2011-12 Events Sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center

October 18, 2011
"The War at Home: What America’s Longest War Has Shown Us About Who We Are, and Who We Can Become." Stacy Bannerman, author of When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind. 7:30 p.m., 182 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Tzedek Professorship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.

October 19, 2011
"The War at Home: What America’s Longest War Has Shown Us About Who We Are, and Who We Can Become." Stacy Bannerman, author of When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind. 6 p.m., Natural Capital Center, 721 NW 9th Ave., Portland (pre-lecture refreshments at 5:30 p.m.). Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Tzedek Lectureship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.

November 4, 2011
World film premiere: "In the Telling." Twelve military veterans and their families decide that it’s time to speak. By doing so, they start a movement. 7:30 p.m., 180 PLC. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.

November 5-6, 2011
Film screenings: "In the Telling." Twelve military veterans and their families decide that it’s time to speak. By doing so, they start a movement. 7:30 p.m. (11/5) & 2 p.m. (11/6), Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave., Eugene. Free tickets available at the Bijou box office beginning October 15. Out of town patrons only: call (541) 686-2458. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities.

November 15, 2011
"The Mother of All Conflicts—Infinite Economic Growth vs. a Finite Planet." Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World. 7:30 p.m., 182 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Cressman Lectureship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.

March 6, 2012
"The Greatest Adventure: A Survivor's Guide to a Melting Century." Doug Peacock, naturalist, outdoorsman, and author of Walking it Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War And Wilderness (2005). He was a friend of author Edward Abbey, and served as the model for the character George Hayduke in Abbey's famous novel The Monkey Wrench Gang. 7:30 p.m., 182 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Clark Lectureship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934. View live-streaming video.

April 12, 2012
"The Neurobiology of Violence and Healing with Art Therapy." Linda Chapman, director, Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods. 7:30 p.m., 182 Lillis Hall. Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center O'Fallon Lectureship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.

May 15, 2012-Eugene
7:30 p.m.
EMU Ballroom, UO campus
May 16, 2012-Portland
7:00 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
147 NW 19th Avenue
Portland, 97209
“A Decade of War.” Andrew J. Bacevich, professor of International Relations and History at Boston University and retired career officer in the U.S. Army. Bacevich is the author of Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War (2010) and The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (2008). Sponsor: Oregon Humanities Center Kritikos Professorship. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934.