March 2009 ULS

Welcome to the University Lecture Series website for March.

Lectures this month include:

March 16 - Cypriot Ambassador Andreas Kakouris / Cyprus: A Country and People Forcibly Divided-Why Reunification Matters

March 16 - Realisms: The Humanities Center Lectures / The Antinomies of Realism / Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane, Jr., Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University, and Schaffer Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University

March 18 - Zvika Krieger, The New Republic / Understanding Culture, Religion, and Society in the Middle East: Diverse Perspectives (Part I)

March 19 - ULS Journeys Lecture / Daniel Resnick, CMU Emeritus Professor of History; Director, Center for the History of the University / My Journey with America

March 23 - Yossi Klein Halevi, Senior Editor at The New Republic, and a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem / Understanding Culture, Religion, and Society in the Middle East: Diverse Perspectives (continuation of Part I)

March 23 - The Future of Nuclear Energy 30-years After the Accident at Three Mile Island -- A Panel Discussion/Debate

March 24 - Steinbrenner Institute Environmental Distinguished Lecture Series / William A. Wallace, Wallace Futures Group / Achieving Sustainability: The Tipping Point

March 30 - Kenneth Lipartito, Florida International University / Technologies of Surveillance: Tracking People as Economic Subjects

March 31 - Realisms: The Humanities Center Lectures / An Almost Unknown Masterpiece: Cecco del Caravaggio's The Resurrection / Michael Fried, J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University