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March 2006

• Kite Event - Information coming soon

February 2006

• Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006
  Khaled Hosseini
  5:30pm - The Pavilion
  The author of The Kite Runner will be on campus as the first guest speaker for the 8th Annual Literary Festival presented by the Department of English.
  Event is Free and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Seating is general admission, doors open at 4:30pm.
  To volunteer for this event, click here.

• Book Signing
  Falvey Memorial Library - 11:30am - 12:30pm
  Mr. Hosseini has also graciously agreed to a book signing which will take place in Falvey Memorial Library from 11:30am to 12:30pm on the same day.
  *Books will be available to purchase*
   
• Feb 2
  Discussion Group
  Led by Gail Ciociola  5pm  Falvey Holy Grounds
   
• Feb 1
  Discussion Group
  Led by Chiji Akoma 11:30am  Falvey Holy Grounds
   
• Femininity: Portrait of Women within the Kite Runner
  Noon - 1pm  - Bryn Mawr Room, Connelly Center
  Speaker - Robert W. Caverly, Philosophy Student
  Khaled Houseinni's Kite Runner presents a unique look at the success and failure of equal rights between genders in present and past Afghanistan.  The nature of the feminine within Afghani culture remains a theme secondary to the plot of the book, but retains importance in the grand scheme of the players in Afghani culture.  This lunch and learn will examine the different women within the Kite Runner and their roles in the story from a feminist perspective.
  
  Sponsored by Office of Planning, Training and Institutional Advancement
  To register by phone - 95501, by email, Sheila Cummings
  Remember to bring your own brown bag lunch.

January 2006

• Jan 31
  Discussion Group
  Led by Cathy Kolongowski  6pm  Falvey Holy Grounds

• Jan 30
  Dinner & Learn 6:00-7:15pm East Lounge (Student Dinner)
  Kite Runner: Where is our God?  - Noreen Cameron & Bill Werpehowski
  Who are the God-like images in the Kite Runner?  Does that tell you more about your own images of God?  In what situations do you find evil?  Does the presence of evil mean the absence of God and if not, how do you find God in the midst of evil, in the midst of suffering?
  
  Explore these questions and  more by joining in this thought provoking and stimulating discussion.
  
  Jan 30,
  Lunch & Learn 12:00 - 1:15pm - Rosemont Room, Connelly Center
  Kite Runner: Where is our God?  Noreen Cameron & Bill Werpehowski
  Who are the God-like images in the Kite Runner?  Does that tell you more about your own images of God?  In what situations do you find evil?  Does the presence of evil mean the absence of God and if not, how do you find God in the midst of evil, in the midst of suffering?
  
  Explore these questions and  more by joining in this thought provoking and stimulating discussion.
  Sponsored by Office of Planning, Training and Institutional Advancement
  To register by phone - 95501, by email, Sheila Cummings
  Remember to bring your own brown bag lunch.

• Jan 18 & 19
  Lunch time conversations sponsored by VITAL.

December 2005

• The American Place Theater's Literature to Life^® presentation of The Kite Runner, Saint Mary's Chapel, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005. This event is co-sponsored through a partnership with the Lower Merion Library System. Check out the other public events they are sponsoring at their web site: www.lmls.org/special_events.html.

November 2005

• "Discussion Group" with Will Caverly and Matt Fallon - facilitators, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, 6pm  
    Bartley Holy Grounds

• Social-Political panel discussion of The Kite Runner with faculty from the Arab and Islamic Studies Program, 7 p.m., first floor lounge, Falvey Memorial Library, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005.

• "Discussion Group" with Professor Alice Dailey-facilitator Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, 4pm |
    Falvey Holy Grounds

• "Friendship" Lunch n' Learn with Kenny Crane and Charisma Presley, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005.

October 2005

• "Sharbat Gula: A life Revealed" Movie Nights at residence halls with discussion, Week of Oct 2-5, 2005.

• "Forgiveness and Reconciliation" Lunch n' Learn/Dinner n' Learn with Beth Hassel and Saramarie
    Bittman, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005.

One Book Villanova is a program that spans the academic year. Check back for updates to this Calendar of Events.

Book discussions and public readings of The Kite Runner will be announced.

Also, check out the window display on Afghanistan in Falvey Memorial Library. It will continue to change throughout the year.