Common Book Events List

The Common Book Program

at Windward Community College

2006-2007

The World is Flat & Nickel and Dimed
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Email the Common Book Program at commonbk@hawaii.edu or call the WCC Library at 235-7338 for more information. Events for Fall, 2006
Spring, 2007 Events (download PDF poster)
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:00 p.m.	David McClain President of the University of Hawai'i Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Nickel and Dimed: Communist Manifesto? Erik Gardner Philosophy Instructor, Windward Community College Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Flattened Diplomacy in Corporate Globalization Ann Wright Former Diplomat Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public co-sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC) and the WCC Women's History Month

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Men, Women, and Global Capital Professor Ruth Hsu UH Manoa Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public Suggested reading: Introduction to When Corporations Rule the World, by Korten Co-sponsored by the WCC Women's History Month

Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:00 p.m.	The Land Has Eyes (video presentation and discussion) Vilsoni Hereniko Professor at Center for Pacific Island Studies at University of Hawaii Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the WCC Women's History Month

Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Training Hawaii's Young People for Leadership in a Flat World Jay Fidell Honolulu Attorney and Host of ThinkTech Hawaii Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public co-sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC)
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:30 p.m	The Climate Crises Stuart Scott and, beginning at 4:00, Global Warming and Globalization A panel discussion Patricia Tummons of Environment Hawaii, Floyd McCoy, Sarah Hadmack and Erik Gardner of Windward Community College Paliku Theatre, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public co-sponsored by the Hawaii Council for the Humanities and the Women's Campus Club (download a PDF file of these Earth Day events)

Fall, 2006 Events
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:30 p.m	Gypsy Culture in a Global Context Sabine Deiringer HPU, Department of Anthropology Akoakoa 105, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public - download a flyer here co-sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC)

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:30 p.m	Globalization: an Introduction and a Possible Conclusion Deane Neubauer UH Manoa, Department of Political Science Akoakoa 103, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public Download an introduction to globalization in PDF format co-sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC)

Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:30 p.m (note the presentation is on Thursday this week)	Living in a Flat World Peter Kay visit FlatEarthVentures.com for more information Akoakoa 101, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:30 p.m	Globalization in the Pacific Tarcisius Kabutaulaka Research Fellow at East-West Center Pacific Islands Development Program Akoakoa 101, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public co-sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC)
Note that on Thursday, November 9th, U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser will be speaking at Paliku Theatre click here for more details on the visit
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:30 p.m	In Defense of Free Trade and Globalization Paul Brewbaker Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Bank of Hawaii Akoakoa 103, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:30 p.m	Social Science Panel Discussion Paul Briggs, Pam DaGrossa, Kathleen French, and Erik Gardner Faculty at Windward Community College Akoakoa 103, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:30 p.m	Getting by in Hawai'i: WCC Research on Local Subcultures Student Presenters from Anthropology 200 Akoakoa 103, Windward Community College The event is free and open to the public

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This page last updated April 18, 2007