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Sunday, 2 Oct 1983
Celebrating the Courage of Peacemaking Women - Pam McAllister
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Friday, 30 Sep 1983
The Native American Today - Peter Macdonald
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Thursday, 29 Sep 1983
Martin Luther King's Dream - Dorothy F. Cotton
All Day – Carver 101 - Ms. Cotton is a former senior non-violence trainer for the King Center in Atlanta. From the University Lectures Program archive.
Tuesday, 27 Sep 1983
The World According to Kaul - Donald Kaul
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Monday, 26 Sep 1983
American Foreign Policy in Africa Under the Reagan Administration - Donald Rothchild
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.
Sunday, 25 Sep 1983
Documentary Filmmaking - Frederick Wiseman
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Frederick Wiseman, a documentary filmmaker, grew up in Boston, went to Yale Law School and then served in the Army. When he got out, he lived in Paris, and got involved with filmmaking there. He moved back to the United States and taught at Boston University. He took law students on tours of the Bridgewater State Hospital, part of the state corrections system, which was to become the setting for Wiseman’s first documentary film “Titicut Follies.†Made in 1967, it was banned for years because of its frank and shocking look at patients at a Massachusetts prison hospital for the “criminally insane.†He has gone on to make some 40 films, many taking a long look at community and cultural institutions, including “High School†in 1968, “Hospital†in 1969, and “Welfare†in 1975.
Thursday, 22 Sep 1983
What's Mime is Yours - The Fountain Square Fools
8:00 PM – Curtiss Auditorium - Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.
Friday, 16 Sep 1983
Women, Power and Politics - Arnette Hubbard
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Arenette Hubbard is the first female president of the National Bar Association. She has worked with the Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and is currently in private practice. From the University Lectures Program archive.
Wednesday, 14 Sep 1983
Buffalo Bill: The Myth and the Man - William Coleman
All Day – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - A multimedia presentation on Buffalo Bill's career as a showman. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.
Sunday, 11 Sep 1983
Conversation with an Artist - Phyllis Thompson
All Day – 181-1 Design Center - Artist-in-the-schools in Chicago public schools, Ms. Thompson will discuss her work as a printmaker. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.