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Friday, 7 Dec 1973

Dr. Norman Bethune - Gerald Tannenbaum
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

The Academic as Scholar and Wolrd Citizen - Maurice Zeitlin
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Zeitlin is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

The Non-Role of M.N.O.'s in Guinea - F. Kourouma
1:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Thursday, 6 Dec 1973

Has China Lost the Road the Socialism? - Dr. Paul Sweezy and John Gurley
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

Multi-National Corporations in A World of Monetary Instability - Harold Van Buren Cleveland
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Cleveland has served as Assistant Chief in the Division of Investment and Economic Development, Department of State; Deputy Director and Special Economic Advisor, European Program Division, Economic Cooperation Administration; and International Economic Development. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Copper and ITT in Chile: Problems or Blessings? - Dr. Artuto Valenzuela
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Arturo Balenzuela, born in Chile, is currently an Assistant Professor at Duke University. He has written numerous articles on Chilean politics including a forth-coming reader on contemporary Chilean politics. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

The Need For An International Language - Is Esperanto The Answer? - Dr. Richard Wood
1:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - A specialist in Papiamenta and a researcher of Creole in pidgin language, Wood will discuss the role of Esperanto as an auxiliary neutral language in a changing world. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

The Soviet Union: A Global Power in Flux - Melvin Croan
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: World Power in Flux

Wednesday, 5 Dec 1973

Science in the People's Republic of China - Dr. Chen Yen Yang
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

Techno-Economic Change and the Position of Women - Rae Blumberg
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rae Blumberg has concerned herself with factors affecting the status of women in modernizing nations. Currently an assistant professor in the department of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin, she is finishing her dissertation at Northwestern University on how Venezuelan development under multinational oil corporations has affected the positions of women. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders