Thursday, 24 January 2008, Horning Lecture
"Planet Taco: The Globalization of Mexican Cuisine"
Jeffrey Pilcher, University of Minnesota
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
Thursday, 7 February 2008, Carson Lecture
"Blackness Beyond Borders: African-Americans, Afromexicans, and Transnational Experiences of Blackness in National Spaces"
Ben Vinson III, Johns Hopkins University
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
Monday, 25 February 2008, Horning Lecture
"Getting Biofuels Right: A Solution to the Biofuel vs. Food and Environment Dilemma"
G. David Tilman , University of Minnesota
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
Thursday, 10 April 2008, Horning Lecture
“The Apples of Our Eyes: Innovation, Art, and Ownership in American Fruits”
Daniel J. Kevles , Yale University
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
Monday, 14 April 2008, Horning Lecture Recital
Dana Whiteside, baritone, and James Johnson, piano
Benton Hall 303, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, Horning Visitor Scholar Lecture
"The Noble Art of Alchemy: Contents and Contexts"
Lawrence M. Principe, Johns Hopkins University
Memorial Union, Room 208, 4:00 PM
Thursday, April 17, 2008, Horning Visiting Scholar Lecture
"The Place of Alchemy in Early Modern Culture and the History of Science"
Lawrence M. Principe, Johns Hopkins University
Memorial Union, Room 213, 4:00 PM
Friday, April 18, 2008, Horning Visitor Scholar Lecture
"The Transmutations of Chymistry: Products and Pathways"
Lawrence M. Principe, Johns Hopkins University
Valley Library, East and West Willamette Industries Seminar Rooms, noon
25 & 26 April 2008, Chun Chiu Conference
Buddhist Activism in Greater China and Beyond
Thursday, 8 May 2008, Chun Chiu Lecture
"Prescribing Colonization: Medical Practices and Policies in Japan-Ruled Taiwan 1895-1945"
Liu Shiyung, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Memorial Union, Journey Room, 4:00 PM
Thursday, 15 May 2008, Horning Lecture
“Eating Good in the Neighborhood: The Medical and Moral History of Dietary Localism”
Steven Shapin, Harvard University
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
Monday, 19 May 2008, American Culture & Politics Lecture
"Civilizing Bodies in the Early Atlantic and Antebellum United States"
Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Memorial Union, Room 208, 4:00 PM
Thursday, 18 October 2007, American Culture & Politics Lecture
"Consuming Third Place: Starbucks and the Illusion of Public Space"
Bryant Simon, Temple University
Memorial Union Lounge, 4:00 PM
Monday, 22 October 2007, Horning Lecture
"Fulfilling the Promise of Crop Biotechnology for the Poor in Africa: Challenges for Science & Society"
Roger Beachy, Danforth Plant and Science Center
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
29 & 30 October 2007, Linus Pauling Conference
"The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era"
Sponsored by the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Endowment in the Humanities
and the OSU Libraries in cooperation with the History Department
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center
Thursday, 8 November 2007, Horning Lecture
"How to Cook an Egg and Other Lessons from the Kitchen-Lab: A History of Molecular Gastronomy"
Rachel Ankeny , University of Adelaide, Australia
Memorial Union Lounge 4:00 PM
Monday, 12 November 2007, American Culture & Politics Lecture
"Ownership and Absenteeism: The Changing Character of American Property"
Elizabeth Blackmar, Columbia University
Memorial Union Journey Room, 4:00 PM
Thursday, 15 November 2007, Horning Lecture
“The Role and Rule of Law in the Global Development of Food Biotechnology”
Gary Marchant, Arizona State University
C&E Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, 7:00 PM
