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Lecture Explores Abolitionist Movement
The next installment of the UM President’s Lecture
Series will examine the origins, contexts and
achievements of the abolitionist movement as a
historical prologue to the enduring problems of race
relations in America.
David Brion Davis, founder and director emeritus of
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the
History of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, will
present “Abolitionism in America” at 8 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 29, in the University Theatre.
Earlier that day, from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m., Davis will
present a seminar titled “The Impact of British
Abolitionism on the American Sectionalism that Led
to Civil War” in Gallagher Business Building Room 123.
Both events are free and open to the public and are
presented in conjunction with the Martin Luther King
Jr. Committee and the Friends of the Missoula Public
Library.
Davis is the author of several books, including “The
Problem of Slavery in Western Culture,” which won
the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1967.
His most recent book, “Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and
Fall of Slavery in the New World,” was published by
Oxford University Press last year.
President’s Lecture Series
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UM Peace Corps Ranking Improves To No. 6
New figures show UM is sixth in the nation among
schools its size for producing Peace Corps volunteers.
UM jumped up three places on the 2007 list, which
ranks medium-sized colleges and universities with
enrollments between 5,001 and 15,000. UM now has 42
alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Last year
it had 39.
According to the Peace Corps press office, 692 UM
alumni have joined the corps over the years, making
Montana the No. 52 all-time producer of volunteers.
This year’s ranking placed UM ahead of Boston
College, the University of Notre Dame, and Brown,
Harvard, Northwestern and Yale universities. Montana
State University-Bozeman landed at No. 19 on the
list with 26 volunteers.
The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by President
John F. Kennedy, and more than 187,000 Americans
have served since then. Volunteers have been invited
by 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from
AIDS education to information technology and
environmental preservation.
Peace Corps
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Economic Outlook Seminar Hits The Road
“Rising Asia: Becoming Closer Neighbors” is the
theme of the 32nd Annual First Interstate Bank
Economic Outlook Seminar to be held during January,
February and March in nine cities across Montana.
The seminar series is co-sponsored by the UM Bureau
of Business and Economic Research and First
Interstate Bank.
Phil West, UM Mansfield Professor of Modern Asian
Affairs, will discuss economic development and
opportunities for trade throughout Asia. BBER
Director Paul Polzin will highlight the latest
economic trends and explain what they mean for
Montanans. He also will present an economic forecast
for each seminar city.
Experts from BBER, Montana State University and UM’s
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research also
will look at the state’s forest products industry,
manufacturing, agriculture, health care, and travel
and tourism.
The seminar series begins in Helena on Tuesday, Jan.
23, at the Great Northern Hotel, and travels to
Great Falls, Missoula, Billings, Bozeman, Butte,
Kalispell, Sidney and Miles City. All seminars start
at 8 a.m. and end after the luncheon at about 1 p.m.
See the full news release for a complete schedule
and registration details.
News release
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Museum Opens Two New Exhibitions
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture will open two
exhibitions this month, one featuring art by
international and Montana artists on loan from
private collections, the other student works from
the museum’s Permanent Collection.
The exhibitions will be at the museum from Jan. 23
through March 3. The public is invited to attend an
opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25.
“The Collectors’ Art,” in the Meloy Gallery,
celebrates the important role collectors play and
provides insight into their motivations. The
exhibition is a special opportunity to see works by
Modernist masters Robert Rauschenberg, James
Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol.
In the Paxson Gallery, “40 Years of Campus Art
Awards” will showcase UM student works collected by
the museum since the 1960s, and honor the legacy of
art department faculty.
Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday and 4 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
There is no charge for admission, and free parking
is available near the northwest corner of the
Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
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