Lectures and Symposia

Retired Major General David Meade (Class of 1962) delivered a lecture titled "Haunted by Luck, Success, and Destiny: America's Foreign Policy Choices" in Memorial Hall on February 27. The event was sponsored by the Clarke Center. 

Dr. Lawrence Kritzman, the Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor of Humanities at Dartmouth College, delivered the 2001 Morgan Lecture titled "The Intellectual Diaspora in Europe: Jacques Derida & Julia Kristeva" on January 31. Professor Kritzman also participated in a round table discussion titled "The Future of Cultural Studies in Academe" as well as an event that allowed informal conversation with students and faculty.

Beth McCormick (Class of 1981), the Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans at NASA, gave a lecture titled "Polict Making in the Federal Government" in Denny Hall. The Clarke Center sponsored the event. 

Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, gave a lecture in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium titled "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S." The Clarke Center sponsored the event.

Erik K. Gustafson, from the Education for Peace in Iraq Center, gave a lecture in Memorial Hall titled "Sanctions Against Iraq: Punishing a Dictator or Punishing a People?" The Clarke Center sponsored the event.

Dickinson College faculty and students participated in a panel discussion titled "The Limbo Election: When Will It End?" on November 15. This event, which was held in the Carlisle Theater, was co-sponsored by the Carlisle Theater, The Sentinel, the Political Science Department, the Political Science Majors Committee, and the Clarke Center.

Paul Boyer (Director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin) and JoAnne Brown (Associate Dean and History Professor at Dickinson College) debated the Cold War's impact on October 26, 2000. This event, which sponsored by the Clarke Center and held in Memorial Hall, was titled "Fear, Security and the Apocalyptic World View: The Cold War's Cultural Impact and Legacy."

Representative Ron Klink and Senator Rick Santorum participated in a Town Hall debate held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on October 24, 2000. Dale Davenport, from the Patriot News, served as moderator of the debate. This event was co-sponsored by the Patriot News, Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Clarke Center. 

Dr. Gwynne Dyer, and Academy Award nominated journalist and military historian, delivered a lecture titled "War 2000: The Beginning of the End?" in Memorial Hall on October 3. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a leading Jewish Renewal and Eco-Kosher scholar, delivered a lecture titled "When Earth Week Meets Passover" in Memorial Hall. The event was co-sponsored by Judaic Studies, Hillel, Environmental Studies, Earth Now, and the Clarke Center.

Dr. James C. Scott (Yale University) delivered the Donald W. Flaherty lecture, titled "Why Civilizations Can't Climb Hills: Hill and Valley Relations in Southeast Asia." The event, which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall, was co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and the Clarke Center. 

Professor Jennifer Morgan, a Professor of Women's Studies & History at Rutgers University, delivered a lecture titled "Reproduction Under Colonial Slavery: Ideologies and Experiences" in Old West. This event was co-sponsored by Community Studies, the English Department, Women's Studies, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, African Table, the Office of the Dean, the History Department, the Sociology Department, and the Clarke Center. 

Joan Cohen, an international art expert and author, gave a lecture during Common Hour titled "Chinese Art and Politics: From Mao to Now." The talk was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center. 

The 5th Annual Ethics Symposium with the subject "Dying: the Final Passage" was held in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. In addition to the keynote address "Framing a Policy Issue Productively: How to Improve Care for Those Sick Enough to Die," the symposium also featured multiple panel discussions. Participants included Joanne Lynn (Class of 1970), Professor James Hoefler, Cheryl Pendergrass (Class of 2000), Lois Beer Dunovant, Greg Lewis, Timothy Quill, James Browning, John Daniel Mindling, Leah Wald Zollman, and Sandy Morris.

Anne Witkowsky, a director at the National Security Council, and Lt. General Robert Gard (retired) debated the issue "Should the U.S. Sign the Land Mine Treaty?" The discussion was held in Memorial Hall in Old West and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.

A panel discussion titled "Eye Openers: Life Changing Experiences in the United States and Abroad" was held in Denny 317. It featured Dickinson students Melanie Dean ('01), Caroline Freese ('00), and Maureen McIlhaney ('00) and was moderated by Professor Janet Wright. The discussion was sponsored by the Clarke Center. 

Kurt Kissinger, the Deputy Director for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, lead a discussion titled "The Impact of the New Economy on the Work Force." This event was held in Rubendall Recital Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center. 

Economics Professor Samuel Bowles (University of Massachusetts) gave a lecture titled "Globalization and Economic Justice" in Memorial Hall on March 30. The talk was co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Clarke Center. 

Professor Laurence Kominz (Portland State University) delivered the 2000 Flaherty Lecture, which was titled "The Stars of Kabuki: Edo and Today," on March 1. The event, which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall, was co-sponsored by the Donald W. Flaherty Lecture Fund and the Clarke Center. 

Dr. Dennis Gillings (CEO of Quintiles Transnational Corp.) delivered a lecture titled "The Globalization of New Medicines" in Memorial Hall, Old West. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of International Business and Management and the Clarke Center. 

As part of Dr. Thomas B.H. Kuiper's lecture on radio astronomy, the Clarke Center sponsored a screening of the film Contact in the Depot on Sunday March 5.

Thomas B.H. Kuiper, Ph.D, astronomer and scientist, delivered a lecture in Rubendall Recital Hall titled "Radio Astronomy in the Film 'Contact'." It was sponsored by the Clarke Center. 

Dr. Samuel Bowles, a Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts, delivered a lecture titled "Globalization and Economic Justice" on March 30. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of International Business and Management and the Clarke Center.