Gates also will sign copies of his books at the Bookstore at 4 p.m. on Oct. 12 and participate in a discussion from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Humanities Center Annex.
All events are free and open to the public.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. The presidential lecture series is designed to bring distinguished scholars, artists and critics to campus. Funded by the President's Office, the events are part of President Gerhard Casper's plan to strengthen and revitalize the humanities and arts at Stanford by exploring new roles and relationships for the humanities and arts in the academic community on the brink of the 21st century. Karl Heinz Bohrer, professor for modern German literary history at the University of Bielefeld, on Nov. 9 and 10. Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate for Literature in 1986, on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Additional speakers for winter, spring and fall quarters 1999 are Fredric Jameson, Alexander Nehamas, Jean Starobinski, Jacques Derrida, Stefan Maul, Pina Bausch, Svetlana Alpers and Umberto Eco.