Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder campus March 14-15 as a guest of the new "World Affairs Athenaeum" program.
The Athenaeum, launched in February, is an extension of the annual World Affairs Conference designed to create a more intimate setting for visitors and students to meet and discuss world affairs and new ideas.
Faludi is probably best known for two recent books on contemporary gender issues, "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women," and "Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Male."
Jim Palmer, associate professor of film studies and director of the World Affairs conference, said Faludi聮s 聭Stiffed聮 "includes fascinating and wide-ranging studies of everything from the Promise Keepers to the Waco tragedy. I think we can look forward to many provocative discussions during her campus visit, particularly at the open forum on Wednesday."
Faludi聮s talk is March 15 at 1 p.m. in the Forum Room in the University Memorial Center.
Faludi will visit classes to talk with students and also will attend a formal dinner to be held on campus. She will speak on "The Crisis of Masculinity," at the dinner.
The Conference on World Affairs, which takes place this year April 10 聳 April 14, is an annual gathering of intellectuals, political pundits, journalists, artists and others that was launched in 1948 by the late Howard Higman, a CU-Boulder sociology professor.
Peter Copeland, the editor and general manager of Scripps Howard News Service, spent Feb. 2 and Feb. 3 on campus as the Athenaeum聮s first visitor, talking in classrooms, giving lectures and making himself available to visit with students.
Journalist and commentator on the American West Richard Rodriguez will be visiting campus March 22 and March 23.
Rodriguez is a contributing editor with the Los Angeles Times. He also serves in editorial positions with the Pacific News Service, U.S. News and World Report and Harpers Weekly. Through his work, he has distinguished himself as a leading writer, journalist and commentator on the American West.
For more information about the World Affairs Athenaeum, call (303) 492-2525, or visit the newsletter on the Web at .