November 4, 2009
The anthropologist and human biologist who won a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship for his contributions to the theory of evolution in human population. His teaching and research are in the fields of ecology and evolution, interaction of genetic and cultural change in human populations, and the challenges to conservation and community development in the Third World. (more info)
7:30 pm
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, FREE; no registration
required and open to the public.
December 3, 2009
Gerard Koskovich, Gay Historian, Editor and Book Dealer
Heather Hadlock, Director of Feminist Studies and Associate Professor of Music, Stanford University
Paul Robinson, Richard W. Lyman Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, Stanford University
5:15 - 6:15 pm
Geology Corner, Main Quad (Building 320, Room 105)
Reflections on Latinos at Stanford
by Al Camarillo
The history of Latinos at Stanford is a story about institutional change, about educational opportunity for a population that, prior to the late 1960s, had virtually no experience with higher education. It’s about how this population changed Stanford and how the institution changed them, and it’s a story about American society in the last third of the twentieth century. (read more)
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Al Camarillo is professor of American history and holds the Miriam and Peter Haas Centennial Professorship in Public Service. |
In 1997, seniors Leticia Madrigal and Fernando Aceves of Ballet Folklorico de Stanford danced outside El Centro Chicano as part of Cinco de Mayo activities on campus. |
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(read more in the Spring/Summer 2009 Sandstone & Tile publication) |
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