Tuesday, January 22
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. | "Coffee, Pastries and Conversation", Social Services [ICL], ***Cat Cavern*** NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE We will have coffee and a variety of tempting foods to nibble on while we converse with friends. |
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | "The Many Myths of Jason Lee," Dr. Jennifer Jopp [Jim McDonald], ***Cat Cavern*** NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE
Dr. Jennifer Jopp earned her Ph.D. at Binghamton University. At Willamette University, where she has taught for 28 years, she offers courses in Colonial Latin America, American Legal History, What is a Just Society?, and Comparative Revolutions. Her current research focuses on 19th-century Oregon. |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | "Continuation of Dr. Jopp's presentation and introduction of the ICL Board," Dr. Jennifer Jopp & ICL Board [Jim McDonald], ***Cat Cavern*** NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE
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1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | "Great Decisions: U.S. Global Engagement and the Military," Kay Gerard, Henrietta Griffitts, Kathy Plantz, Bob Plantz, Don Masson [Jeanette Flaming], Kaneko Auditorium The global power balance is rapidly evolving, leaving the United States at a turning point with respect to its level of engagement and the role of its military. Some argue for an “America First” paradigm, with a large military to ensure security, while others call for a more assertive posture overseas. Some advocate for a restoration of American multilateral leadership and a strengthened role for diplomacy. Still others envision a restrained U.S. role, involving a more limited military. How does the military function in today’s international order, and how might it be balanced with diplomatic and foreign assistance capabilities? The author of this chapter from the Great Decisions booklet is Gordon Adams, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the School of International Service, American University, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. |
Thursday, January 24
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | "Video Lecture - Music as a Mirror of History: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (1861)," Professor Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances, [Solveig Holmquist], Kaneko Auditorium
Robert M. Greenberg is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has composed more than 50 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture series on music history and music appreciation for The Great Courses. |
11:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m. | "Brahms alla Zingaresca (In the Gypsy Style)," Solveig Holmquist [TBA], Kaneko Auditorium Dr. Holmquist majored in voice and organ at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, singing with the renowned St. Olaf Choir. She holds a Master’s degree in Music Education from Western Oregon University, and a DMA in Music Education and Choral Conducting from the University of Oregon. She is a distinguished member of the Institute for Continued Learning. |
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | "Lessons from the Border Crisis," Professor Warren Binford [Dru Johnson], Kaneko Auditorium
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Tuesday, January 29
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | "Africa: Other Critters & This Land is for the Birds," Lester Reed [Joel Woodman], Kaneko Auditorium
Lester Reed has been a member since 2015. He is a retired Air Force Colonel and has a Ph.D. in Educational Management from The University of Texas, Austin. Retiring from his second career as a senior college administrator he had time to pursue his outside interests. They include travel, wildlife photography, classical music, opera, and theater. As a member of ICL he has presented on a variety of topics including Korea The Longest War, On The Brink Of Nuclear War - The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Big Cats of The World, How We Elect A President, and The Story Of Bears. Lester currently serves, with his wife Ingrid Brandt, as ICL’s Co-Director of Finance. |
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | "Arboriculture and the ‘Perfect’ Tree," Will Koomjian [Jinx Brandt], Kaneko Auditorium
Will Koomjian is a professional tree climber and arborist based out of Portland, Oregon. Over his 15 year career in the trees he has worked in 12 different countries on 5 continents, from the urban Banyan forests of Hong Kong to the rainforests of Madagascar and many places in between. As an arborist, he has worked on projects as diverse as dangerous tree removals, large tree pruning, heritage tree preservation and tree biomechanics research. As a renowned tree climbing expert he has worked on canopy-level chimpanzee studies, lemur nest studies, epiphyte sampling and pioneering new tree traversing methods, and is a frequent lecturer on advanced tree climbing techniques for arborists. Will is owner and principal of Emergent Tree Works, an independent arboricultural services and contract climbing company. |
Thursday, January 31
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | "Iran Under Sanctions," Professor Saghar Sadeghian [Jim McDonald], Kaneko Auditorium
Saghar Sadeghian started her higher education in Iran at the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE). She received her MA in Historical Research at Lancaster University, U.K., and her Ph.D. in History at Sorbonne Nouvelle, France. Saghar came to the U.S. as a postdoctoral associate of Iranian Studies, Yale University, where she also received the Rice Faculty Fellowship. Saghar is now a History assistant professor at Willamette University. She is also the associate director of Yale Iranian History Internet Archives (YIHA). Sadeghian’s primary research focuses on minority groups and the concept of citizenship in the Middle East. She is writing her book on “Iranian Non-Muslim Communities: Navigation and Negotiation of Space during the Constitutional Revolution.” Her new research on Environmental History focuses on “Forestry and Exploitation of Caspian Forests of Northern Iran in the 19th and 20th Centuries.” |
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | "The Big Money Agenda and the Journey to Health Care for All," Lee Mercer [GwenEllyn Anderson], Kaneko Auditorium
Lee Mercer is currently President of Health Care for All Oregon-Action and on the Executive Team (and former Director) of the Main Street Alliance of Oregon. For 18 years he has done legislative advocacy, outreach and education on poverty, hunger and economic issues with Main Street Alliance, Oregon Center for Public Policy and Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County (California). Before entering the nonprofit world, Lee was a business owner for 20 years, owning and operating movie theaters in California and Nevada. He is also a writer and has done video and film production. |