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The Arc of Crisis After Iraq: Confusion and Turmoil from the Mediterranean to the Subcontinent Prince Moulay Hicham, a member of the Royal Family of Moracco, discusses the current situation in Iraq and the potential chaos that may ensue along with potential solutions. |
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Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights, and the War on Terror Mark Danner of UC Berkeley discusses the character and the effectiveness of the United States' undeclared State of Emergency and asks when should it come to an end? |
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Osher UCSD: Becoming A Female Roman Catholic Priest with Jane Via Jane Via, a deputy district attorney and former university professor, tells her remarkable story of how she became ordained as a Roman Catholic woman priest and her efforts to build a growing congregation in San Diego. Via was presented by the Osher Lifel |
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Paul Jacobs: The Impact of Engineering and the Future of Education QUALCOMM CEO Paul Jacobs presents the company's latest scholarship program for San Diego high school students who plan to study engineering or computer science at UC San Diego, San Diego State or Cal State San Marcos. Key leaders follow with a discussion |
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Osher UCSD: "Global Warming: Climate Change Science and Public Policy" with Richard Somerville Richard Somerville, the renowned climatologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, affirms and amplifies the global warming concerns raised by former Vice President Al Gore in his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." This talk is sponsored by the Oshe |
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Power and Performance: The War on Terror between Sacred and Profane Yale sociology Professor Jeffrey Alexander works in the area of theory, culture and politics. In this Ninian Smart Memorial Lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara he takes a "cultural pragmatic" approach to the war on terror. |
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A Short History of Psychological Terror Alfred McCoy, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, explores the history and use by the CIA of psychological torture in terms of how this particular form of torture was discovered, perfected and made legal. |
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Confessions of a PLO Terrorist: The Incredible Journey of Walid Shoebat In 1978 Walid Sheobat was sent with a bomb on a mission to kill. Hear the truth behind the propaganda from a man who has lived it. Walid speaks on his experiences in terrorist training, how terrorism spreads, and how the West should deal with it. |
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Osher UCSD: The San Diego Union-Tribune's Views with Bob Kittle Bob Kittle, the Editorial Page Editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, outlines the political arguments on immigration and responds to critiques launched by San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre in this address to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at |
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Is Christianity a Western Religion? A View from Asian Catholicism How did Christianity come to be popularly viewed as a "Western religion" as opposed to "Asian religions" such as Hinduism and Buddhism? Peter Phan of Georgetown University presents an alternative vision of Christianity as a global "catholic" religion and |
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Growing Activism: Undocumented Students/DREAM Act Undocumented immigrants who are students at UC San Diego reveal the obstacles to higher education that many in their community face as they call on Congress to pass the DREAM Act, which if enacted, would give the eligible students temporary legal residenc |
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Conversations with History: The Last Days of the American Republic with Chalmers Johnson Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Chalmers Johnson for a discussion of his new book, Nemesis. In the interview, Johnson, an Emeritus Professor of the University of California, analyzes the impact of the American empire on democracy at home. Compa |
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Tariq Ali: Rights & Needs: Neo-Liberalism, Democracy, and Military Humanism A writer, journalist, filmmaker and leading figure among cultural-political analysts, Tariq Ali is the author of several important historical novels that examine the relationship between Islam and the Western World. This Oxford educated activist has been |
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Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making - Never Again - A Reality with Gareth Evans International Crisis Group president Gareth Evans calls on the world community to prevent genocide and other crimes through realistic and sustainable policies in this latest installment of the 2007 Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Joan B. Kro |
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Frontiers: West Nile, Animal Hoarding A look at West Nile virus in California; the often undiagnosed problem of animal hoarding. Learn more at UC Davis Frontiers. |
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Frontiers: Doping, e Coli A look at doping in professional athletics and it’s impact on college athletes; Recent e coli outbreaks in California grown spinach. Learn more at UC Davis Frontiers. |
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Peak Oil: What are some of the Implications and Energy Options for California to Consider? Peak oil theory states that oil will have a beginning, middle, and an end of production, and at some point it will reach a level of maximum output. It is estimated that approximately half of all oil that will be recovered, has been recovered, and oil prod |
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Growing Activism: License to Freedom Two "License to Freedom" leaders share their tales of helping non-Latina immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence. Their unique approach? Teaching these women to drive so that they can have access to jobs, classes, and support groups that alle |
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Conversations with History: Occupation and Terrorism, with Amira Hass
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Israeli journalist Amira Hass for a discussion of the Israel occupation, Palestinian terrorism, and the consequences of the conflict for the daily lives of both Israelis and Palestinians. |
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Fast Food World: Perils and Promises of the Global Food Chain Journalists Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser and Vandava Shiva join Slow Food International's founder Carlo Petrini for an assessment of the impact of globalization on food production and consumption in this special event sponsored by the Graduate School of |
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Technology Management Program: Entrepreneurship and Society Tom Kemp, President and CEO of Centrify Corporation gives a fascinating lecture on the key factors that will facilitate success in starting a company and selling a product. His talk is entitled: Innovation, Opportunity, Value Creation. |
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Economics Roundtable: Lawrence Summers Lawrence Summers, the outspoken former president of Harvard who also served as Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration, presents his views on The United States and the Global Economy. |
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The Body Politic: The Middle East Vali Nasr, author of "The Shia Revival," and UC San Diego sociologist Gershon Shafir explore the tensions between the Shiites and Sunnis and how the longstanding rivalries have affected the Middle East in this discussion led by historian Michael Bernstein |
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Forum Fronterizo: Borderless Innovation Baja California Governor Eugenio Elorduy and business leaders from both sides of the US-Mexico border respond to a groundbreaking report on how to stimulate borderless innovation in this event sponsored by the San Diego Dialogue at the University of Calif |
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Forum Fronterizo: The Life Sciences/New Path to Prosperity for California and Mexico Experts on binational economic development convene to share plans for enhanced cross-border infrastructure, cooperative marketing and expanded business opportunities in the life sciences. |
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What is Our Legacy? As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himse |
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Challenges for U.S. National Security Policy with Anthony Zinni Anthony Zinni is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a four-star retired Marine general. In retirement, he has become one of the most vocal critics of the Bush administration's Iraq war policies. |
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The Body Politic: Politics of Climate Change Fresh off a visit from Al Gore, the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tony Haymet joins UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser and host Michael Bernstein for a rousing look at the politics of climate change. Then, a farewell to th |
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Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe President Bush has called nuclear terror the defining threat the United States now faces. Graham Allison of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government argues that nuclear terror is preventable with a strategy based on the Three No's: no loose nukes |
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The Crisis in Darfur: A Challenge of Conscience This meeting examines the crisis in Darfur both in terms of the ethnic tensions involved and the impact of global warming and environmental issues on the violence. Speakers also address how individuals can aid the people of Darfur and help resolve this cr |
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A Global Exchange Jerry Putnam, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of NYSE Group, Inc., discusses how U.S. equities exchanges are establishing a global footprint through alliances with international exchanges as evidenced by the NYSE Groups pending merger with Eurone |
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Creation of the Special Relationship between Israel and the United States David Tal of Tel Aviv University and UC Santa Cruz history professor David Kenez discuss the origins of the relationship between the US and Israel. |
