Politics
Ng农g末 wa Thiong鈥檕 (1991-1992)
Mar 26, 1992
鈥淎rt War with the State: The Writer and Politics in Africa鈥 Ng农g末 wa Thiong鈥檕 is an exiled and widely respected Kenyan playwright, critic and novelist who wrote the novel Matigari ma Njiruungi. He has been at the front of the struggle for democracy and social justice in [...]
Ariel Dorfmann (1991-1992)
Jan 20, 1992
鈥淭he Authoritarian State鈥 Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean-Argentinian-American novelist, playwright, academic, and human rights activist. He is an exile from the Pinochet regime in Chile and the child of Holocaust refugees. At Duke University, Dorfman is the Walter Hines Page [...]
Anton Shammas (1991-1992)
Nov 07, 1991
鈥淢uffled Voices, Shifting Grounds: To Story-Tell the Middle East鈥 Anton Shammas is a noted Palestinian editor, TV producer, freelance journalist, author and poet. His book, Arabesques, was selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the seven best novels of 1988 [...]
Angela Davis (1988-1989)
Feb 09, 1989
鈥淩ace, Class, and Gender in the Reagan-Bush Era鈥 Angela Davis was a prolific American professor and Black activist. During this time, she co-founded Sisters Inside and Critical Resistance. She first gained prominence as a Black nationalist activist during the 1960s, when she beca
Mel Hurtig (1985-1986)
Feb 10, 1986
鈥1986: The Most Crucial Year in Modern Canadian History鈥 Mel Hurtig was a publisher, an author, and a well-known Canadian nationalist. During the 1972 federal election, he ran as a Liberal in West Edmonton, finishing second. In 1973, he left the Library party and co-founded [...]
Mary O鈥橞rien (1984-1985)
Feb 12, 1985
鈥淓thics and Ideology in Health Care: A Feminist Perspective鈥 Mary O鈥橞rien was a professor of the sociology of education at OISE in Toronto. After emigrating to Canada from Scotland in 1956, she worked as a nurse before completing graduate work in political philosophy. Her [...]
Marilyn Ferguson (1983-1984)
Mar 06, 1984
鈥淭he Visionary Factor鈥 Marilyn Ferguson was an American author, editor, and public speaker. She was best known for her 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, which became a key text of the New Age movement. After attending Mesa College and the University of Colorado, she began [...]
John Meisel (1983-1984)
Oct 19, 1983
鈥淣ewspeak in the Information Society鈥 John Meisel was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Studies at 皇冠体育鈥檚 University and a well-known researcher of political behaviour in Canada. From 1949 to 1979, he taught at 皇冠体育鈥檚. Throughout his career, he studied [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gregory Baum (1978-1979)
Jan 20, 1979
鈥淭he Development of Political Theology in Canada鈥 Gregory Baum was a Canadian priest and theologian in the Roman Catholic Church. He emigrated to Canada from England as a war refugee with his Jewish mother and Protestant father. In the 1960s, he was known for his works on [...]