Town and Gown Lecture Schedule
Wednesday, September 26, at 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. coffee)
Stephen P. Duntley, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Director, Sleep Medicine Center
Healthy Sleep for Better Health: How to Recognize and Treat Common Sleep Disorders
Thursday, October 18, at 6:15 p.m. (Reception at 5:30 p.m.)
James W. Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Charles W. Burson
Visiting Professor of Law
Pursuing the White House: The Primaries and Beyond
Thursday, November 15, at 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. coffee)
Bruce M. Lindsey, AIA
Dean, College of Architecture
From Eros to Gaia: Building and Living Green
Wednesday, February 13, at 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. coffee)
Richard Chapman
Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting
Scenes From A Career: Writing for Hollywood
Thursday, March 6, at 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. coffee)
Itai Sened, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
The Middle East: An Ever Evolving Dynamic of Conflict: The Dangers, Challenges and Hopes Ahead
Five times during the academic year, the Women’s Society sponsors a lecture by a distinguished Washington University professor on a current topic of interest to members and guests. These lectures are preceded by an informal reception and are free to members of the Women’s Society and their guests.
Recent speakers have included professors from the fields of: art history and archaeology, education, Islamic thought, law, medicine, music, political science, psychology, romance languages and literatures, social work, and women’s studies. Parking — reservations for all WSWU lectures include free parking.
Chancellor's Lecture
Tuesday, January 8, at 11:30 a.m. (Light lunch follows)
Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D.
Dean, the GWB School of Social Work
Health Care Reform is Back! A Guide to the Proposals
The November Ballot on Stem Cell Research: Its Impact on Medicine with Emphasis on Washington University
Adele Starbird Lecture
April 16, 2008 (Wednesday) 11 a.m.
Speaker: Helen Fisher, Anthropologist
The Drive to Love: The Biology, Evolution and Future of Romantic Love
In the spring each year, the Women’s Society invites a woman of national recognition to the University to speak at the memorial lecture established in 1988 in honor of Adele Chomeau Starbird, Dean of Women at the University from 1931 to 1959. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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