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10:45 a.m.
Lectures & Theme Weeks
Each weekday
during the Chautauqua season (June 23-August 26, 2007) at 10:45
a.m., the Amphitheater stage becomes a platform
for distinguished scientists, authors, educators and other experts
in such fields as national and international affairs, arts and
humanities, business and the environment.
Ideas and opinions
are exchanged in an open, challenging atmosphere, and Chautauqua's
knowledgeable audiences have the opportunity to participate in
question-and-answer sessions at the conclusion of the lectures.
1 | Week One > June 25-29
The Media and News: Applied
Ethics
Instantaneous
news, censorship, blogs - new media, old media, good media, bad
media - a public glued to television and wireless computers.
Does the news and media form or inform our opinions on politics,
values, international and national events? What is spin and is
it ethical? Who decides what we hear, see and read in the newspapers,
journals, radio and internet? A variety of voices will explore
the media, its ethics and the role it plays in our lives.
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Mon
25
John Harwood, national political editor and columnist,
The Wall Street Journal |
Tues
26
David Westin, president, ABC News |
Wed
27
Arianna Huffington, co-editor and founder, Huffington Post.com |
Thurs
28
Juan
Williams,
sr.correspondent, NPR's "Morning Edition" |
Fri
29
Dave Marash,
Washington anchor, Al Jazeera English, former correspondent,
"Nightline" |
2 | Week Two > July 2-6
Family: All of a Kind? All Different?
Is
the family structure "hard-wired" in our human DNA?
With an anthropological and historical base, we will explore
our changing landscape that defines the modern family. Driven
by cultural background, economic necessity, and diverse value
systems, how do families thrive? What are internal and external
influences on our families and how are they impacted by immigration,
inter-religious and inter-racial households, and inter-generational
family members living closely together and widely apart?
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Mon
2
Stephanie Coontz, family studies professor and best-selling author
of Marriage, A History |
Tues
3
Leah Sears, chief justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
Wed
4
Adam Pertman, executive director, Evan B. Donaldson
Adoption Institute, NYC; author, Adoption Nation |
Thurs
5
Gary
Knell, president and CEO of
Sesame Workshop |
Fri
6
Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist;
DBE
Founder
– the Jane Goodall Institute &
UN Messenger
of Peace. |
3 | Week Three > July
9-13
The Meteoric Rise of China
and India
In
the last 20 years, a half billion people have risen out of poverty
in China and India combined. China, with the world's fastest
growing gross domestic product (and energy demand), and India,
with the largest educated middle class (and democracy), are global
economic forces. Exploring the economic development of India
and China, its global repercussions and future impacts on politics,
economic competition, and resources use, lecturers will analyze
the navigation of these forces in globalization. Is the world
really flat, and if so how do we navigate it?
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Mon
9
Ronnie Chan, chairman, Hang Lung Properties, Hong
Kong |
Tues
10
Richard Celeste, president of Colorado College, former ambassador
to India and Peace Corps director |
Wed
11
Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr senior fellow and director
of Asia studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Thurs
12
Shashi Tharoor, former under-secretary-
general
for communications and public information, United Nations |
Fri
13
Jeffrey A. Bader,
director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution |
4 | Week Four > July 16-20
21st Century Cities
Great
cities have risen and fallen over time, prey to war, pestilence
and natural disaster. Some are rebuilt and others take a permanent
place on the scrap heap of history. Growing from a governmental
forum, the hub of agricultural trade and the heart of the industrial
revolution, cities are now the center of the information and
technology revolution. In the 21st century, what causes some
cities to thrive while others experience decay?
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Mon
16
Marilyn
Taylor, partner-
in- charge, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, chairman, Urban Land
Institute |
Tues
17
Lev Gonick , vice president for information technology
services/ CIO, Case Western Reserve University |
Wed
18
William
Purcell,
mayor of Nashville |
Thurs
19
Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children's
Zone |
Fri
20
Earl Blumenauer,
Congressman;
chief spokesperson, Livable Communities |
5 | Week Five > July 23-27
The Middle East: Focus on the Future
Will
the cradle of civilization be a source of hope or doom? For nearly
20 years, the Chautauqua Institution has reviewed the political
and cultural landscape of the Middle East. Featuring a diversity
of analysts, we will investigate the continuing situation in
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Palestine and Israel. We will
explore long-term involvement of the international community
and the United States.
