Schedule of Programs

Fall 2009 Printable Calendar

Friday, September 4

When Bob Dylan Came Knocking
Eric Lott (professor of English, University of Virginia)
Stern Center, Great Room, 4:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, September 9

The Condemnation of Little B–New Age Racism in America
Elaine Brown (executive director of the Michael Lewis Legal Defense Committee and former leader of the Black Panther Party)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, September 10

Part of The Clarke Forum’s LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY series
Real Reform — Real Leadership
Dr. David Nash (founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University)
The Depot, 7:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, September 16 – Film Showing
Thursday, September 17

Operation Filmmaker
Nina Davenport (documentary film director)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, September 29

Marx in Soho
Bob Weick (actor and monologuist)
The Depot, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, October 1

The (Black) Dancing Body as a Measure of Culture
Brenda Dixon Gottschild (cultural historian, actress and dancer)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, October 8

Part of The Clarke Forum’s LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY series
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Haiti
Peter Anderson, Esq. ’73 (Metzger-Conway Fellow, treasurer of ServeHAITI)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Friday, October 9

The Colby Project
Carl Colby (film producer)
Stern Center, Great Room, 3:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 13

The Third Branch Meets the Fourth Estate
A Panel Discussion
Stern Center, Great Room, 2:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, October 14

Part of The Clarke Forum’s LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY series
Pflaum Lecture
Confronting Africa’s Anguish
Tom Hull ᾿68 (Metzger-Conway Fellow, Warburg Professor International Relations, Simmons College)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, October 15

Priestley Award
What’s the Matter with Memory?
Elizabeth Loftus (distinguished professor, University of California, Irvine)
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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Friday, October 16

Political Goals and Contemporary Filmmaking
Myra Donnelley of Brave New Films
The Weiss Center, Rubendall Recital Hall, 11:30 a.m.
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Wednesday, October 21

Living with the Wall
Panel Discussion on the Twentieth Anniversary
of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, October 22

Recession or Depression?
Panel Discussion
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 3

Film Showing – Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis
Weiss 235, 7:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 4

Constitution Day Address
Tom Ridge, (former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security)
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 5:00 p.m.
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Thursday, November 5

Why are Japanese Cyborgs Always Female?
Sharalyn Orbaugh (professor of Asian studies and women’s & gender studies, University of British Columbia)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 10

The Real F-Word: FAT
Marilyn Wann (author, editor, and activist)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 11

Film Showing: Colby: The Rise and Fall of an American Spy
Test Screening of the Documentary
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, November 12

Beyond the Wall
Panel Discussion on the Twentieth Anniversary
of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 17

Rush Award
Building Intellectual Bridges
William Greenlee (president and CEO of The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, November 19

Reflecting on Greek Life at Dickinson
Ann Hanson (former dean of student affairs, Middlebury College)
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, December 1

Virtual Popular Culture
Tom Boellstorff (associate professor of anthropology, University of California and editor-in-chief, American Anthropologist)
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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