BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Events at Stanford//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Events at Stanford conferences & symposia BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20091124T103000 SUMMARY:Prioritizing R&D at Baxter Healthcare - Free Webinar (XSDR001) UID:events_stanford_edu_21249 DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: Phil Beccue\, Director of Strategy and Portfo lio Management at Baxter.\n\nBaxter Healthcare invests nearly $1 billion annually on innovative science to develop specialty therapies and medic al products. To better assess the tradeoffs required in R&D decision-mak ing\, Baxter developed a portfolio system\, "SPRINT\," that captures tec hnical and commercial uncertainty in R&D investments. Using spreadsheets \, decision analysis software\, and an efficient web-based data collecti on tool\, SPRINT allows R&D managers to achieve financial rigor and insi ghts into the tradeoffs required in R&D decision-making. \n \nOur guest speaker\, Phil Beccue\, is Director of Strategy and Portfolio Management at Baxter. He first gave this presentation at the 2009 meeting of the I nstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)\, where it won the annual award for the the best application of decision analysis. \n\nThis webinar is part of a continuing series of "Best in Cl ass" decision practices\, brought to you by the Stanford Center for Prof essional Development and Strategic Decisions Group\, in association with the Strategic Decision and Risk Management - Stanford Certificate Progr am. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/212/21249 LOCATION:Register at http://scpd.stanford.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20091202T161500 SUMMARY:1st Electric Vehicle for Mass Market: Nissan Leaf UID:events_stanford_edu_21267 DESCRIPTION:Technology and Market Strategy of the 2010 Nissan Leaf\nfeatu ring Mark Perry\, Director of Product Planning\,Nissan North America.\n\ nThe Nissan Leaf will be on display in White Plaza from 2:00 pm - 6:00 p m.\n\n\n URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/212/21267 LOCATION:Building 260 (Pigott Hall)\, Room 113\n450 Serra Mall\nStanford University \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20091203T090000 SUMMARY:Alienated Nations\, Fractured States: Afghanistan and Pakistan UID:events_stanford_edu_19957 DESCRIPTION:9:00 - 10:30 am: Border Crossings\nModerator: Parna Sengupta\ , Introduction to Humanities Program\, Stanford University\n\nAmin Tarzi \, Middle East Studies\, Marine Corps University\, “Yaghistan Revisited: The Struggle for Domination of Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands”\n\nJames Ca ron\, South Asia Studies\, University of Pennsylvania\, “Divisive Hegemo nies and Interlinked Publics: Case Studies of Religious Scholarship and Social Awareness in Afghanistan and the North West Frontier Province\, 1 930-2008”\n\nJamal Elias\, Religious Studies\, University of Pennsylvani a\, “Identity\, Modernity and Meaning in Pukhtun Truck Decoration”\n\n11 am- 12:30 pm: Molding Minds and Bodies\nModerator: Steve Stedman\, Cent er for Security and International Cooperation\, Stanford University\n\nT ahir Andrabi\, Economics\, Pomona College\, “Religious Schooling in Paki stan and its Relation to Other Schooling Options: A Disaggregated Analys is” \n\nFarzana Shaikh\, Asia Programme\, Royal Institute of Internation al Affairs\, “Will the ‘right’ kind of Islam save Pakistan?: The Sufi An tidote”\n\nFariba Nawa\, Journalist\, Fremont\, “Opium Nation”\n\n2:00- 4:00 pm: Nations\, Tribes\, and Others\nModerator: Aishwary Kumar\, Depa rtment of History\, Stanford University\n\nGilles Dorronsoro\, The Carne gie Endowment\, “Religious\, Political and Tribal Networks in the Afghan War”\n\nShah Mahmoud Hanifi\, Department of History\, James Madison Uni versity\, “Epistemological Quandaries of the Afghan Nation: Mobility\, T erritoriality and The Other”\n\nThomas Ruttig\, Afghanistan Analysts Net work\, “How Tribal Are the Taleban?”\n \nLutz Rzehak\, Humboldt Universi ty\, "Diversity and dynamics of ethnic identities in Afghanistan: the ca se of the Baloch"\n\n4:30-6:00 pm: Public Session: The Global Politics o f Afghanistan and Pakistan\nModerators:\nShahzad Bashir\, Religious Stud ies\, Stanford University \nRobert Crews\, Department of History\, Stanf ord University\n URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/199/19957 LOCATION:Encina Hall Central\, Bechtel Conference Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20091203T163000 SUMMARY:The Global Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan UID:events_stanford_edu_20965 DESCRIPTION:Discussion Session: \nThe Global Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan\n\nTahir Andrabi\, Economics\, Pomona College\nShahzad Bashir\, Religious Studies\, Stanford University \nJames Caron\, South Asia Stud ies\, University of Pennsylvania \nRobert Crews\, History\, Stanford Uni versity\nGilles Dorronsoro\, The Carnegie Endowment \nJamal Elias\, Reli gious Studies\, University of