* Free Public Lectures *
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Saturday evenings, 8:15 p.m. Doors open 7:30 p.m.
The Fall 2001 season comprises eight lectures, from September 29 to December 1, omitting October 6 (Thanksgiving) and November 10 (Remembrance Day).
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| September 29 |
Dr. Alex Boraine,
Co-Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
South Africa UNMASKED AT MIDNIGHT: SOUTH AFRICA'S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION |
| October 6 | Thanksgiving--No Lecture |
| October 13 |
BEL N. NEMETZ LECTURE Dr. Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton DAVOS DEBATES |
| October 20 |
Professor John Hepburn,
Head, Department of Chemistry - UBC TERRA INCOGNITA: PATHFINDING IN SCIENCE |
| October 27 |
CECIL AND IDA GREEN LECTURE Dr. Mogens Herman Hansen, Director, Copenhagen Polis Centre, Denmark DIRECT DEMOCRACY: ANCIENT AND MODERN |
| November 3 |
Professor Kathleen Coleman,
Department of the Classics,
Harvard University THE VIRTUES OF VIOLENCE: GLADIATORS, THE ARENA, AND THE ROMAN SYSTEM OF VALUES |
| November 10 | Remembrance Day--No Lecture |
| November 17 |
DAL GRAUER MEMORIAL LECTURE Professor Steven Rose, Director, Brain and Behavioural Research Group, The Open University, U.K. GENETIC DETERMINISM: LIFE BEYOND GENES |
| November 24 |
DAL GRAUER MEMORIAL LECTURE Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire (Retired), Canada IS CONFLICT RESOLUTION THE NEW PEACEKEEPING? ARE THERE CASUALTIES INVOLVED? |
| December 1 |
Professor Judith Myers,
Department of Zoology, UBC INSECTS AS FRIENDS AND FOES |
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