Rosenfield Sponsored Events, 2004-2005
Fall '04
| Date | Event | Speaker |
| Sept. 7 | Government is Broke and Broken: A Guide to Reform | Babak Armajani '68, CEO of The Public Strategies Group & Consultant to Governor Tom Vilsack (Iowa) |
| Symposium: The State of Democracy in the 2004 World (September 14-16) | ||
| Sept. 14 | The U.S. Role in Promoting Democracy
Possibilities and Implications of a Democracy in China |
Thomas O. Melia, Georgetown University
Bruce Gilley, Author & Ph.D. candidate, Princeton University |
| Sept. 15 |
Overview of Democratization in the World
Islam and Democracy |
Adrian Karatnycky, Freedom House
Laith Kubba, National Endowment for Democracy |
| Sept. 16 |
Democratic and Other Transitions: Postcommunist Eurasia
The Third Wave and the State: Some Early Lessons from African Experience Democratization in Latin America |
Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies & Professor and Chair of Government Departmentm, Cornell University
John Harbeson, CUNY Graduate Center and City College Juan Rial, UNDP |
| Slimane Benaissa, Playwrite, Author, Director (September 19-21) | ||
| Sept. 19 | Public Reading (French/English):The Last Night of the Damned Soul | |
| Sept. 20 | An Algerian Author Responds to 9-11 | |
| Sept. 21 | Panel Discussion: Muslim Perspectives of the Other | |
| Sept. 27 | Bush vs. Kerry on Security | Joe Ferrara, Research Assoc. Prof. and Dir., Exec. Master's Program, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University & Grinnell-in-Washington Program |
| Peace Pole Dedication, World Food Prize Lecture, and Lecture Series: Divided Land, Divided Hearts: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East (Oct. 8, 11, and 12) | ||
| Oct. 8 | Public Lecture | Yossi Alpher, former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel and co-creator of bitterlemons.org |
| Oct. 11 | Peace Pole Dedication | |
| Oct. 11 also | Public Lecture | Sari Nusseibeh, Philosophy Department, Al-Quds University & Co-Author, Palestinian/Israeli Destination Map |
| Oct. 11 also | World Food Prize Lecture: Meeting the Millenium Development Goal on Reducing Hunger in Africa | Christopher Dowswell, United Nations Millenium Development Project Hunger Task Force |
| Oct. 12 | Balancing on the Green Line | Elizabeth Koch '02, Middle East Peace Campaign |
| Crime and Punishment: Incarceration in the United States (November 9-11) | ||
| Nov. 9 | Overview: Changes in Incarceration
Prison Conditions/Super Max Security |
Samuel Walker, Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Lorna Rhodes, University of Washington |
| Nov. 10 |
Privatization
Mandatory Sentencing Reform |
Michael J. Gilbert, University of Texas, San Antonio
Frank O. Bowman, Indiana University, Indianapolis, School of Law |
| Nov. 11 |
Convict Criminology
Roundtable of Iowa Corrections Officials and Workers |
Stephen C. Richards, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh |
Spring '05
| Symposium on Beyond Colonialism and Apartheid: Facing the Future in Southern Afria, February 8-10, 2005 | ||
| Feb. 8 | Repression and Resistance in Apartheid South Africa
Land, Ethnic Identity and History in an Afrikaans Oral Performance in a South African Rural Settlement |
Richard Hunt Davis (Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of History, Univ. of Florida)
HSS Willemse (GC Visiting Faculty in English; Visiting Fulbright Scholar/Center for International Studies) |
| Feb. 9 |
Struggling for Milk and honey After Apartheid (in Southern Africa) What Herero Owe the Germans |
Tumelo Tsikoane (Dept. of Development Studies, National Univ. of Lesotho, Maseru) Deborah Durham (Chair, Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology, Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, Sweet Briar College) |
| Feb. 10 |
Scholar's Convocation: South Africa's Transition to Majority Rule: Lessons Learned AIDS and Southern Africa Perspectives on the Future of South Africa: A Panel Discussion |
