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SMC Associates & University of California Press Lectures

SMC Associates is a community-based support group that brings outstanding professionals and special events to SMC to stimulate student excellence. Associates members receive invitations to special activities and advance notice of lectures by world-class guest speakers. Yearly membership of $100 or more is entirely tax-deductible. Please visit the SMC Associates website (www.smc.edu/associates) for details. The Spring 2008 SMC Associates lecture is presented in collaboration with the University of California Press, one of the largest, most distinguished, and most adventurous nonprofit publishers active today, issuing books and journals in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. UC Press is supported, in part, by philanthropic gifts from foundations and individuals, who receive a range of benefits in recognition of their generosity. For information about the lectures, please call (310) 434 4303. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.


Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World
Gary Braasch
Considered one of the world’s most active and concerned environmental photojournalists, the International League of Conservation Photographers founding fellow—who is a Nikon “Legend Behind the Lens” photographer and who has photographed for National Geographic, LIFE, Time, Scientific American, Smithsonian, and many other magazines—will discuss his ongoing efforts to document the effects of global warming around the world.
Thurs, April 24 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214

Global Connections Lecture Series
Join us for this very informative series of lectures on the effects, benefits, and drawbacks of globalization. For additional information, please call (310) 434 4303. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.
Redefining

Seeds of a New Agricultural Revolution
Dr. James A. Dewar
Director of the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition, and Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Long-Term Policy Analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School. Sponsored by the SMC Associates (www.smc.edu/associates) and SMC Office of Public Programs.
Thurs, March 6 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214

The Chinese Economy: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Dr. Shiing-Wu Wang
Faculty member of the USC Marshall School of Business presents his thoughts on China’s economic development. Sponsored by the SMC Associates (www.smc.edu/associates) and SMC Office of Public Programs.
Thurs, March 27 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214

The World Today: Dangers New and Old,
From Terrorism to North Korea
International Journalists Tom Plate & Mike Chinoy
Tom Plate—UCLA professor of communication and policy studies and founder of AsiaMedia, Asia Pacific Arts, and the new UCLA Media Center—joins former CNN Senior Asia Correspondent Mike Chinoy, now a Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor at USC Annenberg Center for Communication and Senior Fellow of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Sponsored by the SMC Associates (www.smc.edu/associates) and SMC Office of Public Programs.
Tues, April 15 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214

Film at SMC

Monday Night Political Film Series

Join us for this exciting film series with a focus on contemporary political issues. Cohosted by SMC Political Science Professor Alan Buckley and SMC Film Studies Professor Josh Kanin, the series features provocative films on terrorism, military politics, genocide, abortion, political demagoguery and corruption, presidential campaigns, politics and the media, and nuclear annihilation. Screenings are followed by audience discussion. Sponsored by the SMC Associates (www.smc.edu/associates), SMC Political Science Department, and the SMC Communication Department. For additional information, please call (310) 434-4588 or (310) 434-4510. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis. [verify sponsors]

Red Dawn
A right-wing Cold War cautionary tale and celebration of the Second Amendment, this apocalyptic Reagan-era fantasy film envisions the beginning of World War III as America is under siege from invading Russian and Cuban armies. Year released: 1984. Director: John Milius. Starring: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, and Lea Thompson.
Mon, February 25 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

Paths of Glory
Set during World War I, this savage indictment of war and military politics makes a powerful statement against the class-minded inflexibility and cruelty of the military machine. Year released: 1957. Director: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, and Adolph Menjou.
Mon, March 10 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

Citizen Ruth
A sociological “screwball comedy” dealing with both sides of the controversial abortion issue, this film also looks at the abuse and influence of the media, and what happens when political factions lose touch with the realities of the issues for which they claim to provide answers. Year released: 1996. Director: Alexander Payne. Starring: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, and Burt Reynolds.
Mon, March 24 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Based on the novel by Heinrich Boll, this biting commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation is as politically relevant today as it was when it was originally made. Year released: 1975. Directors: Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta. Starring: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, and Dieter Laser
Mon, April 14 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

All the King’s Men
Tale of the corruption of power by an ambitious demagogue based on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which covers the rise and fall of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a fictional character loosely based on Louisiana’s notorious Gov. Huey Long. Year released: 1949. Director: Robert Rossen. Starring: Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, and Mercedes McCambridge.
Mon, April 28 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

The War Room
Oscar-nominated documentary offers a behind-the-scenes examination of the day-to-day campaign strategies of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential race, revealing the enormous effort and determination required to conduct—and win—a political campaign in the modern age. Year released: 1993. Directors: Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker. Starring: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, and Heather Beckel.
Mon, May 12 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

The Pawnbroker
A powerful dramatization of the psychological impact of the Holocaust on the survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, this Oscar-nominated film draws disturbing parallels to more contemporary issues of ethnicity, anti-Semitism, and racial bigotry in American society. Year released: 1965. Director: Sidney Lumet. Starring: Rod Steiger, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Mon, June 2 • 6:30pm • Free • HSS 165

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