After September 11: An Interdisciplinary Winter Term Institute
		Oberlin College would like to invite members of the surrounding community to attend and participate in a special series of lectures and discussions during the month of January that examine the events of September 11 Each lecture in this series will be approximately 45 minutes in length, and will be followed by questions, answers and further discussion. The purpose of this lecture series is to bring together various perspectives on contemporary events in the aftermath of the attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Members of the Oberlin faculty and staff, and several guests, will offer presentations on a range of topics. All talks except the one on January 31 will be at noon in Craig Lecture Hall at the new Science Center. On January 31, Professor Safi will speak at 8:00 P.M. in the Science Center's West Lecture Hall. A schedule of talks is listed below. A suggested list of readings that further explore the topics discussed in this lecture series is available to participants on the College Library's web site. Monday, January 7: "Civil Liberties and Academic Freedom: The War on Terrorism's Implications for Students and Faculties in American Colleges and Universities" (Nancy Dye, Oberlin College President) and "9/11 Civil Liberties, Anti-Terrorism, and the Rights of Subordinated Groups" (Ron Kahn, professor of politics); Tuesday, January 8: " U.S. Foreign and Military Policy in Reaction to Terrorism Generally and in Connection with Middle East Topics in Particular" (Ben Schiff, professor of politics) Wednesday, January 9: "Questions of Authority and Islam" (Anna Gade, assistant professor of religion); Thursday, January 10: "Community Building After September 11: How Do We Participate in a Multicultural Democracy?" (Beth Blissman, director of the College's Center for Service and Learning); Monday, January 14: "Trends in Public Opinion in the U.S., Their Causes and Possible Consequences, Including Opinions on Support for Bush,Support for Military Retaliation, and Views on 'Arab Profiling.'" (Debbie Schildkraut, assistant professor of politics); Tuesday, January 15: "Pearl Harbor, Transformation, and the End of Irony: 9/11 and the Media" (Pat Day, associate professor of English); Wednesday, January 16: "Transformation(s): Process and Personal Ritual in Times of Crisis" (Johnny Coleman, associate professor of art); Thursday, January 17: "Dictators, Democrats, and Dervishes: Islam in the Post-Cold-War World" (Vernon Schubel, professor of religion, Kenyon College); Monday, January 21: "Central Asia After the War: Chances for Development, Security and Human Rights" (Ambassador Steven R. Mann, OC '73, senior advisor for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State); Tuesday, January 22: "Borrowed Time: America, Oil Production, and the Middle East" (Bruce Simonson, professor of geology); Wednesday, January 23: "Art After 9/11" (Roger Copeland, professor of theater and dance); Friday, January 25: "The war in Afghanistan in Relation to U.S. Approaches to Previous Wars, Both Internationally and Domestically" (Clayton Koppes, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences); and Thursday, January 31 at 8:00 P.M. in the new Science Center's West Lecture Hall: "Hearing Islam: Expressions of Heritage in Context" (Omid Safi, Colgate University).
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