CNN terror analyst and presidential scholar to deliver honors college's spring lectures
1/14/2008
Two news-making topics—terrorism and the presidency—are the subjects of Penn State's Schreyer Honors College's 2008 Spring Lecture Series. CNN terror analyst and author Peter Bergen and Hofstra University professor of presidential studies Dr. Meena Bose '90 Lib will be the guest lecturers.
Bergen will present "An Insider's Look at the Changing Terror Threat" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 11, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus. "How Do We Define Democratic Leadership in the Twenty-First Century?" is the topic of Bose's lecture being held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in Schwab Auditorium. Both lectures are free but tickets, available in advance or at the door, will be required for seating.
Bergen's appearance is being co-sponsored by the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, the Rock Ethics Institute, and the Department of Political Science in the College of the Liberal Arts. Bose's presentation is being co-sponsored by the Dickinson School of Law and the Rock Ethics Institute in the College of the Liberal Arts.
In addition to his reporting duties for CNN, Bergen is a Schwartz senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C.; an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University; a research fellow at New York University's Center on Law and Security; and the author of the New York Times best-seller "Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Bin Laden" and "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader," named by The Washington Post as one of the best non-fiction books of 2006. Bergen begins teaching at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University this month.
A book signing will immediately follow Bergen's lecture in Schwab Auditorium. Copies of "Holy War, Inc." and "The Osama bin Laden I Know" will be available for purchase.
Bose will deliver the 13th Annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture, which was established in memory of Mark Luchinsky, a University Scholar and biochemistry major who died in 1995 at age 20. In addition to being a Scholar, he was a member of the Penn State Golden Key Honor Society and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society. Although he was a science student, Luchinsky loved the study of a wide range of subjects, including classics, sports, poetry, history and geography. Even at his young age, he was known for intellectual honesty and personal integrity. Through this lecture, the community gathers annually to honor his memory through support of a speaker who exemplifies those characteristics.
Bose, an alumna of Penn State's University Scholars Program, holds the Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies at Hofstra. Bose returned to Hofstra in fall 2006 having been an assistant professor of political science there from 1996 to 2000 and acting director of the university's honors program from 1999 to 2000. From 2001 to November 2006, Bose taught at the U.S. Military Academy in the Department of Social Sciences. She earned her master's degree and doctorate in politics from Princeton University. She is the author of "Shaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National Security Decision Making of Eisenhower and Kennedy" and has co-edited several published works.
Tickets will be available at the Eisenhower Auditorium ticket office, the HUB ticket outlet, and the Downtown Theater Center for Bergen's appearance beginning as follows: Friday, February 1, for Penn State students with ID; Monday, February 4, for Penn State faculty and staff with ID; and Tuesday, February 5, for the general public.
Tickets will be distributed for Bose's lecture through the ticket outlets listed above beginning on the following dates: Monday, March 10, for Penn State student with ID; Wednesday, March 12, for Penn State faculty and staff with ID; and Friday, March 14, for the general public.
