WVU lectures to focus on terrorism, national security

September 7th, 2004

A key issue in Americas presidential raceterrorism and the nations securitywill be the topic of this years Benedum Lecture Series at West Virginia University.

Terrorism and National Security Policy: International and Domestic Implicationsis the theme, as the lecture series gets ready to kick off this month and run through October.

Theologian Stanley Hauerwas, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff will speak on various aspects of this theme.

These lectures will be quite timely as we observe the third anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and prepare to vote for a president in the midst of a continuing war on terrorism,said C.B Wilson, associate provost for academic personnel.

Lecture schedule is as follows:

  • Thursday, Sept. 16 Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Studies, Duke University,Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War,8 p.m., G24 Eiesland Hall
  • Thursday, Sept. 23 Brzezinski, counselor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy in the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University,U.S. National Security in the New Era,8 p.m., Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater, Creative Arts Center
  • Thursday, Oct. 7 Hentoff, journalist for The Village Voice and author,If We Lose the Constitution, What Have We Won?8 p.m., G24 Eiesland Hall

In its 23 rd year, the Benedum Lecture Series brings nationally and internationally known researchers and scholars to the WVU campus to speak on various topics. The series is sponsored by the Claude Worthington Benedum Endowment and the Office of the Provost and coordinated by the Distinguished and Chaired Professors of WVU .

In conjunction with the lecture series, the Provost =s Office will again sponsor a student essay contest. The competition, open to all WVU undergraduate students on the Morgantown campus, will award prizes totaling up to $3,000. Essays should be related to the lecture series = theme and be 1,500-2,500 words in length. They are due Dec. 3. Three copies should be sent to Benedum Essay Competition, 210 Stewart Hall, WVU , P.O. Box 6203, Morgantown WV 26506 -6203.