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  Each speaker name (in blue) is connected to a photograph and an expanded biography of the speaker. Simply click on the speaker's name to bring up the photo and bio. In the left hand edge, click on "Fall 2008" to return to this program listing.  

September 16

 

 

John Prendergast  African International Affairs Expert

God, Oil & Country: Changing the Logic of War in Sudan

October 7

 

 

Dan Walters    Author, columnist, Sacramento Bee

California in the 21st Century

October 21

NOTE 10:30 am

 

Professor Christopher T. Scott   Director, Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society; Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics

Stem Cells in the Flattening World: Not Yet a Level Playing Field

November 4

 

 

Professor Michael McFaul   Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Stanford University

Promoting Democracy Abroad: Should We? Can We?

November 18

 

 

Frans Lanting    Award Winning Nature Photographer

Life: A Journey Through Time

December 2

NOTE 10:00 am

 

Marc Pachter   Retired Director, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Museum

A Gallery of Presidents

January 6

 

 

Bonnie Weiss    Theatrical Writer, Producer, and Director, and Theater and Film Critic

Fred Astair – A Musical Presentation

January 20 

 

 

John Zogby   President and CEO of Zogby International

The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation
of the American Dream