Sonoma State University offers its annual War and Peace Lecture Series every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Warren Auditorium on the Rohnert Park campus through Dec. 6.
Among the highlights of the series will be a panel discussion on Oct. 4 entitled "The Armament Industry" with SSU's Dr. Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored and Professor of Sociology and SSU Economics professor Robert Eyler.
Judith Volkart of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a part-time professor at SSU, discusses the Patriot Act on Sept. 13.
On Nov. 1, UC Berkeley's Michael Nagler presents his lecture, "Planning a Non-Violent Future." The lecture fuses together ideas Nagler has presented in his myriad pro-peace books, as well as lessons from UC Berkeley's Peace and Conflict Studies program.
Other speakers include Jason Marks from UC Berkeley's Union of Concerned Scientists discussing "Making Peace in a Post 9/11 World" on Dec. 6.
Video and other media have also been incorporated into the lecture series, such as on Oct. 11, when the film "The Day After Trinity," a film about the beginning of the Atomic Age, will be presented.
There is no charge for admission to the lecture series. For more information, call series host Rick Luttmann at (707) 664-2543 or e-mail luttmann@sonoma.edu. For a complete schedule, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/pubs/nb/9_13_05/warandpeace.htm.
