Gen. John Abizaid (Ret.)
former commander, U.S. Central Command
“Leading a Changing Culture”

Feb. 6
7:30 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

This series is made possible through an endowment created by Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Brown of San Antonio.

José Sarukhán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, “Problems of the Global Environment: The Flip Side of the Coin”

Feb. 11
7:30 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

Ken Ribet, University of California Berkeley,
“The Five Fundamental Operations of Mathematics: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and Modular Forms”

Mar. 31
7:30 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister
Private, ticketed event

Mar. 6
7:30 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

Nikki Giovanni, poet and author
“Words for Change”

Jan. 23
7 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

LENNOX SEMINAR LECTURE SERIES

Azúl, composer
Musical Performance

Jan. 25
6 p.m.

Holt Center

Carolos Velez-Ibanez, Arizona State University
“Y que es el Transnational border Mexican Culture?”

Jan. 25
7 p.m.

Holt Center

Pat Mora, poet
Poetry Reading

Feb. 18
7 p.m.

Esperanza Center
922 San Pedro Ave San Antonio, TX 78212

Norma Cantu, University of Texas, San Antonio
Norma Alarcon, independent scholar
Socorro Tabuenca, San Diego State University
“Panel Discussion: Voices and Literatures in Las Fronteras”

Feb. 22
7 p.m.

Holt Center

Rosina Conde, performance artist
“A Night of Poetry, Music, and Drama”

Mar. 11
7 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Laura Gutierrez, University of Arizona
“Performing Borders: De aqui y de alla”

Mar. 28
7 p.m.

Holt Center

Yolanda Cruz, screening and meet the director
 “Sueños Binacionales/BiNational Dreams”

Apr. 16
7 p.m.

Northrup Hall Room 040

Tomas Ybarra Frausto
“De Imagenes y Sueños: Transnational Border Visual Cultures”

Apr. 18
7 p.m.

Holt Center

Laura Gomez, University of New Mexico School of Law
Reading and Commentary, “Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican-American Race”

Feb. 12
5 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Forum Theater Project 2008: Facing San Antonio’s Homeless
Tickets: $8 students, $15 general

Mar. 13-14
8 p.m.

Attic Theater

Gabe Thompson, author
Reading and Commentary: “There’s No José Here.”

Mar. 25
5 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Ruben Rumbaut, School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine
“The Distorted Immigration Debate: Crime, Language, Health, and the Widening Disconnect Between Rhetoric and Reality”

Apr. 22
5 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

MAVERICK LECTURE SERIES

Seymour M. Hersh, journalist, The New Yorker

Apr. 3
7:30 p.m.

Laurie Auditorium

NOBEL ECONOMISTS LECTURE

Edmund Phelps, Columbia University
“My Evolution as an Economist”

Apr. 9
7:30p.m.

Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Dulce Pinzón, photographer
Photography Exhibition

Jan. 14 - Feb. 22

Art Gallery,
Dicke Art Building

Dulce Pinzón, photographer
Meet the Artist Reception

Jan. 26
7 p.m.

Art Gallery,
Dicke Art Building

Dulce Pinzón, photographer
Lecture: “The Real Story of Superheroes/La Verdadera Historia de los Superheroes”

Jan. 28
7:30 p.m.

Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

The Walden Chamber Players in Concert

Feb. 5
7:30 p.m.

Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Gregory Currie, University of Nottingham
“The Pleasures of Irony”

Apr. 1
8 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Chang-rae Lee, novelist and essayist
“An Evening with Chang-rae Lee: A Reading with Commentary”

Apr. 9
8 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Thomas Cummins and Claire Farago, art historians
“The Places of Art: A Symposium in Honor of Charles Talbot”

Apr. 18
3:30 p.m.

Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Dennis Ugolini, physics and astronomy
“Science vs. Pseudoscience: Lessons in Critical Thinking”

Jan. 9
Noon

Coates University Center Fiesta Room

David Ribble, biology
“Tales of the Grey-faced Sengi: The Science and Adventure of Discovering a New Mammal Species in East Africa”

Feb. 6
Noon

Coates University Center Fiesta Room

David Crockett and John Hermann, political science
“Panel Discussion: Terminator or Legitimator: Is the Supreme Court the Ultimate Arbiter of the Constitution?”

Mar. 5
Noon

Coates University Center Fiesta Room

David Spener, sociology and anthropology
“From Bull Connor to Border Walls: Reading Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ in Light of Today’s Immigration Debate”

Apr. 2
Noon

Coates University Center Fiesta Room

Alida Metcalf, history, and Michelle Millet, library
“Expanding Horizons through Information Literacy”

May. 7
Noon

Coates University Center Fiesta Room

George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN
“The Cultural Phenomena of Sports in America”

Jan. 18
7:30 a.m.

DoubleTree Hotel
Tamayo Ballroom

Ben Stein, financial commentator, FOX News
“Reaching for Yield in Today’s Market”

Mar. 25
7:30 a.m.

DoubleTree Hotel
Tamayo Ballroom

EAST Program Lecture:
P’ansori Performance with Chan E. Park, Ohio State University

Jan. 31
7 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: “Cocalero” (Argentina)

Feb. 5
7:30 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: “Hot House” (Israel)

Feb. 6
7:30 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: “Everything’s Cool” (United States)

Feb. 7
7:30 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Anene Ejikeme, history
“A Long History of Chinese Interests in Africa”

Feb. 12
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Jocelyn Penny Small, Rutgers University
“The Art of Etruscan Art”

Feb. 18
7:30 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Peter O’Brien, political science
“Three Ways of Addressing Immigration: Liberalism, Nationalism, and Postmodernism”

Feb. 19
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Heather Aidala, Texas State University
“Becoming Visible: Bisexuality 101”

Feb. 19
7:30 p.m.

Coates University Center
Fiesta Room

Rita Urquijo-Ruiz, modern languages and literatures
“Film Excerpts from El Norte and Discussion of Portrayals of Immigration”

Feb. 26
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Andrei S. Markovits, University of Michigan
“Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Hates America”

Feb. 27
4 p.m.

Storch Foyer

Hector Fix Fierro, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
“Legal Aspects of Globalization in Mexico”

Mar. 11
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Mary Ann Tétreault, political science
“Globalization and Energy”

Mar. 25
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

K. Renee Barlow, Salt Lake Community College
“The Fremont of Range Creek Canyon, Utah”

Mar. 26
7:30 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium

Ramona Perez, San Diego State University
“The Silent Crippling of the Marginalized: Lead Poisoning and the State in Mexico”

Apr. 1
7 p.m.

Cowles Life Science

Room 336

Patricia Burr, University of The Incarnate Word
“Sustainable Development and International Citizenship: What Each Person Can Do”

Apr. 8
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Screening of “The Unforeseen” and discussion on regional aquifer issues

Apr. 9
7 p.m.

Coates University Center
Fiesta Room

Marc Jacobson, Texas Fair Trade Coalition
“The ‘Sweat Free’ Campaign in Latin America”

Apr. 15
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Guy Poitras, political science
“Globalization, Foreign Workers, and U.S. Immigration Policy”

Apr. 22
4 p.m.

Science Lecture Hall

Deborah Carlson, Texas A&M University
“A Monumental Cargo: The Roman Column Wreck at Kizilburun, Turkey”

May 1
7:30 p.m.

Chapman Auditorium