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The Pakistani Experience - Isharat Hussein
12:00 PM – -- - Department of Economics, Boston University. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Gulliver's Retreat - Ramakrishna Vaitheswaran
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Vaitheswaran, Assistant Professor of Economics at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, is a PhD candidate at ISU and has taught at Mackinac college, Michigan, and Iowa State University. He has published several articles concerning the international situation and a forthcoming article is "Gandhi and Mao, A Comparison." Part of the World Affairs Series: Gulliver's Troubles - The United States' Role Abroad

Film: Who Invited Us?
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Gulliver's retreat is an appropriate name for today's current state of political affairs. This movie reviews the history of US military intervention from the Philippine takeover through the Vietnam war. Part of the World Affairs Series

Korean War POW - James Veneris
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Gulliver's Troubles - The United States' Role Abroad

Research on Women - Dr. Mayra Buvinic
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mayra Buvinic, native of Chile, received her PhD in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. She is Director-Designate of the International Center for Research on Women. Part of the World Affairs Series: Gulliver's Troubles - The United States' Role Abroad

Film: Blood of the Condor
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This movie is a dramatized account , based on actual events which occurred in Bolivia in 1968-of a US imposed population control program administered by the "Progress Corps" which sterilizes Quechua Indian women without their knowledge or consent. [b}Part of the World Affairs Series

Panel Discussion: P. Nazareth, R. Vaitheswaran, M. Whiteford, E. Morris
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Peter Nazareth, visiting lecturer on Afro-American Studies at the University of Iowa, is a noted playwright and author of short stories and poetry. Part of the World Affairs Series

Liberation Struggles - Eddison Zvobgo
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Professor Zvogbo is a member of World Peace Through Law, the US division of Amnesty International and the African Studies Association, and is the publisher and editor of Zimbabwe News Part of the World Affairs Series: Gulliver's Troubles - The United States' Role Abroad

Film: White Man's Country
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - The struggle for Black majority rule in Rhodesia is but one of the final episodes in a much broader history of white colonial dominion in Africa. This movie takes a fascinating in-depth look at the evolution of colonialism in Kenya. The movie takes an African look at colonialism through personal accounts and historical background. Part of the World Affairs Series

Lecture - Peter Nazareth
12:00 PM – -- - International Writing Program, School of Letters, University of Iowa. From the University Lectures Program archive.