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Lou Douglas Lecture Series on Public Issues

The Lou Douglas Lecture Series on Public Issues was founded in 1980 to honor the memory of Professor Lou Douglas, distinguished Professor of Political Science at Kansas State University from 1949 to 1977. The lecture series deals will topics pertaining to human rights, social justice, world peace, and international development.

U.S. Politics Today: A Bicentennial View
Date Speaker Title
1980: A Focus on the Presidency
17 Feb 1980 Carlin, John Perspectives on the Presidency in the 80's
21 Feb 1980 Hajda, Joe The Presidency and National Security Conference
21 Feb 1980 Kipp, Jacob The Presidency and National Security Conference
21 Feb 1980 Kaufman, Burt The Presidency and National Security Conference
21 Feb 1980 Williams, T. A. The Presidency and National Security Conference
28 Feb 1980 Butler, James Human Rights at Home and Abroad:
28 Feb 1980 Linford, Orma Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Human Rights and the Supreme Court
06 Mar 1980 Exdell, John The Politics of Energy and Economics in the 80's: Energy and Economic Alternatives
06 Mar 1980 Kaufman, Burt The Politics of Energy and Economics in the 80's: Oil and the Question of National Security
20 Mar 1980 McKenna, Jean Who Really Rules?: Politics and the Individual
20 Mar 1980 Burnett, Scott Who Really Rules?: Politics and the Individual
20 Mar 1980 McGowan, Sherry Who Really Rules?: Politics and the Individual
20 Mar 1980 Murray, Mike Who Really Rules?: Politics and the Individual
1981: Perspectives on Human Rights
02 Mar 1981 Clark, Dick Human Rights in Africa: An American Perspective
10 Mar 1981 Sutherland, Bill Human Rights in Africa: An African Perspective
30 Mar 1981 White, Robert Human Rights in El Salvador
06 Apr 1981 McFadden, John Human Rights in Central America
1982: Arms Control and Survival
16 Feb 1982 Cook, Paul K. Arms Control and U.S.-Soviet Relations
23 Feb 1982 Berrigan, Daniel The Peace-Making Citizen and the War-Making State
09 Mar 1982 Carroll, Eugene, Jr. Can Nuclear War be Avoided?
30 Mar 1982 Ellsberg, Daniel The Politics of Disarmament
1983: Economic Survival in a Changing World
08 Feb 1983 Tsongas, Paul Economic Realities of the 1980's
22 Feb 1983 Taylor, Frederick Reagonomics: What's Next?
08 Mar 1983 Sweezy, Paul Capitalism's Crisis and World Debt
28 Mar 1983 Sale, Kirkpatrick Creating an Alternative Economy
11 Apr 1983 Schnittker, John Crisis on the Farm: At Home and Abroad
1984: The Americas in Crisis
14 Feb 1984 Kassebaum, Nancy Washington Perspectives on Central America
05 Mar 1984 Diaz, Efrain The Big Pine Operation: What it Means for Honduran Democracy
20 Mar 1984 Buzenberg, Bill US Policy in Central America and Democracy at Home
03 Apr 1984 Collins, Joseph What Difference Could a Revolution Make?
1985: Standing Tall: U.S. Interests and Global Realities
19 Feb 1985 Harrison, Selig U.S. Foreign Policy and Third World Nationalism
25 Feb 1985 Minsky, Hyman The End of Laissez-Faire: 1985 Style
05 Mar 1985 Peterson, Esther Can International Standards Help to Prevent the Dumping of Unsafe Products Abroad?
26 Mar 1985 Mische, Patricia The End of Foreign Policy: The Beginning of Earth Policy
1986: U.S. 1986: Myth and Reality
25 Feb 1986 Reiter, George Star Wars: The Last Straw
04 Mar 1986 Piven, Frances Fox Women, Politics, and Public Policy
01 Apr 1986 Stockwell, John The Secret Wars of the CIA
21 Apr 1986 Snyder, Mitch Homelessness in America
1987: [Series Title Unknown]
10 Feb 1987 Thurow, Lester U.S.-Japanese Economic Relations
10 Mar 1987 Kane, Evalina The Impact of pornography on the Safety and Status of Women and Children
09 Apr 1987 Bowles, Samuel Capitalism and Democracy: Scarcity, Despotism and Freedom
21 Apr 1987 Golden, Renny Refugees: Linchpin in Low Intensity Conflict
1988: U.S. Politics Today: A Bicentennial View
09 Feb 1988 Rhodes, Richard The Arms Race, the Background of Hope
08 Mar 1988 Parenti, Michael Monopoly Culture and Democratic Struggle
29 Mar 1988 Cohen, Stanley The Marketplace as the Arbiter of the Public Interest
21 Apr 1988 Ehrenreich, Barbara The Disappearing Middle Class
1989 Spring: Liberating Movements
14 Feb 1989 Ngubo, Nomonde Liberation in South Africa: The Role of the Black Trade Unions
28 Feb 1989 Swomley, John Religion and Politics: Collaboration against Liberation
06 Apr 1989 Kozol, Jonathan Where Stands the Republic? Literacy and Social Justice
18 Apr 1989 Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim The Palestinians: Nation-building in Stateless Conditions
