Samad Mortabit, mathematician, on
teaching mathematics
Lawrence Moe,
historian, literary scholar, on the literature of the
Tom O’Connell,
political scientist, on the
Mary Pauluk, chaplain, on debilitating illness
Barbara Gislason, attorney, on ethical issues in law
Mary Ann Grossman,
reviewer, on
Colleen Coghlan, librarian, on the ideas in recently released books
Mary Treacy, director of Metronet, on libraries and
coordinating information
Nancy Black,
anthropologist, on practical anthropology and documenting human rights
violations
Jane Curry,
historian, on doing popular history perfomances
Peter Kramer,
architect, on
conceptual issues in architecture
Karen Warren,
philosopher, on eco-feminism
Tom Atchison,
philosopher, on false consciousness
Laura Rediehs, philosopher, on philosophy of science and
epistemology
Mary Pauluk, chaplain, on death and dying
Sandy Berman,
cataloguer, on conceptual issues in cataloguing
Neighborhood Energy
Consortium, on the ethical dimensions of their environmental work
Lawrence Moe,
historian and literary scholar, on
Lois Rhomberg, painter, on the research leading up to her
painting of the Annunciation for a
Sandy Berman,
cataloguer, on the joys of cataloguing well
Chris Dodge,
librarian, on alternative literatures and access to non-standard press
Diana Dean, Julie
Daniels, philosopher/rhetorician, on mothering and academic work
Elizabeth Harris,
community crime prevention specialist, on building community
Terry Dosh, religious historian, on the changes in the Roman
Catholic Church in the last 30 years
Terry Dosh,
religious historian, placing his own development against the
background of Twentieth Century religious history
Rhoda Gilman,
historian, with staff from the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology, on the lure
of archaeology and work of the Institute
Bill Radosevich, lead abatement specialist for
Colin and Susan McCallister of Lincolnshire Larks, on English village life
George Hunt, owner,
Hunt’s Office Furniture, on the ethics of the wholesale furniture business
Mary Pauluk, chaplain, on working with very elderly people and
with patients with
Alzheimer’s Disease
Robin Fox, and members of Prairie Harmonies, on Sacred Harp music
Jan 27 – David
Unowski, owner, Ruminator Books, on the independent
book buisness.
Feb 1 –
Colleen Coghlan, librarian, professor, and bookstore
owner, on recent books.
March 8 – Mary Kay Medinger, director,
March 9 – Aldo Moroni, public sculptor, on his work.
March 10 – Mike
Bellamy, professor of English, on utopian fiction.
March 11 – Chris Kosowksi, parish liturgist, on her work.
March 15 – Mike
Finley, poet, journalist and business writer, on St. Patrick’s Day
March 22 – Carolyn
Carr, graduate student, on the patenting of genetic material.
March 29 – Lois Bujold, science fiction author, on the ideas contained in
her work.
April 6 – John Hunt, state
microbiologist, on epistemological issues in testing for disease producing
organisms.
April 8 – Mary Pauluk, chaplain, on her work with Alzheimer’s patients.
April 21 – Eugene
McCarthy, former Senator and presidential candidate, reflections on the contemporary political scene.
May 7 –
Margaret Crouch, Mike Reed, philosophers and teachers, on their careers.
May 22 – Mary Rose
O’Reilly, professor of English, author of The Barn at the End of the World,
on her new book treating Buddhist spiritual discipline and sheep farming.
May 23 – Juanita Garciagadoy, professor of Spanish, on her work with
the day of the dead celebrations in
June 2 – Stanton
Sears, Andrea Myklebus, public sculptors, on the ideas behind
their work.
June 6 – Diana Shandy, anthropologist, on her dissertation work with Nuer immigrants to the Twin Cities.
July – Howard Hong, philosopher, on his
life long study of the works of Kierkegaard and on the Kierkegaard Library at
July – Mary Ellen Petrisko, philosopher, Deputy Commissioner of Higher
Education for
July – Juanita Garciagadoy, professor of Spanish, on Mexican women’s
literature.
August 14 – George
Roberts, high school English teacher and visual artist, on the lessons of his
career as a teach at North High in
August
August 24 – Mary
Braun, Bill Duncan, activists, on their work to lift
September 26 –
David Lanegran, professor of geography, on issues of
urban geography.
September – Deborah
Martin, director, Minnesota Folk Festival, on folk music.
October 20 – Henry
West, philosopher, on consequentialism and virtue
catalogues.
October 20 –
Lawrence Moe, professor of English, on the Seamus Heaney translation of
Beowulf.
October 25 –
Gabrielle Lawrence, director of Alumni Development,
November 15 –
Colleen Coghlan, librarian and professor, on recent
books.
December 8 – Sonja Kuftinec, professor of theater, on theater of the oppressed
and her work in refugee camps in
December 17 –
Sandra Meyer, professional clown, on her work.
December 20 – Stan
Sears and Andrea Myklebus, public sculptors, on their
gateway sculpture in
January 5 – Peter
Kramer, architect, and Diana Shandy, anthropologist, on affordable
housing for recent immigrants.
