Carlos Alberto Torres' work on political philosophy, education, sociology, and political science has made him one of the leading comparativists and critical pedagogues n the United States.  This Argentine scholar came to Standford University fifteen years ago, without knowing a word of English, to do graduate work.  He obtained a doctorate within three years and has since published more than 30 books and 150 research articles.  His lecture will discuss relationships among citizenship, democracy, and multicultural education, exploring such key dilemmas as diversity, the politics of identity, and democracy in multicultural societies.  Dr. Torres will invite us to consider our commitments to democracy and multiculturalism in list of new challenges in our global era.

Cosponsored by: College of Education, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Writing Studies, Institute of Communications Research, Latina/Latino Studies Program, Policy Studies Organization, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women's Studies Program, LaCasa Cultural Latina, University of Illinois International and Comparative Education Students Association