In its 16-year history, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues has established itself as one of the preeminent speakers series in higher education. Past Thompson Forum events have featured, among many others: Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Holocaust survivor and peace activist Elie Weisel; Camelia Sadat, the daughter of Anwar Sadat and founder of the Sadat Peace Institute; Maki Mandela, daughter of the former South African president; the Rev. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University; Hedrick Smith, journalist and expert on the former Soviet Union; Kennedy Administration Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara; and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

To suggest topics or speakers for future EN Thompson Forums on World Issues, please contact:
Dr. Patrice McMahon, Program Chair
Associate Professor, Political Science
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
525 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0328
(402) 472-3235
pmcmahon2@unl.edu

or

Marcia White, Coordinator
Office of Undergraduate Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
201 Seaton Hall
P.O. Box 880683
Lincoln NE 68588-0683
(402) 472-0074
mwhite2@unl.edu