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WMUB Forum: Miami University's Africa/Italy symposium: where race relations
begin
Diane Rehm (*2 FULL HOURS on WMUB): weekly news roundup; the West's
fascination with China
Fresh Air: Otis Williams, the only surviving Temptation; actor Sir Ian McKellan
Public Interest: origins of Halloween traditions
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday (*LIVE): global climate change
conference; the ABC's of telecommunications
All Things Considered: a strange tale of a vanishing man in Tennessee
WMUB Forum,
Friday 9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.
News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)
Miami University's Africa/Italy symposium:
Where Race Relations Begin
FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, Italy has been a
country experiencing a massive demographic upheaval - virtually reversing
its previous homogenous racial makeup and achieving one of the lowest birth
rates in the world, alongside a tremendous influx of immigrants, primarily
from Africa. By some estimates, more than a million Africans have moved to
the country in this time, bringing a new face to Italian culture. And
here, we can see the beginnings of race relations on a broad scale as a
nation aspires to redefine its identity. On the other hand, America's
racial interactions trace back to the beginning of our country's
inception, and our concepts of how races behave and relate, good and bad,
have become entrenched in our collective perceptions. Darrel will be joined
by organizers of the upcoming Miami University Africa/Italy symposium to
see what we can learn from a nation just now beginning to learn how to
deal with other races - what we've overlooked, what we've done right, and
what we've forgotten.
Guests: - Dr. Sante Matteo, Professor of
Italian at Miami University, and organizer of the Miami University
Africa/Italy symposium, to be held across campus from November 6th through
the 8th. He says we should be able to look at the current circumstances in
Italy as a laboratory for improving race relations in America - and Italy
might have a thing or two to learn from America's past as well. -
Dr. Judith de Luce, Professor of
Classics, affiliate professor of the Women's Studies Program at Miami
University. Dr. de Luce is leading several discussions at the symposium
regarding the history of the Italian nation.
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)
Diane is in Florida for the shuttle launch. Guest
host: Susan Page of USA Today
10-11: News Roundup: A look at the week's top
national and international news stories, from a preview of next week's
midterm elections, to a discussion of world reaction to the Middle East
peace agreement.
Guests: Jodie Allen, Slate Magazine; David
Brooks, The Weekly Standard; E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post
11-12: Jonathan Spence: Yale professor Jonathan
Spence, author of several books on Chinese history, talks about his new
book "The Chan's Great Continent" (Norton). It examines the Western world's
fascination with China, from Marco Polo's voyage seven hundred years ago,
up to the modern era.
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
OTIS WILLIAMS, the only surviving member of The
Temptations. They're the subject of a new made for TV movies. Also British
actor IAN McKELLAN.
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
MANY OF OUR HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS CAN BE TRACED BACK
TO THE CELTIC DAY OF THE DEAD. IN MEXICO, THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A TIME
FOR MOURNING DECEASED RELATIVES IN THE CEMETERY, BRINGING THEM FOOD AND
MAKING CANDY IN THE SHAPE OF SKELETONS. GUEST HOST KATHY MERRITT SPEAKS
WITH A GROUP OF SCHOLARS WHO STUDY THE ORIGINS OF OUR SPOOKIEST
CELEBRATION, HALLOWEEN.
Guests: 1. Jack Child, director of the Center
for Teaching Excellence and professor of Spanish and Latin American
Studies at American University. 2. Susan Hertz, assistant dean in the
College of Arts and Sciences at American University.
Talk of
the Nation/
Science Friday,
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)
Guest Host: Paul Raeburn
HOUR ONE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: a
preview of next month's global climate change conference in Buenos Aires,
and an update on the science behind the global warming debate.
HOUR TWO: THE ABC'S OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS: one bit,
two bits, red bit, blue bit...a primer on modern communications.
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
Astrange tale for Halloween from Tennessee --- the
story of David Lang. Back in the 1800's, Lang was working in his fields
with his children...but after some time hoeing and weeding, the children
looked back to discover that he had vanished into thin air.
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