Lunch and Conversation

You are invited each Thursday to programs on global issues while you enjoy lunches featuring food from around the world.  This series provides a forum for international students and scholars to discuss issues they think should be brought to the community or that they themselves would like to learn about.  No reservations needed.  Lunch is free for students (meal cards accepted at the door for those students with meal plans).  Community members can call I-Place (909-607-4571) to arrange for shuttle service from the east end of the Claremont Metrolink parking lot on 1st Street, east of College Avenue.

Fall 2008 Schedule

Where: McKenna Auditorium, CMC campus (next to I-Place)
When: Lunch from 11:45AM Program begins at 12:15PM

Lunch for Community Members: $6.00
Student meal cards appreciated toward cost of lunch, but not required.

For more information:  (909) 621-8344 or e-mail ipoffice@cmc.edu

Thursday, September 25 - Dru C. Gladney, President, Pacific Basin Institute, Pomona College
"The 2008 Olympics: Chinese Nationalism Heralding a New Asian Millennium?"

Thursday, October 2 - Robert Walton, CEO, Claremont University Consortium               "Globalization Efforts at The Claremont Colleges"

Thursday, October 9 - Hilary Appel, Associate Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College, (Topic on Russia: To Be Announced)

Thursday, October 16 - Greg Dewey, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Keck Graduate University, "What it Means to be Human: Lessons from the Genome Projects"

Thursday, October 23 - Sherry Simpson Dean, Executive Director, United Nations Association Pasadena/Foothills, "Celebrating United Nations Day"

Thursday, October 30 - Bassam Frangieh, Professor of Arabic, Claremont McKenna College    (Topic on Arabic Language: To Be Announced)

Thursday, November 6 - Nita Kumar, Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College            "Why We Hate To Love Bollywood"

Thursday, November 13 - Siegmar Schmidt, Professor of International Relations and Comparative Government at University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany                                                         "Dashed Hopes? : The African Union and the Case of Zimbabwe"