Word: symposia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Professor of Sociology Ezra F. Vogel notes that attending the symposia "would be more like attending the concluding lecture of 100 courses rather than getting the depth of 32 half courses...
...symposia are well-rounded presentations for alumni, but these are all special subjects," says Higgenson Professor of History Emeritus, John King Fairbank '41, who will lead a seminar on the modernization of China. "They don't provide the systematic pictures an undergraduate needs...
Since the symposia are aimed at a non-academic audience, many of the panelists say they view the forums as the chance to discuss interests which are not usually addressed in regular courses...
...Dillion Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye says that symposia, like his on nuclear weapons, offer a chance to take a long range approach to world change. "[It] will be a little less 'current-eventsy' than most normal [Kennedy School] events," Nye says...
...University is using the symposia "to say to its family 'here's what the present understanding is in a wide array of subjects,'" says Gamble Professor of Population Sciences David E. Bell who will lead the symposium entitled "Population Change in Today's World." Bell comments about his seminar, "We're not attempting to impress the scholars of the world or indicate what the reseach frontiers...