Dialogues Lecture Series: The New Universe and the Human Future

Dialogues Lecture Series 2011
presented by the Contra Costa JCC

Tuesday, Jan. 18: The New Universe and the Human Future
Presenters: Joel Primack & Nancy Abrams, co-authors of The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos and the forthcoming book, The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World.

Thursday, February 17: Is America Going Broke?
Presenter: Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and former United States Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, 1993-1997.

Tuesday, March 15: The Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture
Presenter: Mark Feldstein, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University and former correspondent specializing in investigative reporting at CNN, ABC News, and NBC News.

Tuesday, April 12: The Transformation of Public Discourse: Reality TV and American Culture
Presenter: Laura Grindstaff, Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Consortium for Women and Research, University of California, Davis.

Tuesday, May 17: A Life in Broadcasting
Presenter: Michael Krasny, PhD, host and Senior Editor of KQED-FM Radio's Award-Winning Forum and author of Off Mike and Spiritual Envy.

Series subscription: CCJCC members, $125; non-members, $150
Night of event tickets: CCJCC members, $50; non-members, $60