Events Archive

Nicholas Christakis is an internist and social scientist who conducts research on social factors that affect health, health care and longevity. His research on social networks melds together network science and mathematical models to help understand the dynamics of health in longitudinally evolving…

Recent Contributions from Science and Anthropology for Understanding Human Origins and the Evolution of Human Behavior Early hominids originated in Africa 2.5 million years ago and spread to the rest of the world 1.5 million years later. During the last three years, research in the fields of human…

Pearl Cleage considers herself a "third-generation black nationalist and a radical feminist" whose primary energy toward her work is fueled by a "determination to be a part of the ongoing worldwide struggle against racism, sexism, classicism, and homophobia." Others describe her as a "charismatic…

Kathleen Cleaver, former National Press Secretary for the Black Panther Political Party, discusses her experiences in one of the most recognized and revered groups of the Black Power Movement. She also provides insight on the anti-colonial thesis of the Black Power Movement. This lecture is held in…

Biology cannot be boxed in by the academic disciplinary and regulatory barriers of the 20th century if it intends to meet the challenges of the 21st. It must be new, boundary-free, discipline–multidisciplinary, multidimensional, information-driven, education-oriented, and engaged in the global…

In this talk, Professor Kim Cobb will share her experiences from recent field expeditions to Kiritimati Island, exposing the extreme coral bleaching effects of the largest El Niño event ever recorded in the winter of 2015-16. Cobb’s research on corals illustrates how climate change is contributing…

Alexander Cockburn is a columnist for The Nation and The Wall Street Journal. He also writes a column syndicated nationally by The L.A. Weekly to The Alternative Press.   In conjunction with: College of Communications, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Program in South and West Asian…

Andrei Codrescu offers a poetic exploration of communism, post-communism, and the meanings of Europe with the experiences and longings of his native Romania at the heart of this story. Hosted by: Russian, East European and Euroasian Center In conjunction with: Center for International Business…

"J. M. Coetzee's vision goes to the nerve-center of being. What he finds there is more than most people will ever know about themselves. And he conveys it with a brilliant writer's mastery of tension and elegance." Nadine Gordimer Cosponsored by: Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and…

One of the world's leading experts on war crimes and their adjudication, Professor Cohen will discuss war crimes and human rights trials  in East Timor, Indonesia, The Hague, Sierra Leone, and Rwanda and their political, legal and humanitarian significance. Hosted by: Illinois Program for Research…

Out there, night It is when the family sleeps —inert hands on sheet folds weighed bodies under live shroud— that a woman comes to. In the quiet house where no one claims no one demands no one requests no one finally in dominion she wanders through the empty rooms lingering in the dark. And barefoot…

Professor Coleman is well-known for his 1966 report, "Equality of Educational Opportunity," which dealt with effects of school desegregation on quality of education and for his 1982 book, High School Achievement: Public, Catholic and Private Schools Compared. He has served on the President's…

Are there problems applying modern individualistic notions of copyright to a folk culture? What are they? Collins examines how the royalties paid by Paul Simon for the use of a Ghanaian tune by Yaa Amponsah* resulted in a number of negative consequences and how this well-intentioned action resulted…

Jean Comaroff looks at ways people (both in various African contexts and in the United States) seek to characterize their anxieties about their place in the current world and their sense of a threatened future. She explores the kind of moral discourses that address these concerns in ordinary…

Drawing from ethnographic research conducted in Hong Kong in 2015 and 2016, this talk explores the meaning of new forms of migratory surveillance and their impact on the lives of Southeast Asian migrant workers. Professor Constable asks how particular forms of surveillance—such as the minutia of…

Does the United States have any real options in dealing with Iraq, besides the use of military force? Is the policy of dual containment (which includes Iran) still viable?  Are the risks of a breakup of Iraq so great that the United States must be cautious in its attempts to destabilize, remove, or…

VIDEO Professor Julia Creet of York University will present on her latest research on the genealogy industry. Her research explores the widespread phenomenon of desiring to know one’s ethnic origins to thus better “know” oneself, as well as the complex practices behind the major organizations with…

Martha Crenshaw brings over three decades of scholarship and public service to an understanding of terrorism and why the United States is a target. She has been heralded for her detailed knowledge of the inside workings of terrorist organizations and her deep understanding of earlier counter-…

Issues related to copyright span the range of activities at the university from the creation of new scholarly works to the use of others' works in the classroom and research.  Copyright can be a baffling process today, and Professor Crews will help faculty and students better understand and manage…

Although primarily known as an Old Master of English landscape and portraiture, Thomas Gainsborough was also a virtuoso musician commissioning works by Carl Frederick Abel for the viola da gamma. In this illustrated lecture, Mary Cyr combines performance of Abel's solos with slides to trace the…

Following World War II, chemical companies put wartime research to use in the domestic market: with the help of agricultural experts, they promoted the use of synthetic chemicals as pesticides. The haunting consequences include children playing hide-and-seek in the mists of DDT produced by a spray…

Arthur C. Danto's earlier, widely-discussed paper, "The End of Art," asked whether Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes (1964) marked an end to the Western tradition of what counts as art. Expanding upon this issue, Danto will explore various ways of answering that question and their consequences. Philosophy…

The emergence of open science practices during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was a distinctive and vital organizational aspect of the Scientific Revolution. From those developments crystallized a new set of norms, incentives, and organizational structures supporting cooperative…

Nella Larsen, author of Quicksand and Passing, was one of the most influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920's. Cosponsored by Office of the Chancellor, Office of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English, African-American…

Using his scores for The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, composer Don Davis compares stylistic considerations in film music with current trends in symphonic, opera and chamber music composition. Hosted by Division of Composition Theory, School of Music In conjunction with:…