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The College Scholars Program sponsors or co-sponsors visits to campus throughout the school year by a variety of leaders from the local, national, and international communities. These distinguished visitors meet informally with the students to discuss their work and life philosophies, to identify issues crucial to service and leadership in their own successes, and to address pressing social concerns.
The College Scholars Program gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Office of the Provost and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Lectures are free and open to the public. No reservations required. Information: 216/368-2414 or 216/368-0528.
Visitors
The following is a partial list of visitors who have participated in the College Scholars Program since 1999.
2005-2006 Academic Year:
Monday, November 14, 2005
Diane Carson
“Compromised Male Performance in John Sayles’ Films”
12:00 noon, brown bag colloquium,
Dampeer Room, Kelvin Smith Library
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Professor Carson is editor of John Sayles: Interviews (UP of Mississippi, 1999) and the forthcoming Sayles Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles (Wayne State UP).
The films of independent director/writer John Sayles are noted for their unconventional topics and stylistic approaches. From “The Return of the Secaucus Seven” (1980) to his most recent film, “Silver City” (2004), the subjects of Sayles’ files have ranged from coal miners’ unionization (“Matewan,” 1987) to guerrilla and civil unrest in an unnamed South American country (“Men with Guns”, 1997); from an Irish folktale (‘The Secret of Roan Inish,” 1994) to policial corruption (“City of Hope, “ 1991). Dr. Carson will analyze the role of the non-traditional male protagonist in Sayles’ work, with particular emphasis on actor Chris Cooper’s performances in “Matewan” and in “Lone Star” (1966).
For additional information, contact: Professor Linda Ehrlich, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (linda.ehrlich@case.edu)
2004-2005 Academic Year:
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Harlan Ellison, Author and Screenwriter
Public Talk: "A Scattered Interlude with Harlan Ellison"
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
4:00 p.m.
Ford Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public
Lecture will include a sign language interpretation for the hearing impaired.
Cleveland native Harlan Ellison has written or edited 76 books and written more than 1,700 screenplays, teleplays, short stories, articles, essays, and other works. He is a four-time recipient of Writers Guild of America's TV award (including Best Written Drama for Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge Forever"), two-time winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award, six-time winner of Horror Writers' Association Bram Stoker Award (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), and eight-time Hugo winner. Screenplays and teleplay credits include I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, the revival of The Twilight Zone (including Danny Kaye's final performance), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Outer Limits, and Burke's Law. In 1990, his article, In defense of the First Amendment, won the P.E.N. Silver Pen for Journalism.
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Stephanie Coontz, Author and Educator on Family Diversity
Public Tale: "Courting Disaster: The Past and Future of Marriage and the Family"
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
4:00 p.m.
1914 Lounge, Thwing Center
Free and Open to the Public
Stephanie Coontz has published six books on family history, gender roles, and contemporary family issues. These include The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms With America's Changing Families, American Families: A Multicultural Reader, and Better or Worse? Transformations in Marriage. She also has been published in Life, The Wall Street Journal, Harper's, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Modern Maturity, Vogue, and many other magazines. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and CNN's Crossfire. She has received the Dale Richmond Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for "outstanding contributions to the field of child development." In her presentation, Coontz will discuss the nature of marriage and the family today and will provide an historical context for current controversies.
Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and is the national Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families.
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Sarah Vowell, Author
Public Talk: "In Ohio Your Vote Actually Counts, But I'll Try Not To Hold That Against You: Notes on Presidential Politics"
Thursday, October 14, 2004
4:00 pm
Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Author and social observer Sarah Vowell is best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio's "This American Life." A contributing editor for the program since 1996, Vowell has written about everything from her father's homemade cannon and her obsession with the "Godfather" films, to the New Hampshire primary and her ancestors' forced march on the Trail of Tears. She has been a staple of "This American Life's" live shows around the country.
Thanks to her first book, Radio On: A Listener's Diary, Newsweek made her its "Rookie of the Year" for nonfiction in 1997, calling her "a cranky stylist with talent to burn." Vowell has also appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central.
2003-2004 Academic Year:
- Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist
- Anthony Lewis, former New York Times reporter
2002-2003 Academic Year:
- Richard Rodriguez, author
- Katha Pollitt, columnist with The Nation
- Susan Sontag, author and playwright
- Mary Catherine Bateson, writer and cultural anthropologist
- Donald Johanson, Physical Anthropologist and discoverer of "Lucy"
2001-2002 Academic Year:
- Mark Norell - Curator of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History
- Paul Farmer - Physician and healthcare advocate
- Susan Faludi - author
- Bill Baker - CWRU alumnus; president & CEO, WNET television, New York City
- Jeff Schmidt - author
2000-2001 Academic Year:
- Dr. Bob Richards - University of Chicago
- Dr. James Loewen - Emeritus, University of Vermont
- Dr. Paul Loeb - Associated Scholar at the Center for Ethical Leadership
- Dr. Howard Zinn - Emeritus, Boston University
- Justice Richard Goldstone- Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa
1999-2000 Academic Year:
- Edward Albee - playwright
- Stephen Jay Gould - paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
- Lawrence Levine - author of The Opening of the American Mind
- Ralph Nader - consumer advocate and 2000 U.S. presidential candidate
- The Hon. Albie Sachs - justice, South African Constitutional Court
- Jody Williams - co-winner, 1997 Nobel Laureate for Peace, with International Campaign To Ban Landmines
1998-1999:
- Lech Walesa - former president of Poland
- Emily Martin, Anthropologist, New York University
1997-1998:
- Cornel West - Professor of Religion and Afro-American Studies, Harvard University
- K. Anthony Appiah - Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
- Thomas R. Pickering -former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Kathy Hudson - Former Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
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