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UNL News Releases: Speakers

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10/26/2004
Lessons of Afghan conflict to be discussed at Nov. 8 Thompson Forum
Roy Gutman, a Jennings Randolph senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and foreign editor at Newsday, will speak on "Afghanistan and Lessons Learned" at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. The lecture is par… 		11/8/2004
11/3/2004
'Peoples of the Plains' is topic of Nov. 17 Olson Seminar
As University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor Paul A. Olson pointed out in his introduction to "The Struggle for the Land" (University of Nebraska Press, 1990), much discussion and debate has focused on the environments, peoples, and economies … 		11/17/2004
11/3/2004
Czech diplomat to discuss 1989's 'Velvet Revolution'
Vratislav Janda, deputy chief of mission of the Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C., will speak Nov. 4 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in a talk that will mark the 15th anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution" in the former Czechoslovakia in 1989. … 		11/4/2004
01/14/2005
Issues in prairie dog conservation to be subject of Jan. 27 lecture
Prairie dog conservation is as much, if not more, about human social issues as it is about ecological and technical issues, according to biologist Richard Reading, who will lecture on the topic Jan. 27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The lectu… 		01/27/2005
01/18/2005
Poet Laureate Kooser is Feb. 8 Nebraska Lecture speaker
Ted Kooser, 13th poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, will read from his works and discuss poetry in a special Nebraska Lectures event Feb. 8. The event, co-presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the City of Lin… 		02/8/2005
01/26/2005
Shade perennials topic of Feb. 13 lecture at UNL
Spring may be months away, but gardeners with spring fever will be interested in a free lecture Feb. 13 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cindy Haynes, professor of horticulture at Iowa State University, will deliver an illustrated talk on one o… 		02/13/2005
02/3/2005
Russian diplomatic expert to address human rights
Dmitri Trenin, senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the deputy director and director of studies at the Carnegie Moscow Center, will speak on "Human Rights and Russian Public Policy" Feb. 21 at the University of Nebra… 		02/21/2005
02/3/2005
Mary Hallock Foote is topic of Feb. 16 Olson Seminar
The life and work of Mary Hallock Foote, one of the few female western illustrators of the 19th century, will be the topic of the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jon Nelson, curator emeritus o… 		02/16/2005
02/4/2005
'Shakespeare on Frontier Stages' is Feb. 21 Geske Lecture at UNL
Felicia Londre, curators' professor of theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will deliver the next Geske Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her lecture, "Much Ado About Shakespeare on Midwestern Frontier Stages," will be pres… 		02/21/2005
02/11/2005
Youth violence, aggression is topic of UNL lecture series
Four internationally known researchers and authors will be featured in a lecture series on youth violence and aggression at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The dates of the lectures are March 7 and 21, and April 25, with the date for the fourth l… 		03/7/2005
02/15/2005
Virginia's McGann to address digital scholarship and publishing March 3
Jerome McGann, the John Stewart Bryan university professor at the University of Virginia, will deliver this year's Knoll Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. McGann will present "Culture and Technology: The Way We Live Now, What is to be Do… 		03/3/2005
02/15/2005
Stokes to discuss history of NAACP Lincoln Branch Feb. 23
Leroy Stokes, president Lincoln Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will give a talk titled "A History of the NAACP Lincoln Branch" Feb. 23 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The talk will be from 3:30 to 5 p… 		02/23/2005
02/16/2005
Feb. 21 lecture in youth violence and aggression series postponed
The Feb. 21 opening lecture in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's series, "Youth Violence and Aggression in Families, Schools and Communities: Research and Policy Implications" has been postponed to a date to be announced. Susan Sheridan, an organi… 		02/21/2005
02/21/2005
Feb. 21 Demitri Trenin lecture canceled
Travel delays in Chicago have forced the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to cancel a scheduled Feb. 21 lecture by Dmitri Trenin, senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the deputy director and director of studies at the … 		02/21/2005
02/22/2005
Afghan author Farooka Gauhari to speak March 2 at UNL
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will sponsor a lecture, reception and book signing with Afghan author Farooka Gauhari March 2 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Roo… 		03/2/2005
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