Fall 2009 Newsletter (pdf)
Wednesday, October 28th at 6:00
Irene Kacandes, Professor of German and Comparative Literature
Dartmouth College
Author of Daddy’s War: Greek American Stories
Earlier this year Irene Kacandes published Daddy’s War: Greek American Stories, a text she labels a “paramemoir” to signal its similarities to the memoir genre, but also its dissimilarities. In narrative form she recounts having an indistinct sense of her father’s past in wartime and she narrates certain key events that eventually led her to researching the “truth” of what happened to her paternal family in Greece during the Second World War and the Axis Occupation. That research involved interviewing family members of several generations and of course historical research. However, it also involved theorizing about the effects of trauma on those individuals and the stories they told. The final form mixes genres and experiments with “voice” as Kacandes tries to strike the right tone for communicating both the tragedies of what happened to previous generations and the damaging way those tragedies affected her own. read more>>
Aine Donovan
 Aine Donovan and Daima Bukini
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The start of any new academic year is an exciting time, but this year is a particularly exciting time for all of us at Dartmouth as we welcome a new President and a renewed vocation toward our mission as educators. The constant pull toward finding better ways to integrate ethics into the fabric of Dartmouth life is a challenge that we enjoy. The summer term provided us with an opportunity to partner with several departments across campus in offering ethics training for staff from Muhimbili University in Tanzania. Daima Bukini spent two weeks assimilating a wide range of best practices for institutional research. It was a pleasure to work with Daima and, by extension, her staff at Muhimbili. read more>>
The Ethics of Green Building: A Dartmouth architect's real-life adventure in the value-laden world of Sustainable Design
Monday, October 5th, Noon, Haldeman 041
Joe Adams (’70) is a Houston architect with a strong track record in green building. His presentation will address both the practical aspects of green building, as well as the moral issues of sustainability. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
 Hank Shea
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Business Ethics and White Collar Crime: Two Cautionary Tales
Thursday, October 15th, Noon, Haldeman 041
Hank Shea, a former federal prosecutor, will present a talk about white collar crime. With Mr. Shea will be Nick and Carolyn Ryberg, a couple who drifted into wrongdoing which, ultimately, escalated into a prosecution. The Ryberg’s will discuss the long-lasting consequences of their misconduct. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served.
The Ethics of Patriotism: Why Should We Be Patriots At All?
November 20-21st, Location: TBA
This interdisciplinary conference, co-sponsored by the Ethics Institute and the Government Department, aims to broaden the public debate about patriotism to include questions about the moral hazards associated with patriotic sentiment. Please contact Professor Michelle Tolman Clarke of the Government Department or the Ethics Institute for more information.
Please visit the Ethics Institute Events Calendar for a complete listing of events.
The Dartmouth Ethics Society, a group of undergraduate students interested in ethical issues, is once again competing in the Association of Practical and Professional Ethic’s annual Ethics Bowl competition. The national event has become so popular among college students that two years ago the competition was restructured to regional competitions, with those winners qualifying for the national competition. Dartmouth has placed in the national competition every year for the past five years. read more>>
The Ethics Institute is pleased to offer a faculty seminar that has as its goal the integration of ethics into every discipline and department at Dartmouth College. The EATC program has been generously funded by Skip Battle (’66), Gerry Phillips (’47) and Stacey Phillips (’83). The seminar is limited to 15 participants, so please register early for a spot in the class by calling the Ethics Institute at 646-1263. read more>>
