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An Evening with James Lowrie
7:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - James Lowrie, a professor of English, was the first director of the Iowa State Lectures Program. This event included tributes from ISU faculty Betty Towman (Dance) and Jerry Shakeshaft (Political Science) as well as student Jim Dubert. Mike Riley, former GSB president, was the emcee. Dr. Lowrie spoke about the changing climate of Lectures through the decades.

Food and Family Interfaces - Linda Nelson
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Surgeon as Writer - Richard Selzer
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Will New Technologies Bring New Societies to the Third World? - Emile McAnany
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. McAnany, Associate professor of Radio-TV-Film (International Communication), College of Communication, University of Texas, Austin, is a specialist in communications research, with extensive experience in the communications research, with extensive experience in the areas of education and development. he has conducted research in El Slavador, ivory Coast, Brazil, Mexico, and Guatemala. his most recent works include "Development Ethics and Funding Communications projects: Some Critical Reflections", and The Economics of Educational Media: Cost and Effectiveness. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Cultural Imperialism in Broadcasting - Elihu Katz
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Katz is professor of Sociology and communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor at the Annenberg School of communications, University of Southern California. His research in mass media and communications has resulted in ten books and 70 publications. Among his recent books are: Mass Media and Social Change; Almost Midnight; Reforming the Late Night News; and Broadcasting in the Third World: Promises and Performance. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Hmong Musicians--Changes and New Directions - Clifford Sloane, Xeng Xue Yang, Tong Va Vong, and Ying Cha
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Clifford Sloane, an ethnomuciologist who has been working with the Indo-Chinese refugees in the Twin Cities, and three Hmong musicians, Xeng xue Yang,quesj; Tong Va Vong, raj nplaim and ncas, and ying Cha, singer, will present a combination lecture/demonstartation They will explain the structure of their traditional music and the effect of technology on it, including the development of rock. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Film: Dodes' Ka-den
5:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - In Dodes' Ka-den, Akira Kurosawa weaves together, with a mixture of reality and fantasy, the lives of a group of Tokyo slum dwellers. The film gives an impassioned affirmation of life and overcoming adversities through hopes and dreams. Part of the World Affairs Series

Art and Censorship - Felipe Santander
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Mr. Santander is an award-winning playwright, actor and trained agricultural engineer. He is a graduate of Mexico's Theatrical School of Fine Arts, and his plays include The Command, and The Government Man, which has received a number of Latin America's highest awards. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

A Performance: Gudmunder Steinsson and Krisbjord Kjeld
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Gudmunder Steinsson, Icelandic playwright, will comment on videotaped scenes from his plays Matthew and A Brief Respite. His wife, Kristbjord Kjeld, and actress with the National Theatre of Iceland, will also read scenes from these plays. Part of the World Affairs Series

Problems of Third World Bias - Les Payne
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mr. Payne is National Editor of Newsday. His previous assignments include coverage of the Soweto uprising in South Africa and action in the guerilla areas in Zimbabwe. He is also coauthor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series, "The Heroin Trail." Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications