1980s
Jean Sutherland Boggs (1982-1983)
Mar 25, 1983
鈥淭he Weight of Tradition in Building the National Museum鈥 Jean Sutherland Boggs was a Canadian art historian and curator. As an academic, her research focused on Edgar Degas, who formed the core of numerous books, articles, and exhibitions authored by Boggs. She served as [...]
Pauline Jewett (1982-1983)
Mar 21, 1983
鈥淐anadian Politics and the Arms Race: A View from Parliament Hill鈥 Pauline Jewett was a Canadian Member of Parliament and activist. She earned a BA and an MA from 皇冠体育鈥檚 University, and a PhD in political science at Harvard University in 1949. After graduating, she taught [...]
Lois Wilson (1982-1983)
Mar 16, 1983
鈥淩emembered Visions for a Human Future鈥 Lois Wilson is a minister, author, diplomat, former senator, and advocate for human rights in the church, Canadian Parliament and the world. After graduating from United College in Winnipeg in 1950, Wilson was ordained as a minister [...]
Ronald Dworkin (1981-1982)
Feb 11, 1982
鈥淭he Paradoxes of Equality鈥 Ronald Dworkin was a widely-respected philosopher of law. At the time of his talk, Dworkin was the professor of jurisprudence at Oxford. In his research and teaching, he examined how the law should deal with race, abortion, euthanasia and [...]
Michael Harrington (1981-1982)
Feb 09, 1982
鈥淭he Necessity of Solidarity鈥 Michael Harrington was a prolific socialist writer and at the time of his talk was a political scientist at 皇冠体育鈥檚 College (NYC). He was also a founding member of Democratic Socialists of America. Harrington served as the first editor of New [...]
Amartya K. Sen (1981-1982)
Oct 07, 1981
鈥淧aradoxes of Liberty鈥 Amartya K. Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher and the current Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He has also taught at Cambridge, Oxford, Jadavpur University Calcutta, the [...]
Han Suyin (1980-1981)
Oct 06, 1980
鈥淭he Chinese Perception of the World Today鈥 and 鈥淲riters and Writing in China Today鈥 Han Suyin was a well-known author and authority on Chinese literature. Her 15 works of fiction, autobiography, history and cultural analysis include A Many-Splendored Thing (1952), which [...]