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Social Sciences Forum
Fall 2008 Lecture Series

The Social Sciences Forum presents topics and perspectives of vital interest to the social sciences community and beyond. Lectures are free and open to the public and will last approximately one hour, followed by a question and answer period and a reception. For more information, call 410-455-2916.

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Wednesday, September 10 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery


"Gender and Human Rights in Contemporary Africa"

Norma Kriger, independent scholar and former consultant to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch
Co-sponsored with the Humanities Forum

   
 

 

Wednesday, September 24 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, Room 767


"Social Justice, Health and Human Rights"

Ruth Faden,
Ex
ecutive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor in Biomedical Ethics
Co-sponsored with the Humanities Forum, The Health and Public Policy Program, The Hilltop Institute and Bioethics Student Association

     
     
  Wednesday, October 1 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th floor


“Justice Across Borders: The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts”

Jeffrey Davis, Professor of Political Science, UMBC
     
     
 

Wednesday, October 15 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, Room 767


“Indigenous and Human Rights in Latin America”

James Cockcroft
,
Internet Professor, State University of New York and Fellow at the International Institute for Research and Education
Co-sponsored with the Humanities Forum and Department for Modern Languages and Linguistics

     
     
  Wednesday, October 22 at 4:30 p.m.
University Center Ballroom Lounge

“Green/Red, Black/White, Pink/Blue, and Other Discriminations”

A. Charles Catania,
Professor of Psychology, UMBC

Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
     
     
 

Wednesday, November 5 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery


"Mrs. Henry Hobhouse Goes to War: Conscience and Christian Radicalism in WWI Britain"

Seth Koven, Professor of History, Rutgers University
The Webb Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History

     
   
 

Wednesday, November 19 at 12 p.m.

"Entrepreneurship and Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a Global Model for Urban Renewal"


Sponsored by the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship

     
     
 

Monday, November 24 at 4 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th floor

"Economics of Cities"


Edward Glaeser,
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University
The Mullen Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Economics