3.31.2008

Berkeley: TANNER LECTURES on HUMAN VALUES

Spring 2008 Lecture Information


TANNER LECTURES on HUMAN VALUES

The Tanner Lectures Committee,
on behalf of the University of California, Berkeley,
cordially invites you to public lectures by

Annabel Patterson
Sterling Professor of English Emeritus, Yale University

with commentary by Lorna Hutson, Geoffrey Nunberg, and J. B. Schneewind

Pandora’s Boxes, or How We Store Our Values

Lecture I: How We Do Things with Abstract Nouns: Bacon, Locke, Williams
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.

Lecture II: American Keywords: Marriage, Success, and Democracy
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.

Seminar and Discussion with Commentators
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.

Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley

The lectures and seminar are free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
For information, please visit our web site at www.grad.berkeley.edu/tanner
or contact us by phone at 510.643.7413, or by email at
lectures@berkeley.edu

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GRADUATE COUNCIL LECTURES:

FOERSTER LECTURES on the IMMORTALITY of the SOUL

The Foerster Lectureship Committee,
on behalf of the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate,
cordially invites you to a public lecture by

Bart D. Ehrman
James A. Gray Professor, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

God's Problem and Human Solutions: How the Bible Explains Suffering

Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.
Main Auditorium, Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley

The lectures are free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
For information, please visit our web site at www.grad.berkeley.edu/lectures
or contact us by phone at 510.643.7413, or by email at
lectures@berkeley.edu

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CHARLES M. and MARTHA HITCHCOCK LECTURES

The Hitchcock Professorship Committee,
on behalf of the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate,
cordially invites you to a public lecture series by

Chikashi Toyoshima
Professor of Supramolecular Structure, University of Tokyo

Lecture I: Calcium, Proteins, Energy, and Life
Lecture II: A Molecular Machine at Work: The Case of the Calcium Pump Protein

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 – 4:10 p.m.
International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley


The lectures are free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
For information, please visit our web site at www.grad.berkeley.edu/lectures
or contact us by phone at 510.643.7413, or by email at
lectures@berkeley.edu

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