Past Presenters - Free (Thinking) Lunch

2007-8

Monday, September 17
Prof. Robert Jensen (Journalism)
“Pornography and the End of Intimacy”

Wednesday, October 17
Prof. Peter Trubowitz (Government)
“Grand Strategy in a Divided America”

Monday, November 19
Prof. Julia Mickenberg (American Studies)
“Children’s Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics”

Friday, January 25 [Cancelled/Re-scheduling]
Prof. Sanford Levinson (Law)
“How the Constitution Contributes to the Democratic Deficit (and Malaise) in the US”

Wednesday, February 20
Prof. Neville Hoad (English)
“The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: Literature, Affect, Spectacle”

Tuesday, March 25
Prof. LeeAnn Kahlor (Advertising)
“Television Viewing and the Acceptance of Rape Myths”

Friday, April 18
Prof. David Buss (Psychology)
“Why Women Have Sex”

2006-7
“Polio: An American Story,“ David Oshinsky
“Captivity, Vengeance, and National Identity: From Colonial America to Abu Ghraib,” Pauline Strong
“Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality,“ Christine Williams

2005-6
“Interdisciplinary Museum Studies Program,“ Doug Dempster and Andree Bober
“Performing the Nation: Chautauqua and American Public Culture,” Charlotte Canning
“God by Design,“ Sahotra Sarkar

2004-5
“Mr. Kinsey Goes to Hollywood,“ Judith Coffin
“John Brown and the Hobbled Historians,” Evan Carton

2003-4
“Liberalism and Toxic Torts,“ Dick Markovits
“Scholarship, Community, and the World Congress on Information Technology,” Leslie Jarmon
“Conceptualizing Small Country Status in an Age of Globalization,” John Hoberman
“Music and Subjectivity in the Early Cinema,” Jim Buhler
“Bandung at 50: The Future of the Non-Aligned Movement,” Kamran Ali and Barbara Harlow
“A 19th Century Life: Religion, Reproduction, and Custody Rights in Annie Besant's Autobiography,” Carol MacKay
“How Physicians Think about Race,” John Hoberman

2002-3
“A New (and Improved) View of Religious Liberty,” Larry Sager
“The Doxiconic Visual Rhetoric of the War on Terrorism,” Dana Cloud
“Is There a Rehnquist Revolution?” Scot Powe
“South Asia: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth?” Sumit Ganguly
“Thinking about Torture,” Sanford Levinson