The Contemporary Issues Forum brings experts and participants
in the making of news to St. Lawrence University.

Coming Events
hennessy

James Hennessy '71

Future Tense: Social and Ethical Implications of the Coming Technological Revolution
Thursday, April 9, 2009
7 p.m.
Eben Holden Center

Past Events
Spring 2009
Olesker

Ronnie Olesker, Assistant Professor of Government
St. Lawrence University

One Land - Three Peoples? Future Prospects for Jewish-Arab-Palestinian Relations in Israel
Monday, March 30, 2009
7 p.m.
Sykes Common Room

paganelli

Maria Pia Paganelli
Assistant Professor of Economics, Yeshiva University

Smithian Answers to Some Experimental Puzzles
Tuesday March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium

asknot

Co-sponsored by Out at the Movies and the Hovey/Brown Endowment for the Arts

Ask Not, a film that reveals the stories behind "don't ask, don't tell," profiling closeted American sericemembers, followed by a discussion with the film's director
Monday, March 2, 2009
7 p.m.
Eben Holden Center

evensky

Dr. Jerry Evensky
Professor of Economics, Syracuse University

Adam Smith on Trust, Faith, and the Human Prospect
Wednesday February 11, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium

Collins

John Collins
Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies
St. Lawrence University

Settler Colonialism and Its Discontents: Why Palestine Matters So Much
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Eben Holden Center

Philyaw

Deesha Philyaw
Freelance writer

Sojourner's Question: Toward a (More) Inclusive Look at Women's Work
Monday, February 23, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Sykes Common Room

Tatum

Elinor Tatum '93
Trustee and Editor/Publisher, The Amsterdam News

Community Newspapers in the Era of Barack Obama
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Eben Holden Center

Fall 2008

Bill McKibben
Author and Environmentalist

Deep Economy: Economics as if the Earth Mattered
Thursday, September 4, 2008
10:10 a.m.
Gulick Theatre

Conversation and Town Meeting
Building the Global Climate Movement

2:00 p.m.
Gulick Theatre

Reading from Recent Work
8:00 p.m.
Eben Holden


Geoffrey Kemp and Dennis Ross

Middle East Challenges and the Next Administration
Monday, September 15, 2008
8:00 p.m.
Gulick Theatre

 

Dr. Paul Zeleza

The Developmental and Democratic Challenges of Postcolonial Kenya
Monday, September 22
8:00 p.m.
Hepburn 218

Deirdre McCloskey

Smith was a Virtue Ethicist
Wednesday, September 24
7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Audiotrium

John Harris

47 Months Down and One To Go: The 2008 Presidential Election
October 13, 2008
8:00 pm
Eben Holden

Linda Martín Alcoff

Can Whites Be a Part of the Rainbow?
October 14, 2008
8:00 p.m.
Eben Holden Center

Juan Cole

Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Presidential Contest
October 20, 2008
8:00 pm
Eben Holden

Peter Boettke, Economist

Adam Smith, the 20th Century Economy, and 21st Century Economics
October 21, 2008
8 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium

Brad Baldwin, Frank Clifford and Kenneth R. Weiss

Waters in Peril: Ecological Changes Endanger the Health of the World’s Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
November 3, 2008
8:00 pm
Eben Holden Center

Saree Makdisi
Author and Scholar

Entering the Final Stage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
December 4, 2008
8:00 pm
Sykes Common Room