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Kitchener Public Library

The University of Waterloo is pleased to participate in the Kitchener Public Library's (KPL) Ideas and Issues Lecture Series. Each week at 12 noon, a 50-minute lecture is presented by a Waterloo or Wilfrid Laurier University professors. Pre-registration is not required to participate and there is no charge to attend.

Lecture are held at:
Forest Heights Community Library
251 Fischer-Hallman Road, Kitchener

Lectures will resume on September 18, 2013

Winter 2013 Lectures

 
February 2013
Feb 6 Displaying animals…and humans: The Berlin Zoo in German History

Dr. Gary Bruce, Department of History, uWaterloo
Feb 13 Out of Afghanistan

Dr. Alistair Edgar, Executive Director, Academic Council on the United Nations System, WLU
Feb 20 Looking into the living eye: a window to understanding vision and the brain

Dr. Melanie Campbell, Department of Physics and Astronomy & School of Optometry, uWaterloo
Feb 27 Native Women: Life Stages, Memory, Teachings and Story Medicine

Dr. Kim Anderson, Faculty of Social Work, WLU
 
March 2013
March 6 History and Fiction: Two Ways of Getting at the Past

Dr. Andrew Hunt, Director, Tri-University Graduate Program, Department of History, uWaterloo
March 13 The Social Networking of Terrorist Groups

Jeff Weyers, WLU alumni, Halton Region Police Service
March 20 'Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts…d'oh!' What To Do About Unwanted Thoughts

Dr. Christine Purdon, Department of Psychology, uWaterloo
March 27 The Terror Bombing of Germany: A Legitimate Target or War Crime?

Professor Michael Bechthold, Centre for Military, Strategic & Disarmament Studies, WLU
 

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