Hot Spots (Archive)

Sept. 2002-April 2006

Date	Speaker and Title
04/19/07	ULV Debate Team, "This House Believes that Human Rights Should Take a Backseat to Economic Development"
03/15/07	Prof. Gulnara Zakirova, Kazakh Ablai Khan University and Fulbright Scholar, "The Integration of Kazakhstan into the World Community: Problems and Perspectives"
02/15/07	John Linarelli, College of Law, ULV, "Might Does Not Make Right: The Rule of Law in a Time of Terrorism"
11/16/06	Fathia Husain Al Joumaily, Former Professor, Sociology Department, Baghdad University, Fulbright Scholar, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Crime in Iraq: Then and Now"
10/19/06	Dr. David Hollinger, Chair, Department of History, UC Berkeley, "Religious vs. Secular Liberals: Finding Common Ground Against the Religious Right" More info...
09/21/06	Dr. Ahmed Ispahani, Department of Applied Business Sciences and Economics, ULV, "The Impact of Islam on Contemporary Geopolitics"
04/20/06	Ambassador George McGovern, U.S. Senator and U.N. Special Ambassador on Hunger "The Art of Diplomacy" More info...
04/18/06	Film showing, One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern, followed by Q & A by filmmaker Stephen Vittoria More info...
03/16/06	Julius Walecki, Department of Applied Business Sciences and Economics ULV "How Free is Free Trade? NAFTA, EU, and the Environment"
02/16/06	Jonathan Reed, Department of Philosophy and Religion, ULV, "Talking Religion: Making Historical Sense of the Middle East"
11/17/05	Marcus Pedlowski, Fulbright Scholar, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro "The Amazon, Deforestation, and Climate Change: Local and Global Connections"
09/22/05	Bob Neher Chair, Natural Sciences Division, ULV "Environmental Challenges for the 21st Century"
04/21/05	Jerome Garcia, Biology Department, ULV "Stem Cell Research and the Making of the Modern World"
03/17/05	Sister Mary Dennis Peters, Librarian Emerita, ULV "Peace in Our Time: The Case of Ireland"
02/24/05	Matt Witt, Department of Public and Health Administration "The Holographic State: Security, Disorder and American Imperialism"
11/18/04	Sheriff Leroy Baca Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "Acting Locally/Thinking Globally: Los Angeles and the War on Terror"
10/28/04	Jason Neidleman and Gitty Amini Department of History, ULV "Bush vs. Kerry: What Are the Issues?"
09/23/04	ULV Debate Team "Should Veterans be Exempt from Taxation?"
05/20/04	Dan Merritt, Christine Broussard, and Jeremy Korr, Departments of Biology and American Studies, ULV "From Local to Global: What's Happening to Our Environment?"
03/11/04	Gitty Amini and International ULV Students "International Perspectives on America in Iraq"
11/20/03	Reed Gratz, Department of Music, ULV "The Netherlands: An Advanced Society or Only Arrogant About It?"
10/02/03	Edward Peck, Former US Ambassador to Iraq "Iraq: Pandora's Box is Open"
09/18/03	Jason Neidleman, Department of History and Political Science, ULV "Two Years After 9-11: Civil Liberties and Homeland Security"
04/24/03	Franklin Larey, University of Cape Town, South Africa "The Politics of Arts and Culture in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
03/20/03	Peter Hunt, British Consul General, Los Angeles "Britain and the United States: Shoulder to Shoulder on the Big Issues"
02/20/03	ULV Panel: Phil Hofer, Al Clark, Abe Helou, and Kamol Somvichian "Peace in the Middle East?"
11/21/02	ULV Debate Team "This House Believes that Developing Nations Should Have the Right to Produce Nuclear Weapons"
10/17/02	Richard Gelm, Department of History and Political Science, ULV "Crisis in the Catholic Church: Sex Scandals and Undermined Authority"
09/19/02	Ahmed Ispahani, School of Business and Global Studies, ULV "Pakistan: American Partner in War Against Terrorism?"