Pennsylvania\nShah Mahmoud Hanifi\, Histor y\, James Madison University\nFariba Nawa\, Journalist\, San Francisco\n Thomas Ruttig\, Afghanistan Analysts Network \nLutz Rzehak\, Humboldt Un iversity\nFarzana Shaikh\, Asia Programme\, Royal Institute of Internati onal Affairs\nAmin Tarzi\, Middle East Studies\, the Marine Corps Univer sity\n URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/209/20965 LOCATION:Encina Hall Central\, Bechtel Conference Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20091209T073000 SUMMARY:Stanford Breakfast Briefings: Long Life in the 21st Century UID:events_stanford_edu_21081 DESCRIPTION:Presents: Laura Carstensen\nProfessor of Psychology\, Stanfor d University\n\nWe are approaching a watershed moment in human history. In just a few years\, the number of Americans over 60 will surpass the n umber of children under 15. By the time our children reach old age\, liv ing to 100 will be commonplace.\n\nRather than perceiving this as good n ews\, most people respond to extended longevity with discussions about c oping with or halting the aging process. Yet\, to the extent that people arrive at old age mentally sharp\, physically fit\, and financially sec ure\, long-lived societies will thrive.\n\nProfessor Carstensen argues t hat among the most pressing needs of the modern world is the development of “longevity science.” Science and technology offer alternatives to ca tastrophic predictions about societies that are overburdened by frail el ders. Advances in science can form the basis of a culture in which we im prove quality of life at all ages\, and psychological science must be an essential part of that process. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/210/21081 LOCATION:Stanford Faculty Club 439 Lagunita Ave END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100123 SUMMARY:DrupalCamp UID:events_stanford_edu_21231 DESCRIPTION:Drupal Camp for Drupal users\, administrators\, developers URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/212/21231 LOCATION:Stanford Law School END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100129T120000 SUMMARY:Conference - Trans-Poetic Exchange: Around Blanco & Campos de Paz UID:events_stanford_edu_21165 DESCRIPTION:The “Trans-Poetic Exchange: Around Blanco & Campos de Paz Col loquium” proposed by the Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultur es and the Department of Comparative Literature was awarded a 2009-10 Ar ts Events & Programs Grant from the Stanford Institute for Creativity & the Arts (SICA).\nThe event will be coordinated by Professor Marilia Lib randi Rocha\, Professor Joan Ramon Resina and Professor Hans Ulrich Gumb recht.\nThe “Trans-Poetic Exchange” will be a two-day art event a nd colloquium around the poetic and intellectual world created by Octavi o Paz (1914-1998) and Haroldo de Campos (1929-2003)\, where video poems\ , poetry readings\, and scholarly debates are dedicated to the poem "Bla nco" and its transcreation by the poet of "Galaxies" in a multiversal co mparative perspective. The event will host internationally renowned poet s and scholars from Brazil (André Vallias and Antonio Cícero)\, Cataloni a (Frederic Amat)\, Japan (Keijiro Suga)\, and the United States (Jerome Rothenberg\, Marjorie Perloff\, Enrico Mario Santí). URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/211/21165 LOCATION:Terrace Room\, Margaret Jacks Hall\, Building 460 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100201T170000 SUMMARY:Marta Sutton Weeks Distinguished Visitor Lecture by Frederick Coo per UID:events_stanford_edu_19415 DESCRIPTION:About Frederick Cooper\nFrederick Cooper is Professor of Hist ory at New York University. He is the author of a trilogy of books on la bor and society in East Africa and more recently of "Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa" (1996) \, "Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present" (2002)\, and "Colonialis m in Question: Theory\, Knowledge\, History" (2005).\n\nHe is also co-au thor with Thomas Holt and Rebecca Scott of "Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race\, Labor\, and Citizenship in Post-Emancipation Societies" (2000 )\, and co-editor with Ann Stoler of "Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultu res in a Bourgeois World" (1997)\, with Randall Packard of "Internationa l Development and the Social Sciences: Essays in the History and Politic s of Knowledge" (1997)\, and with Craig Calhoun and Kevin Moore of "Less ons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power" (2006).\n\nHis boo k co-authored with Jane Burbank\, "Empires in World History" is currentl y in press\, and he is working on the history of citizenship in France a nd French West Africa between 1945 and 1960.\n\nAbout this Lecture Serie s\nA gift to endowment from Marta Sutton Weeks in 1987 provides funds to bring visiting distinguished lecturers to Stanford University for stays varying in duration from one week up to one quarter. