Distinguished Lecture Series
1998-99
Montana State University-Billings
September 24, 1998, 10:40 am, Library 148
Ricardo Elia
Topic: "What's Wrong with American Art Museums? Archaeological Site Looting and the Collection of Archaeological Objects." Dr. Elia is Professor of Archaeology at Boston University and editor of the Journal of Field Archaeology. His major topic reveals an extensive and unethical connection between collectors, looters, and the nation's major museums.
October 19, 1998, 10:40 am, Library 148
Michael W. Apple
Topic: "Education and the Conservative Restoration: Are Schools Becoming Less Rather than More Democratic?" Dr. Apple is the author of fifteen books on the inequities in American education and their causes and is probably the most vocal critic of the present system.
November 12, 1998, 10:40 am, Library 148
Joseph L.C. Cheng
Topic: "Globalization, Management Research, and Higher Education in the United States." Dr. Cheng is Director of the Master of Science in Business Administration for the International Managers Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
February 25, 1999, 10:40 am, Library 148
Dorothea Cromley
Topic: "Music as a Reflection of the Political, Economic and Social Conditions of the Eighteenth Century: A Lecture-Demonstration Examining the Development of the Piano Sonata through the Works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven." Because Prof. Cromley demonstrates the presentation on the piano, no one will be admitted after the beginning of the lecture.
March 11, 1999, 10:40 am, Library 148
Ellen Dissanayake
Topic: "Why the Arts are Necessary." Her thesis is that the origin and production of art lie in biological evolution and that art thus has evolutionary survival value. She is an independent scholar, and author of What is Art For? and Homo Aestheticus.
April 20, 1999, 10:40 am, Library 148
William Costerton
Topic: "Biofilms: The Revolution in Microbiology." Dr. Costerton's work on the behavior of bacteria in biofilms promises to revolutionize the study of microbiology. His scientific production includes five hundred forty refereed journal articles.
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