January 31

Leslie Hill, Associate Dean for International Study
"Trends in Study Abroad: Internationalizing the Campus"

February 14

Daniel Horowitz, Mary Huggins Gamble Professor, American Studies, Audrey Smith, Dean of Enrollment, and Debra Shaver, Director of Admission
"Smith Admissions: Trends, Strategies, and the SAT Requirement"

February 21

Nicolas Russell, Assistant Professor of French Studies
"Collective Memory's History in France"

February 28

Donna Divine, Morningstar Professor, Government and Jewish Studies
"By the Waters of Babylon: The Middle East in Crisis or Transition?"

March 6

Marc Lendler, Associate Professor of Government
"James Madison and the First Amendment"

March 13

Elizabeth Jamieson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
"Chromium, Base Lesions and Unstable DNA"

March 27

Lawrence Meinert, Professor in Residence, Geology
"Terroir -- Vineyards and Wineries of Argentina (or Some Fulbrights are More Fun than Others)"

April 3

Lale Burk, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
"Cross-Cultural Connections: Istanbul to Hamburg"

April 10

Nalini Bhushan, Professor of Philosophy, and Jay Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor of Philosophy
"'Whose Voice? Whose Tongue' Indian Philosophy in England from Renaissance to Independence"

April 17

Gineta Candelario, Associate Professor of Sociology
"Learning about Inequality in Holyoke by Sifting through the Trash: A Community Based Research Project"

April 24

Mary Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics
"Carmen Pampa: A Rural University for Bolivian Campesinos"

May 1

Tom Riddell, Acting Dean of the College
"A Year Away from Smith: In Search of a Perfect Image"

Presentations sponsored by the Committee on Academic Priorities