Calendar

• Theresa Milk, Haskell Indian Nations University
  "Stories of Nineteenth Century Haskell Institute"
  Special Events
  Fri., Feb. 1, 2008, 8:30am - 10:00am
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Bruce Rosenstock, Religious Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  "Closing the Circle of German-Jewish Philosophy: Moses Mendelssohn and Franz Rosenzweig" Jewish Studies Lecture
  Special Events
  Wed., Feb. 20, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Christine A. Anderson, Hall Center Sias Graduate Fellow
  "'Votes for Women!': The Birth of a Modern, Middle-Class and Female Politics in London" The Sias Graduate Fellow Public Lecture
  Special Events
  Mon., Mar. 3, 2008, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Dole Institute of Politics
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• Celebration of Books Published by Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts Faculty in 2007
  Reception and Program
  Special Events
  Thu., Mar. 6, 2008, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• David Cateforis, Art History; Kris Imants Ercums, Spencer Museum of Art; Maki Kaneko, Art History
  "Japan and International Modernism: 1950-1970"
  Special Events
  Fri., Mar. 7, 2008, 9:30am - 12:00pm
  Kress Gallery, Asian Gallery & Central Court, Spencer Museum of Art
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• Scott Soames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California
  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues Series "Interpreting Legal Texts: What Is and What Is Not Special About the Law"
  Special Events
  Tue., Mar. 11, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Stephen Neale, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Kornblith Chair in the Philosophy of Science and Value at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues Series "Language, the Law, and Web Pornography"
  Special Events
  Wed., Mar. 26, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  The Emily Taylor & Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture "America's Art in a Global Age: New Directions in Leadership"
  Special Events
  Wed., Mar. 26, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• CANCELLED - Anthony Grafton, History, Princeton University
  "The Republic of Letters: Science, Scholarship, and Civility in Early Modern Europe"
  Special Events
  Tue., Apr. 8, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Jerry Fodor, State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Rutgers University
  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues Series "What Kind of Theory is the Theory of Evolution?"
  Special Events
  Wed., Apr. 9, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• Jerry Fodor, State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Rutgers University
  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues Series "Evolution Without Adaptation"
  Special Events
  Thu., Apr. 10, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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• Andrew Morris, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  "Olympian Desires: Building Bodies and Nations in East Asia" A Symposium at the University of Kansas "'Why Are They So Far Ahead of Us?': The National Body, National Anxiety and the Olympics in China"
  Special Events
  Thu., Apr. 10, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Regnier Hall Auditorium, KU Edwards Campus
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• "Olympian Desires: Building Bodies and Nations in East Asia"
  A Symposium at the University of Kansas
  Special Events
  Fri., Apr. 11, 2008, 8:00am - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• "Olympian Desires: Building Bodies and Nations in East Asia"
  A Symposium at the University of Kansas
  Special Events
  Sat., Apr. 12, 2008, 8:00am - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Ruben Flores, American Studies; Maryemma Graham, English; Randal Jelks, Langston Hughes Visiting Professor of American Studies
  Public Forum on Issues of Common ConcernSpeaking about race: Obama in Text & Context
  Special Events
  Thu., Apr. 17, 2008, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Victor Bailey, Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of Modern British History
  Inaugural Lecture
  Special Events
  Tue., Sep. 9, 2008, 5:30pm
  The Commons, Spooner Hall
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• David Roediger, History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  "Will Race Survive in the U.S.?: The Possibilities and Impossibilities of the Obama Phenomenon"
  Special Events: Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
  Mon., Sep. 15, 2008, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  The Commons at Spooner Hall
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• Lorin Stein, Senior Editor of publishers, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  Special Events
  Fri., Sep. 19, 2008, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Eli Horowitz, Publisher of McSweeney's
  "My Role as Publisher, Designer, and Editor at McSweeney's Publishing House"
  Special Events
  Wed., Sep. 24, 2008, 7:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Jerry Gaus, James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona
  "Is Public Policy Possible?"
  Special Events: Lecture Series: What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?
  Fri., Oct. 3, 2008, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• George H. Nash, Historian
  "The Post-World War II Conservative Intellectual Movement in America"
  Special Events
  Tue., Oct. 7, 2008, 6:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
  CHANGE OF TIME
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• "The Impact of Race on Education"
  An uncompetitive debate between the KU debate team and the Texas Southern University debate team
  Special Events: Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
  Fri., Oct. 10, 2008, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  The Commons at Spooner Hall
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• Anna Cienciala, Professor of History, Emerita
  'KATYN - A Stalinist Crime: The Massacre of Polish Prisoners of War in the USSR, Spring 1940"
  Special Events
  Mon., Oct. 13, 2008, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Randal Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Portuguese/Director, Center of Latin American Studies, UCLA
  "Brazilian Cinema and Global Hollywood"
  Special Events
  Tue., Oct. 14, 2008, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Ricardo Quinones, Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature, Claremont McKenna College
  "Voltaire & Rousseau: Why They Still Matter"
  Special Events
  Tue., Oct. 14, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Pine Room, Kansas Union
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• Charles Johnson, University of Washington-Seattle
  "The Obsolescence of the Concept of Race"
  Special Events: Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
  Wed., Oct. 22, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
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• Loren Lomasky, Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy & Law, University of Virginia
  "What Do We Owe the World's Poor?"
  Special Events: Lecture Series: What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?
  Fri., Oct. 24, 2008, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Michael Yellow Bird, Global Indigenous Nations; Stuart Day, Spanish & Portuguese; Anita Herzfeld, Latin American Studies; & Sarah Stackhouse, Guest Artist-Music & Dance
  La Malinche Panel Discussion
  Special Events
  Mon., Nov. 3, 2008, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Julia Wright
  "Uncle Tom's Grandchildren: How My Father Taught Me About Race."
  Special Events: Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
  Thu., Nov. 6, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  The Commons, Spooner Hall
  CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
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• Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American Corporation
  "The Role and Responsibility of the Multi-National Corporation"
  Special Events
  Fri., Nov. 14, 2008, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
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• Hungkar Dorje, abbot of Thubten Chokorling Monastery in Golok China
  "Religious and Secular Education for Tibetans in China."
  Special Events
  Thu., Nov. 20, 2008, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
  Hall Center Conference Hall
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• Richard Arneson, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
  "Varieties of Cosmopolitanism and the Ideal of Global Justice"
  Special Events: Lecture Series: What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?
  Fri., Dec. 5, 2008, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
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