BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20060402T100000 RDATE:20060402T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20061029T090000 RDATE:20061029T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060329 SUMMARY:Civility in Politics Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:The Civility in Politics Lecture Series continues this spring \, following four outstanding lectures during the fall semester. The seri es is presented by Lewis &\; Clark's political science department and sponsored in part by a generous grant from the Arkay Foundation. All lect ures are free and open to the general public. Parking is available on cam pus lots for a small fee. This series is coordinated by Robert Eisinger\, Associate Professor and Chair\, Political Science. For more information\ , call the Political Science Department at 503-768-7640. William Julius Wilson Tuesday\, February 28\, 6:30 p.m. The Roots of Racial Tensions i n America: The Battle for Control of Urban Neighborhoods. William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harva rd University and Director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences\, the American Academy of Arts and Sc iences\, the American Philosophical Society\, the National Academy of Edu cation and the Institute of Medicine. He is also past President of the Am erican Sociological Association\, and is a MacArthur Prize Fellow. He was awarded the 1998 National Medal of Science. His books include Power\, Ra cism and Privilege (1973)\, The Declining Significance of Race (1978)\, T he Truly Disadvantaged (1987)\, When Work Disappears (1996) and The Bridg e over the Racial Divide (1999). Selena Roberts\, sports columnist New York Times Tuesday\, March 14\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Co uncil Chamber Prior to joining The Times\, Ms. Roberts had served as the Minnesota Vikings beat writer at The Minneapolis Star Tribune since Augu st 1994. There\, she wrote daily on the team and also worked on special s ports projects during the off-season. Previously\, she was the Orlando M agic beat writer at the Orlando Sentinel from July 1993 to August 1994\; N.F.L./Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat writer from July 1992 to July 1993\, inc luding coverage of the N.F.L. playoffs and Super Bowl\; and motorsports/V olusia County beat writer from August 1991 to July 1992\, covering NASCAR and IMSA events\, including the Daytona 500 and 24 hours of Sebring. She also covered Bethune-Cookman College\, area preps and wrote the metro TV /Radio column. Born in Live Oak\, Fla.\, on May 15\, 1966\, Ms. Roberts received a BA degree in journalism from Auburn University in 1988. She lives in Westport\, Conn. Saskia Sassen University of Chicago The War on Terror as Camouflage for Deeper Transformation Tuesday\, March 21\, 6 :30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chambers Dr. Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago\, and Cen tennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. She is curr ently completing her forthcoming book Denationalization: Territory\, Auth ority and Rights in a Global Digital Age based on her five year project o n governance and accountability in a global economy. She is co-director o f the Economy Section of the Global Chicago Project\, a Member of the Nat ional Academy of Sciences Panel on Cities\, and a Member of the Council o f Foreign Relations. George F. Bishop Professor of Political Science\, University of Cincinnati Religious Beliefs and Illusions in America Thu rsday\, April 20\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor Bishop's work continues to serve as critical reading for publi c opinion students and scholars. His groundbreaking work includes "Pseudo -opinions on Public Affairs" (Public Opinion Quarterly\, 1980\, co-author ed 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. Bishop 's recent work evaluates how religion\, politics and public opinion inter sect in 20th Century American politics. The Civility in Politics Lecture Series is presented by Lewis &\; Clark's political science department \, the Office of the President\, the Office of the Provost\, and the Offi ce of the Dean. It is sponsored in large part by a generous grant from th e Arkay Foundation. All lectures are free and open to the general public . Parking is available on campus lots for a small fee. For more informat ion\, call (503) 768-7640. Fall 2005 Civility in Politics Lecture Series Mayor Tom Potter "Community Visioning and the Future of Portland" Tue sday\, October 18\, 2005\, 6:30p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council C hamber Congressman Dan Rostenkowski "Partisanship and Camaraderie in Am erican Politics" Thursday\, October 25\, 2005\, 6:30 p.m. Templeton Stu dent Center\, Council Chamber Dan Rostenkowski