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Idols of Death and the God of Life: Liberation Theology in Latin America - Phillip Berryman
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Phillip Berryman has traveled extensively throughout Latin America, serving in Panama as a Catholic priest and in Guatemala as the Central American representative for the American Friends Service Committee. His books include Religion and Revolution and The Religious Roots of Rebellion. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

Iran: Eight Years After the Revolution - Robin Wright
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robin Wright is Senior Associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She has traveled extensively in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America reporting for magazines and newspapers including the London Sunday Times, Washington Post and the Christian Science monitor. She is author of Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

Palestinian Women and Revolution - Sahar Khalifa
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sahar Khalifa is an author whose books include We Are Not Your Slaves Any Longer, Cactus, Memoirs of an Unrealistic Woman, and Sunflower. Several of her books have been made into movies, and she helped produce and acted in this award-winning film. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

The Process of Change in South Africa - Jacque Williams
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jacque Williams is the Youth Director for the South African Council of Churches. She completed her theological studies at St. Paul's Theological College in Grahamstown in South Africa, attended Union Theological Seminary in this country, and is continuing graduate work at Columbia University. She has conducted research for the Columbia University. She has conducted research for the Institute for Contextual Theology, an organization connected with the founding of the United Democratic Front. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

Between the Super Powers - Dilip Lehiri
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Breaking Barriers - The U.S.S.R. and The U.S.

U.S. Policy Toward the Third World - Ernest LeFever
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Ernest LeFever is the founder and president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London) the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, and the council on Foreign Relations. His books include Ethics and US Foreign Policy, Nuclear Arms in the Third World, and The CIA and the American Ethic. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

Agriculture and Water Quality: A Perspective from Washington - John Blodgett
All Day – Benton Auditorium - John Blodgett is Senior Analyst in Environmental Policy with Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service.

The Soviet Union, Gorbachev, and American Policy - Stephen Cohen
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Breaking Barriers - The USSR and The US

Revolution and State Power - Charles Tilly
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Charles Tilly is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and History and director of the Center for Studies on Social change at the New School for Social Research. His books include: From Mobilization to Revolution, The Rebellious Century, and The Formation of National States in Western Europe. He served as a director of the center for Research on Conflict Revolution and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change

The Political Crisis in Korea - Bruce Cumings
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Bruce Cummings is Professor fo History at the University of Chicago and author of The Origins of the Korea War. He coedited the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scolars and coedits The Journal of Korean Studies. Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change