Dear FCLC students,

Welcome back from break! And Happy Spring!  

As we enter the home stretch of the academic year, you’ll see more announcements about summer opportunities as well as information about end-of-year events celebrating our graduates. Please keep an eye out!

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Finally, with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starting this evening, please join me in wishing Ramadan Mubarak to all who celebrate!

Yours sincerely,
Dean Auricchio
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Laura Auricchio, Ph.D.
Dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center
Fordham University
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Registration dates for Summer/ Fall 2023
Please click here for registration dates for the summer and fall 2023 semesters. Note that all university offices will be closed from April 6-10 for the Easter holiday, so be sure to reach out early to ask questions and plan for course registration. 
 

Serving the City - more NEW paid internship opportunities for Summer 2023! 
More than 20 Serving the City Internships – paid summer opportunities at NYC non-profits available exclusively to FCLC and FCRH students – are now listed on Handshake, posted on our Serving the City LinkedIn page, and summarized below! Please note that you must be continuing your studies at Fordham past this spring term in order to be eligible for these internships. Email servingthecity@fordham.edu with any questions.

American Friends of Lafayette

Apply for Fordham’s Center for Religion and Culture Duffy Fellows Program
The Duffy Fellows Program at Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture aims to provide support to a select group of Fordham students and recent graduates to advance the study of issues arising at the intersection of religion and public life. The Duffy Fellows Program will serve as an incubator of new projects, with the goal of stimulating ideas, research, and creative endeavors that foster a culture of encounter as well as intellectual engagement. Duffy Fellows will also work alongside the CRC staff at regular intervals. In this way, Duffy Fellows will contribute to the mission of the CRC and the mission of New York’s Jesuit University. The program is open to current Fordham students or recent graduates; it lasts from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, with a stipend of $5,000.  Learn more and apply here by April 7, 2023.

Career Fair: Psychology, Education, and Non-Profits 
The Psychology, Education, and Non-Profit fair is tailored specifically for students interested in working in psychology or service industries such as health, education, non-profit, or related. Some employers that will be in attendance are: American Red Cross, Children's Aid, International Rescue Committee, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Teach for America, and more! Please note that students do not need to be psychology or education majors to attend.

Nominate FCLC seniors for roles at Commencement!
Nominate the FCLC Banner Bearer for Commencement 2023
The Banner Bearer will lead the FCLC Class of 2023 by carrying the Fordham College at Lincoln Center banner into the University Commencement Ceremony and the FCLC Diploma Ceremony on Saturday, May 20. We invite you to nominate a senior to serve as the FCLC Banner Bearer. All FCLC February 2023 graduates and FCLC May 2023 candidates for graduation are eligible for nomination. Please complete this form by Friday, April 21, to submit a nomination.

Nominate the FCLC Representative Degree Recipient for Commencement 2023
The FCLC Representative Degree Recipient will be called to the stage during the University Commencement Ceremony, which will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, May 20, to represent Fordham College at Lincoln Center when President Tetlow officially confers the degrees on the graduates. We invite you to nominate an FCLC senior to serve as the Representative Degree Recipient. All FCLC February 2023 graduates and FCLC May 2023 candidates for graduation are eligible for nomination. Please complete this form by Friday, April 21 to submit a nomination.

Issue 4 of The Observer is now available
Issue 4 of The Observer is now available! Please click on this link or look for the paper around the Lincoln Center campus! 

Boston College Forum on Racial Justice
Forum on Racial Justice: Critical Conversations and Student Voices Addressing Racial Justice in America
March 24-25 | Boston College
Boston College hosts a student-led, in-person conference, designed to provide space for discussion and reflection on the national effects of racial justice.  Through this conference, attendees will engage reflectively insessions that foster a deeper understanding of how racial injustice functions on a systemic level.  Attendees will also connect with and learn from a network of experienced student leaders about how to engage in actions that further racial justice.The conference is free to all participants.

Ramadan Hospitality Table (Lincoln Center campus)
Ramadan Mubarak!  You’re invited to visit the Ramadan hospitality table on the Lowenstein indoor plaza throughout the month. Those observing Ramadan will find resources to support you and refreshments to break your fast and everyone will have the opportunity to learn more about the Muslim faith and this sacred month.

Events at Fordham
Mapping the Fringe Economy: How Fringe Economy Shapes Inclusion
March 22 | 4 pm | Zoom
The United States has two disparate economies: one for the poor and credit-poor, used disproportionately by racial minorities, and another for (white) well-resourced individuals and households. Sponsored by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, this talk by Dr. Patricia Posey will discuss extractive markets, the disparate economic vulnerabilities of racial minorities, and how racialized political economy reinforces an individuals’ status in the sociopolitical hierarchy. 