January 6 –
Mary Pauluk, chaplain, on her recent trip to
January 10 –
Thomas Sullivan, philosopher, on topics in the moral philosophy of Thomas
Aquinas.
Date uncertain –
Martha Nussbaum, philosopher,
Mitau lecture at
Date uncertain
– Genaro Boreng Boreng, Australian aboriginal healer and lecturer, on her
journey from a very westernized life to one reflecting her aboriginal heritage.
Date uncertain – Mary
Ellen Shaw, teacher of religious studies, on the William James; Varieties of
the Religious Experience
June 28 – Eric Daigre, PhD in English, on Cajun culture
July 13 – Elizabeth
Fontaine, ESL teacher, on living as a Buddhist among Christians
July 15 – Mark
Schneider, political activist and community organizer, on his career and
motivations
July 20 – Hunt
family, on their thoughts as their first child goes off to college
July 24 – Karen
Warren, philosopher, on eco-feminism
August 2 – John Hunt,
biologist, on education and quality control in medical laboratories
August 15 – Michael Schuldt, history graduate student, on Civil War
re-enactments
September 4 – Carol Dittberner, religious educator, on the application of
Montessori principles to religious education
September 7 – Abe and
Ida Kaufmann,
socialists and activists for 70 years, on their life and
experience
September 21 –
Siobhan Nash-Marshall, philosopher, on the idea of a national character and a
national vocation
October 15 – Forum on
just war (co-sponsored with Altera Vista) with
philosophers Duane Cady, Sam Imbo, and Bill Myers
October 18 – David Clemenson, philosopher, on primary and secondary qualities
Date Unclear – Amy
Muse, PhD in English, reading and discussing poetry
November 2 – Phil Gurbada, principal, Royalton Elementary School, on the
issues surrounding his career
November 15 – Mike
Bellamy, PhD in English, on the history of the Pledge of Allegiance
December 4 – Amy
Muse, PhD in English, and Peter Shea, philosopher, on women’s relationship to
Hamlet
December 8 – Forum on
freedom (co-sponsored with Altera Vista) with
philosophers Duane Cady, Sam Imbo, and others
December 14 – David
McCurdy, Diana Shandy, anthropologists, and
December 16 – Joe
Paddock, writer and teacher, on his recent biography of the environmentalist Oberholzer
December 23 – Ellen
Brooks and Dave Hackett, apple pickers, on their choice of a simple way of life
December 26 – Mary Pauluk, chaplain and religious educator, on life in a small
town in rural
January 2 – Forum on
justice (co-sponsored with Altera Vista) with philosophers
Duane Cady, Sam Imbo, and others
January 11 – Amy
Muse, PhD in English, (and friends) in an evening of poetry and reflection
January 17 – David Clemenson, philosopher, on issues in 17th
Century philosophy and science
January 24 – Susan
Webster, art historian, on her recent discoveries about an obscure architect in
17th Century Ecuador
Februay 1 – Amy Muse, PhD in English, (and friends), an evening of
poetry on Valentine’s Day themes
March 22 – Mike
Winter, philosopher, on his work on Aristotle’s ethics
May 3 – Julie Ragatz, philosopher in her first teaching job, on her
interests and intellectual journey
May 10 – Katy Gray
Brown, philosopher, on her work in philosophy and peace studies
May 23 – Michael Andregg, independent scholar and peace activist, on issues
in the
May 23 – David Clemenson, philosopher, on fanaticism
June 27 – Mickey
Friesen, director of missions for the archdiocese, on his work on the education
of ministers
July 11 – Gordon
Barnes, philosopher, on issues surrounding the philosophic discussion of
substance
August 2 – Patrick
O’Donnell, playwright, and friends, on the development of a new theatre piece
on Dylan Thomas
August 9 – Linda
Schenk, PhD in English, on Shakespeare’s use of shared language
August 16 – Calvin Roetzel, New Testament scholar, on the thought world in
which Jesus lived
September 10 –
Barbara Frey, head of the U of MN human rights center, on human rights issues
since
October 2 – Bernice
Koehler Johnson, teacher of English as a second language, on her work with
refugees in
October 24 – Miriam
Meyers, linguist, on her work on communication through food and the preparation
of food
December 3 – Tom Hickson, geologist, on the physical and moral issues around
flood control
December 12 – Diana Shandy, anthropologist, and students, on field work in
anthropology at Macalester
January 17 – Jean
Allison Olson, musicologist, on the various roles of music in her life
January 24 – Ken
Meter, economic development researcher, on economic issues in rural
January 24 – Sam Imbo, philosopher, on philosophy and African traditional
thought
February 3 – Christy Delacruz,
on her thoughts about declaring for the Saint Paul City Council race
February 14 – Lucy Knoll,
educator and therapist, on her lifelong struggle with depression
February 17 – Jack Weatherford,
on the accomplishments of the Mongol empire