Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Harold Hongju Koh, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, addressed the College as part of its 2000 Commencement exercises. Mr. Koh also received an honorary degree from the College.
As part of Alumni Weekend, and in conjunction with an exhibit on display in the Trout Gallery, Director of the Trout Gallery Peter Lukehart and Corcoran Gallery of Art Curator Eric Denker, '95, taught a class on 19th- and 20th-century prints.
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...
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...
As part of the Metzger-Conway Program, Craig Weeks (Class of 1977) returned to campus to deliver a lecture during Common Hour titled "The New Economy: What It Is and Where It Is Going." The talk, which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall, was sponsored by 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.
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, gave a lecture in Memorial Hall on February 13, 2001 titled "Bringing Back the Dead: History, Memory and Writing about the War." Atkinson discussed his experiences writing about the US Army in North Africa during World War II. The Clarke Center...
Joshua Goldstein, a Professor of International Relations at American University, gave a lecture titled "Testosterone and War" in Old West on February 15. The talk was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon received the 2001 Benjamin Rush Award, for which he delivered the lecture "Defense Issues Facing the 21st Century & Their Impact Around the World." It was held in Memorial Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
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.
Susan Stern, journalist and author of These Strange German Ways, delivered a lecture titled "Jews in Germany Today: Dynamic Growth, Dramatic Change" on February 28. The event was co-sponsored by the Max Kade Center, Judaic Studies, International Business and Management Department,...
Susan Stern, journalist and author of These Strange German Ways, gave a lecture in the Depot titled "The Cross-Cultural Dating Game: Why Germans and Americans Play Differently" on March 1. This event was co-sponsored by the Max Kade Center, Judaic Studies, International Business and...
Professor Michael Fratantuono (International Business and Management Department) and Professor Sinan Koont (Economics Department) participated in a debate during Common Hour titled "Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?" The event, which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall, was sponsored by the...
Yoshimitsu Miyakawa, of Nanzan University in Japan, delivered a lecture titled "Japan's Future as a Military Actor" in the Weiss Center. The Clarke Center organized the event.
Michael Rabinowitz, a clinical instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, delivered a lecture on "Lead Poisoning and Public Health" in Memorial Hall. The talk was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Dr. William J. Duiker (Class of 1954), a Metzger-Conway Fellow and the author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, delivered a lecture titled "In Search of Ho Chi Minh" in Rubindall Recital Hall. The Clarke Center sponosred the event.
Dr. Mark Gilbert, professor of European Studies at the University of Bath, delivered a lecture on April 10 titled "The 2001 General Elections in Britain and Italy: Voting in the Shadow of the European Union." The talk was held in Memorial Hall and was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
The Reverend Frances Foley Guest, '48 spoke at the Baccalaureate service for the 2000-2001 academic year. In addition to being a Dickinson College graduate, she grew up as a missionary child in parts of South East Asia and was held in a Prisoner of War (POW) camp with her family during World War...
