Northern Illinois University

Liberal Arts & Sciences External Programming


NIU Notables “Brown Bag” Lecture Series


Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

(Lecture topics subject to change)

March 19, 2008

Holmes Student Center Rm 505
Post-Mortem on the 2008 Presidential Primaries
Matthew Streb, Ph. D., Indiana University
Director of Undergraduate Studies & Assistant Professor
NIU Department of Political Science

 

March 26, 2008

Holmes Student Center Rm 505
Islamic Cultures
Andrea Molnar, Ph.D., Australian National University
Associate Professor, NIU Department of Anthropology &
Center for Southeast Asian Studies

 

April 2, 2008

Holmes Student Center Rm 505
Artificial Intelligence
Joel Jeffrey, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Professor, NIU Department of Computer Science

 

April 9, 2008

Holmes Student Center Rm 505
Why Hiroshima? Why Nagasaki?: Truman, Stalin, and the A-Bomb
Albert Resis, Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor Emeritus, NIU Department of History

 

April 16, 2008

Holmes Student Center Illinois Room

Cultural Considerations in Global Business
Tanuja Singh, D.B.A., Southern Illinois University
Chair & Associate Professor, NIU Department of Marketing

 

April 23, 2008

Holmes Student Center Illinois Room

How Do Genes Influence Political Decision Making?  Clues from Gender Differences
Rebecca Hannagan, Ph. D., University of Nebraska
Assistant Professor, NIU Department of Political Science

 

April 30, 2008

Holmes Student Center Illinois Room

Religion and Violence: Historical Considerations
Brian Sandberg, Ph.D., University of Illinois
 Assistant Professor, NIU Department of History

 

May 7, 2008

Holmes Student Center Room 505

Representing Guantanamo Detainees
Marc Falkoff, Ph.D., Brandeis University; J.D., Columbia University
Assistant Professor, NIU College of Law