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Puppet Theater: Theatre Company of Bogota - Jaime Manzur
2:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - The Puppet Theater of Jaime Manzur has an extensive repertoire of opera. In addition, Manzur has adapted novels and contemporary plays to the puppet stage. The Institute expresses special gratitude to the Partners of the Americas for their assistance in sponsoring the program. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Melanesian Art - Karol LaCasse
12:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - An intense interest in tribal arts, artifacts and culture has led Karol LaCasse to take three study trips to the islands of Melanesia, particularly New Guinea. This has resulted in the acquisition of a superb collection of museum quality Oceanic art. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

African Poetry Reading - Peter Nazareth
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Born in Kampala, Uganda, and educated in Ugandan and British schools, peter Nazareth, currently participates in the International Writing Program and teaches African Literature under the Afro-American Studies program. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

The Role of Religion with Regard to Developmental India - A.P. Venkateswaran
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Educated at Madras and Oxford Universities, Venkateswaran entered the Indian Foreign Service at the age of 22. Since then he has been attached to Indian Missions at Prague, New York, Moscow, Bonn, and in Ethiopia and the fiji Islands. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Religion and Social Change - Margaret E. Crahan
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Currently a visiting scholar with the Institute of Latin/American Studies at Columbia University, Margaret Crahan holds the Ph.D. from that institution in Latin American history. She has written extensively on the subject of religion in Latin America. Tom Carney, presently an editor for the Eagle Grove, iowa, Eagle, is a former missionary to Columbia. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Film: Viracocha
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film shows Bolivian Indians and their agricultural and cultural linkages to outside society, including the Catholic Church. Part of the World Affairs Series

Social Change and the Islamic World - William Shepard
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - William Shepard has traveled extensively in Egypt and the Middle East. In 1968 he was a visiting professor at American university in Cairo. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Impact of Urbanization on Rural Life - Crawford Young
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A Harvard Ph.D., Crawford Yong has been with the Unviversity since 1963 where he has been Chairman of the African Studies program and Associate Dean of the Graduate School. young has been a visiting professor at Makere University. Uganda, and Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Zaire. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

The Role of the World Bank in Rural education - Clifford Gilpin
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Presently with the Education Department of the World Bank, Clifford Gilpin has had teaching experience in secondary schools of Nigeria and Kenya. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

The Role of Technical Education in Rural Areas - leonard Z. Eggleton, Gerald Parks, Richard Squires, Mark Lund
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The Panel will explore the contribution technical education can make in rural areas of developing nations. 1. Leonard Eggleton is a professor and extension specialist in poultry marketing at ISU. In 1965 and 1967 he was a consultant for an AID project in Uruguay. 2. Gerald Parks is an associate professor of industrial education at ISU. he was a consultant with the Ford Foundation on a technical education project in Nigeria. 3. Richard Squires is professor of industrial engineering at ISU. His international teaching and administrative experience includes work at the Imperial college of Engineering in Ethiopia and consulting work in Egypt, Tunisia, and Haiti. In June of 1975 he visited the People's Republic of China. 4. Mark Lund is a grad student majoring in economics. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas