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Faraway Places...With
Strange Sounding Names |
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international travel talks
by Western Kentucky University faculty |
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7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Café, Barnes & Noble Booksellers
1680 Campbell Lane, Bowling
Green Kentucky |
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| Upcoming
Talks: |
| Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
From |
September 18, 2008
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Panama |
Dr. Aristofanes Cedeno |
Dept. of Spanish, University of Louisville |
October 16, 2008
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Cambodia |
Dr. David Keeling |
Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU |
November 20, 2008 |
“Robots in Space” |
Dr. Roger Launius |
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution |
February 19, 2009
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The Galapagos Islands |
Dr. Doug McElroy |
Dept. of Biology, WKU |
March 19, 2009
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“Dead Sea Scrolls” |
Dr. Joseph Trafton |
Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, WKU |
April 16, 2009
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“Viking Voyages” |
Dr. Michael Trapasso |
Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU |
Talks
Already Given |
| 2008 |
April 17, 2008 - Vietnam
Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian, Penn State University at Abington |
March 20, 2008 - Easter Island
Dr. Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU |
February 21, 2008 - Panama
Cancelled due to inclement weather. Will be rescheduled. |
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| 2007 |
November 15, 2007 - Underwater Maya: "Wooden Buildings Below the Sea Floor"
Dr. Heather McKillop, William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology, Louisiana State University |
October 18, 2007 - South India
Uma D. Doraiswamy, WKU Libraries |
September 20, 2007 - The Sahara
Dr. David Keeling, Dept. of Geography & Geology, WKU
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April 12, 2007 - Israel
Shannon Schaffer, WKU, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion |
March 22, 2007 - Ireland
Jim Flynn, WKU, Dept. of English (Ret.) |
February 15, 2007 - Antarctica
Michael Trapasso, WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography |
| 2006 |
November 16, 2006 - Medieval Morocco
Prof.
Ronald Messier, Vanderbilt Univerity |
October 19, 2006 - Turkey
Dr.
David Keeling WKU Dept. of Geography & Geography |
September 21, 2006 - Tales of the Han Chinese
Haiwang Yuan WKU Libraries
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April
13, 2006 - Portugal
Dr.
Shawn Parkhurst, Dept.
of Anthropology, University of Louisville |
March
16, 2006 - Belize
Peggy
Wright and Dr. Brian Coutts, Dept.
Library Public Services, WKU |
February
16, 2006 - Yucatan
Dr.
John Dizgun, Dept.
of History, WKU |
| 2005 |
November
17, 2005 - Life
and Death in Ancient Egypt
Dr.
Tosha Dupras, Dept.
of Anthropology, University of Central
Florida |
October
20, 2005 - Tanzania
Dr.
David Keeling, Dept.
of Geography and Geology, WKU |
September
15, 2005 - Cuba
Andrew
McMichael, Dept.
of History, WKU |
April
14, 2005 - Digging in the Holy Land
C. Thomas McCollough, Dept. of Religion,
Centre College, Danville, KY |
March
17, 2005 - Cyprus
Richard Keyser, Dept. of History,
WKU |
February
17, 2005 - Norway
Charles Bussey, Dept. of History, WKU |
| 2004 |
November
18 - Niu, Tokelau, and Nauru
Richard
Deal, Dept. of Geography and Geology |
October
21 - Australia
David
Keeling, Head Department of Geography
and Geology |
September
16 - The Balkans
Burnam
W. Reynolds, Prof. of History
Asbury College, Wilmore, KY |
April
22, 2004 - Ecuador
David Coffey, Dept. of Agriculture |
March
18, 2004 - France
Eric Reed, Dept. of History |
February
19, 2004 - Nigeria
Johnston Njoku, Dept. of MLMS |
| 2003 |
November
20 , 2003 - Chile
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography |
October
16, 2003 - New Zealand
Judith Hoover, Dept. of Communication |
September
18, 2003 - Thailand
Janet Colbert, Dept. of Accounting
& Finance |
April
17, 2003,Spain
Melissa Stewart, Dept. of Modern
Languages & Intercultural Studies |
March
20, 2003, Belgium
& The Netherlands
William Parsons & Pieter De
Grez, Dept. of Economics & Marketing |
Feb.
20, 2003, West Africa
Lawrence Alice, Dept. of Biology |
| 2002 |
Nov.
14, 2002, Taiwan
Robert Antony, Dept. of History |
October
17, 2002, Argentina
David Keeling, Geography & Geology |
September
19, 2002, Sri Lanka
Jeffrey Samuels, Dept. of Philosophy
& Religion |
April
18 , 2002, Scotland
Robert Hoyt, Dept. of Biology |
March
21, 2002, Japan
Hideko Norman, Dept. of Psychology |
February
14, 2002,
India & Pakistan
Jack Montgomery & Malia Formes,
Libraries and Dept. of History |
| 2001 |
November
15, 2001
- Russia
Hugh Phillips, Dept. of History |
October
18, 2001 - Zanzibar
Michael Trapasso, Dept. of Geography
& Geology |
September
13, 2001 - Nepal
Linda Johnson, Dept. of Mgmt & Info
System |
April
19, 2001 - Germany
Laura McGee, Dept. of Mod Lang. &
Int'l Studies. |
March
22, 2001 - England
Joe Glaser, Dept. of England |
February
15, 2001 - Brazil
David Keeling, Dept. of Geography
& Geology |
| 2000 |
November
16, 2000 - China
Haiwang Yuan, University Libraries
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October
19, 2000 - Costa Rica
In memory of Prof. Richard Salisbury,
Dept. of History |
September
14, 2000 - South Africa
Nancy Baird, Kentucky Library |
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Libraries, Western Kentucky University
1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
(270) 745-6168 |
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