The Center for the Humanities

All presentations at 4:00 p.m. at the Center, Autzen House, 811 SW Jefferson

2009 SPRING LECTURE SCHEDULE

APRIL

13th "Monroe Sweetland: Seven Decades of Political Activism." William Robbins, Center Honorary Fellow, Professor of History Emeritus, OSU.

20th "Suburban Panics: Lost Innocence and Moral Crusades in California Politics." Matthew Lassiter, Center Research Fellow, Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan.

27th "The Rhetoric of Repetition: F.C.S. Schiller and the Style of Pragmatic Humanism." Mark Porrovecchio, Center Research Fellow, Assistant Professor & Director of Forensics, Speech Communication, OSU.

MAY

4th Beyond Engaged Buddhism: Mohism, the Mahayana Tradition, and Nonviolence." Hung-yok Ip, Center Research Fellow, Associate Professor of History, OSU.

18th "The Saffron Revolution in Burma." Guest Lecture by Gustaaf Houtman, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia.

2009 WINTER LECTURE SCHEDULE

JANUARY

26th “Dante's Astronomer: Mary Ackworth Evershed.” Tracy Daugherty, Center Research Fellow. Professor of English, OSU.

FEBRUARY

9th "Philip Roth’s Jewish Gender Trouble." Neil Davison, Center Research Fellow, Associate Professor of English, OSU.

23rd "Clarke, Collins, and Consciousness: A Debate About the Relation of Mind and Matter in Early Eighteenth Century Britain”. William Uzgalis, Center Research Fellow, Professor of Philosophy, OSU.

MARCH

2nd "Capacity, Disability, and Citizenship in an Age of Revolution." Ben Mutschler, Center Research Fellow, Assistant Professor of History, OSU.

2008 FALL LECTURE SCHEDULE

OCTOBER

6th “Race and Evolution: Changing Ideas on Race-Mixing in Twentieth-Century America.” Paul Farber, Guest Lecturer, Professor (Emeritus Chair) of History, OSU.

20th “The Suburban Crisis: The Pursuit and Defense of the American Dream.” Matthew Lassiter, Center Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Michigan.

NOVEMBER

3rd "The Birth of the Word 'Strike': London 1768 & New York 1809." Christopher Phelps, Center Research Fellow, Department of History, Ohio State University.

10th “Reading the Victorian Agony Column.” Matthew Rubery, Center Research Fellow, School of English, University of Leeds, UK.