Updated at 3:28 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Visiting professor gives free history talks this week
Advertiser Staff
Two free public lectures by Dr. Michael Adas, Rutgers University, are presented by Hawai'i Pacific University this week.
"From Twain to Tikrit: American Views of Empire" is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Tenney Theater, St. Andrews Cathedral
229 Queen Emma St., Honolulu
Adas, the Abraham Voorhees Professor of History at Rutgers University, illuminates the unease with which American artists and intellectuals, as well as many politicians, have looked upon their country's role in the wider world, an unease best expressed by famed humorist Mark Twain, who in his day criticized the "expansionist ideologues and sanctimonious bible-thumpers" who supported an aggressive American stance in world affairs. Professor Adas explores this phenomena and its relevance for America's current role as the world's greatest superpower.
"The First World War in World History" is 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at HPU's Warmer Auditorium, Seventh Floor, 1060 Bishop St., Honolulu.
Adas will address the lasting legacies of the Great War. Materials for instructors and students interested in this topic will be made available free of charge.
The talks are co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, in association with the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, the Alpha Mu Theta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society, and the World History Association of Hawai'i.
Programs will be introduced by Dr. Marc Jason Gilbert, NEH Endowed Chair in World History, Hawai'i Pacific University. For further information, contact mgilbert@hpu.edu.
