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Strategies for Institutional Change During a Period of Backlash - Frances Kendall
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Consequences of the New Conservatism - Theodore J. Lowi
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Definition and Redefinition of American Ideology in the 20th Century - Theodore J. Lowi
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Theodore J. Lowi is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University and author of The End of Liberalism, The Politics of Disorder, American Government: Incomplete Conquest and The End of the Republican Era. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Consequences of the New Conservatisim - Theodore J. Lowi
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

A Crisis of Civility - Jim Wallis
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jim Wallis is editor of Sojourner magazine, a publication which examines issues of faith, politics and culture. He is co-founder of the Sojourners Community in inner-city Washington, D.C., and convener of the coalition Call to Renewal: Christians for a New Political Vision. His books include Who Speaks for God?, The Soul of Politics, and Revive Us Again. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Press: Tearing Us Apart, Bringing Us Together - Geneva Overholser
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Geneva Overholser is the ombudsman at The Washington Post. She has also served as editor of The Des Moines Register and on the editorial board of The New York Times. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Religion and Politics: A National Perspective - Michael Lux
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Lux is senior vice president of People for the American Way, a nonpartisan constitutional liberties organization founded in 1980 to counter the Religious Right. he served at the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, working on health care and budget issues, before co-founding the Creative Development Group, a business development and consulting firm. Part of the National Affairs Series

Religion & Politics: And Iowa Perspective - Rev. Keith Ratliff, Rev. David Ruhe, Rev. WIlliam Cotton and Rev. John Palmer
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Rev. Keith Ratliff of the maple Street Baptist Church; Rev. William cotton of the Grace Untied Methodist Church and board member of the Iowa Inter-Faith Alliance; Rev. David Ruhe of Plymouth congregational united Church of Christ; and Rev. John Palmer of the First Assembly of God will describe recent efforts in the Des Moines religious community to find common ground despite strong political differences during recent elections. Part of the National Affairs Series.

A Native Perspective - Winona Laduke
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Winona Laduke is program director of the Seventh Generation fund's Environmental program, a native American advocacy organization, and campaign director of the White Earth Recovery Project, a reservation-based land acquisition environmental advocacy and cultural organization. She is a member of the Mississippi Band of Chippewa of the White Earth Reservation. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Race and Redemption - Osha Gray Davidson
12:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Osha Gray Davidson is the author of The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South which has been nominated for both the Robert S. Kennedy Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His other books include Under Fire: The National Rifle Association and the Battle for Gun Control and Broken Heartland: The Rise of America's Rural Ghetto. Part of the National Affairs Series.