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

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The Contemporary Issues Forum lecture series is made possible
through the generous support of
• Alcoa Foundation Program Fund
• Henry M. Conkey Lecture Fund
• Frances D. Disbrow Endowment
• L.M. and G.O. Flint Fund
• Hovey/Brown Endowment for the Arts
• Merrill Lynch Foundation Alumni Lecture Series Endowment
• John F. O'Loughlin Leadership Series Endowment
• Dr. Henry Reiff Great Debate Endowment
• Steinman Festival of the Arts Fund

Technology, Humanity, and Democracy
2011 - 2012

PAST EVENTS ~ SPRING 2012
klein

Peter W. Klein
Director of the University of British Columbia School of Journalism
Director of the International Reporting Program (UBC)

Ghana:  Digital Dumping Ground
Film, Lecture, Q & A
An Evening with Peter W. Klein


Monday, April 23, 2012
7:00pm
Eben Holden

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Dr. Harinda Vidanage
Visiting Fulbright Scholar

"Bioroid Century: Spectrum of Cyber Security and Its Illusions"

Tuesday, March 6, 2012
7:00pm
Eben Holden

timbuctoo

Dreaming of Timbuctoo
Exhibition and Lecture

This event is being co-funded by the Elizabeth Margaret Vilas History Department Fund

Exhibition open Monday, February 27 - Friday, March 2, 2012
8:00am - 8:00pm in Eben South

Lecture by exhibit curator, Amy Godine
>>>PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE<<<
Monday, February 27, 2012
7:00pm
Eben Holden

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David Kirkpatrick
Internet & Technology Expert
Author, The Facebook Effect

"The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World"
Followed by booksigning

>>>PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE<<<

*****Video recording of lecture now available - courtesy of North Country Public Radio*****

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
7:00pm
Eben Holden

PAST EVENTS ~ FALL 2011
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Dr. Jennifer B. MacGregor '81

“I text, therefore I am.” – The computer-mediated identity.

RESCHEDULED
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
7:00pm
Eben Holden

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Robert Higgs
Senior Fellow in Political Economy at
The Independent Institute

Co-sponsored by The Department of Economics Visiting Speaker Series in Political Economy

The Great Depression and the Current Recession

Monday, October 24th
7:30 pm
Hepburn Auditorium

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Michael Wesch
Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Director of the Digital Ethnography Working Group
Kansas State University

The Hays and Margaret Crimmel Colloquium on Liberal Education

Mediated Culture: What's at Stake?

>>>PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE<<<

Tuesday, August 30th
7:00pm
Eben Holden Main

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William Banks
Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)
Distinguished Professor, Syracuse University, College of Law, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affair

Rise of the Drones: The Legal and Policy Framework for Targeted Killing in the Obama Administration

>>>PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE<<<

Thursday, September 22nd
7:00 pm
Eben Holden Main

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THE JOHN F. O’LOUGHLIN LEADERSHIP SERIES ENDOWMENT PRESENTS

Jaron Lanier
Computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author

You Are Not a Gadget: An Evening With Jaron Lanier
Followed by a book signing of You Are Not a Gadget A Manifesto

>>>PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE<<<

Tuesday, September 27th
7:00 pm
Eben Holden Main