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World Development: Cooperation vs. Confrontation; Dependence vs. Independence - Erik Thorbecke
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Erik Throbecke is Professor of Economics and Food Economics at Cornell University. his primary areas of interest include economic and agricultural development and planning; international economics; theory of economic policy and econometrics. Prior to teaching at Cornell, Dr. Thorbecke was Professor of Economics at Iowa State University. He has participated in numerous committees focusing on international economic and agricultural development. Thorbecke is the author of numerous publications including Planning Techniques for a Better Future, and The Role of Agriculture in the Economic Development of Guatemala. Part of the World Affairs Series: North-South Dialogue

Global Water Resources - Khalil Mancy, University of Michigan
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Khalil Mancy is Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an international consultant on water resources management. His research in water quality management has produced 10 books and over fifty publications He is past Chairman of the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. Since 1979 he has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization on environmental impacts of Upper Nile Projects. Part of the World Affairs Series: North-South Dialogue

Film: Factories for the Third World
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film analyzes the extent and consequences of a new international division of labor and the pattern of development associated with it in Tunisia. Part of the World Affairs Series

Can The Third World Survive the New Geopolitics? - Richard Falk, Princeton University
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Richard A. Falk is the Albert G. milbank Professor of International Law and practice at Princeton university. he has written extensively on the role of international law in affecting foreign policy and creating global order. Among the many books and articles he has written or eited are the following: The Strategy of World Order, 4 volumes, The Endangered Planet, A Study of Future Worlds, and The War System: An Interdisciplinary Approach. He serves on the editorial boards of Foreign Policy, American Journal of International Law, and The Nation. Part of the World Affairs Series: North-South Dialogue

Film: Memories of Underdevelopment
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Memories is the diary of a middle-class Cuban intellectual before and after the revolution. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Chuquiago
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This film on the social classes of Bolivia gives a view of people from different classes who attempt to interact while protecting their own interests. Part of the World Affairs Series

Poetry Reading & Running a Small Press - Allan and Cinda Kornblum
All Day – Ross 20 / Ross 212 - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Eiger in Winter - Harry Kent and Keith Lober
All Day – Carver 101 - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

On Surviving Justly: An Ethical Analysis of Nuclear Disarmament - Stanley Hauerwas
All Day – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

365 Tage I Jahr - Westphalian Films
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.