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Mon
23
Vali Nasr, Naval Postgraduate School professor and author
of books on Iran, Islam |
Tues
24
Amr Hamzawy, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for Int'l
Peace, with Geoffrey Kemp |
Wed
25
Ambassador Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American
University |
Thurs
26
Ellen Laipson, president, Henry L. Stimson Center, Wash. DC;
Iraq scholar |
Fri
27
Dennis Ross, fellow at Washington Institute for Near East
Policy; Mid East diplomat in '90s |
6 | Week Six > July 30-August
3
Sacred Texts in Context: Literalism and Interpretation
Sacred
texts exert great influence over humankind, whether interpreted
literally or metaphorically. Texts are, for many, the primary
source of faith and ethics, and as such have the power not only
to impact, but also to change the course of human events. During
this week, we will look objectively and respectfully at the sacred
texts of the Abrahamic Faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Mon
30
Bruce
Feiler, best-selling
author of Walking the Bible |
Tues
31
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Magonet, former principal of Leo Baeck College,
London |
Wed
1
Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin, prof. of social ethics,
Emory University |
Thurs
2
Khaleel Mohammed, assoc. prof. of religion, San Diego
State Univ. |
Fri
3
Nancy Gibbs, editor-at-large, TIME;
author, The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in
the White House |
7 | Week Seven > August
6-10
Security
and Preparedness
The
opening years of the 21st century have provided stark examples
of the need to be prepared for terrorist attacks, possible pandemic
health threats and devastating natural disasters. How do individuals
and governments decide on personal safety and security measures
while maintaining an open civil society that is democratic? What
are our sources of intelligence and our techniques for analysis
and predictions? Speakers will consider the issues of privacy
vs. preventive knowledge and action, the responsibilities of
government, and the rights of citizens.
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Mon
6
Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean, Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and Intl. Affairs, Princeton University |
Tues
7
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (New York) |
Wed
8
Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice |
Thurs
9
Philip Zelikow,
prof. of history, Univ. of Va.; immediate
past counselor, U.S. State Dept.; exec. dir. of 9/11 Commission |
Fri
10
Laurie Garrett, Peabody Polk and Pulitzer Prize-winning science
journalist and expert on global health & national security |
8 | Week Eight > August
13-17
Music: Heart,
Soul and Dollar
Music
hath charms to soothe the beast - or unleash it. Music is integral
to identity in culture and society, from our most primitive expressions
to the iPod. We will explore cross-cultural music trends and
examine how music affects learning and creativity, contributes
to economy, and connects performer and audience.
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Mon
13
Robert Greenberg, composer, musicologist, music historian-
in- residence, San Francisco Performances |
Tues
14
Judy Collins, folk
singer, author, artist |
Wed
15
Aaron Dworkin, president, Sphinx Organization, Detroit, fosters
classical music among blacks and Latinos |
Thurs
16
Daniel Levitin, associate professor of psychology,
McGill University; author, This is Your Brain on Music |
Fri
17
Peter Gelb, General
Manager, New York Metropolitan Opera |
9 | Week Nine > August
20-24
Healing and Healthy Aging: Nurture and Nature
Is aging
well by choice or by chance? Advances in medical science provide
for longer life expectancies in many Western countries. As we
age, what are our expectations for quality of life, freedom from
pain, and ability to coherently contribute to our families and
the greater society? Will emerging research in neuroscience -
marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Alzheimer's
Disease - guide us to better aging? Can the growing industry
of pharmacology counter individual genetic tendencies, and at
what expense and length? We will explore how the "boomers"
heading into retirement affect families, communities, the workplace,
economics, and medical ethics.
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