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Past Event

Pamplin Distinguished Visitor Jennifer Hochschild

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Thursday, 16 April 2009, 6 p.m.

Professor Jennifer Hochschild is currently the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor Government and a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She also holds lectureships in the Kennedy School of Government and the Graduate School of Education. Prof. Hochschild studies the intersection of American politics and political philosophy — particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and immigration — and educational policy. She also works on issues in public opinion and political culture. A prolific author with books out of the Princeton, Oxford, Harvard, and Yale presses, Professor Hochschild has also served as vice president of the American Political Science Association, has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Mellon Foundation, and has taught at Duke, Columbia, and Princeton.

Her lecture at Lewis & Clark will detail her current book project, tentatively titled Blurring Racial Boundaries: Skin Color, Immigration, Multiracialism, and DNA.

WHERE: BoDine 300
COST: Free
CONTACT: Alison Walcott, The Pamplin Society of Fellows, awalcott@lclark.edu

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47th Annual International Affairs Symposium

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6 through 8 April 2009

Lewis & Clark hosts leading intellectuals and advocates during a three-day symposium, welcoming members of the campus community as well as the greater Portland community to an exciting, informative, and dynamic series of discussions. This year’s symposium is titled “A World of Warfare: Dynamics of Conflict in the 21st Century.” Topics include the privatization of security forces, the notion of preemptive war, and the efficacy of embedded journalists, just to name a few. Each session includes time for audience questions.

WHERE: Templeton Campus Center, Council Chamber
COST: Free
CONTACT: Amy Timmins, Administrative Coordinator, 503-768-7630

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Pamplin Society Distinguished Visitor Diana Mutz

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Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 6 p.m.

Professor Diana Mutz, one of the country’s leading scholars of political psychology and political communication, will be sharing her initial analysis of the 2008 election.Diana Mutz is the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication at The University of Pennsylvania. She is also the director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics in the Annenberg Public Policy Center at The University of Pennsylvania, and currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

The event will take place in Templeton Campus Center, Council Chamber.

Past Event

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture

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Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Professor Gerald Torres of the University of Texas School of Law, one of the top civil rights scholars in the nation, will deliver a lecture to honor Dr. King. The lecture is titled “Transformative Thinking in the Domain of Civil Rights: President Obama and Extending the Vision of Dr. King.”

On the date of inauguration of the nation’s first African American President, Professor Torres will lead a celebration of the fruits of Dr. King’s work to advance civil rights.

The lecture will take place at Lewis & Clark Law School, Wood Hall Room 7. A reception will follow the event

Past Event

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Conference

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18 through 19 November 2008

The theme of this year’s conference is Sovereignty, Culture and Generations Rising.

Each year, conference planners seek to cross conventional academic disciplines in order better to represent Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Panels will be formed from presentation abstracts that cover law, political science, history, art, human development, individual and community health, ecology & environmental science with particular emphasis upon continuation and development of innovative systems and structures that most effectively empower Indigenous Communities. Each panel will be a combination of traditional and academic presentations. Conference attendees will participate in small group discussions alongside conference presenters to catalyze practical application of the concepts presented.

The two-day conference, held in Templeton Campus Center, is free for Lewis & Clark faculty, staff, and students; $150 for the general public. Register online.

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Multicultural Symposium: Landscapes of Migration

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12 through 14 November 2008

This two-day event, bringing together leading academics from across the country, will focus on why people migrate, how it affects culture and identity, and the socio-political issues tied to migration. The annual Multicultural Symposium, in its fifth year, is designed to help the community explore the personal and public face of race, culture and ethnicity in a local, national, and global context.

Events will take place at various times, in different locations within Templeton Campus Center. Consult the symposium website for details.

Past Event

National Coming Out Week Keynote Address

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 7 p.m.

Portland Mayor-elect Sam Adams will speak at Lewis & Clark on Oct. 7 as part of National Coming Out Week, a week-long series of events being organized by the Lewis & Clark student organization United Sexualities. The organization’s leaders say having Adams participate in these events reinforces the significance of this national celebration and sends a strong message that the LGBTQ community has been eager to make clear—discrimination and inequality affects all citizens.

Adams will speak on October 7 at 7 p.m. in Agnes Flanagan Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Adams’ address is co-sponsored by the Gender Studies Department and United Sexualities and supported by the Office of the President and Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Ambassador John Bolton

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Monday, 7 April 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Given the recent outcry over the atrocities of genocide and intrastate violence, there has a been a clear push to resolve human security crises even when they do not threaten international peace. Policy-makers are thus left with a choice of whether national or global interests should take priority in addressing these concerns.

Join Ambassador John Bolton and Ambassador Robert Krueger for a point-counterpoint discussion in a session titled “UNtangling Interests: Questioning the Motivation for Humanitarian Intervention.”

Past Event

International Affairs Symposium

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7 through 9 April 2008

Lewis & Clark hosts leading intellectuals and advocates during a three-day symposium, welcoming members of the campus community as well as the greater Portland community to an exciting, informative, and dynamic series of discussions. This year’s symposium is titled “Where People Matter: Navigating the Labyrinth of Human Security.” Topics include human trafficking, the environment, food security, and humanitarian intervention, just to name a few. Each session includes time for audience questions.

Past Event

Focus the Nation

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Thursday, 31 January 2008

A teach-in addressing global climate change. Part of a nationwide effort involving more than a thousand schools and community groups.