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Events
January
5 FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS: YOUTH CULTURE IN AMERICA,
film clip-illustrated lecture by National Institute
of Media Research Film Programmer Tomas Naturo on films
made by Hollywood targeting Generation X;
Room 1910 Friday at noon. Free.
8 FROM OZZIE AND HARRIET TO AL AND PEGGY BUNDY: AMERICAN
FAMILIES IN THE MEDIA, panel discussion includes Human
Rights Campaign Manager Eliza Birch,
Newsweek magazine columnist Andy Dickenson
Room 1910; Monday at 7:30 p.m. Free.
19 BOOK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CHINESE IMMIGRANT, lecture by the
author, Sun Yung-Lee on her life in New York's Chinatown;
Oxon Atlas Library ;Friday at 5:30 p.m.
21 THE CABLE LEGACY, slide-illustrated lecture led by a panel
of Cable show producers, hosts and actors;
Sunday at 2 p.m. Free. Location TBA
21 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD: SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT IT? Lecture
Sunday at 3 p.m. Free. Location TBA
27 A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, lecture by the Director of the Fresh
Air Initiative; Global Warming and CO2 in the atmosphere
Saturday 3 p.m. Oxon Atlast Library
February
LECTURE
6 TITLE: AFRO-CONFEDERATES: MYTHS and FANTASIES,
Lecture by Asia Gordon on African-Americans in the Civil War.
Oxon Atlas Library, Wednesday at 7 p.m. Free.
17 THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE,
participatory philosophical discussion led by Ken Greenblatt
Room 1910 Saturday at noon. Free.
21 THE REAL THREAT IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY:
lecture by University of Notre Dame Department of Economics
assistant professor Margaret Miller. Kennan Wilson Center,
Sixth-Floor Auditorium, Wednesday at noon. Free.
27 THE COURT AND THE CONQUEROR: THE SUPREME COURT AND AMERICAN
INDIAN NATIONS lecture by BriarWood College assistant professor
Stephanie Bragley Gunston Auditorium; Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Free.
27 CULTURES ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION, lecture by explorer Wayne Davis
on indigenous cultures around the world. Cosponsored by Nat'l
Geog Soc, Sixth-Floor Auditorium, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
March
8 FAMILY RITUALS AND TEMPLE CEREMONIES OF BALI,
lecture by Steven Wollmer, Travel Book Author
Room 1910 Thursday at 7 p.m. Free.
13 HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS, panel discussion includes
National Conference of Af Am Lawyers Justice Division
Co-Chair Gertrude Alisson; Includes a screening of the film "Eyes of
the Rainbow." Sixth-Floor Auditorium
Tuesday at 6 p.m.
14 IMAGES FOR THE MIND'S EYE: THE THRESHOLD OF VIRTUE IN ROMAN CHURCH
DECORATION, lecture by Hopkins University Art professor Herman Kessler.
Dumbarton Room, Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Free.
19 CONTRIVED SOCIETY: ADVERTISING AND CULTURE, lecture by Adjunct
Associate Professor Clement Golding; Monday at 2 p.m. Free.
Location TBA
31 INVESTIGATING MODERN ART, discussion led by Foundation staff member
Susan Sherman. Meet at the Foundation's Gallery of Art,
Saturday at 1 p.m. Free.