UMaine Announces Socialist and Marxist Studies Spring 2007 Lecture Series
Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860
ORONO — The Socialist and Marxist Studies’ Spring 2007 Lecture Series at the University of Maine once again takes up a host of thought-provoking questions and controversial issues, ranging from domestic politics and oil profits to immigration policies and college students.
Philosophy Professor Doug Allen, coordinator of Marxist-Socialist Studies program, says the speaker series brings to campus both world authorities with challenging insightful perspectives on global issues and UMaine faculty members, all recognized experts on their topics.
Lectures are free, open to the public and held on Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, unless otherwise noted.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Marxist-Socialist Studies Interdisciplinary Minor and co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC), Campus Activities and Events, and is supported by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Speakers do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints.
For additional information, contact Professor Doug Allen at (207) 581-3860 or e-mail douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu.
The schedule is as follows:
Feb. 1
“Should President George Bush Be Impeached?” with Naval Academy graduate and Vietnam War veteran Dud Hendrick, a board member of Maine Veterans for Peace, who teaches Peace Studies, and Pat Wheeler, artist and peace activist from Deer Isle, who teaches painting workshops and organizes and participates in nonviolent antiwar protests
Feb. 8
“China in Africa,” with Professor Ngo Vinh Long, history
Feb. 15
“Immigration Issues and University Students,” a panel discussion led by University of Maine students who are members of the Student Heritage Alliance Center (part of Human Rights Awareness Week)
Feb. 22
“U.S. Imperialism in Latin America,” with Ph.D. history student Stefano Tijerina, who was born in Bogota, Colombia
March 1
“Human Rights Abuses, Indigenous Communities, Women and Economic Justice,” with speakers presented by the Mexico Solidarity Network; speakers are from Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos (Community Human Rights Defenders Network), an indigenous human rights observation group from Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico
March 22
“The Iraq War: Lessons Four Years after the U.S. Invasion and Occupation,” with Doug Allen, philosophy professor, presenter and discussion facilitator
Mar. 29
“Primary Health Care and the Market Mechanism,” with Iwao Hirose, Japanese philosopher and research fellow at University College, Oxford University, and now at Harvard University. Hirose also will also give a talk on “Rawls’s Notion of the Separateness of the Person” at 4 p.m., March 29, in the Maples Building.
April 5
“Politics and Poetry in the 1930s: Three Women Poets (Dorothy Livesay, Laura [Riding] Jackson, Muriel Rukeyser),” with professors Sandra Hutchison, (women’s studies/English), Carla Billitteri (English) and Burt Hatlen (English)
April 12
“Mahatma Gandhi and Karl Marx,” with Bhikhu Parekh, the 2007 Philosophy Distinguished Scholar who was educated in India, serves as a member of the House of Lords and is influential public figure in the United Kingdom. He is author of numerous books, including Rethinking Multiculturalism, Global Terrorism and Gandhi’s Political Philosophy. He also will lecture at 7 p.m. in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building on “Gandhi’s Legacy: Is Gandhi’s Philosophy Still Relevant?”
April 19
“Record Profits at Any Cost: Exxonmobil, Hyper-Capitalism and the Destruction of the Ecosystem,” with Tom Jackson, an independent filmmaker who has produced four documentary films, including the widely-acclaimed Iraq film “Greetings from Missile Street.” He will show his latest film, “Out of Balance,” at 7 p.m. in 140 Little Hall. (Jackson’s website is www.joepublicfilms.com)
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Series arranged for calendars and postings:
UMaine Socialist and Marxist Studies Series
(Controversy Series) — Spring 2007
Thursdays 12:30-1:45 P.M.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Feb. 1
“Should President George Bush Be Impeached?” Dud Hendrick, a Naval Academy graduate and Vietnam War veteran, is a board member of Maine Veterans for Peace and teaches Peace Studies. Pat Wheeler, an artist and peace activist from Deer Isle, teaches painting workshops and organizes and participates in nonviolent antiwar protests. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
Feb. 8
“China in Africa,” Professor Ngo Vinh Long, history. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
Feb. 15
“Immigration Issues and University Students,” a panel of University of Maine students who are members of the Student Heritage Alliance Center (SHAC.). (Part of Human Rights Awareness Week.) Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
Feb. 22
“U.S. Imperialism in Latin America,” Stefano Tijerina, born in Bogota, Colombia, is a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Maine. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
March 1
“Human Rights Abuses, Indigenous Communities, Women and Economic Justice,” the Mexico Solidarity Network presents speakers from Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos (Community Human Rights Defenders Network), indigenous human rights observers from Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
March 22
“The Iraq War: Lessons Four Years after the U.S. Invasion and Occupation,” Professor Doug Allen, philosophy, presenter and facilitator of discussion. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
March 29
“Primary Health Care and the Market Mechanism,” Iwao Hirose, Japanese philosopher, is a research fellow at University College, Oxford University, and is now at Harvard University. He will also give a talk on “Rawls’s Notion of the Separateness of the Person” at 4 p.m. in the Maples Building. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
April 5
“Politics and Poetry in the 1930s: Three Women Poets (Dorothy Livesay, Laura [Riding] Jackson, Muriel Rukeyser),” Professor Sandra Hutchison, Women’s Studies/English; Professor Carla Billitteri, English; Professor Burt Hatlen, English. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
April 12
“Mahatma Gandhi and Karl Marx,” Bhikhu Parekh, 2007 Philosophy Distinguished Scholar, was educated in India, is a member of House of Lords and influential public figure in the United Kingdom, and is author o
f numerous books, including Rethinking Multiculturalism, Global Terrorism, and Gandhi’s Political Philosophy. He will also give a lecture at 7 p.m. on Gandhi’s legacy and relevance today. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
April 19
“Record Profits at Any Cost: ExxonMobil, Hyper-Capitalism, and the Destruction of the Ecosystem,” Tom Jackson is an independent filmmaker who has produced four documentary films, including the widely-acclaimed Iraq film, Greetings from Missile Street. He will show his latest film, “Out of Balance,” at 7 p.m. in 140 Little Hall. His website is www.joepublicfilms.com. Part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series. 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMaine. Call 581-3860.
Sponsored by Marxist-Socialist Studies Interdisciplinary Minor. Co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC) and Campus Activities and Evens, with support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Speakers do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints. For additional information, contact Professor Doug Allen, coordinator, Marxist-Socialist Studies, The Maples, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469. Phone: 581-3860. E-mail: