Noam Chomsky to Talk at USF March 18, 2002

Free and Open to the Public

What:

Noam Chomsky lecture:
Human Rights: Global Change and Continuity
Reception to follow.

Who:

Chomsky, a professor at MIT, has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy.

Some of his books include: Peace in the Middle East? The Political Economy of Human Rights, The Culture of Terrorism, Deterring Democracy and 9-1-1.

The New York Times said about him: “Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today.”

He has received many honorary degrees 23 universities around the world, including University of London, Georgetown, Harvard, and McGill University.

When:

Monday, March 18, 2002 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Where:

University of San Francisco
McLaren Complex
2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco

(see directions, campus map)

Sponsored by USF College of Arts and Sciences, University Ministry, USF Amnesty International, AIESEC, United Students Against Sweatshops and School of the Americas Watch.

For more information, call Gilberto Villaseñor at (415) 422-8058 or Monica Leifer, assistant director of media relations at (415) 422-2697.