Bates has resumed its popular series of TGIF lectures by faculty members and students at 4:15 p.m. Fridays while school is in session.<\/p>\n
The theme for the first semester’s talks is the 1996 presidential campaign. All are open to the public at no charge.<\/p>\n
Here is a schedule for the talks through Nov. 8:<\/p>\n
Sept. 27: Renee Leduc, a Bates junior and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, on Reflections from Chicago, Room 113, Carnegie Science Hall.<\/p>\n
Oct. 4, Elizabeth Tobin, associate professor of history, on “The Politics of Abortion,” Edmund S. Muskie Archives.<\/p>\n
Oct. 11: David Aschauer, the Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics, on “The Domestic Economy in the Campaign of 1996,” Carnegie 113.<\/p>\n
Oct. 25, Georgia Nigro, associate professor of psychology, on “The Politics of the Family,” Carnegie 113.<\/p>\n
Nov. 1, Douglas Hodgkin, professor of political science, and Christopher Beam, lecturer in history, on “Who Will Win and Why,” Muskie Archives.<\/p>\n
Nov. 8, James Carignan, dean of the college, moderating a panel discussion on “Who Won and Why, Muskie Archives.”<\/p>\n
Author and professor Bruce Lincoln, hailed as one of the leading thinkers in the area of cultural studies, will discuss the meaning of the word “culture” in a lecture on Monday, Sept. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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