September 19, 2001

Contact:

Sarah Ray

802-443-5794

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: September 19, 2001

MIDDLEBURY,

VT - Middlebury College will hold a public forum titled

“The Terrorist Attacks: Understanding What Happened and

Where We Go From Here” beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Friday,

September 21, in the Concert Hall of the Middlebury College

Center for the Arts on South Main Street (Route 30).

Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to

the public.

The forum

will consist of two sessions of brief lectures by faculty

and students of Middlebury College, followed by a general

discussion. The first session will take place from 3:30 p.m.

to 5:30 p.m. and the second from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30

p.m.

The speakers

for the first session, “Terrorism: The American Ordeal,”

will include Michael E. Geisler, professor of German and

associate dean of the faculty; Walid Saleh, assistant

professor of religion; and Eli Sugarman, a member of the

Middlebury class of 2002. The discussion will be moderated

by Kate Sonderegger, professor of religion. Dean of the

Faculty Robert Schine will open the session.

The evening

session, “Terrorism and the Global Community,” will include

speakers David Stoll, assistant professor of

sociology/anthropology, and Russell Leng, the James Jermain

Professor of Political Economy and Political Science. The

evening session will be moderated by Madeleine Kunin,

Middlebury College Bicentennial scholar-in-residence, former

United States ambassador to Switzerland, and former governor

of Vermont.

Events

Calendar Listings:

Friday, Sept. 21

3:30-5:30 p.m., “Terrorism: The American Ordeal;” lectures

followed by general discussion and refreshments; speakers

are Middlebury College faculty and students; free and open

to the public; Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for

the Arts, Route 30 (South Main Street)

7:30-9:30 p.m., “Terrorism and the Global Community,”

lectures followed by general discussion and refreshments;

speakers are Middlebury College faculty and students; free

and open to the public; Concert Hall, Middlebury College

Center for the Arts, Route 30 (South Main Street)