Lecture on Human Nature to be held at Assumption College

Worcester, MA—On Thursday, November 8, 2001, Assumption College will present a lecture by Peter Augustine Lawler. As this year's Emmanuel d'Alzon Lecturer, Mr. Lawler will speak on the topic, "Does Human Nature Have a
Future?" He will be discussing issues of public concern as they deal with matters in the advancements in Natural Science. An example of such an issue is the ongoing debate on stem cell research.

The lecture will take place on Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hagan Campus Center Hall, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA. It is open to the public at no charge.

Professor Lawler is co-editor of "American Political Rhetoric" (now in its 4th edition) and the au"hor of two books, "Postmodernism Rightly Understood: The Return to Realism in American Thought" (1999) and "The Restless Mind: Alexis de Tocqueville on the Origin and Perpetuation of Human Liberty" (1993). He is Professor of Government at Berry College in Georgia.

The d’Alzon lecture is the second in a four part lecture series presented by the Ecumenical Institute at Assumption College.
For more information, please contact the Ecumenical Institute at (508)767-7127.