Monday, Dec. 2
UMASS – University of Massachusetts Professor David Glassberg of the History Department will address The Politics of History in the National Park Service as a part of the Center for Public Policy and Administration Colloquium Series. The lecture will be held in Thompson Hall, room 620, at noon. The lecture is open to the public and free. For more information, call 545-3940.
UMASS – Dr. Bernard Crespi of Simon Fraser University will lecture on social evolution, speciation and tritrophic interaction as a part of the Entomology Lecture Series and the Fall 2002 Charles Alexander Seminar at 3:30 p.m. in the Alexander Conference Room in Fernald Hall at the University of Massachusetts. Hosted by Ben Normark, the lecture is free and open to the public, with refreshments served beforehand at 3:15 p.m. For more information, call 545-2283.
SMITH – The Middle East Peace Coalition and the Five College Palestinian Action Coalition present “Palestinian and International Nonviolent Resistance: Why, Who, and Where” at 7 p.m. in the Stoddard Auditorium at Smith College. Neta Golan, an Israeli/Canadian peace activist, and George Rishmawi, a Palestinian peace activist will speak at the event, which is free and open to the public.
AMHERST – Professor Javier Corrales of the Amherst College Political Science Department presents “Macroeconomic Crises in Latin America, Again” as a part of their Faculty Colloquium Series. The lecture will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the McCaffrey Room in the Keefe Campus Center.
MOUNT HOLYOKE – Elisabeth J. Wood of New York University will present the lecture “Ending Civil Conflict: Durable Settlement or War Without?” at 7:30 p.m. in the Gamble Auditorium. The lecture is sponsored by the Politics Department and is free to the public. For more information, call 538-2132.
Tuesday, Dec. 3
UMASS – Multiple organizations present “And the World Assembled: A Celebration of the International Day of Disabled Persons” in the Cape Cod Lounge of the Student Union from 7 to 9 p.m. Speakers Martina Robinson and Annie Tummino will discuss their experiences at the World Assembly of Disabled People held in Sapporo Japan. Sponsored by the Radical Student Union, the Office of ALANA Affairs, UMass Disability Services and the People’s Market, the event is free and open to the public. Everyone in attendance is asked to bring school supplies such as pens and pads for disabled people in Uganda.
AMHERST – Phil Saviano, the founder of the Survivors’ Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) will lecture on sexual abuse and the Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m. in 115 Fayerweather Hall at Amherst College. The lecture is sponsored by the Newman Club and Peer Advocates of Sexual Respect.
AMHERST – Comedian Mitch Hedberg will perform in Johnson Chapel at Amherst College at 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Amherst College programming board. Tickets are available at the door only.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
SMITH – Dr. Julie Nelson, founding member of the International Association for Feminist Economics, will present the lecture “Can Economics be Feminist? Gender, Ethics, and the Dismal Science” at 4 p.m. in Seelye Hall 106 at Smith College. The event is free and open to the public.
UMASS – Anti-war activist Larry Holmes will speak at the University of Massachusetts at 7 p.m. in Campus Center room 163. The forum has been endorsed by over a dozen anti-war, community, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and women’s organizations both on and off campus, and sponsored by Western Mass International Action Center/ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism). The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 538-8537.
UMASS – The Stonewall Center presents Creative Expressions Night at 7 p.m. in the Stonewall Center, located in the Southwest area of campus. Arts and crafts will be available for everyone. The event is in part possible with a grant from the UMass Arts Council.
Thursday, Dec. 5
UMASS – David Bollier, an independent policy strategist, journalist, activist and consultant will present the lecture “Rediscovering the Commons: A Neglected Species of Property, A New Engine of Our Common Wealth” as a part of the Center for Public Policy and Administration Inequality Public Policy Series. The lecture is at 4 p.m. in Thompson Hall 620 and free and open to the public. For more information, call 545-3940.
Friday, Dec. 6
MOUNT HOLYOKE – Jennifer Amyx, assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania will present the lecture “Why Can’t Japan Get Back on Track?: Political Foundations of Japan’s Economic Crisis” at noon in the New York Room of Mary Woolley Hall. The lecture is sponsored by the Politics Department of Mount Holyoke College and is free and open to the public.
AMHERST – Professor Robert Mabrito of the Philosophy Department at Tufts University, will speak on “Objectivity, Ethics, and Belief” at 4:30 p.m. in Fayerweather Hall, room 115, at 4:30 p.m. The lecture is a part of the series “Objectivity in Science and Ethics” and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 542-5805.
– Compiled by Dan Lamothe
