Conference on The Legacy of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Cover of The Center Magazine March/April 1985 Issue. Detail of painting by Douglas Meyer. Use with permission. Program This conference is co-sponsored by the UCSB Library, Arts & Lectures, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and the Friends of the UCSB Library. It is being held in partnership with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Friday, April 3 University Center, Corwin Pavilion, UCSB 8:00 p.m. Performance: "The New Americans: Migrant Culture's Affect on 21st Century Society," Ruben Martinez, Editor, Pacific News Service and performance artist, is the author of The Other Side (New York: Verso, 1992) Saturday, April 4 Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB 10:00-10:15 a.m. Introduction: Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Liberal activist and Publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly 10:15-11:00 a.m. Keynote: Theodore J. Lowi, Senior Professor of American Institutions, Government Department, Cornell University, has published The End of Liberalism (New York, Norton, 1969), The Politics of Disorder (New York, Basic Books, 1971) and The End of the Republican Era (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995) 11:00-11:45 a.m. Panel: "The New Political Pressure Groups" Moderator: Robert Bason, Chairman of Friends of the UCSB Library, former Assistant Chancellor for University Relations at UCSB, and former Vice President for Development at the National Office of Planned Parenthood Panelists: Jack Miles, Contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly and Mellon Visiting Professor of Humanities at the California Institute of Technology Laura Kalman, Department of History, UCSB, is the author of Abe Fortas: A Biography (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990) and The Strange Career of Legal Liberalism (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996) Thomas Reeves, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, has written Freedom and the Foundation: The Fund for the Republic in the Era of McCarthyism (Knopf, 1969) and A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy (Free Press, 1991) 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch in Honor of Former Directors, Fellows, and Staff of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions 1:00-1:45 p.m. Keynote: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Professor of Communication and Dean, The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, is the author of Packaging the Presidency (New York : Oxford University Press, 1984), Eloquence in an Electronic Age (New York : Oxford University Press, 1988), Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy (New York : Oxford University Press, 1992), and the co-author of Spiral of Cynicism: Press and Public Good (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) 1:45-2:45 p.m. Panel: "The New Mass Media and Democracy" Moderator: Gayle Binion, Political Science and Law & Society, UCSB, has contributed articles to numerous scholarly journals and is currently writing a book entitled, Toward a Feminist Regrounding of Constitutional Law. Panelists: Frank Kelly, Journalist, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Speech writer for Harry Truman, officer of CSDI and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Associate Director, International Press Institute Study of World News, author of Court of Reason: Robert Hutchins and the Fund for the Republic (New York: Free Press, 1981) Patt Morrison, Columnist for Los Angeles Times, Commentator on KCET, LIFE and TIMES Ruben Martinez, Editor, Pacific News Service, The Other Side (New York: Verso, 1992), Performance artist 2:45-3:00 p.m. Break 3:00-3:45 p.m. Keynote: "Liberalism and Its Challenges" Roger Rosenblatt, Journalist, author, playwright, teacher, and commentator on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer 3:45-4:45 p.m. Simulation of CSDI Dialogue Keynote Speakers and Panelists 4:45 p.m. Reception Exhibition Exhibition on the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, UCSB, from March 1st - May 31st, 1998. ADVANCE REGISTRATION Although this event is free, seating is limited and advance registration will ensure your admission. Tickets for the Saturday lunch are available only by advance registration and payment at a cost of $12.50. Parking is free on Friday evening and Saturday, except in designated areas. Checks payable to the "Regents of the University of California" should be mailed with this form to the following address: Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, 6046 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9011. For further information about the conference, please call (805) 893-7660. Name(s) Address Telephone Number of people who will attend the conference: Friday evening, April 3 __ Saturday, April 4__ Number of people who will attend the luncheon @ $12.50 per person on Saturday, April 4: ___ Total Enclosed ___ Information on Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Dinner The Fifteenth Annual Dinner of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and presentation of the Distinguished Peace Leadership Award will be held on Saturday evening, April 4, 1998 and will honor Jody Williams, Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. The event will take place at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort. For reservations and ticket information, please contact Chris Pizzinat at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (805) 965-3443. Conference Announcement UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Home Page UCSB Davidson Library Special Collections Text author: Leonard Wallock . Page maintained by: CEMA. 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