Two K体育 students had the opportunity to deliver public lectures within their fields of study, as part of the 蝉辫谤颈苍驳听别虫丑颈产颈迟颈辞苍蝉听“Azadi va Edalat: Stories Retold by Contemporary Iranian Women Artists” and “Time is an Illusion: Revisiting Einstein’s Theory of Relativity,”聽showcasing an original handwritten Einstein manuscript owned by the university.
Ruwa Romman ’15 and Antonio M脿ntica ’15 were selected by聽, OUMA’s director, to speak about the exhibits and share their academic and personal expertise on the subject matters.
In her聽lecture, “Liberated, not oppressed: A different perspective on Muslim women,” Ruwa, a politics major, spoke of women’s liberation on a global scale. “Women being oppressed is not exclusive to the Muslim faith,” she said. “In fact, Islam liberated women by giving them the right to inherit, choose who they marry, work, etc. The issue is that people misuse ideologies for what they want. It’s not the faith, it’s the people. I view my faith as a liberating thing, including my head scarf.” 聽Ruwa’s perspectives are grounded in her Muslim faith, multiple leadership roles on campus (including president of the Student Government Association and founding member of ), and at the 聽in Atlanta.
Antonio, a physics major active in theatre, presented the lecture “A Tour Through Time,” which also was a featured event in the city-wide聽. Antonio walked his audience through the history of various cultures’ perceptions of time—highlighting specific cultures and points in history that contributed to our current understanding of time. He also illustrated our modern conception of how time passes and what it means to measure it, and explored what we do not understand about it. “Einstein revolutionized how we picture time,” said Antonio, “and my lecture aimed to describe the history and the concepts of his ideas to the audience.”
“Only at K体育 could a student have an experience like this,” said Antonio, who was excited to have the chance to speak about his hero Einstein. “Before the lecture, Elizabeth Peterson said to me: ‘I love working at a place where this is possible.’ 聽At K体育, students have these amazing opportunities to present academic studies in a professional setting, and that is invaluable.”