Torah in the Time of Plague: An Evening of Learning with Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler and Professor Ethan Leib
March 23 | 6:30-7:30pm | Fordham Law School, 150 West 62nd Street, 4th Floor, Room 4-02 (Lincoln Center)
This hybrid event is co-sponsored with Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies and Fordham Law School. Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smolker will discuss her book Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Reflections, winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience, in which she turns to canonical Jewish text or traditions to illuminates, explore, bemoan, or grapple with our current moment of plague.

Slavery's Capitalism and the Para-Archive in Nineteenth Century Salvador da Bahia
March 24 | 1 pm | 140 W. Classroom 334 (Lincoln Center)
The History Department at Fordham University invites you to join us on March 24th at 1:00pm for a talk with Dr. Mary Hicks, a historian of the Black Atlantic.  This presentation is part of the  O'Connell Initiative on the Global History of Capitalism.

Three-Minute Thesis Competition
March 24 | 4-7 pm | McShane Center, Room 303 (Rose Hill)
3MT® supports the development of student’s capacity to explain effectively their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Contestants have three minutes to present compelling orations on their thesis or dissertation research, and its significance and value. Come learn from Fordham’s graduate students in Arts and Sciences and enjoy a reception afterwards!  Sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Film Screening: The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
March 24 | 6-9pm | 12th-Floor Lounge, Lowenstein (Lincoln Center)
Join us for a screening of Abigail E. Disney and Kathleen Hughes’ film, The American Dream and other Fairy Tales. Following the screening, the foundation’s president and CEO, Ana L. Oliveira, will lead a panel discussion with Disney about issues related to the rights and dignity of low-wage workers. 

Voices from the Amazon: Activists on Protecting the Indigenous and Healing the Planet
March 25 | 11-12:30pm | 12th-Floor Lounge, Lowenstein (Lincoln Center)
The fate of the Amazon rainforest is tied to the fate of our planet: The vast region touches eight different South American countries plus French Guiana and is home to more than 2 million indigenous peoples from almost 400 traditional nations. Moreover, the health of Amazonia’s ecosystem is key to the ecological health of the entire world. This panel of distinguished religious leaders, activists, and theologians working to heal the Amazon will discuss the current crisis and prospects for change—and reasons for hope. 

Collective Action in Women who have Experienced Wars
March 27 | 12-1:30 pm | Online
In this talk, Arancha Garcia Del Soto, a Spanish psychologist and sociologist working on human rights since 1992, will discuss how the cases of The Women's Court in the Balkans (2015), the diverse women's groups that cooperated with the Colombian Truth Commission (2022) and organizations of migrant women in several Mediterranean countries, show how women's collectives work to promote mutual support, protection and ultimately the search for alternative ways to justice, aiming always to avoid violence and its impacts. The frameworks used to present these cases are based on gender, generational, ethnic, and communities' perspectives. Sponsored by the Institute for International Humanitarian Affairs.

US Latinx Catholicism: Here and Now
March 27 | 6-7:30pm | Butler Commons, 3rd Floor, Duane Hall (Rose Hill)
A Lecture by Dr. Christie de la Gandara, GRE Visiting Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education and a Louisville Institute postdoctoral fellow. This discussion will focus on the changing landscape of US Catholic demographics, some important realities that define the U.S. Hispanic Catholic experience today, and considers how Hispanics are transforming and challenging ministry today.

‘Legislating Mourning: Considering Emotion in Rabbinic Law’
March 28 | 10-11:30am | Duane 140 (Rose Hill)
Join us for a workshop with Sarah Wolf.

Women and Youth: The Driving Force of Synodality
March 28 | 6-7:30pm | Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Columbus Avenue & West 60th Street (Lincoln Center)
At this evening event at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Sister Nathalie will talk about how women and young people are the driving forces behind this push for a reinvigorated church, and she will take questions from the audience gathered in the sanctuary. Sister Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, is undersecretary of the Vatican’s Office on the Synod—which makes her the highest-ranking woman at the Vatican and a leader in promoting the Pope’s vision of a more “synodal” church marked by listening and learning and inclusivity.

Kibbutz Haggadot: A Conversation with a Collector About Haggadot from Pre-1948 Palestine
March 29 | 1-2pm | Zoom
Join us for this discussion with Hollis Landauer.

IPED Event: CFR Academic Conference Call
March 29 | 1-2pm | Dealy 304 (Rose Hill)
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call on media literacy and propaganda, featuring Renee Hobbs. Through community and global service and as a researcher, teacher, advocate, and media professional, Hobbs has worked to advance the quality of digital and media literacy education in the United States and around the world. She is the founder and director of the Media Education Lab, whose mission is to improve the quality of media literacy education through research and community service.

