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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
September 17 1999 |
Contact: Donnë Florence, PIO, 808-956-7522, donne@hawaii.edu David Baker, Coordinator, UH Distinguished Lecture Series, 808-956-9405, bakerd@hawaii.edu
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| Lineup announced for 1999-2000 Distinguished Lecture Series |
Celebrated biologist Robert Trivers of the Rutgers (New Jersey) University Department of Anthropology, will be the first featured speaker in this year's University of Hawai'i Distinguished Lecture Series. As in years past, each series speaker will offer two presentations-one a large-auditorium lecture for a general audience, and the other a specialized seminar for UH faculty, students and other experts. Trivers's public lecture takes place Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Architecture Auditorium at UH Manoa. Its title is "Symmetry, Sex, and Important Variables in Human Life." On Wednesday, Oct. 6, Trivers will talk with biologists in the UHM Biomedical Science Building about genetic conflict within the individual. Robert Trivers's visit is being coordinated by DLS committee member Rebecca Cann of the UH genetics department, 808-956-5521, rcann@hawaii.edu. [For Sept. 15 news release on Trivers, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/ur/News_Releases/NR_Sept99/trivers.html or phone 956-7522 to request fax transmission.]
The second speaker in the 1999-2000 series will be Jared Diamond, professor of physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. Diamond's public lecture-"Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents for the Last 13,000 Years?"-takes place Monday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom. On December 7, Diamond will discuss conservation biology in New Guinea with UH faculty and other local scientists. Jared Diamond's visit is being coordinated by DLS committee member Philip Rehbock of the UH history department, 808-956-7675, frehbock@hawaii.edu.
American Indian writer Sherman Alexie will be the series's third guest. He will present his public talk-"Killing Indians: Myths, Lies, and Exaggerations"-Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the UHM Campus Center Ballroom. Alexie will offer a workshop on the creative process Jan. 20. Sherman Alexie's visit is being coordinated by DLS committee chair David Baker of the UH English department, 808-956-9405, bakerd@hawaii.edu.
The fourth speaker in this year's series, Manuel Castells, the professor
of sociology and city and regional planning who chairs the Center for Western
European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will visit UH
next March 20 and 21. The title of his talk, the subject of his workshop
and locations for both will be finalized later. Manuel Castells's visit
is being coordinated by DLS committee member Jean Toyama of the UH French
department, 808-956-4185, toyama@hawaii.edu.
