Current Semester Schedule

Tue, October 24, 1995

Sanford Ungar, dean, School of Communication, American University, Washington, D.C.; author, Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants (1995) and The Papers and the Papers: An Account of the Legal and Political Battle Over the Pentagon Papers (1972); Peter Brimelow, senior editor, Forbes and National Review; author, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster (1995) and The Patriot Game: National Dreams and Political Realities (1986); "American Policy in Review: A Debate on Immigration"

Mon, October 23, 1995

Howard Rheingold, author, Virtual Reality (1991) and "The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electric Frontier" (1993)

Thu, October 19, 1995

Michael Hudson, Seif Ghobash professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University; author, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy (1977) and editor, The Palestinians: New Directions (1990); "Good News, Bad News: Washington Confronts a Changing Middle East"

Wed, October 18, 1995

Maria Hinojosa, journalist and news correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR); author, Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa (1995); "The U.S. Mambo: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"

Thu, October 12, 1995

Kenton Youngstrom, guitar; Putter Smith, bass; "Bach, Barrios, Bebop, and Beyond"

Wed, October 11, 1995

Steve Kowit, professor of English language and humanities, Southwestern College; author, Lurid Confessions (1983) and In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop (1995); "Poet Reads From His Work"

Tue, October 10, 1995

William Kennedy, author, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car (1993) and Ironweed (1983); "Readings from The Flaming Corsage " forthcoming (1996) (12:15 p.m.)

Mon, October 9, 1995

David Pawson, senior research scientist, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; co-author, Sea Slugs, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean (1995) and author, Molpadiid Sea Cucumbers of the Southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans (1977); "Deep-sea Animals: What Do We Know About Them, and What Do They Mean To Us?"

Wed, October 4, 1995

Harry Wu, research fellow, Hoover Institution; co-author, Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag (1993) and Laogai: The Chinese Gulag (1991); "The Myths and Realities of Human Rights"

Tue, October 3, 1995

Jeffrey Madrick, financial journalist; author, Taking America: How We Got from the First Hostile Takeover to Megamergers, Corporate Raiding, and Scandal (1987) and "The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma" (1995)

Mon, October 2, 1995

Shelby Steele P'96, professor of English, San Jose State University; author, Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (1990); "Black Writers in America: James Baldwin"

Thu, September 28, 1995

Roberto Cani, violin; Anita Swearengin, piano; "Beethoven, Sibelius, and Paganini"

Wed, September 27, 1995

Sandra McBrayer, 1994 National Teacher of the Year, California Teacher of the Year; "Educating America's Homeless Youth"

Tue, September 26, 1995

Charles Johnson, professor of English, University of Washington; author, Middle Passage (1990) and The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Tales and Conjurations (1986); "Black Writers in America: Ralph Ellison"

Mon, September 25, 1995

Susan Faludi, reporter, Wall Street Journal; author, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1991); "Whose Backlash Is It Anyway?: The Women's Movement and Angry White Men"

Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum