Video Archive - Special Events
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2011-2012
Virginia Scharff
"The Women Jefferson Loved"
February 6, 2012,
Lied Center Pavilion
2010-2011
Dan Rasmussen
"American Uprising: Unearthing the Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt"
February 7, 2011,
Hall Center Conference Hall
Audio Recording
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Professor of Media Studies at Pomona College
"Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy"
February 3, 2011,
Hall Center Conference Hall
Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
"Bridging Cultures"
September 13, 2010, Hall Center Conference Hall
2009-2010
Lewis Lapham, Editor of Lapham's Quarterly
"Goodbye Doctor Faustus: Lapham's Quarterly and the Present State of the Humanities"
April 8, 2010, Hall Center Conference Hall
Special Events
Alash Ensemble
"Tuvan Throat Singing"
March 26, 2010, The Commons, Spooner Hall
Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture
Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza, and Mary Murguia, U.S. District Court Judge
"An Evening with Janet and Mary Murguia"
February 25, 2010, Woodruff Auditorium
Special Events
Leonard Zeskind, Human Rights Activist
"Behind the Lines: What White Supremacists Think About What They Do"
September 17, 2009, Alderson Auditorium
2008-2009
Special Events
Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American Corporation
"The Role and Responsibility of the Multi-National Corporation"
November 14, 2008, Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture
Donna Brazille, Veteran Political Strategist and Syndicated Columnist
"Women in American Politics: Are We There Yet?"
March 9, 2009, Woodruff Auditorium
2007-2008
Sara Paretsky, best selling novelist
"'Why I Write the Books I Do': An Evening With Sara Paretsky"
January 22, 2008, Lawrence Arts Center Auditorium
Tim Flannery, scientist, humanist & best selling author
"The Weather Makers: How We Are Changing the Climate and What It Means"
April 7, 2008, Kansas Union Ballroom
2006-2007
Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Former US Senator
"The Impact of Women's Leadership: Challenges Ahead"
March 6, 2007, Dole Institute of Politics
William Poy Lee, author of The Eighth Promise
"Placing a Face on the Immigration Debate"
April 13, 2007, Hall Center Conference Hall
The Shifting Borders of Race and Identity: A
Research and Teaching Project on the Native American and African American
Experience
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