Twelfth Revolution, Austin Philosophy Forum,
and Pinnacle Student Political Science Association
2012/13 Schedule of Events
Fall 2012

Date

Event

Speaker(s)

Organization

Location

Room

Time

9/5

Three Conquests of Jerusalem: 637 AD, 1099 AD, and 1187 AD

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

504

6:00 PM

9/19

The Egyptian 18th Dynasty

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

9/26

Business meeting


Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

1015

6:00 PM

10/3

The Race for the White House: The Most Important Election in Your Life that Doesn't Matter 

Robert Jensen

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

504

6:00 PM

10/17

How Did YOU Get HERE?

Danney Ursery, Matthew Daude Laurents, and Ahmed Majeed

Austin Philosophy Forum

Eastview Campus, 3401 Webberville Rd.

8500

7:00 PM

10/24

An Overview of the US Presidency since 1945

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

504

6:00 PM

10/31

Reclaiming and Reanimating Our Stories of Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution: Eleven Theses in Search of an Audience

Eric Selbin

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

504

6:00 PM

11/15

Film Screening: A Boy Named Sue

Kitty Henderson and Matthew Watkins

Austin Philosophy Forum

Eastview Campus, 3401 Webberville Rd.

8500

6:30 PM

11/28

The Maya



Robert Wald

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

12/5

Joy and Bliss in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Banafsheh Madaninejad

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

504

6:00 PM

12/11

Fourth Annual Pinnacle Student Political Science Conference

Jonathan Roberts: Women’s Rights, Richard Hacket: My Stick Is Bigger than Your Stick, Jesse Cole: US-Israel Relations

PSPSA

Pinnacle

1013/1015

9:00-10:20 AM

12/11

Fourth Annual Pinnacle Student Political Science Conference

Eva Garcia: Comparative Women’s Rights, Wendy Mangan: Comparative Abortion’s Rights, Roy Casagranda: Rational Choice Theory

PSPSA

Pinnacle

1013/1015

3:00-4:20 PM

Spring 2013

1/30

Get Real: Taking Race and Class Seriously

Robert Jensen

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

2/13

Education Policy in the Texas Congress

Texas Senator James "Bill" Haley

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

2/20

What Does it Mean for YOU to Be HERE?

Roy Casagranda

Austin Philosophy Forum

Eastview Campus, 3401 Webberville Rd.

8500

7:00 PM

2/27

Drought and Water Conservation

David Foster

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

3/6

Khalid ibn Walid: A Profile of a Warrior

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

3/20

The USanitization of Mexico

Matthew Whiddon

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

3/27

In Search of Justice for the People of Palestine and Israel

Matthew Korn and Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

4/3

The Ignominious End of Modernity

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

4/10

Just Like Home: A Texan Travels to Saudi Arabia

Matthew Korn

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

4/17

Five Revolutions that Shaped Contemporary Modernity

Eric Selbin, Bob Buzzanco, Banafsheh Madaninejad, Matthew Korn, Kenneth Knowlton, and Roy Casagranda

Austin Philosophy Forum

Eastview Campus, 3401 Webberville Rd.

8500

6:30 PM

4/24

Operation Barbarossa: June 22-December 5, 1941

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

5/1

Forgotten and Hidden Revolutions

Bob Buzzanco and Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution

Pinnacle

610

6:00 PM

Summer 2013

7/17

Egypt: Land of Many Revolutions

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution/ Austin School

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

7/24

Europe and the Middle East in the 11th Century AD: Unified by a Sea, Divided by Ideology

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution/ Austin School

Pinnacle

403

6:00 PM

7/31

An Overview of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Part 1

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution/ Austin School

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM

8/7

An Overview of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Part 2

Roy Casagranda

Twelfth Revolution/ Austin School

Pinnacle

1013

6:00 PM