came to Washington as a c ongressman representing his northwest neighborhood of Chicago in 1959\, a nd didn't leave until 1994. By the time of his legislative retirement\, h e had been chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee for more tha n a dozen years. He also served as chairman of the Joint Committee on Tax ation. Earlier\, as a member of the leadership\, he chaired the House Dem ocratic Caucus. He now heads Danross Associations\, a Chicago consulting firm\, is a political commentator for Fox television\, a senior fellow a t Loyola University Chicago\, as well as a speaker and college lecturer. David D. Laitin James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of P olitical Science\, Stanford University Hard Targets: Evidence on the Tac tical Use of Suicide Attacks Thursday\, November 3\, 2005\, 6:30 p.m. T empleton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor Laitin is the author of several books\, including Identity in Formation: the Russian-speaking Populations in the Near Abroad(Cornell University Press\, 1998)\, and La nguage Repertoires and State Construction in Africa (Cambridge University Press\, 1992). He has also written numerous articles\, including "What i s a Language Community" (American Journal of Political Science\, 2000)\, and "Peacekeeping\, Nation-building\, and the Problem of Weak States" (In ternational Security\, 2004\, co-authored with James Fearon). His researc h concerns ethnicity\, language and nationalism. Arlene W. Saxonhouse P rofessor of Political Science\, University of Michigan Free Speech and D emocracy: A View from Ancient Athens Thursday\, November 10\, 2005\, 6:3 0 p.m. Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber Professor Saxonhouse' s scholarship includes Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought (University of Chicago Press\, 1992)\, and "Demo cracy\, Equality and Eide: A Radical View from Book 8 of Plato's Republic \," (American Political Science Review\, 1998). She is the author of the forthcoming Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens (Cambridge Univer sity Press\, 2005). Her current explains how ancient political theory con tributes to democratic theory\, and how gender in Plato's dialogues casts questions on traditional readings of his political thought. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Civility in Politics Lecture Series
continues this spring\, following four outstanding lectures during the f
all semester. The series is presented by Lewis &\; Clark's political s
cience department and sponsored in part by a generous grant from the Arka
y Foundation. All lectures are free and open to the general public. Parki
ng is available on campus lots for a small fee. This series is coordinate
d by Robert Eisinger\, Associate Professor and Chair\, Political Science.
For more information\, call the Political Science Department at 503-768-
7640.
William Julius Wilson
Tuesday\, February 28\, 6
:30 p.m.
The Roots of Racial Tensions in America: The Battle for C
ontrol of Urban Neighborhoods.
William Julius Wilson is the
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University a
nd Director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has been elected to the National
Academy of Sciences\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the Am
erican Philosophical Society\, the National Academy of Education and the
Institute of Medicine. He is also past President of the American Sociolog
ical Association\, and is a MacArthur Prize Fellow. He was awarded the 19
98 National Medal of Science. His books include Power\, Racism and Privil
ege (1973)\, The Declining Significance of Race (1978)\, The Truly Disadv
antaged (1987)\, When Work Disappears (1996) and The Bridge over the Raci
al Divide (1999).
Selena Roberts\, sports columnist
New York Times
Tuesday\, March 14\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeto
n Student Center\, Council Chamber
Prior to joining The Time
s\, Ms. Roberts had served as the Minnesota Vikings beat writer at The Mi
nneapolis Star Tribune since August 1994. There\, she wrote daily on the
team and also worked on special sports projects during the off-season.
Previously\, she was the Orlando Magic beat writer at the Orla
ndo Sentinel from July 1993 to August 1994\; N.F.L./Tampa Bay Buccaneers
beat writer from July 1992 to July 1993\, including coverage of the N.F.L
. playoffs and Super Bowl\; and motorsports/Volusia County beat writer fr
om August 1991 to July 1992\, covering NASCAR and IMSA events\, including
the Daytona 500 and 24 hours of Sebring. She also covered Bethune-Cookma
n College\, area preps and wrote the metro TV/Radio column.
Born in Live Oak\, Fla.\, on May 15\, 1966\, Ms. Roberts received a BA
degree in journalism from Auburn University in 1988. She lives in Westpor
t\, Conn.