Welcoming the Stranger: Hospitality and Faith Responses to the Migration Crisis
March 29 | 6-8pm | McNally Amphitheater (Lincoln Center)
The status of the stranger–asylum seekers–refugees–the immigrant–has been a core pillar in many faith communities. As part of Faith Fest, a month-long university-wide series of events celebrating our spiritual diversity at Fordham, you are invited to join faith leaders from across New York for a timely conversation about the faith response to the migration crisis. At the panel's conclusion, participants may join in the Ramadan tradition of the breaking of the fast, with a reception to follow.  RSVP encouraged. This event is facilitated by Prof. Kathryn Kueny (Theology) and her community engaged learning (CEL) class Sacred Texts. Learn more about the panelists at this link.

“Ideas are Debated; Reality is Discerned”: Pope Francis and Ignatian Discernment
March 30 | 5:30 pm | Butler Commons, Duane Library, 3rd Floor (Rose Hill)
In this lecture, Dr. Matthew Ashley will explore how Pope Francis interprets the process of discernment and Ignatius’s famous Rules for Discernment of Spirits. Since it is possible and fruitful to look not only at how Pope Francis interprets the Spiritual Exercises but at how they “interpret” him, we will also examine how his understanding of discernment provides a key for understanding how he approaches the urgent task of addressing the church’s most pressing challenges in his Petrine ministry.  Co-sponsored by the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and the Fordham Ciszek Jesuit Community.

I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself - RSVP by next Tuesday, March 28! 
April 29 | 10-3pm | Lowenstein 1021 (Lincoln Center) 
A literary gathering for BIPOC Fordham students, faculty and allies hosted by the Poetic Justice Institute. This day-long event will center BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) experience and perspective. The aim is to provide a safe and enriching environment that addresses the unique challenges faced by BIPOC writers and scholars. Admission is free, though limited, and likely to fill quickly. RSVP at your earliest convenience, latest by March 28th.

FREE or discounted events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Met Students program
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Lincoln Center: David Rubenstein Atrium Events
61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023
All events are free and open to the public.
 

Julia Easterlin
March 22 | 7:30pm
Julia Easterlin, American singer, songwriter, and baritone ukulelist whose music draws from elements of world-beat, chamber-pop, folk, and contemporary classical music, hits the Atrium stage this March. One part siren and one part techie, she uses looping hardware to build a one-woman chorus live on stage by recording, mixing, and triggering up to 20 different loops over the course of one song. 

The Brain Cloud
March 23 | 7:30pm
The Brain Cloud returns to the David Rubenstein Atrium with their inimitable singer Tamar Korn, in addition to powerhouse guest vocalist Queen Esther, for a lively western swing romp. The Brain Cloud, in their unique way, follows the western swing tradition of combining a vast array of American roots music—big band swing, blues, early country, and western, Appalachian fiddling, Tin Pan Alley—into a cohesive and undeniably toe-tapping mix.

Andrea Brachfeld and Son Charanga
March 24 | 7:30pm
Composer, educator and musician Andrea Brachfeld has devoted more than a half-century of study to the mastery of the flute. Although her diverse ten-album discography displays a deep fluency in devotional music, funk, and straight-ahead jazz, Brachfeld is probably best known for her accomplishments as the lead flutist for the popular New York combo Charanga '76, which earned her the Chico O'Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award. Brachfeld will be joined in her headliner return to the David Rubenstein Atrium by her eight-piece orchestra Son Charanga for a joyous exploration of the Charanga '76 catalogue and more classics from the history of Latin jazz.

Events in NYC (free or low-cost)
New York Now: Home; A Photography Triennial
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St.

The Museum of the City of New York is pleased to announce the first in an ongoing photography exhibition series. Inspired by the Museum’s landmark presentation of the same name in 2000, this series will occur every three years and engage different themes and issues of the contemporary city. Student discounted tickets are available online.

2023 Macy’s Flower Show
Through April 10 |  Macy’s Herald Square 151 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001
Celebrate the enchanting beauty of flowers & fragrance in Macy’s Herald Square this spring. DIOR has brought its passion for florals to life, transforming the mezzanine level into a lavishly romantic dreamscape with thousands of beautiful blooms. Macy’s Flower Show is free & open to the public during store hours.
 

Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie
Through May 1 |  International Center of Photography 79 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002
Organized by renowned writer and curator Helen Molesworth, Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie presents portraits of luminaries in the arts by three of the most prominent portraitists of our time. Face to Face is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by ICP and MACK, London, with essays by Molesworth and writer and curator Jarrett Earnest. Student discounted tickets are available online. 

Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Through June 11 |  New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024
For over two decades, artist Kara Walker (b. 1969) has been making work that weaves together imagery from the antebellum South, the brutality of slavery, and racist stereotypes. Her work has stirred controversy for its use of exaggerated caricatures that reflect long-standing racialized and gendered stereotypes and for its lurid depictions of history. Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) is a series of 15 prints based on the two-volume anthology published in 1866 and 1868. Student discounted tickets are available online.