Events Archive
MillerComm Lecture Series
Sherman A. Jackson
This lecture will examine what may turn out to be one of the most important, though as yet little-known, developments in contemporary Muslim thought to arise since the emergence of Muslim fundamentalism itself: the ideological evolution of the (in)famous Gama'ah Islamiyah of Egypt, one of the most…
Joseph Jacobson
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls, a toxic by-product found in older electrical transformers and capacitors) are among the most ubiquitous and persistent environmental contaminants. Although banned in most western nations since the 1970s, PCBs continue to be found in a variety of foods, including…
Alison M. Jaggar
Alison M. Jagger explores relationships between local feminist discourse communities and the imagined global feminist discourse community. The work she presents here is part of a larger ongoing project on feminist discourse ethics, a form of ethical theory that seeks to identify universal criteria…
Harriet Jakobsson
British social reformer Eglantyne Jebb observed earlier this century that "All wars are a war against children." In her work with international relief committees, Harriet Jakobsson has seen the continued truth of these words reflected in situations as diverse as Latvia, Lebanon, the Sudan, and…
Joy James
This lecture and discussion revisits Joy James' feminist theory on the respective emancipatory politics of DuBois and his anti-lynching contemporary Ida B. Wells Barnett. Initially explored in her book Transcending the Talented Tenth, James revisits the talented tenth concept in the context of a US…
Sheila Jasanoff
Environmentalism in the year 2000 is seen by many as inevitably linked to globalism. Sheila Jasanoff compares the visual, political, and scientific repertoires for representing the environment in three countries and suggests that global environmentalism remains a deeply contested concept. The…
David Johnson
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Charles Putnam
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Kerry Turner
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Geoffrey Winter
Formed in 1982 by four Americans who perform in well-known European orchestras, the American Horn Quartet enjoys increasing popularity in the brass chamber music world. Unique in the field of music performance, the AHQ offers an intriguing repertoire, which includes not only traditional classical…
HRH Prince El Hassan of Jordan
HRH Prince El Hassan, an intellectual, author, science and technology policy maker, and a politician who knows the cultural, religious and political issues of the Middle East and beyond will discuss the future of the Middle East after September 11. HRH believes that we live under one roof of a…
Suad Joseph
The Middle East and South Asia offer fertile ground for comparative analysis of family/state relations. Both are multi-ethnic and -religious regions in which family has become a site for codifying these differences in law written largely on the bodies of women. Both regions have active women's…
Michael Joyce
Contemporary Europe provides an occasion for meditations on new media which invert those of De Tocqueville, moving beyond democracy in America and, for good or ill, toward technocracy in networked Europe. Prague is as yet, if only in the smoke-wreathed icon of its poet and playwright president,…
Charles Joyner
Combining folklore, anthropology, and history, Charles Joyner examines slave writing and stories and the context in which they were created. He particularly looks at the relationship of power and resistance on the slave plantation.
Cosponsored by: Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and…
Charles Joyner
Cosponsored by Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Campus Honors Program, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, LAS/Humanities Council, University…
Robert K. Vincent, Jr.
Cosponsored by: Department of Anthropology; Department of History; Department of the Classics; Campus Honors Program;, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; Program for the Study of Religion; Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials (ATAM); World Heritage Museum;…
George W Stocking, Jr.
George Stocking is the world's leading historian of anthropology. His seminal publications on 19th and 20th-century British and American anthropology include Race, Culture, and Evolution (1968), Victorian Anthropology (1987), The Ethnographer's Magic (1992), and After Tylor (1995). He is also the…
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Lerone Bennett traces the development of Lincoln's beliefs about African-descended people, slavery, and citizenship from his youth through his assassination in 1865 situating Lincoln's thought and actions in the sociohistorical context in which he lived. In doing this, Bennett shows how Lincoln's…
Woodie King, Jr.
Founder of the leading theatre for minority drama, Woodie King, Jr. has served the cause of social justice for 35 years. Discussing the politics of art and historic intersections of race and theatre, such as Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, King provides a powerful resource for those who…
William A. Darity, Jr.
Cosponsored by: Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Department of History, Department of Political…
E. San Juan
In an age of globalization and neo-conservatism, Filipinos, like most Asians, are trying to articulate their community identities in ways that will not only respect their separate cultural traditions but also commit to the shaping of a just, democratic, and egalitarian order in the United States.…
Mark Juergensmeyer
The rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq is an example of how religious resistance to the spread of democratic values and religious tolerance has increasingly turned violent. Mark Juergensmeyer will report on his recent interviews with ISIS refugees in Iraq and address the clash of values motivating…
Ilya Kabakov
Ilya Kabakov, internationally celebrated artist of the nineties, will speak about his work and life focusing on "The Boat of My Life. "Kabakov's paintings, stories, and installations are fantastic tales filled with irony and a profound sense of the absurd, in the tradition of Gogol's "Overcoat." …
Barbara A. Kahn
The number of overweight and obese people in the United States has reached epidemic portions. Fat cells secrete hormones and other factors that have widespread influence on energy balance and insulin sensitivity through effects on the brain and other organs. Dr. Kahn will provide an overview of…
Daniel Kahneman
Recent research indicates the importance of distinguishing between the quality of people's experiences as they are remembered and as they are lived. People evaluate their experiences as the occur, but their later recall of these experiences often differs from the original, and influences…
Stathis Kalyvas
On their surface the Greek Civil War and the recent Middle-Eastern conflicts could not be more different: the first was a contest between communists and anticommunists whereas the latter are motivated by conflicting visions of modernity built around religion and the meaning of Islam. Yet, a…
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
On March 12, 1959, Hawai'i became the 50th state of the United States against the documented wishes of an overwhelming majority of the native Hawaiian population. Currently, there are at least three major movements in Hawai'i whose main objective is the secession of Hawai'i from the States. All…
Andre M. Kapanga
In recent years, the African continent has been undergoing profound transformation and renewal, characterized by economic growth and political democratization. Ambassador Kapanda discusses the regional, continental, and global significance of the end of Mobutu Sese Seko's thirty-two-year regime in…