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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, in partnership with the Kansas City Public Library, has announced the second annual "Whatever Happened To ... ?" series.
Four speakers -- Norval Morris, David Rothman, Walter Bgoya and Bill Staples -- each will take on a topic in the series. Speakers will address subjects or ideas that seemed vital to the 20th century but now are struggling to stay the course. The series is free and open to the public and takes place at Unity Temple on the Country Club Plaza, 707 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo. Audience participation is encouraged.
The first talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, with Norval Morris' "Whatever Happened to Prison Reform?" Morris earned a Ph.D. in law and criminology at the London School of Economics. He has since written extensively on the criminal justice system including "Prison and Probation" in 1990 and "The Oxford History of the Prison" in 1995 with David Rothman.
The second talk of the series, "Whatever Happened to Human Experimentation?" with speaker David Rothman, will begin at 7:30 p.m. April 10. Rothman was trained in social history at Harvard University. In 1971 he wrote the book "The Discovery of the Asylum," which won the Albert J. Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association. Rothman will speak extensively on medical decision making and the ethics of human experimentation.
"Whatever Happened to the Cold War?" the third talk of the series, features KU alumnus Walter Bgoya. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. April 17. Bgoya is the director of the State Publishing House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and is the peace negotiator for the government of Tanzania.
The last talk of the series, "Whatever Happened to Privacy?" featuring speaker Bill Staples, will begin at 7:30 p.m. April 24th. Staples, professor and chair of the sociology department at KU, has written several books, including "Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life." Staples will highlight new threats to privacy and address mounting concerns in the face of an intrusive mass media.
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