Events Archive
MillerComm Lecture Series
Bernard Williams
Philosophy Annual Public Lecture
In conjunction with: Department of English, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Department of Speech Communications, Institute of Communications Research, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive…
Robert A. Williams
Native peoples around the world have experienced varying degrees of success in securing their rights to cultural survival within the legal systems of their own countries. Many groups in recent years, however, have increasingly turned to the international human rights system as a more effective…
Deborah Willis
Cosponsored by African-American Cultural Program, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Lorado Taft Lecture Committee, Photography Program, Women's Studies Program, Women's Studies Network, YWCA of the University of Illinois, The Center for Advanced…
Olly Wilson
Performer, composer, and educator Olly Wilson is proficient in several idioms including classical, jazz, and electronic music. Among his many compositions are works for orchestra, chorus, piano, chamber ensemble, and electronic sound which have been performed in settings ranging from college…
Langdon Winner
A colorful theme in American thought is the belief that new technologies will revitalize democratic society, enabling citizens to become more effectively self-governing. Hopes of this kind have reappeared in every generation since the early nineteenth century, a standard motif in the nation's…
Evan Wolfson
Evan Wolfson addresses current questions surrounding marriage and its history for gays and non-gays in the U.S. and in western culture. He also examines the current fight to end discrimination in legal marriage and how this fight is being used as a political baton to implement a backlash that is…
Abel Wolman
Dr. Abel Wolman has had a distinguished career in public health, sanitation, and water supply since 1913, when he began studies on pollution in the Potomac River for the U. S. Public Health Service.
In conjunction with: Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program;…
Peter D. Wood, PhD., D.Sc.
A Four-Part Series
Exercise, Cholesterol, and Your Heart
In conjunction with: College of Applied Life Studies, College of Medicine, School of Human Resources and Family Studies, Department of Health and Safety Studies, Department of Kinesiology, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Campus Recreation…
Philip Yenawine
"Unsafe subjects" are topics often referred to as "unmentionable," at least those which some would prefer not discussed–-certainly not in polite company, or not with people whose views are different from one's own. In certain strains of art, we have long seen a tendency to push the parameters of…
Chen Yi
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Zhou Long
Chen Yi and Zhou Long burst onto the Chinese musical scene in the early 1980s, attracting widespread attention with their daring use of a mixture of Western avant-garde composition techniques and traditional Chinese music idioms. Because of this, they have been dubbed the "New Wave" composers.
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Francesca Zambello
Francesca Zambello is general and artistic director of The Glimmerglass Opera Festival and artistic advisor for Washington Opera. Her directing career includes new and canonical works at many of the world's most venerable theatres. At a time when theatres are especially vulnerable to financial…
Slavoj Zizek
Linking key philosophical and psychoanalytical concepts to social phenomena including popular culture and political struggle allows for a re-evaluation of the scientific method as well as of ideology. This is especially revealing when applied to societies believed to be beyond ideology.
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Bruce E. Zuckerman
Cosponsored by Department of History; Department of Linguistics; Department of the Classics; Committee on Jewish Culture and Society; Humanities Council/LAS; Program for the Study of Religion; Program in South and West Asian Studies; Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials (…