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Joseph White, Ph.D. – Luxenberg Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Center for Policy Studies, and Political Science Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Robert Spadoni, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Film<\/span>\u00a0at Case Western Reserve University<\/span><\/h5>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n What do voters want from their leaders? One common guess is that voters want a hero, someone brave and true who can defend them and embodies all they would like themselves and their country to be. Many presidents, from George Washington to Andrew Jackson to Teddy Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy could claim the mantle of a military hero. Politicians extol courage, and Kennedy even published a book about \u201cProfiles in Courage.\u201d<\/p>\n But what made \u201cprofiles in courage\u201d worth a book was their rarity. Voters seem to support plenty of non-heroes. And what is heroism, anyway? Are common images of strength and leadership the same as heroism? This seems like a good time to explore this rather unscientific topic. So we\u2019ve gathered Tim Wutrich, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics; Rob Spadoni, Assistant Professor of Film, and Joe White, Professor of Political Science, to start a discussion about what \u201chero\u201d could mean, in principle or in American culture, and how that might matter in a presidential election.<\/p>\n As usual, we will gather in Room 9 of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, on the lower level of Crawford Hall, for free cookies, beverages, and brown bag lunch.<\/p>\n Best regards, <\/p>\n Timothy Wutrich<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(B.A. Cleveland State University, M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University) has taught widely in the humanities, at Tufts University, Harvard University, Boston University, Ohio University, and the Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Lyon (France). His research and teaching interests, diverse and interdisciplinary, include the connections between Homer and Greek tragedy, the Classical Tradition, and the nexus between literature, the arts, and philosophy. Dr. Wutrich is the author of the book\u00a0Prometheus and Faust: The Promethean Revolt in Drama from Classical Antiquity to Goethe<\/em>.<\/p>\n Joseph White<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0came to Case in 2000 as Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Policy Studies, and became Department Chair in 2003. He came to Cleveland from New Orleans, where he was Associate Professor of Health Systems Management in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. Previously he was a Research Associate and then Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.. He received his A.B. from the University of Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n Robert Spadoni’s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0focuses on the horror film genre and <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n October 10:\u00a0Presidential Ecotheologies<\/span>\u00a0with Tim Beal, Professor of Religion.<\/strong><\/p>\n October 17:\u00a0Biological Bases of Moral (or Immoral) Behavior<\/span>, with Gary Marchant, Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Law and Emerging Technology, Arizona State University.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n November 14:\u00a0<\/strong>Charging for Car Insurance by the Mile: Good Business and Good for Energy and the Environment?<\/span>\u00a0With Richard Hutchinson, General Manager for the \u201cMy Rate\u201d program, Progressive Insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n November 21: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n November 28: Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n December 5: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n The Friday Lunch discussions are held on the lower (ground) level of Crawford Hall.\u00a0 Visitors with mobility issues may find it easiest to take advantage of special arrangements we have made.\u00a0 On most Fridays, a few parking spaces in the V.I.P. lot in between Crawford Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel are held for participants in the lunch discussion.<\/p>\n Visitors then can avoid walking up the hill to the first floor of Crawford by entering the building on the ground level, through the garage area under the building.\u00a0 The further door on the left in that garage will be left unlocked during the period before the Friday lunch.\u00a0 On occasion, parking will be unavailable because of other university events.<\/p>\n For more information about these and other Center for Policy Studies programs, please see\u00a0http:\/\/policy.case.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tim Wutrich, Ph.D. –\u00a0Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics\u00a0at Case Western Reserve University <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joseph White, Ph.D. – Luxenberg Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Center for Policy Studies, and Political Science Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Robert Spadoni, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Film\u00a0at Case Western Reserve University Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n![\"headshot\"](\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/238\/2024\/06\/06180139\/spadoni2.jpg\")
<\/p>\nFriday September 12, 2008
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/h5>\n
\nJoe White<\/p>\n
\nAbout Our Guests<\/h3>\n
\non the historical reception of cinema. He is the author of the 2007 University of California Press book,\u00a0Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre<\/a><\/em>, in which he brings these two research interests together. He received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n
\nFriday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/h3>\n
September 19:\u00a0Evolution and Politics<\/span>\u00a0with Robert J. Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor of Science and Medicine and Professor of History, Philosophy and Psychology, the University of Chicago.<\/h6>\n
September 26:\u00a0Ethical Responses to Terrorism<\/span>\u00a0with Shannon French Ph.D., Director, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.<\/h6>\n
October 3:\u00a0Health Policy in the 2008 Election<\/span>\u00a0with Joe White, Professor of Political Science.<\/h6>\n
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October 24:\u00a0Seniors in the 2008 Election<\/span>\u00a0with Robert H. Binstock, Professor of Aging, Health and Society.<\/h6>\n
October 31:\u00a0Halloween Special:<\/span>\u00a0Election Preview<\/span>\u00a0with Karen Beckwith, Professor of Political Science; Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Andrew Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science.<\/h6>\n
November 7:\u00a0Responding to the Foreclosure Crisis<\/span>\u00a0with Jim Rokakis, Cuyahoga County Treasurer.<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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\nFriday September 12, 2008
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University
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