Washington University's Assembly Series
Fall 1998 Calendar

Gina Kolata
Science writer, New York Times,and author, Clone: The Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead

Wednesday, September 9, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Cloning: Its Past, Present and Future"

Barbara Kopple
Documentary filmmaker, Harlan County USA, American Dream,and Wild Man Blues

Wednesday September 16, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Art of the Documentary Film"

Raymond Arvidson
Professor and chair, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University

Wednesday, September 23, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Solo Spirit Mission: From Argentina to the Coral Sea"

Mark Crispin Miller
Professor of media studies,
New York University

Wednesday, September 30, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Our Masters' Voice: The Growing Power of Global Media"

Greil Marcus
Music critic and author, Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock and Roll Musicand Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes

Wednesday, October 7, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"On the Birth of the Cool"

Peggy Orenstein
Journalist and author, Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-esteem and the Confidence Gap

Wednesday, October 14, 11 am in Graham Chapel
OLIN CONFERENCE: GIRL OR WOMAN? THE STATUS OF FEMALE ADOLESCENTS
Loren Graham
Professor of the history of science, M.I.T., and author, Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, October 20, 4 pm in 215 Rebstock Hall
"Is Science a Social Construction? The Lysenko Affair and Authentic Science"
THOMAS HALL LECTURE

Karen Armstrong
Author, History of Godand Jerusalem: Once City, Three Faiths

Wednesday, October 21, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The History and Future of God"

Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant
Media psychologist and columnist for
Essencemagazine

Wednesday, October 28, 11 am in Graham Chapel
BLACK ARTS AND SCIENCES FESTIVAL

Louise Arbour
Chief prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

Thursday, October 29, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"Prosecutions Before the International Criminal Court: Prospects and Pitfalls"
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL LECTURE / WOMAN'S CLUB LECTURE

Renée Fox
Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, November 4, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Doctors Without Borders and Doctors of the World: Moral Dilemmas of Medical Humanitarianism and Human Rights Witnesses"

Spike Lee
Film director, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Four Little Girls

Thursday, November 5, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
Lecture / Commentary
CONGRESS OF THE SOUTH 40 / COUNCIL OF STUDENTS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES LECTURE

Terry Gross
Host, National Public Radio's Fresh Air

Tuesday, November 10, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"An Afternoon with Terry Gross"
George Mitchell
Chief negotiator, Ireland Peace Accord, and retired Democratic Senator from Maine

Wednesday, November 11, 11 am in Graham Chapel
RABBI FERDINAND M. ISSERMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE / HENNINGS LECTURE




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