The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
Tuesday, September 28 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
For twelve years Ambassador Dennis Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process. His lecture will give an unprecedented inside account of the complicated negotiations among the Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs. The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies.
General public $8 / UCSB students $6
Investigating the War on Terrorism: Abu Ghraib and the Underside of the Conflict in Iraq
Sunday, October 10 / 1 pm / Campbell Hall
Since 1968 when he exposed the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh has been hailed for his investigative reporting. He recently reported on the intelligence and military quagmire in Iraq for The New Yorker. The Harry Girvetz Memorial Lecture
General public $12 / UCSB students $10
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
Monday, October 11 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
This veteran New York Times correspondent who has covered conflicts in Bosnia, El Salvador and Israel will give a thought-provoking lecture based on his best selling book that argues life is lived most intensely in times of war, often with tragic consequences.
General public $10 / UCSB students $8
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic
Sunday, October 17 / 3 pm / Campbell Hall
Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute and author of the prophetic bestseller Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, will offer a startling look at U.S. militarism.
General public $8 / UCSB students $6
T.C. Boyle
Tuesday, October 26 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
America’s most imaginative contemporary novelist —Newsweek
Brilliant fiction writer and Montecito resident T. C. Boyle is the author of nine novels, including Riven Rock, Tortilla Curtain, The Road to Wellville and the National Book Award-nominated Drop City. He will read from his latest work The Inner Circle, a rollicking novel about pioneering sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey.
General public $8 / UCSB students $6
Confessions of a Muslim Reformer: Why I Fight for Women, Jews and Pluralism
Wednesday, October 27 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
Irshad Manji is a best-selling author and recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Award of Valor. She also received Oprah Winfrey’s first annual Chutzpah Award for “audacity, nerve and conviction.”
General public $10 / UCSB students $8
Voices for Justice: Defending Human Rights in Afghanistan, Congo and Russia
Tuesday, November 16 / 4 pm / Corwin Pavilion / Free
Since 1988 Human Rights Watch has honored 160 individuals who courageously promote freedom, dignity and justice. 2004 honorees speaking at UCSB are Habib Rahiab (Afghanistan), Maitre Honore Musoko (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Natalia Zhukova (Russia). Co-presented with Human Rights Watch.
Alice Sebold in Conversation with David L. Ulin
Thursday, November 18 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones was celebrated for its astonishing power to claim the hearts of millions of readers. Her work, including the powerful memoir Lucky, plumbs tragedy and grief. L.A. Weekly contributor David Ulin wrote The Myth of Solid Ground. Sebold is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the UCSB College of Creative Studies.
General public $15 / UCSB students $10
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