Saskia Sassen
University of Chicago The War on Terror as Camouflage for Deeper Transformation
Tu
esday\, March 21\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student Center\, Council Ch
ambers
Dr. Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology
at the University of Chicago\, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the L
ondon School of Economics. She is currently completing her forthcoming bo
ok Denationalization: Territory\, Authority and Rights in a Global Digita
l Age based on her five year project on governance and accountability in
a global economy. She is co-director of the Economy Section of the Global
Chicago Project\, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on
Cities\, and a Member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
George F. Bishop
Professor of Political Sci
ence\, University of Cincinnati
Religious Beliefs and Illusions in
America
Thursday\, April 20\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student
Center\, Council Chamber
Professor Bishop's work continues t
o serve as critical reading for public opinion students and scholars. His
groundbreaking work includes "Pseudo-opinions on Public Affairs" (Public
Opinion Quarterly\, 1980\, co-authored 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 (Rowma
n and Littlefield\, 2005). Dr. Bishop's recent work evaluates how religio
n\, politics and public opinion intersect in 20th Century American politi
cs.
The Civility in Politics Lecture Series is p
resented by Lewis &\; Clark's political science department\, the Offic
e of the President\, the Office of the Provost\, and the Office of the De
an. It is sponsored in large part by a generous grant from the Arkay Foun
dation.
All lectures are free and open to the general public
.
Parking is available on campus lots for a small fee. For m
ore information\, call (503) 768-7640.
Fall 2005 Civility in
Politics Lecture Series
Mayor Tom Potter
"Community
Visioning and the Future of Portland"
Tuesday\, October 18\, 2005\
, 6:30p.m.
Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Congressman Dan Rostenkowski
"Partisanship and Camaraderie in Ame
rican Politics"
Thursday\, October 25\, 2005\, 6:30 p.m.
Te
mpleton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Dan Rostenkowski ca
me to Washington as a congressman representing his northwest neighborhood
of Chicago in 1959\, and didn't leave until 1994. By the time of his leg
islative retirement\, he had been chairman of the powerful Ways and Means
Committee for more than a dozen years. He also served as chairman of the
Joint Committee on Taxation. Earlier\, as a member of the leadership\, h
e chaired the House Democratic Caucus.
He now heads Danross
Associations\, a Chicago consulting firm\, is a political commentator for
Fox television\, a senior fellow at Loyola University Chicago\, as well
as a speaker and college lecturer.
David D. Laitin
Ja
mes T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science\, S
tanford University
Hard Targets: Evidence on the Tactical Use of S
uicide Attacks
Thursday\, November 3\, 2005\, 6:30 p.m.
Tem
pleton Student Center\, Council Chamber
Professor Laitin is
the author of several books\, including Identity in Formation: the Russia
n-speaking Populations in the Near Abroad(Cornell University Press\, 1998
)\, and Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa (Cambridge
University Press\, 1992). He has also written numerous articles\, includi
ng "What is a Language Community" (American Journal of Political Science\
, 2000)\, and "Peacekeeping\, Nation-building\, and the Problem of Weak S
tates" (International Security\, 2004\, co-authored with James Fearon). H
is research concerns ethnicity\, language and nationalism.
A
rlene W. Saxonhouse
Professor of Political Science\, University of
Michigan
Free Speech and Democracy: A View from Ancient Athens
Thursday\, November 10\, 2005\, 6:30 p.m.
Templeton Student C
enter\, Council Chamber
Professor Saxonhouse's scholarship i
ncludes Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Gree
k Thought (University of Chicago Press\, 1992)\, and "Democracy\, Equalit
y and Eide: A Radical View from Book 8 of Plato's Republic\," (American P
olitical Science Review\, 1998). She is the author of the forthcoming Fre
e Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens (Cambridge University Press\, 20
05). Her current explains how ancient political theory contributes to dem
ocratic theory\, and how gender in Plato's dialogues casts questions on t
raditional readings of his political thought.