“Sailing: Speed and Passion,” Gary Jobson, president of US SAILING
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– A world-class sailor, television commentator and author, Jobson is president of US SAILING, the national governing body of sailing. He has written 16 books on sailing including his latest, “Gary Jobson: An American Sailing Story,” which will be available for purchase.
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, American Policy and the Arab Uprisings,” Ethan Bronner of The New York Times
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Clinton Presidential Center, Great Hall) *In Partnership with the Clinton Foundation
– Bronner, who serves as the Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times, will give a lecture about the current status of American and Middle Eastern relations. In 2001, Bronner edited a series of stories about al-Qaida that won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism.
“Ending Obama’s War,” author David Cortight
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– The director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Cortright will discuss his book, which analyzes the U.S./NATO military policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and examines alternative strategies for preventing terrorist insurgency and advancing development and human rights.
Dennis Henigan, acting president, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Henigan is the acting president of the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and founder of the Center’s Legal Action Project. The author of “Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths that Paralyze American Gun Policy,” Henigan has worked for 20 years as a leading advocate for stricter gun laws in America.
“Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind,” author Brian Fagan
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– A New York Times best-selling author, Fagan will discuss his book which examines the history of water and how ancient societies viewed this resource. “Elixir” spans a period from about 10,000 years ago up to the Industrial Revolution, when people began deep pumping from subterranean aquifers, using fossil fuels.
“Rise Up,” a dramatic film screening
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– In 2006, the Arkansas Department of Human Services received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to design a system of care for Arkansas children and youth combating mental and behavioral health issues. One of the first steps in the process was a listening tour to hear from parents and families facing such daily challenges. Those interviews resulted in a new film, “Rise Up,” a drama written from actual interviews with youth and families involved in creating Arkansas’s System of Care.
“A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America,” author Greg Robinson
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Central Arkansas Library Main Branch, Darragh Center)
– Robinson will discuss his book, which studies the transnational history of the wartime confinement of people of Japanese ancestry. Winner of the 2009 History Book Prize for Asian American Studies, “A Tragedy of Democracy” studies the camp experience of West Coast Japanese Americans alongside the treatment of ethnic Japanese in Canada, Mexico and Latin America.
Minnijean Brown Trickey, scholar in residence, Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy
Friday, November 11, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– One of the nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, Brown Trickey will give a lecture as part of the Scholars in Residence program hosted by the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy.
“The State of the Delta,” Chris Masingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Statehouse Convention Center, Wally Allen Ballroom)
– Masingill will give a lecture about his organization’s efforts to promote economic development in the Mississippi River Delta region. A federal-state partnership, the Delta Regional Authority works to improve the lives of 10 million people living in 252 counties in parts of eight states that border the Mississippi River.
Donald R. Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas System
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– The new president of the University of Arkansas System, Bobbitt will give a lecture titled, “Innovate or Perish: The Challenges Facing Higher Education in the Next Decade.” Bobbitt is the former provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. He will begin as UA System president on November 1.
Ritu Sharma, co-founder of Women Thrive Worldwide
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– A leading voice on international women’s issues and U.S. foreign policy, Sharma co-founded Women Thrive Worldwide in 1998 with Elise Fiber Smith. Under Sharma’s leadership, Women Thrive Worldwide has worked to put the concerns of impoverished women and girls at the center of U.S. international assistance.
“The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak,” author Randy Fertel
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– Fertel will discuss his book, a family memoir with stories of his iconic New Orleanian parents, one famous — Ruth, founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House — and one infamous — Rodney, known as “The Gorilla Man” for his quixotic 1969 run for mayor and promise to get a gorilla for the zoo. The book offers a portrait of one of New Orleans’ most legendary families, and the famous steak house that bears their name.
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