world. Discussion will cover renewables, sustainability, research and governance, followed by a live audience Q & A.
Moderated by Robert Catell, Director, Zarb Executive in Residence Program Chairman of the Board, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center, Stony Brook University Former CEO, Keyspan
Featuring industry leaders:
John Rhodes
Acting CEO, LIPA
Justin Driscoll
President and CEO, New York Power Authority
Pete Rose
Senior Director of Stakeholder Relations, Hydro-Québec
David Manning
Director, Stakeholder Relations Office, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Leo A. Guthart
Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library
First Floor, South Campus
Constitution Day 2024 – Fred Korematsu and His Fight for Justice
Monday, September 16, 1-2 p.m.
With Honorable Denny Chin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Hofstra Law marks Constitution Day 2024 by staging a re-enactment of the trial and events leading up to the Supreme Court’s controversial 1944 decision to uphold the constitutionality of interning Japanese-Americans solely on the basis of their race. The Hon. Denny Chin, a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, will preside with Hofstra Law students playing parts in the re-enactment.
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Hofstra Law School
Room 308
Academic Presidential Symposium: Higher Education in an Election Year
Monday, September 23-Thursday, September 26, 2024
The fourth annual Presidential Symposium will take place on September 23-26, 2024, during the fourth week of classes. We invite speakers from Hofstra’s 12 academic colleges and schools to address the broad topic of “Higher Education in an Election Year” from multiple disciplinary, scholarly, and practitioner perspectives.
The 2024 elections will be highly consequential for leadership, policymaking, and higher education, and civil dialogue about topics in each area is essential in academe. Of the many subjects to address, the following are of particular interest for this symposium:
- Free speech and contentious policy topics
- News coverage of elections (candidates, campaigns, policy issues)
- Policy debates on economy, health care, medicine, nursing
- Public resources for colleges and universities (student funding, research support)
- Role of higher education in the 21st century (information literacy, addressing artificial intelligence, etc.)
- Voting and civic engagement
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For more information on the Hofstra Presidential Symposium, visit Hofstra Presidential Symposium 2024.
ALL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE LEO A. GUTHART CULTURAL CENTER THEATER, AXINN LIBRARY, SOUTH CAMPUS, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
Global Perspectives on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Monday, September 23, 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Many pundits have argued that the 2024 presidential election may be one of the most consequential for the United States. Not only will the election have implications for domestic policies in the U.S., but the results will have significant reverberations around the globe. This panel will address how the U.S. election results may impact regional and global politics and policies in different parts of the world, including in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and how these regions view each of the candidates. This interdisciplinary panel will bring together Hofstra faculty members from across schools and departments, placing area studies programs at the center of the conversation on presidential elections. The panel is intended to provide a more global perspective on the presidential election, and the possible impact the outcome of the election will have across various world regions. Issues that will be raised include immigration from Latin America, the war in Ukraine, global trade, cybersecurity and the environment/climate change. Each panelist will provide an overview of the most pressing issues coming out of the specific region they will be covering, and each will assess how the presidential election outcome may impact those issues, regarding migratory policy, regional relations, bilateral agreements, war, and environmental protections. The moderator of the panel will pose questions to each participant to open the conversation of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election to the global scene.
Panelists:
- Simon Doubleday, Professor of History
- Conrad Herold, Associate Professor of Economics
- Takashi Kanatsu, Professor of Political Science
- Benita Sampedro Vizcaya, Professor of Spanish Colonial Studies and Co-Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Moderator: Carolyn M. Dudek, Professor of Political Science, Chair and Director of European Studies
Presented by HCLAS - Asian Studies, European Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Programs.
Leo A. Guthart
Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library
First Floor, South Campus
State of the University Address
Wednesday, September 25, 1-1:45 p.m.
DR. SUSAN POSER
President
Hofstra University
(Followed by BBQ on Roosevelt Quad)
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John Cranford Adams Playhouse
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Power of Identity in Presidential Elections
Thursday, September 26, 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Lilliana Hall Mason
SNF Agora Institute Associate Professor of Political Science
John Hopkins University
Joseph G. Astman Presidential Academic Symposium Scholar
For more information on the Hofstra Presidential Symposium, visit Hofstra Presidential Symposium 2024.
Leo A. Guthart
Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library
First Floor, South Campus
The 2024 Election & Protecting Our Democracy
with DAVID HOGG and RIKKI SCHLOTT
Wednesday, October 2, 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Join us in a conversation about the 2024 Election with David Hogg, gun violence prevention activist and survivor of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, and Rikki Schlott, New York Post columnist and co-author of The Canceling of the American Mind. As co-founder of March For Our Lives and Leaders We Deserve, David has challenged Americans to elect morally just leaders, increase civic engagement, and to "get over politics and get something done." Rikki is a passionate free speech activist focusing on civil liberties and youth issues from a Generation Z perspective. Together, they will discuss how we can all use our voices to protect democracy.
David Hogg
Co-Founder of March For Our Lives Co-Founder of Leaders We Deserve
Co-Author, #NeverAgain
Rikki Schlott
New York Post Columnist
Co-Author, The Canceling of the American Mind
Moderated by:
Rosanna Perotti, Professor of Political Science
Lincoln Anniballi, Class of 2025, President, Hofstra University Student Government Association
Presented by Hofstra Cultural Center, Peter S. Kalikow Center School Of Government, Public Policy And International Affairs and the Hofstra University Student Government Association.
Student Center Theater
David and Sondra Mack Student Center
North Campus
A Dialogue About the War in Gaza
Wednesday, October 9, 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Hofstra University welcomes Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Dean Amaney Jamal from Princeton University to discuss their specialized insight into the Gaza conflict and share their approach to fostering spaces where different perspectives can engage on this deeply sensitive topic.
In this conversation, moderated by Dr. Bernard Firestone, Hofstra University professor of political science, Kurtzer and Jamal will explore how the conflict has affected campuses across the country, strategies they have implemented at Princeton, and the core issues behind the Middle East crisis. This session aims to offer a roadmap for productive dialogue, demonstrating how such conversations can be conducted successfully. The audience may submit questions during the event for a concluding Q&A session.
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21st Annual Great Writers, Great Readings Series With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Wednesday, October 16, 6:30-8 p.m.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is the author of three novels, Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013), of a short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and of three books of nonfiction, We Should All Be Feminists (2014), Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017), and Notes on Grief (2021). Ms. Adichie’s work has been translated into over 30 languages. She has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008). She has also been named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015, and in 2017, Fortune Magazine named her one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.
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Presented by Hofstra University's Department of English in collaboration with the Hofstra Cultural Center.
Leo A. Guthart
Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library
First Floor, South Campus
Day of Dialogue: Preparing for Election 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 8 a.m.-7:25 p.m.
- 8-9:25 a.m.
Session 1: Deliberative Dialogue and Breakfast: Students Discussing Immigration and Climate Change Policy - 9:40-11:05 a.m.
Session 2: Student Perspectives on the Presidential Election - 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Session 3: Staying Woke: The Case for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Why it Matters - 1-2:25 p.m.
Session 4: Human Rights, Security and the Israeli, Palestinian Conflict - 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Session 5: Grassroots Power- Organizing for Change - 4:20-5:45 p.m.
Session 6: Inspiring Women in Leadership - 6-7:25 p.m.
Session 7: ERA is on the ballot in New York State!
Presented by the Center for Civic Engagement
This event is FREE and open to the public. Advanced registration is required. Please register for each event separately.