Washington University's Assembly Series
Spring 1998 Calendar

Joycelyn Elders
Former U.S. Surgeon General

Wednesday, January 21, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Public Health, Private Morality and the African American Community"
CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE

Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court Justice

Wednesday January 28, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"On Interpreting the Constitution"

Albert Raboteau
Religious scholar
Princeton University

Wednesday, February 4, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Search for Common Ground: Howard Thurman"

Jose Ramos-Horta
1996 Nobel Peace Prize-winner

Wednesday, February 11, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asia Pacific Region"
CULTURAL CELEBRATION
William Gray
President, United Negro College Fund

Wednesday, February 18, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the Dawn of the 21st Century"
CSAS SYMPOSIUM
The Eliot Trio
Seth Carlin, piano/David Halen, concertmaster/John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist

Thursday, February 19, 7 pm in Steinberg Auditorium, Steinberg Gallery of Art
"A Musical Conversation"

Laurence Soderblom
Senior Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological
Survey and member of the Imaging Team for the Pathfinder vehicle on Mars
Tuesday, February 24, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
"Back to Mars"
WILLIAM C. FERGUSON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Twyla Tharp
Modern dancer

Wednesday, February 25, 11 am in Edison Theatre, Mallinckrodt Center
Lecture/Demonstration
CS40 LECTURE

Bill Kirby
Chair, Department of History
Harvard University

Wednesday, March 11, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Future of 'Greater China'"
THOMAS D. FULBRIGHT LECTURE

Neil Gaiman
Fantasy writer and creator of the Sandman series

Wednesday, March 18, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Myths About Myths, Stories About Stories: Sandman and After"
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA HONORS LECTURE

Nell Painter
Director, Program in African-American Studies
Princeton University

Wednesday, March 25, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Sojourner Truth: A Phenomenal Woman"
WOMEN'S WEEK

Erich Gruen
Professor of classics and history,
University of California-Berkeley
Wednesday, March 25, 4 pm in Steinberg Auditorium, Steinberg Hall
"Pagans and Jews: The Roots of Anti-Semitism"
JOHN AND PENELOPE BIGGS RESIDENCY IN THE CLASSICS

Mary Frances Berry
Chairperson, U.S. Civil Rights Commission

Wednesday, April 1, 11 am in Graham Chapel
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SYMPOSIUM

Jack Horner
Curator of Paleontology,
Museum of the Rockies

Wednesday, April 8, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Dinosaurs and the History of Evolutionary Thought"
PHI BETA KAPPA / SIGMA XI LECTURE

Kurt Vonnegut
author, Slaughterhouse Five and Sirens of Titan

Thursday, April 9, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
CHIMES / NEUREUTHER LIBRARY LECTURE

Paul Simon
Former Democratic Senator from Illinois

Wednesday, April 15, 11 am in Graham Chapel
BENJAMIN E. YOUNGDAHL LECTURE IN SOCIAL POLICY

Naomi Wolf
Author, The Beauty Myth and Promiscuities

Wednesday, April 22, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century
WOMEN'S SOCIETY ADELE STARBIRD LECTURE




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