Washington University's Assembly Series
Spring 1997 Calendar

Jeffrey Sammons/Bill White
professor of history,
New York University/
past president,
National Baseball League

Wednesday, January 22, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The African American Athlete and
American Society"

CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE

Martin Amis
author, The Information

Wednesday January 29, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Iron John, Robert Bly, Philip Larkin and
Political Correctness"

NEUREUTHER LIBRARY LECTURE

Elizabeth Loftus
professor of psychology
University of Washington-Seattle

Wednesday, February 5, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Crimes of Memory: The Rise of False Memories and the Downfall of Mental Health"

Ronald Takaki
author, A Different Mirror: A
History of
Multicultural America

Wednesday, February 12, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Multiculturalism Debate: Battleground or Meeting Ground? Part One"

Todd Gitlin
professor of culture, journalism,
and sociology
New York University

Wednesday, February 19, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Multiculturalism Debate: Battleground or Meeting Ground? Part Two"

Wynton Marsalis
jazz musician

Friday, February 21, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Redemption Through Sacrifice: The Legacy of American Slavery"
CULTURAL CELEBRATION
William Schopf
paleobiologist
University of California-Los Angeles

Wednesday, February 26, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Ancient Life on Earth and Mars:
Extraordinary Claims! Extraordinary Evidence?"

ARTHUR HOLLY COMPTON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Richard Dawkins
lecturer, Dept. of Zoology,
Oxford University
author, River Out of Eden

Wednesday, March 12, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Is Evolution Progressive?"
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA HONORS

Clarence Page
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Chicago Tribune

Wednesday, March 19, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Bridge to a Multicultural Century"
BENJAMIN E. YOUNGDAHL LECTURE IN SOCIAL POLICY

Nikki Giovanni
poet, social commentator

Wednesday, March 26, 11 am in Graham Chapel
reading and commentary
WOMEN'S WEEK / LOCK AND CHAIN LECTURE

Edward Said
professor of comparative literature,
Columbia University and
author, Orientalism

Thursday, March 27, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Postcolonialism and Literature"
Kweisi Mfume
president, NAACP
Wednesday, April 2, 11 am in Graham Chapel
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SYMPOSIUM

R. Ross Holloway
director, Center for Old World
Archaeology and Art,
Brown University

Thursday, April 3, 4 pm in Steinberg Auditorium, Steinberg Gallery of Art
"The Greek Temple and Ancient Sicily"
THE JOHN AND PENELOPE BIGGS RESIDENCY
IN THE CLASSICS

Jonathan Spence
professor of history
Yale University

Wednesday, April 16, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Arts of Empire in 18th Century China"
PHI BETA KAPPA / SIGMA XI LECTURE AND
STANLEY SPECTOR LECTURE

Alan Taylor
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
author, William Cooper's Town

Thursday, April 10, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"Of Deer and Men: A Tale of Hunting, Law, Power and Literature in the Early American Republic"
THOMAS D. FULBRIGHT LECTURE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY

Isabel Allende
author, The House of the Spirits

Wednesday, April 16, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"A Candid Conversation with Isabel Allende"
THE WOMEN'S SOCIETY ADELE
STARBIRD LECTURE




Return to Assembly Series Home Page





Return to News and Publications Home Page