October 8, 2002 - 8:00 pm
Who Are the Real Barbarians? A Latin American Perspective:
Ariel Dorfman, Duke University:

October 9, 2002 - 8:00 pm
Collapses of Ancient Societies, and their Lessons for Today
Jared Diamond, UCLA:

October 15, 2002 - 8:00 pm
The Human Prejudice
Bernard Williams, university of California, Berkeley and Oxford University:

December 4, 2002 - 8:00 pm
Mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic: a single cause and if yes which?
Vincent Courtillot , Universite Paris 7:

February 12, 2003, 4:30pm
Towards Humanism in Psychiatry: Interpretation
Jonathan Glover, King's College:

February 13, 2003, 4:30pm
Towards Humanism in Psychiatry: Identity
Jonathan Glover, King's College:

February 20, 2003 - 8:00 pm
The Creative Commons
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School:

March 6, 2003 - 8:00 pm
Islamic Law and Feminism: Opening a Dialogue
Ziba Mir Hosseini, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS:

March 13, 2003 - 8:00 pm
Do Movies Have a Future?
David Denby, The New Yorker:

March 24, 2003 - 8:00 pm
Dinosaur Research in the 21st Century
John Horner, Montana State University:

March 27, 2003 - 4:30 pm
Sex and Power: The State of Women in America
Susan Estrich, University of Southern California:

April 15, 2003 - 8:00 pm
Perspectives on High Performance Computer Architecture: History and Challenges
John Hennessy, Stanford University: