Upcoming Talks
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Talks Already Given
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2013
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April 11, 2013 - Bullets, Bribes and Intimidation: Drug Trafficking and the Law in
Central America
Prof. Michael Fowler and Dr. Julie Bunck, Dept. of Political Science, University of
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February 14, 2013 - Buenos Aires: City of Immigrants
Dr. John Dizgun, Assistant Director, KIIS, WKU |
| March 21, 2013 - Alpine Expedition to Peru: Dr. John All, Dept. of Geography and Geology,
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2012
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November 15, 2012 - A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwell Story of Survival
Dr. Julie H. Williams, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Samford Univ (Birmingham,
AL)
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October 18, 2012 - Paths to Liberation in Burmese Buddhism
Dr. Patrick Pranke, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Humanities,
Univ. of Louisville |
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September 20, 2012 - Beyond the Ties of Blood: A Novel (about Chile)
Dr. Florencia Mallon, Head of Department of History, Univ. of Wisconsin
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April 12, 2012 - "Big Game Parks of South Africa"
Michael Trapasso, Department of Geography & Geology, WKU
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April 5, 2012, - "Ernest Hemingway and Spain: Or How a Land Can Attract a Man"
Ricardo Marin Ruiz, Professor, University de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
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February 16, 2012 - "To Kill a Tiger: A Memoir of Korea"
Jid Lee, Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro
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2011
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November 17, 2011 - "Gabon"
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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October 20, 2011 - "The Peace Corps: A Historical and Kentucky Perspective"
Jack and Angene Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Education
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September 15, 2011 - "Global Health and Humanitarianism in Post-Soviet Georgia"
Erin Koch, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
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April 21 , 2011 - Bolivia and the United States: The Ties that Bind and Constrict
James Siekmeier, Dept. of History, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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March 17 , 2011 - Climbing Mt. Everest: Tibet, 2010
John All, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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February 17 , 2011 - China's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Look at a City Called
Tianjin
Haiwang Yuan, Dept. of Library Public Services, WKU
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2010
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November 18, 2010 - Medelin, Colombia: A City Reborn
Holli Drummond, Dept. of Sociology WKU
John Dizgun, Kentucky Institute for International Studies
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October 19, 2010 - Discoveries Underwater in the Mediterranean
John Hale, Director of Liberal Studies, University of Louisville, KY.
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September 16, 2010 - Stories from Rights Movements in Ukraine
Sarah D. Phillips, Dept. of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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April 15, 2010 - Alaska
Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geology & Geography, WKU
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March 25, 2010 - The Road to Santiago
John Moore, Dept. of Foreign Languages, University of Alabama & Birmingham
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February 18, 2010 - Ghana
Dr. Saundra Ardrey, Dept. of Political Sciences, WKU
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2009
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November 19, 2009 - The Baker's Boy
Barry Kitterman, Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN
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September 17 , 2009 - Slovenia
Professor Debbie Kreitzer, Dept. of Geography and Geology, WKU
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April 16, 2009 - "Viking Voyages"
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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March 19, 2009 - "Dead Sea Scrolls"
Dr. Joseph Trafton, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, WKU
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February 19, 2009 - The Galapagos Islands
Dr. Doug McElroy, Dept. of Biology, WKU
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2008
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November 20, 2008 - Robots in Space
Dr. Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution
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October 16, 2008 - Cambodia
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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September 18, 2008 - Panama
Dr. Aristofanes Cedeno, Dept. of Spanish, University of Louisville
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April 17, 2008 - Vietnam
Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian, Penn State University at Abington
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March 20, 2008 - Easter Island
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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2007
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November 15, 2007 - Underwater Maya: "Wooden Buildings Below the Sea Floor"
Dr. Heather McKillop, William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology, Louisiana State University
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October 18, 2007 - South India
Uma D. Doraiswamy, WKU Libraries
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September 20, 2007 - The Sahara
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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April 12, 2007 - Israel
Shannon Schaffer, WKU, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion
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March 22, 2007 - Ireland
Jim Flynn, WKU, Dept. of English (Ret.)
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February 15, 2007 - Antarctica
Michael Trapasso, WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography
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2006
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November 16, 2006 - Medieval Morocco
Prof. Ronald Messier, Vanderbilt University
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October 19, 2006 - Turkey
Dr. David Keeling WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography
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September 21, 2006 - Tales of the Han Chinese
Haiwang Yuan WKU Libraries
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April 13, 2006 - Portugal
Dr. Shawn Parkhurst, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Louisville
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March 16, 2006 - Belize
Peggy Wright and Dr. Brian Coutts, Dept. Library Public Services, WKU
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February 16, 2006 - Yucatan
Dr. John Dizgun, Dept. of History, WKU
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2005
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November 17, 2005 - Life and Death in Ancient Egypt
Dr. Tosha Dupras, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Central Florida
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October 20, 2005 - Tanzania
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography and Geology, WKU
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September 15, 2005 - Cuba
Andrew McMichael, Dept. of History, WKU
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April 14, 2005 - Digging in the Holy Land
C. Thomas McCollough, Dept. of Religion, Centre College, Danville, KY
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March 17, 2005 - Cyprus
Richard Keyser, Dept. of History, WKU
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February 17, 2005 - Norway
Charles Bussey, Dept. of History, WKU
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2004
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November 18 - Niu, Tokelau, and Nauru
Richard Deal, Dept. of Geography and Geology
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October 21 - Australia
David Keeling, Head Department of Geography and Geology
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September 16 - The Balkans
Burnam W. Reynolds, Prof. of History
Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
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April 22, 2004 - Ecuador
David Coffey, Dept. of Agriculture
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March 18, 2004 - France
Eric Reed, Dept. of History
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February 19, 2004 - Nigeria
Johnston Njoku, Dept. of MLMS
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2003
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November 20 , 2003 - Chile
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography
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October 16, 2003 - New Zealand
Judith Hoover, Dept. of Communication
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September 18, 2003 - Thailand
Janet Colbert, Dept. of Accounting & Finance
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April 17, 2003,Spain
Melissa Stewart, Dept. of Modern Languages & Intercultural Studies
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March 20, 2003, Belgium & The Netherlands
William Parsons & Pieter De Grez, Dept. of Economics & Marketing
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Feb. 20, 2003, West Africa
Lawrence Alice, Dept. of Biology
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2002
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Nov. 14, 2002, Taiwan
Robert Antony, Dept. of History
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October 17, 2002, Argentina
David Keeling, Geography & Geology
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September 19, 2002, Sri Lanka
Jeffrey Samuels, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion
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April 18 , 2002, Scotland
Robert Hoyt, Dept. of Biology
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March 21, 2002, Japan
Hideko Norman, Dept. of Psychology
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February 14, 2002, India & Pakistan
Jack Montgomery & Malia Formes, Libraries and Dept. of History
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2001
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November 15, 2001 - Russia
Hugh Phillips, Dept. of History
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October 18, 2001 - Zanzibar
Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology
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September 13, 2001 - Nepal
Linda Johnson, Dept. of Management & Information System
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April 19, 2001 - Germany
Laura McGee, Dept. of Modern Language & International Studies
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March 22, 2001 - England
Joe Glaser, Dept. of English, WKU
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February 15, 2001 - Brazil
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology
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2000
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November 16, 2000 - China
Haiwang Yuan, University Libraries
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October 19, 2000 - Costa Rica
In memory of Prof. Richard Salisbury, Dept. of History
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September 14, 2000 - South Africa
Nancy Baird, Kentucky Library
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