1989 Fall: Issues of the 1990's
19 Sep 1989 Aronoff, Myron The Domestic Implications of the Intifada
03 Oct 1989 La Rocque, Gene At the Cold War Ends, The Fight Begins
19 Oct 1989 Alegria, Claribel Central America Today
14 Nov 1989 Nichols, Jim The Success of the 1985 Farm Bill: Exploding the Myth
1990: 10th Anniversary Series
18 Feb 1990 Farisani, T. S. Liberating South Africa: Confronting Apartheid
11 Sep 1990 Ivins, Molly The Media, Politics and Other Forms of Insanity
25 Sep 1990 Orr, David Refugees or Homecomers: the Reinhabitation of Rural America
11 Oct 1990 Lovins, Amory*
Lovins, Hunter L. 		The Hidden Links Between Energy and Security
30 Oct 1990 Boulding, Kenneth Century 21: An Age of Maturity
1991: The Global Economy Brought Home
03 Sep 1991 Katz, Daniel [Future of Rain Forests]
25 Sep 1991 Ritchie, Mark The potential Impact of Global Free Trade Negotiations
14 Oct 1991 Dumas, Lloyd The End of the Cold War & America's Economic Future
29 Oct 1991 Sklar, Holly The Brave New World Order and the Slow Death of the American Dream
1992: Choices for Change
22 Sep 1992 Roy, Bill Medical Care in the US: Reason, Rhetoric & Reaction
05 Oct 1992 Marable, Manning The Breakdown of American Politics: L.A., the 1992 Election and Beyond
28 Oct 1992 Zinn, Howard A New Foreign Policy: Justice without War
10 Nov 1992 Schor, Juliet Reflections on the Overworked American
16 Nov 1992 Durning, Alan Thein How Much is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth
1993: The Struggle for World Fairness
27 Sep 1993 Cohen, Jeff News Media: Bias in the Age of Clinton
05 Oct 1993 Malveaux, Julianne The New World Order or The Same Old Stuff!
12 Oct 1993 Swomley, John, Jr. Defenders of Faith or Threat to Freedom
08 Nov 1993 Nanda, Ved Ethnic Conflicts and World Order
15 Nov 1993 Aidoo, Ama Ata Images of Africa at Century's End
1994: The Politics of Culture
19 Sep 1994 Gordon, Diana Race, Drugs and the Dangerous Classes
03 Oct 1994 Takaki, Ron A Different Mirror: A Multicultural Curriculum for the 21st Century
24 Oct 1994 Davis, Kenneth Mass Communications and the American Democracy
14 Nov 1994 Mander, Jerry Questions We Should Have Asked About Technology
1995: The People Count
18 Sep 1995 Bergland, Bob Family Farming in the 21st Century Conference
18 Sep 1995 Vogel, Sarah Family Farming in the 21st Century Conference / Prairie Grass Roots Economic Development
18 Sep 1995 Swenson, Lee Family Farming in the 21st Century Conference
18 Sep 1995 Sampson, Ron Family Farming in the 21st Century Conference
05 Oct 1995 Elders, Joycelyn Speaking Your Mind on Controversial Issues
16 Oct 1995 Fornos, Werner Gaining People Losing Ground: A Blueprint for Stabilizing World Population
13 Nov 1995 Weatherford, Jack Indian Givers: The Native Roots of American Culture
1996: Democracy Under Siege
24 Sep 1996 Dees, Morris Hate Groups: A Threat to Our Freedom
22 Oct 1996 Apple, Michael Education and Conservative Restoration
19 Nov 1996 Luck, Edward The US and the UN: The Odd Couple in an Age of Uncertainty
1997: Choices and Rights
18 Sep 1997 Kunstler, James Howard Can America Survive Suburbia?
07 Oct 1997 Karpatkin, Rhoda H. America's Discontented Consumers: A Global Dilemma
14 Oct 1997 Young, Malcolm C. Choices in Crime Policy: Achieving Alternatives to Prison and Punishment