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19415 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100202T160000 SUMMARY:Marta Sutton Weeks Distinguished Visitor Seminar by Frederick Coo per UID:events_stanford_edu_19417 DESCRIPTION:About Frederick Cooper\nFrederick Cooper is Professor of Hist ory at New York University. He is the author of a trilogy of books on la bor and society in East Africa and more recently of "Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa" (1996) \, "Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present" (2002)\, and "Colonialis m in Question: Theory\, Knowledge\, History" (2005).\n\nHe is also co-au thor with Thomas Holt and Rebecca Scott of "Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race\, Labor\, and Citizenship in Post-Emancipation Societies" (2000 )\, and co-editor with Ann Stoler of "Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultu res in a Bourgeois World" (1997)\, with Randall Packard of "Internationa l Development and the Social Sciences: Essays in the History and Politic s of Knowledge" (1997)\, and with Craig Calhoun and Kevin Moore of "Less ons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power" (2006).\n\nHis boo k co-authored with Jane Burbank\, "Empires in World History" is currentl y in press\, and he is working on the history of citizenship in France a nd French West Africa between 1945 and 1960.\n\nAbout this Lecture Serie s\nA gift to endowment from Marta Sutton Weeks in 1987 provides funds to bring visiting distinguished lecturers to Stanford University for stays varying in duration from one week up to one quarter. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19417 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100203T170000 SUMMARY:Marta Sutton Weeks Distinguished Visitor Lecture by Frederick Coo per UID:events_stanford_edu_19419 DESCRIPTION:About Frederick Cooper\nFrederick Cooper is Professor of Hist ory at New York University. He is the author of a trilogy of books on la bor and society in East Africa and more recently of "Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa" (1996) \, "Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present" (2002)\, and "Colonialis m in Question: Theory\, Knowledge\, History" (2005).\n\nHe is also co-au thor with Thomas Holt and Rebecca Scott of "Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race\, Labor\, and Citizenship in Post-Emancipation Societies" (2000 )\, and co-editor with Ann Stoler of "Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultu res in a Bourgeois World" (1997)\, with Randall Packard of "Internationa l Development and the Social Sciences: Essays in the History and Politic s of Knowledge" (1997)\, and with Craig Calhoun and Kevin Moore of "Less ons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power" (2006).\n\nHis boo k co-authored with Jane Burbank\, "Empires in World History" is currentl y in press\, and he is working on the history of citizenship in France a nd French West Africa between 1945 and 1960.\n\nAbout this Lecture Serie s\nA gift to endowment from Marta Sutton Weeks in 1987 provides funds to bring visiting distinguished lecturers to Stanford University for stays varying in duration from one week up to one quarter. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19419 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100204T160000 SUMMARY:Marta Sutton Weeks Distinguished Visitor Seminar by Frederick Coo per UID:events_stanford_edu_19421 DESCRIPTION:About Frederick Cooper\nFrederick Cooper is Professor of Hist ory at New York University. He is the author of a trilogy of books on la bor and society in East Africa and more recently of "Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa" (1996) \, "Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present" (2002)\, and "Colonialis m in Question: Theory\, Knowledge\, History" (2005).\n\nHe is also co-au thor with Thomas Holt and Rebecca Scott of "Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race\, Labor\, and Citizenship in Post-Emancipation Societies" (2000 )\, and co-editor with Ann Stoler of "Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultu res in a Bourgeois World" (1997)\, with Randall Packard of "Internationa l Development and the Social Sciences: Essays in the History and Politic s of Knowledge" (1997)\, and with Craig Calhoun and Kevin Moore of "Less ons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power" (2006).\n\nHis boo k co-authored with Jane Burbank\, "Empires in World History" is currentl y in press\, and he is working on the history of citizenship in France a nd French West Africa between 1945 and 1960.\n\nAbout this Lecture Serie s\nA gift to endowment from Marta Sutton Weeks in 1987 provides funds to bring visiting distinguished lecturers to Stanford University for stays varying in duration from one week up to one quarter. