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Friday, 12 Nov 1999

Is a Global Bioethics Both Desirable and Possible? Some Feminist Perspectives - Rosemarie Tong
12:15 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Rosemarie Tong is distinguished professor in Health Care Ethics and faculty associate in the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her books incldue Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction; Feminist Philosophies, Problems, Theories, and Applications, and, Feminine and Feminist Ethics. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects for Democracy and Freedom.

Beyond Reproduction: Older Women's Health Care and Feminist Ethics - M. Therese Lysaught
11:00 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - M. Therese Lysaught is assistant professor and acting director of the Graduate Studies Department of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton. She has been published in The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, The Journal of Palliative Care, First Things, and Christians Scholar's Review. From the Lectures Program archive.

Feminist Medical Ethics and Abortion - Ruth E. Groenhout
10:00 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Ruth E. Groenhout is assistant professor of philosopgy at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, The Journal of Peace and Justice Studies and in Christian Scholar's Review. From the Lectures Program archive.

Feminist Medical Ethics Conference Feminist Bioethics: Where We've Been, Where We're Going - Hilde Lindemann
9:00 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Lindemann Nelson is currently functioning as Director for the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at the Univestity of Tennessee in Knoxville and teaches in the Department of Philosophy. Dr. Nelson has published a number of books and as many edited collections. Some of the titles include Counterstories: A Narrative Response to Ororession, Alzheimers's : Answers to Hard Questions for Families and Stories and Their Limits. From the Lectures Program archive.

Panel: Feminisim and Technology: The Role of Reproductive Technologies in Developing Feminist Philosophy
2:15 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Participants in the Feminist Medical Ethics Conference will participate, and include Hilde Lindemann, M. Therese Lysaught, Rosemarie Tong, and Michelle Svatos . Michelle Svatos, in the ISU department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Department will moderate. From the Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 11 Nov 1999

The Asian Economic Crisis - Nariman Behravesh
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nariman Behravesh is chief international economist and research director of Standard & Poors DRI where he manages a group of 40 professionals who cover economic, financial and political developments in over 106 countries. He was host of the PBS series "Inside the Global Economy" and has written extensively on global economic issues. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects for Democracy and Freedom.

World Debt and Jubilee 2000 - Congressman Jim Leach
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Jim Leach represents Iowa's First District in Congress, where he is chairman of the House Banking and Financial Servies Committee. He is chiet sponsor for the Jubilee 200 bill in the House, an attempt to relieve the enormous debt burden of the world's poorest countries. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects for Democracy and Freedom.

Sigma Xi Lecture: Protein Engineering-After the Cloning Is Over - Charles S. Craik
8:00 AM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Charles Craik is from the University of California. From the Lectures Program archive.

Wednesday, 10 Nov 1999

News From the Underground of Russian Literature - Vladimir S. Makanin
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Vladimir S. Makanin has written twenty books including novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. He is the winner of the 1998 International Pushkin Prize and the Russian Booker Prize. His books include Baize-covered Table with Decanter, The captive of the Caucasus and Underground or a Hero of Our Time. nderstand the role of individuals and groups within a society as promoters of change or the status quo.

The Causes of Genocide - David N. Smith
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Smith's current projects include studies of authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and genocide, and he is editing Marx's ethnological notebooks, Patriarchy and Property, for Yale University Press. Previous publications include studies of Orwell, Marx's Capital, and the history of higher education. He is associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas.