Lecture Series

Each semester the WSU Vancouver University Scholars program offers a series of lectures by prominent scholars with national reputations. University Scholars students may attend the series for credit and participate in special discussions led by the guest lecturers. The lecture series is open to the public.

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Current Lecture Schedule:


The Fall 2009 Lecture Series will explore:

The flow of knowledge by examining the making of decisions and meaning around the world’s arguably most important resource: water.

 

12
October

Dr. David R. Montgomery
Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

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"Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations"
Free and Open to the public
Book signing to follow the lecture
6pm | VUCB 1

6-7
November


Reversing the Flow: Big Dams, Power, and People in Global Perspective

Damposter

November 6 - Opening Reception
November 7 - All Day Conference
November 3 - December 11 - The Yangtze Remembered
December 7 - Talk by Linda Butler

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Previous University Scholars Lecture Series

  • The Role of Culture/Ethnicity in the Family Life Course
  • Neurodiversity: Changing Minds, Changing World
  • Emergence of Global Community
  • The Science in Science Fiction
  • Living Wisdom: Cultures of World Religions
  • American Identities and Global Experience
  • The Art of the Book
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Ways of Knowing in China and Cuba
  • Human Diasporas


For more information contact:

WSU Vancouver University Scholars Program
VADM 207
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686
Phone: 360-546-9159
Fax: 360-546-9036
univscholars@vancouver.wsu.edu