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Nobel laureate and alum John Coetzee discusses career

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Fri, 04/16/2010 - 12:15pm

EVENT: John Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, will speak about his time in Austin and the social and political background of his career as a writer in South Africa in the 1970s.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 5, at 6 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to event. WHERE: The LBJ Auditorium is at the [...]



 

Jack Goldsmith keynotes "Executive Power" symposium

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 03/30/2010 - 1:13pm

The LBJ Library and Friends of the LBJ Library at The University of Texas at Austin, in cooperation with the School of Law, will host "An Evening with Jack Goldsmith" on Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. in the LBJ Auditorium.

The talk by Goldsmith—a Harvard Law School professor who wrote "The [...]



 

Perspectives Series: A Conversation with James A. Baker III

Planning Ahead, Austin  Fri, 03/19/2010 - 7:40am

Wednesday, March 24, 6 p.m., LBJ Auditorium. Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in-chief of the "Texas Tribune," will interview the Honorable James A.

Baker III, former secretary of state, as part of the 2009-2010 Perspectives Series. The two plan to discuss international relations and, more recently, Baker's endorsement of Kay Bailey Hutchison for Texas governor.

James A. Baker III has served in senior government positions under three U.S. presidents. He served as the nation's 61st secretary of state from January 1989 through August 1992 under President George H.W.

Bush.