The 1997-98 Sewall Symposium Series at the University of Colorado at Boulder will open Sept. 29 with a talk on affirmative action by Georgetown University law Professor Mari Matsuda.
Matsuda聮s address, 聯We Won聮t Go Back: Making the Case for Affirmative Action,聰 is free and open to the public. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel and will be followed by a reception in the 麻豆免费版下载Heritage Center.
Matsuda is a noted legal scholar who grew up in multicultural communities in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Her books include 聯Where is Your Body and Other Essays on Race, Gender and Law;聰 聯Words that Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech and the First Amendment聰 and 聯We Won聮t Go Back: Making the Case for Affirmative Action.聰
The series will continue Nov. 5 with an address, 聯In Defense of the Wild,聰 by Earth First! founder Dave Foreman. Two additional speakers will be announced for the spring semester.
All lectures will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel on the Boulder campus.
The symposium series is part of the 聯Conversations on America聰 course taught at Sewall Hall. Sewall is one of five CU-Boulder residence halls offering liberal arts programs in the dormitories where participating students live.
The theme for this year聮s symposiums is 聯Rights and Responsibilites.聰
The series is sponsored by the Sewall Academic Program, the President聮s Fund for the Humanities, the Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
For more information call the Sewall Academic Program at 492-6004.