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Monday, 9 Nov 1987
South Korea - Young Kihl
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Sunday, 8 Nov 1987
Revolution and Social Change - Ray Bonner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ray Bonner won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for his book Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy in El Salvador. He was a New york Times reporter and Pynter Fellow Lecturer at Yale University before winning the Latin American Studies Association Award. He has just published Waltzing with a Dicator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy.
Part of the World Affairs Series: Revolution and Social Change
Film: Fertile Memory
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Two Palestinian women, one traditional and the other modern, deal with their life under military occupation. Sahar Khalifa, Wednesday's speaker, helped produce and acted in this award-winning film.
Part of the World Affairs Series
Saturday, 7 Nov 1987
The Limits of Analysis - Stanley Rosen
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Stanley Rosen is the Evan Pugh Professor of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. His books include "Plato's Symposium," "Nihilism," "G.W.F. Hegel: An Introduction," and "Plato's Sophist." From the University Lectures Program archive.
Tuesday, 3 Nov 1987
Who Will Gain from Biotechnology - Jack Doyle
All Day – Scheman Building - Jack Doyle is the Director of the Agricultural Resources Project of the Envrionmental Policy Institute. His books include "Altered Harvest," "Lines Across the Land," and "What Agribusiness Thinks." From the University Lectures Program archive.
Thursday, 29 Oct 1987
Mass Media and Terrorism and Covery Activity - Seymour Hersh
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Symour Hersh is the Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and author of books on the My Lai massacre, Henry Kissinger, and the shooting of Flight 007. From the University Lectures Program archive.
Wednesday, 28 Oct 1987
The Nature, Mission, and Future of the Land Grant University - John McDermott
All Day – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - John McDermott is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Medical Humanities Program at Texas A&M. From the University Lectures Program archive.
Tuesday, 27 Oct 1987
The U.S. Stake in the Global Environment - Norman Myers
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Norman Myers is a noted consultant on environmental and development issues who has done extensive field projects in more than 80 countries. His books include: "The Primary Source," " A Wealth of Wild Species," "Conversion of Tropical Forests," and "The Sinking Ark." From the University Lectures Program archive.
Friday, 23 Oct 1987
International Harmony - Xie Junzhen
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Thursday, 22 Oct 1987
China After Communism - Dick Wilson
All Day – Memorial Union - Dick Wilson was editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and The China Quarterly. His books include: "Anatomy of China," "Asia Awakes," "Mao The People's Emperor," and "Chou- The Story of Zhou Enlai." From the University Lectures Program archive.