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19421 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100226T130000 SUMMARY:"UnNatural Evolution" Symposium UID:events_stanford_edu_20143 DESCRIPTION:A special Symposium entitled "UnNatural Evolution" hosted joi ntly by the Woods Institute for the Environment and Bio-X. \n\nThe Sympo sium will focus on how environmental change and human activity are alter ing evolution. Our goal is to bring together speakers from different fie lds and parts of the University in order to bring this subject into the spotlight for our faculty\, students and community.\n\nRegistration and further details coming soon.\n URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/201/20143 LOCATION:Clark Center Auditorium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100412T190000 SUMMARY: Presidential Lecture by Mary Robinson\, former President of Irel and (1990 - 1997) UID:events_stanford_edu_19397 DESCRIPTION:About Mary Robinson\nMary Robinson\, the first woman Presiden t of Ireland (1990-1997) and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)\, has spent most of her life as a human rights advocate. Born Mary Bourke in Ballina\, County Mayo (1944)\, she was ed ucated at the University of Dublin (Trinity College)\, King’s Inns Dubli n and Harvard Law School to which she won a fellowship in 1967.\n\nAs an academic (Trinity College Law Faculty 1968-90)\, legislator (Senator 19 69-89) and barrister (1967-90. Senior Counsel 1980\, English Bar 1973) s he has always sought to use law as an instrument for social change\, arg uing landmark cases before the European Court of Human Rights as well as in the Irish courts and the European Court in Luxembourg. In 1988 Mary Robinson and her husband founded the Irish Centre for European Law at th e Trinity College. Ten years later she was elected Chancellor of the Uni versity.\n\nNow based in New York\, Mary Robinson is currently the Presi dent of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Its miss ion is to make human rights the compass which charts a course for global ization that is fair\, just and benefits all.\n\nAbout this Lecture Seri es\nThe Stanford Presidential and Endowed Lecture Series in the Humaniti es and Arts brings the most distinguished scholars\, artists\, and criti cs of our time to the Stanford University campus for lectures\, seminars \, panel discussions\, and a variety of related interactions with facult y\, students and the community at large. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/193/19397 LOCATION:Cubberley Auditorium\, School of Education\,\n485 Lasuen Mall\,\ nStanford University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100424T100000 SUMMARY:Conference on the Novel & Film UID:events_stanford_edu_20985 DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Study of the Novel hosts an all-day confer ence on the Novel and Film. Speakers include Professors Lauren Berlant (Chicago)\, Edward Branigan (UC Santa Barbara)\, Scott Bukatman (Stanfor d)\, Homay King (Bryn Mawr)\, Pavle Levi (Stanford)\, Jean Ma (Stanford) \, D.A. Miller (Berkeley)\, Karla Oeler (Emory)\, Sean O'Sullivan (Ohio State)\, and Garrett Stewart (Iowa). URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/209/20985 LOCATION:English Department Terrace Room (Bldg. 460\, Room 426) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100503T170000 SUMMARY:Harry Camp Memorial Lecture by Tzvetan Todorov UID:events_stanford_edu_19401 DESCRIPTION:About Tzvetan Todorov\nTzvetan Todorov is a philosopher\, the orist\, and literary critic. Born in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, he has lived in France since 1963. Since 1968\, he has been a researcher at the Centre N ational de la Recherche Scientifique\, Paris\, where he has been Directe ur de recherche honoraire since 2005. He is author of numerous books\, m any of which have been translated into English\, including "The Poetics of Prose" (1977)\, "Introduction to Poetics" (1981)\, "The Conquest of A merica" (1984)\, "Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle" (1984)\, "F acing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps" (1996)\, "On H uman Diversity" (1993)\, "Hope and Memory" (2003)\, and "Imperfect Garde n: The Legacy of Humanism" (2002)\, and "The New World Disorder: Reflect ions of a European" (2005). He is member of many scholarly organizations and recipient of numerous prizes\, including the Prix Jean-Jacques Rous seau (1991)\, the Spinoza (2004)\, and the Prince of Asturias (2008).\n\ nAbout this Lecture Series\nThe Harry Camp Memorial Fund was established in 1956 by friends and associates of Harry Camp. A prominent businessma n and philanthropist in San Francisco\, Camp was described as "a gentle and wise humanitarian." The fund brings outstanding speakers to the Uni versity for public lectures and promotes the study of "the concept of th e dignity and the worth of the individual." The Camp Lectures are prese nted every other year. