BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20050403T100000 RDATE:20050403T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20051030T090000 RDATE:20051030T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051026 SUMMARY:Civility in Politics Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:In an attempt to educate citizens about the merits of thought ful political discourse\, Lewis &\; Clark College proudly announces The Civility in Politics Lecture Series Mayor Tom Potter "Community Vis ioning and the Future of Portland" Tuesday\, October 18\, 6:30p.m. Temp leton Student Center\, Council Chamber Congressman Dan Rostenkowski "Pa rtisanship and Camaraderie in American Politics" Thursday\, October 25\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Dan Rostenkowski came to Washington as a congressman representing his northwest neighborho od of Chicago in 1959\, and didn't leave until 1994. By the time of his l egislative retirement\, he had been chairman of the powerful Ways and Mea ns Committee for more than a dozen years. He also served as chairman of t he Joint Committee on Taxation. Earlier\, as a member of the leadership\, he chaired the House Democratic Caucus. He now heads Danross Associatio ns\, a Chicago consulting firm\, is a political commentator for Fox telev ision\, a senior fellow at Loyola University Chicago\, as well as a speak er and college lecturer. David D. Laitin James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science\, Stanford University Hard Tar gets: Evidence on the Tactical Use of Suicide Attacks Thursday\, Novembe r 3\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor La itin is the author of several books\, including Identity in Formation: th e Russian-speaking Populations in the Near Abroad(Cornell University Pres s\, 1998)\, and Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa (Ca mbridge University Press\, 1992). He has also written numerous articles\, including "What is a Language Community" (American Journal of Political Science\, 2000)\, and "Peacekeeping\, Nation-building\, and the Problem o f Weak States" (International Security\, 2004\, co-authored with James Fe aron). His research concerns ethnicity\, language and nationalism. Arlen e W. Saxonhouse Professor of Political Science\, University of Michigan Free Speech and Democracy: A View from Ancient Athens Thursday\, Novemb er 10\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor Saxonhouse's scholarship includes Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Politic al Science in Ancient Greek Thought (University of Chicago Press\, 1992)\ , and "Democracy\, Equality and Eide: A Radical View from Book 8 of Plato 's Republic\," (American Political Science Review\, 1998). She is the aut hor of the forthcoming Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens (Cambr idge University Press\, 2005). Her current explains how ancient political theory contributes to democratic theory\, and how gender in Plato's dial ogues casts questions on traditional readings of his political thought. George F. Bishop Professor of Political Science\, University of Cincinna ti Religious Beliefs and Illusions in America Thursday\, April 20\, 200 6\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor Bish op work continues to serve as critical reading for public opinion student s and scholars. His groundbreaking work includes "Pseudo-opinions on Publ ic Affairs" (Public Opinion Quarterly\, 1980\, co-authored with Robert W. Oldendick\; Alfred J. Tuchfarber\; Stephen E. Bennett)\, and more recent ly The Illusion of Public Opinion: fact and artifact in American public o pinion polls (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2005). Dr. Bishop's recent work ev aluates how religion\, politics and public opinion intersect in 20th Cent ury American politics. The Civility in Politics Lecture Series is presen ted by Lewis &\; Clark's political science department\, the Office of the President\, the Office of the Provost\, and the Office of the Dean. I t is sponsored in large part by a generous grant from the Arkay Foundatio n. All lectures are free and open to the general public. Parking is ava ilable on campus lots for a small fee. For more information\, call (503) 768-7640. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
In an attempt to educate citizens about
the merits of thoughtful political discourse\,
Lewis &\;
Clark College proudly announces
The Civility in Politics Le
cture Series
Mayor Tom Potter
"Community Visioning and the
Future of Portland"
Tuesday\, October 18\, 6:30p.m.
Templet
on Student Center\, Council Chamber
Congressman Dan Rostenkowski
"Partisanship and Camaraderie i
n American Politics"
Thursday\, October 25\, 6:30 p.m.
Temp
leton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Dan Rostenkowski came
to Washington as a congressman representing his northwest neighborhood o
f Chicago in 1959\, and didn't leave until 1994. By the time of his legis
lative retirement\, he had been chairman of the powerful Ways and Means C
ommittee for more than a dozen years. He also served as chairman of the J
oint Committee on Taxation. Earlier\, as a member of the leadership\, he
chaired the House Democratic Caucus.
He now heads Danross As
sociations\, a Chicago consulting firm\, is a political commentator for F
ox television\, a senior fellow at Loyola University Chicago\, as well as
a speaker and college lecturer.
David D. Laitin
James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political S
cience\, Stanford University
Hard Targets: Evidence on the Tactica
l Use of Suicide Attacks
Thursday\, November 3\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Professor Laitin
is the author of several books\, including Identity in Formation: the Rus
sian-speaking Populations in the Near Abroad(Cornell University Press\, 1
998)\, and Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa (Cambrid
ge University Press\, 1992). He has also written numerous articles\, incl
uding "What is a Language Community" (American Journal of Political Scien
ce\, 2000)\, and "Peacekeeping\, Nation-building\, and the Problem of Wea
k States" (International Security\, 2004\, co-authored with James Fearon)
. His research concerns ethnicity\, language and nationalism.
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Professor of Political Science\, University
of Michigan
Free Speech and Democracy: A View from Ancient Athens
Thursday\, November 10\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student Cente
r\, Council Chamber
Professor Saxonhouse's scholarship inclu
des Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Th
ought (University of Chicago Press\, 1992)\, and "Democracy\, Equality an
d Eide: A Radical View from Book 8 of Plato's Republic\," (American Polit
ical Science Review\, 1998). She is the author of the forthcoming Free Sp
eech and Democracy in Ancient Athens (Cambridge University Press\, 2005).
Her current explains how ancient political theory contributes to democra
tic theory\, and how gender in Plato's dialogues casts questions on tradi
tional readings of his political thought.
George F. Bishop Professor of Political Science\, University of Cincinnati
Re
ligious Beliefs and Illusions in America
Thursday\, April 20\, 200
6\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Professor Bishop work continues to serve as critical reading for publ
ic opinion students and scholars. His groundbreaking work includes "Pseud
o-opinions on Public Affairs" (Public Opinion Quarterly\, 1980\, co-autho
red with Robert W. Oldendick\; Alfred J. Tuchfarber\; Stephen E. Bennett)
\, and more recently The Illusion of Public Opinion: fact and artifact in
American public opinion polls (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2005). Dr. Bisho
p's recent work evaluates how religion\, politics and public opinion inte
rsect in 20th Century American politics.
The Civility in Pol
itics Lecture Series is presented by Lewis &\; Clark's political scien
ce department\, the Office of the President\, the Office of the Provost\,
and the Office of the Dean. It is sponsored in large part by a generous
grant from the Arkay Foundation.
All lectures are free and o
pen to the general public.
Parking is available on campus lo
ts for a small fee. For more information\, call (503) 768-7640.