The 2005-06 Polaris Lecture program offers a dozen lectures to students, faculty, staff, and the interested public.  Eight of these lectures form the National Park Series and are accompanied by a 1-credit course, offered through the UAA Department of Political Science.


September 17, 2005:    Constitution Day
Working with the Constitution:  How Judges Make Decisions        
Andrew J. Kleinfeld

September 22, 2005:  National Park Series
ANILCA and Conservation History in Alaska’s National Parks
Ingrid Nixon and Frank Norris

October 5, 2005:  National Park Series
National Parks as Homes to Ancient Alaskans
Bob Gal

October 18, 2005:  Alaska Day
Completing the Union:  Alaska, Hawai‘i, and the Battle for Statehood
John S. Whitehead

October 27, 2005:  National Park Series
Preserving Alaska’s History
Steve Peterson and Jim Corless

November 10, 2005:  National Park Series
Dynamic Landscapes in Alaska’s National Parks
Lewis Shaman

January 19, 2006:  National Park Series
Managed Wilderness – Not a Contradiction
Dave Mills and Judy Alderson

February 9, 2006:  National Park Series
Subsistence History and Implementation in National Parks
John Branson

March 2, 2006:  National Park Series
Predators and Prey
Layne Adams and Tom Meier

March 9, 2006
Shakespeare and the Mediterranean
Paul A. Cantor

April 6, 2006:  National Park Series
Access to Parks
Danny Rosenkrantz

April 13, 2006:  Faculty Polaris Lecture
Addressing the Democratic Deficit in Four Parliamentary Systems:  Implications for the US?
Diddy R. M. Hitchins