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MEDIA CONTACT: Graduate Organizing Group (585) 275-6592 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800
March 11, 1999
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 25, in Hubbell Auditorium in Hutchison Hall on the University of Rochester River Campus. Reception in the Rotunda in Schlegel Hall following the lecture.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public Note: Parking on University lots is available after 7 p.m. weeknights
Todd Gitlin, a nationally known authority on the media and society, will discuss "The Twilight of Common Dreams: How The Right Was Able to Tie Us in Impeachment Knots and Other American Conundrums" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, in Hubbell Auditorium in Hutchison Hall on the University of Rochester River Campus.
Professor of culture, journalism, and sociology at New York University, Gitlin is the author of numerous books and essays on such topics as television, the Sixties, and the New Left. He is a columnist for the New York Observer and has contributed articles to the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Nation and other publications. His most recent book is The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Racked by Culture Wars.
Gitlin, an early president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and an organizer of the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War, earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University, his master's in political science from the University of Michigan, and his doctorate in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Gitlin's talk will be followed by a reception in the Rotunda in Schlegel Hall. Both events are free and open to the public. Gitlin's appearance is sponsored by the Graduate Organizing Group and the University of Rochester chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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