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19401 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100504T160000 SUMMARY:Harry Camp Memorial Seminar by Tzvetan Todorov UID:events_stanford_edu_19409 DESCRIPTION:About Tzvetan Todorov\nTzvetan Todorov is a philosopher\, the orist\, and literary critic. Born in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, he has lived in France since 1963. Since 1968\, he has been a researcher at the Centre N ational de la Recherche Scientifique\, Paris\, where he has been Directe ur de recherche honoraire since 2005. He is author of numerous books\, m any of which have been translated into English\, including "The Poetics of Prose" (1977)\, "Introduction to Poetics" (1981)\, "The Conquest of A merica" (1984)\, "Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle" (1984)\, "F acing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps" (1996)\, "On H uman Diversity" (1993)\, "Hope and Memory" (2003)\, and "Imperfect Garde n: The Legacy of Humanism" (2002)\, and "The New World Disorder: Reflect ions of a European" (2005). He is member of many scholarly organizations and recipient of numerous prizes\, including the Prix Jean-Jacques Rous seau (1991)\, the Spinoza (2004)\, and the Prince of Asturias (2008).\n\ nAbout this Lecture Series\nThe Harry Camp Memorial Fund was established in 1956 by friends and associates of Harry Camp. A prominent businessma n and philanthropist in San Francisco\, Camp was described as "a gentle and wise humanitarian." The fund brings outstanding speakers to the Uni versity for public lectures and promotes the study of "the concept of th e dignity and the worth of the individual." The Camp Lectures are prese nted every other year. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19409 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100505T190000 SUMMARY:Harry Camp Memorial Lecture by Tzvetan Todorov UID:events_stanford_edu_19411 DESCRIPTION:About Tzvetan Todorov\nTzvetan Todorov is a philosopher\, the orist\, and literary critic. Born in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, he has lived in France since 1963. Since 1968\, he has been a researcher at the Centre N ational de la Recherche Scientifique\, Paris\, where he has been Directe ur de recherche honoraire since 2005. He is author of numerous books\, m any of which have been translated into English\, including "The Poetics of Prose" (1977)\, "Introduction to Poetics" (1981)\, "The Conquest of A merica" (1984)\, "Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle" (1984)\, "F acing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps" (1996)\, "On H uman Diversity" (1993)\, "Hope and Memory" (2003)\, and "Imperfect Garde n: The Legacy of Humanism" (2002)\, and "The New World Disorder: Reflect ions of a European" (2005). He is member of many scholarly organizations and recipient of numerous prizes\, including the Prix Jean-Jacques Rous seau (1991)\, the Spinoza (2004)\, and the Prince of Asturias (2008).\n\ nAbout this Lecture Series\nThe Harry Camp Memorial Fund was established in 1956 by friends and associates of Harry Camp. A prominent businessma n and philanthropist in San Francisco\, Camp was described as "a gentle and wise humanitarian." The fund brings outstanding speakers to the Uni versity for public lectures and promotes the study of "the concept of th e dignity and the worth of the individual." The Camp Lectures are prese nted every other year. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19411 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\nStanford University\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T000005Z DTSTART:20100506T160000 SUMMARY:Harry Camp Memorial Seminar by Tzvetan Todorov UID:events_stanford_edu_19413 DESCRIPTION:About Tzvetan Todorov\nTzvetan Todorov is a philosopher\, the orist\, and literary critic. Born in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, he has lived in France since 1963. Since 1968\, he has been a researcher at the Centre N ational de la Recherche Scientifique\, Paris\, where he has been Directe ur de recherche honoraire since 2005. He is author of numerous books\, m any of which have been translated into English\, including "The Poetics of Prose" (1977)\, "Introduction to Poetics" (1981)\, "The Conquest of A merica" (1984)\, "Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle" (1984)\, "F acing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps" (1996)\, "On H uman Diversity" (1993)\, "Hope and Memory" (2003)\, and "Imperfect Garde n: The Legacy of Humanism" (2002)\, and "The New World Disorder: Reflect ions of a European" (2005). He is member of many scholarly organizations and recipient of numerous prizes\, including the Prix Jean-Jacques Rous seau (1991)\, the Spinoza (2004)\, and the Prince of Asturias (2008).\n\ nAbout this Lecture Series\nThe Harry Camp Memorial Fund was established in 1956 by friends and associates of Harry Camp. A prominent businessma n and philanthropist in San Francisco\, Camp was described as "a gentle and wise humanitarian." The fund brings outstanding speakers to the Uni versity for public lectures and promotes the study of "the concept of th e dignity and the worth of the individual." The Camp Lectures are prese nted every other year. URL:http://events-prod.stanford.edu/events/194/19413 LOCATION:Stanford Humanities Center\,\n424 Santa Teresa Street\,\nStanfor d University\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR