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)