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The Accelerating Global Crisis 



Tfie final two lectures of the free series 

 "The Accelerating Global Crisis: Meeting 

 the Challenges" will take place in Febru- 

 ary. On Tuesday, February 15, Benjamin 

 R. Barber, Whitman Professor of Political 

 Science at Rutgers University and author 

 of The Congress of Politics, will discuss 

 the ways in which globalization and tribal- 

 ism conflict and counter democracy. A 

 panel discussion will follow. Philosophical 

 and spiritual solutions to global crises will 

 be the subject of the series' concluding 

 talk on Tuesday, February 22, by Ameri- 

 can novelist Hortense CaUsher, who will 

 explore the complexity of human experi- 

 ence in today's world. Both lectures begin 

 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Auditorium and 

 are part of the Education Department's 

 year-long program "Global Cultures in a 

 Changing World." For information and 

 free tickets, call (212) 769-5315. 



Shamanic Rituals 



A two-day conference, sponsored by 

 the Museum in association with the Asia 

 Society, will explore the Korean shaman's 

 world through traditional and contempo- 

 rary music, drama, dance, visual arts, and 

 film. Sessions will be held in the Mu- 

 seum's Hall of Ocean Life and the Kauf- 

 mann Theater on Saturday, February 26, 

 and at the Asia Society on Sunday, Febru- 

 ary 27. Both programs begin at 1:00 p.m. 

 Call (212) 769-5315 for ticket prices and 

 further information. 



BoLSON Tortoise Reserve 



A 45,000-acre reserve in northern Mex- 

 ico has been established to protect the 

 dwindling population of North America's 

 largest land turtle, the Bolson tortoise. 

 Through the initiative of the Turtle Recov- 

 ery Program, a project of the American 

 Museum of Natural History's Center for 

 Biodiversity and Conservation, scientists 

 and ranchers have cooperated to conserve 

 one of the last intact tracts of Chihuahuan 

 desert grassland, the ecosystem upon 

 which the tortoise, as well as many other 

 animals and plants, depends. 



Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies 



Studies of the formation and evolution 

 of the Milky Way's nine companion dwarf 

 galaxies will be discussed by Kenneth 

 Mighell, of Columbia University's astron- 

 omy department, on Tuesday, February 8. 

 The lecture, part of the "Frontiers in As- 



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