04 Nov 1997 Cohen, Cynthia Price Respect for the Views of the child: Status Under International Law
02 Feb 1998 Quill, Timothy E. [co-sponsored by Dorothy Thompson Civil Rights Lectures]
1998: News You Can Use
22 Sep 1998 Wartella, Ellen Chips, Ratings and Mayhem: Television Violence in Context
06 Oct 1998 Zinn, Howard You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
27 Oct 1998 Trent, Barbara A Woman of Courage: From Welfare Mother to Oscar Winning Filmmaker
1999: Limits of Authority
20 Sep 1999 Chomsky, Noam Sovereignty and World Order
[co-sponsored by Dorothy Thompson Civil Rights Lectures]
09 Nov 1999 Marshall, Molly 100 Percent Heaven Made? Religious Authority and Its Impact on Women
2000
18 Jan 2000 Guinier, Lani [Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Week; University Distinguished Lecture Series; Dorothy Tompson Civil Rights Lecture]
07 Feb 2000 Frank, Barney New Deal vs. Trickle-down: the International Context
12 Sep 2000 Bourgeois, Roy School of Assassins: The U.S. Army School of the Americas
05 Oct 2000 Galbraith, James K. Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay
24 Oct 2000 Scott, Eugenie C. Why Not Creationism in the Public Schools
14 Nov 2000 Cecere, Laura Saving Girls Lives: International Adoptions from China
2001
10 Sep 2001 Beck, Juliette Reclaiming Just and Sustainable Communities in an Age of Corporate Globalizations
01 Oct 2001 Rosen, Carl Putting the Movement Back in the Labor Movement
22 Oct 2001 Davis, Olga Idriss Performing Survival: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: Narrative Discourse of Cultural Memory, Struggle and Resistance
05 Nov 2001 Woolhandler, Steffie A National Health Program for the United States
2002
09 Sep 2002 Prejean, Sister Helen Dead Men Walking: The Journey Continues
04 Nov 2002 Solomon, Norman Media and Democracy: The Unfulfilled Promise
07 Apr 2003 Mazrui, Ali A. The African Condition: Today's Problems, Tomorrow's Prospects
2003
03 Nov 2003 Schulz, William F. Terror, Torment and Tyranny: the State of Human Rights Today
03 Nov 2003 Mumgaard, Milo Public Interest Law in a Private Interest Age: The Nebraska Experience
01 Mar 2004 Flora, Cornelia Butler Corn and Capital: The Global Connection
2004
14 Sep 2004 DuVall, Jack Power By the People: Ending the World's Nightmare of Oppression and Violence
05 Oct 2004 Loeb, Paul Rogat Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time
25 Oct 2004 Bennis, Phyllis Challenges to Empire: Iraq, the UN and the "Second Super Power"
15 Mar 2005 Hollender, Jeffrey What Matters Most: The Next Generation of Responsible, Values Based Business Leadership
11 Apr 2005 Douglas, Stephen A Longer View of Our (or Their) "Ownership Society"
2005
29 Sep 2005 Williams, Patricia J Civil Rights in an Era of Social Wrongs
24 Oct 2005 Piven, Frances Fox The War At Home: The Domestic Causes and Consequences of Bush's Militarism
23 Feb 2006 Eisenhower, David A Call to Serve
2006
18 Sep 2006 Frank, Thomas How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
24 Oct 2006 Mindich, David T. Z. [Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News]
09 Nov 2006 Dickinson, Rink A Taste for Justice
08 Feb 2007 Schweiger, Larry J Global Warming: Good Planets are Hard to Find

*Original speaker unable to appear

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