Nel Noddings, professor emeritus at Stanford University and author of seminal works in educational theory and philosophy, will make a presentation titled "Happiness and Education" at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington on Thursday (Nov. 19) from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in IMU's Oak Room.

Two of the nation's preeminent scholars on international security and nuclear weapons will meet Wednesday (Nov. 18) for a debate on the long-term security implications of nuclear weapons in South Asia.

The November 2009 issue of Lecture Notes features Indiana University lectures on topics such as the state of Tocqueville studies, African art, research in neuroscience, Haitian art, profiteering in health care, artistic renderings of Abraham Lincoln during his youth in Indiana and many more.

Alina Fernandez, the outspoken daughter of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, will speak at Indiana University Bloomington Nov. 18, 7 p.m., in the Indiana Memorial Union's Whittenberger Auditorium. Her free, open-to-the-public talk is part of IU's International Week and is presented by the Indiana Memorial Union Board and co-sponsored by La Casa.

If "surgical manipulation of body parts . . . resurrection of life . . . the ethical consequences of engaging powers we've yet to morally know how to use" reads like a lead-in for a Halloween movie marathon then the public can expect much more next week when biologist David Stocum presents on the seasonally-timed topic of "The Legacy of Frankenstein: Regenerative Biology and Medicine."

Ambassador Arun K. Singh, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of India to the United States in Washington, D.C., will speak at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday, Oct. 23.

One of the world's foremost learning scientists says the educational system is at odds with technological innovation and change is imperative to ensure many students don't fall further behind. Allan Collins, professor emeritus of education and social policy at Northwestern University, will speak about the changing nature of schools' relationship to technology during an appearance at the IU School of Education on Thursday (Oct. 8).

Cuban American journalist Achy Obejas will speak at IU Bloomington Sept. 30 during National Hispanic Heritage Month. Her lecture, titled "Navigating Multiple Identities," will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center (730 E. Third St.) and will address the issue of the interwoven facets of identity -- race, culture, sexual orientation, gender and religion -- that make us who we are.

This fall's India Studies lecture series at Indiana University will again bring leading political, art and cultural scholars of India and South Asia to the IU Bloomington campus. The lecture series will begin on Friday (Sept. 11) with a presentation by Christophe Jaffrelot, the Alliance visiting professor at Columbia University and a leading India scholar in France and adviser to the French government.

A nationally renowned scholar on Latino educational issues will be the featured speaker at a special event celebrating the partnership between the IU School of Education and the Indianapolis Latino community. The event on Thursday (April 30) also will mark the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the School of Education and Indianapolis Latino organizations.

Finland native Lauri Karttunen, who earned his doctorate in linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington in 1969, will visit campus this week to accept a Distinguished Alumni Award from the IU Department of Linguistics. While he's in Bloomington (from April 22-24), Karttunen will present lectures to IU students and faculty members and will give a public talk titled "Computing Textual Inferences" on Friday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in Ballantine Hall, Room 228.

Filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons will be the next speaker at Indiana University's Critical Issues Lecture Series, a collaboration between IU's Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.

The producer-director of a film that follows students around the globe as they work to bring attention to critical issues in their countries will be on the Indiana University campus Thursday evening, March 26, for a 7 p.m. screening of The World We Want, his award-winning documentary.

Peter Singer, well-known ethicist and author of the new book The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, will give a public lecture March 10 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Singer will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the IUPUI Campus Center, Room 450.

Noted writer, speaker, and educator John Seely Brown will discuss learning in the digital age at guest lectures on IU's Bloomington, Indianapolis, and South Bend campuses April 2-3, 2009. Brown is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and serves as an independent co-chairman for the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation. Formerly, Brown served as the chief scientist at Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center.

Indiana University next week kicks off its own celebration of the International Year of Astronomy with three months of events that include a statewide contest for high school students, a public lecture series highlighted by a visiting Nobel laureate and an open house at IU's historic Kirkwood Observatory.

Indiana University graduate Ebony Utley will inaugurate the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Alumni Lecture Series at IU. The event is part of the center's 40th anniversary celebration this year.

In this edition of Lecture Notes, hear author Joyce Carol Oates read her work, learn more about the Yaddo Project and celebrate the life of Professor Irving Katz.

Manil Suri, author of the international bestsellers The Death of Vishnu and The Age of Shiva, and a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, will present the Savitaben Kantilal Trivedi Memorial Lecture at IU Bloomington on Feb. 27. His lecture is the second event in the IU India Studies spring series.

Indiana University Bloomington will celebrate Black History Month with a diverse calendar of events, including a Feb. 23 lecture by one of America's most provocative intellectuals, Cornel West.

Start the Spring 2009 semester with a lecture from one of Indiana University's outstanding faculty. Richard Nash, professor of History and Philosophy of Science at IU Bloomington, will share his new research project, and IU Southeast Political Science Professor Tom Kotulak will talk about the politics of the environment and the new administration with IU Bloomington SPEA Professor Evan Ringquist.

Wrap up the Fall 2008 semester by learning about Ottoman sultans' nicknames, making a model of the human brain and answering the question "Where do designs come from?"

The Indiana University School of Education will host education activist and writer Jonathan Kozol for a presentation this afternoon (Nov. 20) at the Indiana Memorial Union.