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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.

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.

The Causes Of Genocide - Dave N. Smith
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Smith's current projects include studies of authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and genocide. He is editing Karl Marx's ethnological notebooks, Patriarchy and Property, and has previously published works on Orwell, Marx, and the history of higher education. Smith is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas. nderstand the role of individuals and groups within a society as promoters of change or the status quo.

Global Challenges: Environmental, Political and Economic Problems and Solutions - Todd Sandler
8:00 AM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Todd Sandler is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science at ISU. He is the author or co-author of a number of books including Global Challenege: An Approach to Environmental, Political, and Economic Problems; The Political Ecnomy of Nato; Collective Action: Theory and Applications; and Future of Foreign Assistance: Common Pool Approach and International Public Goods. From the Lectures Program archive.

Who Owns the World? Biodiversity, Bioethics and World Trade - Institute On World Affairs
12:00 PM – Memorial Union - Walter Reid of the World Resources Institute will open the week which will include Gerald Mossinghoff, former Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and a debate on "Who Owns the World?" Institute On World Affairs From the Lectures Program archive.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Media - Seymour Hersh
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Seymour Hersh is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter who has covered everything from the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam to the growth of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. His books include The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreig Policy and The Target is Destroyed: What Really Happened to Flight 007 and What America Knew About It. He won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House. His most recent book was the controversial Dark Side of Camelot. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Development of the African-American Spiritual - Moses Hogan
7:30 AM – Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall - Moses George Hogan is the conductor of the New Orleans-based Moses Hogan Chorale (founded in 1993). He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, studied at the Julliard School of Music, and, as pianist, won the 28th annual Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition. From the Lectures Program archive.

Panel: Paul Johnson, farmer and Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Gary Cornelious, farmer Boone, Iowa; Tom Richard, Assistant Prof
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Wither the Farm? Moving Beyond the Current Crisis in Agriculture

Social Conflict, Trade Disputes, and Genetically Modified Organisms - Richard Ross, John Obrycki, Charlotte Bronson, Clare Hinrichs & Dermot Hayes
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Every day, new advances are made in the genetic modification of organisms and their application to agriculture and other human activities. While trumpeted by some as great advances in human progress, others have voiced concerns about these developments. This dispute has generated academic debate, social protests and trade disputes. Join Iowa Stae faculty and administrators in the discussion. Richard Ross - College of Veterinary Medicine; John Obrycki - Entomology; Charlotte Bronson - Plant Pathology; Claire Hinrichs - Sociology; Dermot Hayes - Economics. With Colin Scanes - College of Agriculture, moderating. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects For Democracy and Freedom.