Spring 2006 Assembly Series    

Lani Guinier
Meritocracy INC: How Wealth Became Merit,
Class Became Race and College Education Became a Gift from the
Poor to the Rich
January 25, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Chancellor's Fellowship Keynote Address

 

Stephanie Coontz
Courting Disaster? The World Historical Transformation of Marriage
February 1, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
School of Law Lecture, Woman's Club Lecture

 

Cornel West
Democracy Matters
February 2, 2006 4 p.m. Graham Chapel
Co-sponsored by the Association of Black Students


 
Steve Squyres
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Plant
February 8, 2006 11 a.m.
Ferguson Science Lecture

 

William Cronon
Telling Tales on Canvas: Landscapes of Environmental Change
February 13, 2006 7 p.m. Steinberg Hall Auditorium
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Lecture

 

damali ayo
How to Rent a Negro
February 15, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Mortarboard and Social Justice Center Co-sponsors

 

Jonathan Kozol
Hearts of Children and Obligations of our Nation's School
February 22, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
ArtSci Council lecture

 
Marjorie Garber
Bartlett's Familiar Shakespeare: The Pleasures
and Pitfalls of Quotation

February 23, 2006 4 p.m. Location to be announced.
Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture
Photo by Beverly Hall

The Future of the Democratic Party
A panel discussion moderated by Asst. Professor of Politicial Science, Michael Minta
March 1, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
College Democrats Lecture

 

Wendy Kopp
Making Good on America's Promise: Educational Opportunity for All
March 8, 2006 4 p.m. Graham Chapel
Co-sponsored by Mortar Board



March 15, 2006
NO LECTURE
Spring Break

 

Eugenie Scott
Creationism and Evolution: It's Not Over Yet!
March 22, 2006, 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Ferguson Science Lecture

 

Morgan Spurlock
CANCELLED DUE TO POST PRODUCTION SCHEDULE CONFLICTS

 

 
Bill Gass
Metaphor
March 30, 2006 4 p.m. Graham Chapel
John and Penelope Biggs Residency in the Classics
 

Earl "Butch" Graves, Jr.
The Media History and Portrayal of Black America
April 5, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Association of Black Students Co-sponsor

 
Wayne Fields
Love and Seduction: Our Anxiety About Rhetoric
April 12, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Interdisciplinary Program in Humanites, Phi Beta Kappa/Sigma Xi Lecture
 
Marian Wright Edelman
Stand Up for Children Now
April 19, 2006 11 a.m. Graham Chapel
Women's Society, Libraries Neureuther, Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lecture