Current Semester Schedule

Mon, October 28, 2002

Jason Flatley '03, piano; Taylor Price, bass; Charlie Deck, tenor saxophone; Liam Stacowicz, trombone; Josh Zetumer, drums; "Jazz at the Ath"

Thu, October 24, 2002

Jonathan Petropoulos, John V. Croul professor in European history, CMC; author, The Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany (1999), Art as Politics in the Third Reich (1996), and forthcoming "Royals and the Reich: The Princes of Hesse in Nazi Germany" (2004)

Wed, October 23, 2002

Lothar Machtan, associate professor of modern and current history, Bremen University, Germany; author, Bismarcks Tod und Deutchlands Tranen (Bismarck's Death and Germany's Tears) (1998) and "The Hidden Hitler" (2001)

Thu, October 17, 2002

Ann Kerr, wife of assassinated American University President Malcolm Kerr (1984); coordinator for visiting Fulbright scholar enrichment program, UCLA; author, forthcoming Painting the Middle East (2002) and "Come with Me from Lebanon: An American Family Odyssey" (1996)

Wed, October 16, 2002

James Hilton, associate provost for academic, information, and instructional technology affairs; professor of psychology, University of Michigan; co-author, Mind Matters CD-ROM (1999); "Copyright and Academic Tradition: You Can Run But You Cannot Hide"

Tue, October 15, 2002

Meron Benvenisti, columnist, Haaretz Hebrew Daily; former deputy mayor of Jerusalem; author, Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land (1995) and Conflicts and Contradictions (1986); "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Ferocious Yet Manageable"

Mon, October 14, 2002

Samuel Huntington, Albert J. Weatherhead III University professor of government, Harvard University; author, The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking World Order (1996) and The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century (1991); "Global Politics after September 11, 2001: Is It Different?"

Wed, October 9, 2002

Stephen Schneider, professor of biological sciences, Stanford University; author, Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century? (1990) and Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose (1997); "Global Warming: Neglecting the Complexities"

Tue, October 8, 2002

Herbert Reginbogin, historian and co-author, Hitler, der Westen und die Schweiz, 1936-1945 (Hitler, the Western Powers and Switzerland, 1936-1945) (2001); "Enemies and Friends, the Nazis, Big Business and Switzerland" (4:00 p.m.)

Mon, October 7, 2002

Herbert York, Manhattan Project physicist; former chancellor, U.C. San Diego; author, Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva (1989) and The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb (1989); "The Scientist as Public Intellectual"

Thu, October 3, 2002

William Overholt, Center for Asia Pacific Policy chair, RAND Corporation; author, The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower (1994) and co-author, Strategic Planning and Forecasting: Political Risk and Economic Opportunity (1983); "Contrasting Leadership Styles and Outcomes in China and Japan"

Wed, October 2, 2002

John Rother, director of policy and strategy, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP); author, Social Security Options for the Future (1998); "Can Aging Boomers Cope with Market and Healthcare Busts?"

Tue, October 1, 2002

Richard Searfoss, Colonel, USAF, retired; space shuttle pilot and commander; "Human Spaceflight: Perspectives of a Space Shuttle Commander"

Mon, September 30, 2002

Spike Lee, movie producer and director of Malcolm X (1992) and Clockers (1995); co-author, Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir (1997) and By any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of Making Malcolm X (1993); actor in She's Gotta Have It (1986) and School Daze (1988); "An Evening with Spike Lee" (7:00 p.m. Bridges Auditorium)

Thu, September 26, 2002

Katie Koestner, sexual assault counselor; author, Without Consent (2001) and Total Sexual Assault Risk Management Strategies for Colleges (1998); Brett Sokolow, president, National Center for Higher Education Risk Management; author, The Campus Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training Manual (2000) and Creating a Proactive Campus Sexual Misconduct Policy (2000); "He Said-She Said" (6:30 p.m.)

Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum