The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, founded in 1994 with a generous gift from Trustee Henry Clarke, brings the unique strengths of an interdisciplinary liberal arts perspective to the critical examination of pressing contemporary issues.
The Clarke Forum connects the students and faculty of Dickinson College and members of the broader community with scholars, practicing professionals and activists through the use of lectures, seminars, and conferences. By encouraging engagement with these visitors in ways that allow for dialogue and critical reflection, The Clarke Forum helps prepare students to become knowledgeable, productive, and intellectually active citizens and leaders. The Clarke Forum also provides a space where faculty from many perspectives can come together to discuss ideas and solutions to social problems. With events that are free and open to the public, The Clarke Forum is a vital part of the community, continually enhancing public awareness and understanding of critical contemporary issues.
Students are involved in all aspects of Clarke Forum activities: designing, planning, producing and broadcasting programs. Much of the Forum’s day-to-day program implementation is in the hands of its Student Project Managers. The Clarke Forum also sponsors a Student Partnership Program which encourages collaborative work between the Forum’s Project Manager’s and students at area high schools. Clarke Forum students mentor high school students by training them in web-based research, desktop publishing, and preparation of promotional materials.
The Clarke Forum believes that knowledge and understanding are gained through critical reflection and the informed exchange of divergent ideas, and facilitates such dialogue across the disciplines.
Title: Constitutions and Accountable Governments In the Arab World
Authors: Edward Gramlich
Date: March 2005Title: The Liberal Arts at Home and at Work
Authors: Pauline Yu
Date: November 2004Title: Constitutions and Accountable Governments In the Arab World
Authors: Nathan Brown
Date: December 2003Title: Diaspora: Movement, Memory, Politics and Identity
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Date: November 2003Title: The Underground Railroad In South Central Pennsylvania
Authors: Scott Hancock, Matthew Pinsker
Date: February 2003Title: Civil Liberties in the Wake of the September 11 Attacks: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen
Authors: Nadine Strossen
Date: October 2001Title: Moral Freedom or Moral Anarchy?
Authors: Alan Wolfe
Date: September 2001Title: Fear, Security and the Apocalyptic World View: The Cold War's Cultural Impact and Legacy
Authors: Paul S. Boyer
Date: March 2001Title: Creating a Global Economy
Authors: Joan E. Spero
Date: April 2000Title: Some Reflections on Three Mile Island
Authors: Dick Thornburgh
Date: September 1999Title: Creating a New Global Economy
Authors: George W. Handy
Date: September 1999Title: Citizenship and Identity: International Perspectives
Authors: Edward Action, Martha Egbe Ayuk, Rafael Ballesteros, Luciano Bardi, Mehdi Bozorgmehr, André Cabanis, David Commins, Richard Crockatt, Olivier Devaux, Marjorie A. Fitzpatrick, James R. Fox, Claudio Gonzales-Chiaramonte, Jeffery Lesser, Herta Müller, Eugene Ngezem, Kim Lacy Rogers, Victor C. Romero, Hans Joachim Schädlich, Douglas T. Stuart
Date: September 1999Title: U.S. National Security: Beyond the Cold War (A Four-Part Series)
Authors: Robert Ellsworth, Morton Halperin, Lawrence Korb, Ronald Steel, Douglas T. Stuart
Date: April 1999Title: Fear, Security and The Apocalyptic World View: The Cold War's Cultural Impact and Legacy
Authors: Paul S. Boyer
Date: January 1999Title: International Trade and the American Living Standard
Authors: Charles Schultze
Date: October 1997Title: Environmental Sustainability and The Global Trading System
Authors: Richard Eglin
Date: March 1997Title: Sex, Drugs, & Sustainability
Authors: Benjamin A. Goldman
Date: November 1996Title: History and How We Use It
Authors: Raymond W. Smock
Date: November 1996Title: The Constitution: Any Present Value?
Authors: Lowell Weicker
Date: September 1996Title: The Economic Reforms: Results and Prospects in Russia
Authors: Marshall Goldman
Date: March 1995Title: Some Reflections on Three Mile Island (TMI)
Authors: Dick Thornburgh
Date: March 1995Title: Creating a Climate for Democracy and Private Enterprise In Russia
Authors: George W. Handy
Date: February 1995