Hosted by Robert Hass and university librarian Thomas C. Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem.
http://lunchpoems .berkeley.edu
"Domestic Politics and International Relations"
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professors John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Steve Walt of Harvard University for a discussion of how domestic politics influences the making of U.S. policy on the Middle East.
The Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics presents a lecture by Nobel Laureate and Berkeley grad, David Gross, of UC Santa Barbara's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. He will discuss "The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics."
The lecture is part of the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics Opening Symposium on October 19 and 20.
Are Government Agencies Up To The Task?
Anthony Downs, Brookings Institution, Moderator
Panelists:
Robert Van Order, University of Michigan
Susan Wachter, University of Pennsylvania
John Weicher, Hudson Institute
Susan Woodward, Sand Hill Econometrics
http://urbanpolic y.berkeley.edu/mortg agemeltdown.htm
"Descent into Chaos"
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pakistani Journalist Ahmed Rashid for a discussion of United States foreign policy and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
Recorded June 12, 2008
http://globetrott er.berkeley.edu/iis/ Kreisler.html
http://globetrott er.berkeley.edu/conv ersations/