Ambassador George E. Moose (Adj. Prof. & Prof. Lectuyrer in Int'l Practice, Elliott School of Int'l Aff., The George Washington Univ.; retired U.S. Dept. of State Foreign Service officer) Judith R. Kaufmann (DynCorp International's Humanitarian Response Group) Prof. Jenny Anger, Prof. Vicki Bentley-Condit, Prof. David Campbell, Bonnie Carenen '04, Prof. Christopher Connelly, Prof. George Drake, Prof. Jean Ketter, Prof. Dan Reynolds, Prof. Montgomery Roper |
| Feb. 15 | JFWall Sesquicentennial Service Award Presentation: Pioneering Project in Brazil Benefits Chemically Dependent | 2004 Award Recipient Jane Green Hayes ´58 (Exec. Dir., Instituto Souza Novaes, São Paulo, Brazil) |
| Feb. 17 | Strengthening Grinnell’s Contribution to a Sustainable Future (co-sponsored by EcoCampus) | Rick Clugston (Exec. Dir., Center for Respect for Life & Environment, Washington, DC) |
| Feb. 24 | Ecological Economics, Introduction and Applications: A Case Study of Mangrove Ecosystems, Shrimp Aquaculture, and Community Empowerment (co-sponsored by Environmental Studies) | Joshua Farley ´85 (Professor, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, The University of Vermont) |
| Feb. 24 also | More Secure, Less Free? Antiterrorism Law and Policy in Comparative Perspective | Mark Sidel (Assoc. Prof. of Law, Univ. of Iowa, College of Law; Research Scholar, Obermann Center for Advanced St., Univ. of Iowa) |
| Mar. 11 | Building Consensus in the Iowa State Legislature: a bipartisan panel discussion by Iowa State Legislators (co-sponsored by the Peace Studies Program) | Senator Dennis Black (D), Representative Danny Carroll (R), Representative Scott Raecker '84 (R), Senator Tom Rielly (D), Senator Maggie Tinsman (R), moderated by former State Representative Dorothy Carpenter '55 |
| Symposium on Forgotten Terrains: Earth’s Neglected Temperate & Subtropical Forests, April 5-7, 2005 (co-sponsored by Enviornmental Studies) | ||
| Apr. 5 | Science, Economy and Modernity: The Origins of Temperate Forestry
Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam |
Ravi Rajan
Fred A. Wilcox (Assoc. Prof., Writing Dept., Ithaca College; author of Waiting for An Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange) |
| Apr. 6 |
Woods, Industries, and Conservation: The Historical Experience of Britain Tempering the Temperate Forest: Fire, Axe and People |
Dr. Oliver Rackham (Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) Stephen J. Pyne |
| Apr. 7 |
Scholars’ Convocation: Hiking Into History: A Writer’s Search for Nature and Human Nature in the East’s Highest Mountains Public Lecture The Forest Service in the 21st Century: Leader or Follower? |
Timothy Silver (Prof. of History, Appalachian State Univ.) Stephanie Hitzthaler Jim Furnish (Deputy Chief, USDA Forest Service - retired) |
| Apr. 12 | Americans with Disabilities and Their Civil Rights | Peter Blanck (Director of the Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, Univ. of Iowa College of Law) |
| Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow: Clara Lopez Obregon (Auditor General, Republic of Columbia) April 18-22, 2005 |
| Talks scheduled for Monday, April 18 and Thursday, April 21 @ 8:00 p.m. in South Lounge of the Forum. An informal discussion is also scheduled for Tuesday, April 19 at 4:15 p.m. in the Forum Coffeehouse. Topics to be announced. |
| Marijuana Legalization: The next step or one step too far? A panel and debate (co-sponsored by the Student Campaign for Increased Political Engagement) | ||
| April 27 | Panel Discussion | Gail Boliver (trial lawyer in Marshalltown, Iowa, with experience in drug-related cases), Mark Montgomery (Professor of Economics at Grinnell College), and a Grinnell police officer |
| April 28 | Debate | Pro-Legalization: Allen St. Pierre (Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), Anti-Legalization: Robert Stutman (the former head of the New York City office of the Drug Enforcement Administration) |
