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September 3, 2002

Social Sciences Forum Fall 2002 Calendar

All events are free and open to the public. For more information on Humanities Forum events call x52160.

September 23, 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
"Islam and Modernity: Radical versus Reformist Islam"
BARBARA STOWASSER
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University

Sponsors: Friends of the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, Center for the Humanities

September 26, 4 p.m.
University Center, Room 312
"Evaluating Gun Policy"
PHIL COOK
ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Professor of Economics and Professor of Sociology, Duke University

Sponsors: the Departments of Economics and Sociology, Public Affairs Scholars Program, Policy Sciences Graduate Program

October 3, 2:30 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th floor
"Quality of Care in Assisted Living: Notes from Denmark"
LIS WAGNER
University Hospitals Centre for Nursing and Care Research, National Hospital of Denmark

Sponsors: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Center for Health Program Development and Management

October 15, 4:30 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th floor
The Graham Lecture: Title TBA
STANLEY KUTLER
E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions and Professor of Law,University of Wisconsin, Madison

This lecture is given in honor of Hugh Davis Graham, former Professor of History, Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate Studies and Research.

Sponsors: Departments of History and Political Science, Policy Sciences Graduate Program

Tuesday, October 22, 4 p.m.
Location TBA
"Public Office Should Not Be Private Property"
ANDY JACOBS JR.
Former Member of Congress; Professor of Political Science, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis; Lawyer

Sponsor: Public Affairs Scholars Program

November 7, 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
The Webb Lecture: "How Do Intellectual Historians Study Political Thought?"
REBA SOFFER
Professor of History Emeritus, California State University, Northridge

Sponsor: Department of History

November 13, 7 p.m.
University Center Ballroom
The W.E. B. DuBois Lecture: Title TBA
ROBIN D.G. KELLY
Professor of History and Africana Studies, Chair, Department of History, New York University

Sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies

November 14, 4:30 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th floor
The Mullen Lecture: "Economics Education and Economic Policy: From the Classroom to the White House"
GREGORY MANKIW
Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Sponsor: Department of Economics

November 21, 7 p.m.
The Commons, Skylight Room
"The Invisible Heart: Economics and the Crisis of Corporate Governance"
NANCY FOLBRE
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sponsor: Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL)

Posted by dwinds1 at September 3, 2002 12:00 AM