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2004- America and Global Power:
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2003- Complex
Contradictions: African, American, and Middle Eastern Perspectives.
2002- Prometheus' Bequest: Technology
and Change
2001- Body, Mind, and Global
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2003
Roundtable
Complex
Contradictions: African, American, and
Middle Eastern Perspectives
October 9-11, 2003
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m., Weyerhaeuser Chapel
| 4:30 - 4:45 p.m. |
Opening Statements
and Introduction,
Ahmed I. Samatar, James Wallace Professor and Dean, International
Studies and Programming
Brian Rosenberg, President,
Macalester College |
| 4:45 - 6:00 p.m. |
Presentation
Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
Morning Session (9:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.), Weyerhaeuser Chapel
| 9:30 - 9:40 a.m. |
Introduction
Chair: Dianna Shandy,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
| 9:40 - 10:20 a.m. |
Presentation, "When the Margin Becomes the Center: African Identities in
a Global Environment"
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Director, International Center for Writing and Translation, University
of California, Irvine |
| 10:20 - 11:05 a.m. |
Respondents
Emily Parker '04
David Chioni Moore, Associate Professor
of International Studies and English |
| 11:05 - 11:15 a.m. |
Response by Professor
Ngugi |
| 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 12:10 p.m. |
Questions and Comments |
| 1:30 - 1:40 p.m. |
Introduction
Chair: Linda Schulte-Sasse,
Professor and Co-Chair of German Studies and Russian |
| 1:40 - 2:20 p.m. |
Presentatio, "Winning the War Against Terrorism"
Philip Bobbitt
A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas |
| 2:20 - 3:05 p.m. |
Respondents
Michael
Okrob '04
Philip Geier, President of United World College, Montezuma |
| 3:05 - 3:15 p.m. |
Response by Professor
Bobbitt |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 4:10 p.m. |
Questions and Comments |
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10
8:00 p.m., Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center
| 8:00 - 8:10 p.m. |
Introduction
Chair: Carleton Macy, Professor of Music |
| 8:00 - 10:15 p.m. |
Korean traditional
music performance and presentation of honorary degree to President
Kyungsook Lee of Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
Morning Session (10:00 a.m. - noon), Weyerhaeuser Chapel
| 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Chair:
Ahmed Samatar,Sumeet
Atul
Roundtable Discussion among Authors |
| 12:00 - 12:05 p.m. |
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