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October 9, 1998 |
Contact: Distinguished Lecture Series coordinator David Baker, 956-9405 Legal programs, Carol Mon Lee, William S. Richardson School of Law, 956-8636 Ancient life programs, Ed Scott, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, 956-3955 Donne Florence PIO, University Relations (808) 956-7522 |
UH Distinguished Lecture Series for 1998-99 gets under
way with Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres October 20 The University of Hawai'i Distinguished Lecture Series begins its 1998-99 season with a public lecture, "Race, Representation, and Power," by Lani Guinier of Harvard University School of Law and Gerald Torres of the University of Texas School of Law. The public is invited to attend the free program, Tuesday, October 20, at 7 p.m. in the UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom. Eric Yamamoto, professor in the UH William S. Richardson School of Law, joins Guinier and Torres for a second program the next evening, also at 7 p.m. in the UHM Campus Center Ballroom. The three law professors [bios, next page] will present a panel, "What Is Critical About Race Theory?" These Distinguished Lecture Series events are co-sponsored by the William S. Richardson School of Law and the law firm of Davis Levin Livingston Grande. The UH Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated last year. Overall plans for the series are coordinated by David Baker, associate professor of English at UHM. Various units within the University-and occasionally businesses or community organizations-co-sponsor the appearances of individual DLS guests. All DLS events are free and open to the public. In 1997-98 the Distinguished Lecture Series and its co-sponsors presented Kenyan author and activist Ngu gi wa Thiong'o, Nobel Peace Prize recipient José Ramos Horta, English Patient author Michael Ondaatje and Britain's Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Each DLS guest makes one presentation in a large public forum and a second appearance addressed to the more specialized interests of a generally smaller audience of scholars. This year's series continues November 17 with a free public lecture by UCLA's renowned fossil expert, J. William Schopf. Schopf's talk is entitled "Ancient Life on Earth and Mars: Extraordinary Claims! Extraordinary Evidence?" It takes place at 7 p.m. in the UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom. Schopf [bio, next page] will also present a technical colloquium, "Tracing the Ancient Roots of Life: Solution to Darwin's Dilemma," in POST 723 at 4 p.m. November 18. The colloquium is sponsored by the University's Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and the Pacific Biomedical Research Center. |
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