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

Spring 2010
rosales

Jon Rosales, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
St. Lawrence University

From Copenhagen to Bonn: Are we any closer to a resolution that achieves climate justice?

Thursday, January 21
7:30 p.m.
Eben Holden

brooten

Lisa Brooten, Associate Professor, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Co-sponsored by the Freeman Grant for the Asian Studies Program

Human Rights, Gender and Geopolitics: Burma in the Media

Thursday, February 4
7:30 p.m.
Eben Holden

serwer

Andy Serwer, Managing Editor
Fortune Magazine

Money Markets and Mayhem

Thursday, February 11
7:00 p.m.
Eben Holden

carden

Art Carden, Department of Economics
Rhodes College

Co-sponsored by the Economics Department Speaker Series

Waltonomics: Walmart and Society

Thursday, February 25
7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium

kling

Dr. Joseph Kling, Munsil Professor
Government Department

Human Rights and Ethnic Identity: Clashing Imaginaries?

Wednesday, March 3
7:00 p.m.
Eben Holden

branch

Taylor Branch
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Race, Violence and Democracy: What Rules America?

Wednesday, March 24
7:30pm
Eben Holden

saberi

THE JOHN F. O’LOUGHLIN LEADERSHIP SERIES ENDOWMENT PRESENTS

Roxana Saberi
Iranian-American Journalist Falsely Accused and Imprisoned in Iran

Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran

Thurday, April 1st
7:30pm
Eben Holden

Fall 2009
harris

Melissa Harris-Lacewell

The Shifting Politics of Race in the Age of Obama

Thursday, November 12
7:30 p.m.
Sykes Common Room

hanson

John Hanson

The Greater and Lesser Jihad in the History of Muslim West Africa

Thursday, October 8, 2009
7:30pm
Hepburn Auditorium

bailey

Ronald Bailey

Health Care Markets, Not Mandates: How to Increase Access, Improve Care, and Lower Costs
Visiting Speaker Series in Political Economy

Tuesday, October 13
7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium

gomes

Reverend Professor Peter Gomes

What Dare We Expect?

Wednesday, October 21
7:30 p.m.
Eben Holden Center
Katherine Fraser Mackay Endowed Lecture

beito

David Beito

Visiting Speaker Series in Political Economy

Tuesday, November 3
7:30 p.m.
Hepburn Auditorium