Washington University in St. Louis--Assembly Series

Spring 2000 Calendar

Julian Bond
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP)

Wednesday, January 26, 11 am in Graham Chapel
CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT PREVENT JULIAN BOND'S TRAVEL TO ST. LOUIS

Mary Kay Magistad
National Public Radio (NPR) China
Correspondent, Nieman Fellow,
Harvard University

Wednesday, February 2, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Walking the Tightrope: Challenges to China's Communist Party"
ASIAN MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL / CHINESE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION LECTURE

Saul Friedlander
Maxwell Cummings Professor,
European History at Tel Aviv University and
Professor, History of the Holocaust, UCLA

Wednesday, February 9, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Shoah: Memory, History and the Historian"
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL LECTURE

Wilma Mankiller
Former Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation,
Author, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People

Wednesday, February 16, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Contemporary Tribal Issues"
CULTURAL CELEBRATION / CHIMES LECTURE

Greg Louganis*
Olympic Diving Champion,
Author, Breaking the Surface
*Public seating for this lecture may be limited

Wednesday, February 23, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Beyond Breaking the Surface"
CONGRESS OF THE SOUTH FORTY LECTURE

James Earl Hardy
Author, B-Boy Blues, 2nd Time Around,
and If Only For One Nite

Tuesday, February 29, 4 pm in Women's Building Lounge
All the Blacks Are Heterosexual and All the Gays Are White...or So They Say
SPECTRUM ALLIANCE / ASSOCIATION OF BLACK STUDENTS

Dinesh D'Souza
Author, lliberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus

Wednesday, March 1, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Racism Is Not the Problem"
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS / CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION LECTURE

Joe Dowling
Artistic Director, Guthrie Theater and
Director, Guthrie Theater's touring production
of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Wednesday, March 15, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Shakespeare in the 21st Century"
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA HONORS LECTURE

John Murrin
Professor of History, Princeton University,
President of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)
Thursday, March 16, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"American Popular Culture, Elitism, and the Rise of Intercollegiate Athletics before the First World War"
THOMAS D. FULBRIGHT LECTURE

Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist,
Author, Lucy: The Beginnings of Human Kind,
and From Lucy to Language

Wednesday, March 22, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Human Origins: An African Perspective"
WILLIAM C. FERGUSON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Linda Wertheimer*
National Public Radio (NPR), Senior Host,
All Things Considered
*Public seating for this lecture may be limited

Wednesday, March 29, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"A Woman's Perspective on the Congress and Politics"
WOMEN'S WEEK LECTURE

Eleanor Leach
Ruth N. Halls Professor of Classical Studies,
Indiana University,
Author, Vergil's Eclogues: Landscapes of
Experience


Thursday, March 30, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"The Politics of Theatre: The Theatricality of Politics in the Ancient Roman World"
JOHN AND PENELOPE BIGGS RESIDENCY IN THE CLASSICS

Na'im Akbar
Clinical Psychologist in the Department of
Psychology at Florida State University,
Author, Visions for Black Men

Wednesday, April 5, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"African Americans: Change Agents for America"
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SYMPOSIUM

Peter Raven
Engelmann Professor of Botany,
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden

Wednesday, April 12, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Biodiversity: Its Meaning for a Sustainable Environment"
PHI BETA KAPPA / SIGMA XI LECTURE

Susan Faludi*
Author, Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American
Man,
and Backlash: The Undeclared War
Against American Women

*Public seating for this lecture may be limited

Wednesday, April 19, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Betrayal of the American Male"
WOMEN'S SOCIETY ADELE STARBIRD / NEUREUTHER LIBRARY LECTURE




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