The Distinguished Lecture Series

Summer 2007 Broadcast Schedule
May 26, 2007 - August 5, 2007

Saturdays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(repeats on Sunday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Oahu: Olelo ch. 55, Kauai: Hoike ch. 55, Hawaii: Na Leo O Hawaii ch. 55

 

May 26, 2007

Manuel Castells: "University and Community in The Information Age"

June 2, 2007

Stanley Aronowitz: "Higher Education Under Siege"

June 9, 2007

Witi Ihimaera: "Writing Our Island Across The Sun's Eye"

June 16, 2007

Peter Raven: "A Sustainable World: What Will It Take to Achieve?"

June 23, 2007

David Harvey: "Geographical Knowledges and Global Governance"

Helen Thomas: "Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President"

June 30, 2007

Donna Haraway: The Companion Species Manifesto

July 7, 2007

Steven Pinker: "Words and Rules"

July 14, 2007

Dr. Craig Venter: "The Ocean Genome: A Key to Earth's Habitability"

Richard Alley: "Get Rich and Save the World: Global Warming, Peak Oil and Our Future"

July 21, 2007

John Searle: "Consciousness as a Problem in Neuroscience"

July 28, 2007

Jay and Stuart Levy: "The Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS: Can Science Find the Solution?" and "Antibiotic Resistance: Bacteria on the Defense"

August 4, 2007

Ian Wilmut: "Cloning in Biology and Medicine"

 


Program Description
This series showcase lectures and discussions of internationally recognized scholars whose works in the arts, science or humanities is innovative and significant to share with the people of Hawai'i.

For more information on this program, please contact:

David Baker
UHM English Dept. 
956-9405
bakerd@hawaii.edu