Panelists will share their experiences of the late 1960s and explore the impact that the protests of this period had on them personally and on the culture of our country. The panel discussions are in conjunction with the exhibit, The Whole World Was Watching: Protest and Revolution in 1968, which is on display in the Library Gallery through December 15, 2008. There will be two panels addressing the topic of protests in the late 1960s.

Moderators are:

Paul Courant, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics and of Information, University of Michigan.
Roger Lowenstein, U-M alumnus (LSA '64), member of the defense team in the Chicago Eight trials, Founder and Director of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy.

Panelists are:

Judy Gumbo Albert, an activist and former Yippie
Frank Beaver, U-M alumnus (PhD Music Theater '70), U-M Professor Emeritus of Film and Video, Vietnam veteran
Honorable Cynthia Stephens, U-M Alumna (LSA '71), Judge,Third Circuit Court, Detroit
Harold Johnson, Dean Emeritus, U-M School of Social Work
Aviva Kempner, U-M Alumna (LSA '69), Filmmaker, writer, and director
Ken Mikolowski, Lecturer in English and writer, U-M Residential College
Ahmad Rahman, U-M Alumnus (LSA '98, PhD 2006), Asst. Prof of History, UM Dearborn
Daniel Zwerdling, U-M Alumnus (LSA '71), Correspondent, National Desk, National Public Radio

The event is free and open to the public.
The panel discussions will be of interest to anyone who lived through the 1960s and especially, though not limited to, anyone who was on the University of Michigan campus during this period of time. It will also be of interest to students who are on campus today.
For more information about the event, please contact Harriet Teller at 734-615-4801 or librarydevelopment@umich.edu.

What lessons can we learn from the experience of Vietnam to better support today's veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan? Dr. Israel Liberzon will explore this question in a talk at the University of Michigan Library on November 6, 2008. The event will take place at 5:30 pm in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (North) in the Gallery in Room 100.

The talk is one of a series of events related to the exhibit, "The Whole World Was Watching: Revolution and Protest in 1968" which is currently on view in the Gallery in Room 100. The exhibit examines 1968 through the perspective of the University of Michigan Special Collection Library's Labadie Collection of social protest materials. The Labadie Collection includes materials from 1911 to the present and is a rich trove of material from the 1960s featured in the exhibit.

Dr. Liberzon's talk is "1968-The Legacy of Vietnam and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Research and Understanding". "We wanted to address what the 1960s and Vietnam have meant in a social context for medical research and understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, now a recognized medical concern with tremendous implications for individuals, families, and our society," said Melissa Levine, Exhibits and Outreach Librarian.

This discussion is meant for a general audience, though Dr. Liberzon is known for his research. In 1992 he established a Post-traumatic Stress Disorder program at the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Health System that grew, developed, and remains on the forefront of biological research of 'PTSD'. Dr. Liberzon's primary research focuses on stress and stress-related disorders, particularly in the regulation and dysregulation of stress response systems.

Dr. Liberzon is a leader in his field and was recently installed as the Theophile Raphael Collegiate Professor in Neurosciences in The Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Liberzon is a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan; Associate Chair for Academic Development, Department of Psychiatry; Chief, Mental Health Service, Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS); and Directory of the Psychiatry Residency Research Track. He received his medical degree from the Sackler Medical School at Tel Aviv in 1986 and completed post-doctoral training in physiology at Rappaport Institute, Israeli Institute of Technology in Haifa.

In 1988, he came to the University of Michigan for a residency in psychiatry. In 1992 Dr. Liberzon joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, subsequently in the Psychology Department and Neuroscience program. In 2005 he achieved his current title of Professor of Psychiatry and received a joint appointment as Professor of Psychology without tenure in 2007.

Jane Blumenthal, Librarian, Health Sciences Library, University Library said that "emotional and cognitive issues remain a mystery to many of us, and yet they are so important to our health and well being. Dr. Liberzon's work is an excellent example of basic research which translates into practical benefits for patients, family, friends, and the greater community."

There will be time for questions and discussion after Dr. Liberzon's talk which will be followed with refreshments. The event is sponsored by the University of Michigan's Health Sciences Library and is free and open to the public.

For more information about Dr. Liberzon's talk please call 734-615-3194.

The University of Michigan Library preserves and provides access to a collective record of intellectual and cultural achievement. With more than 8 million volumes and one of the finest digital collections in the world, our mission is to support, enhance, and collaborate in the instruction, research and service activities of the University and its community.

For more information, contact Melissa Levine by phone at 734-615-3194 or by e-mail at mslevine@umich.edu.

Now on display in the Gallery (Room 100), Hatcher Graduate Library

1968.... Peggy Fleming won an Olympic gold medal in Grenoble, France, Apollo 8 carried the first human beings into orbit to see the dark side of the moon and all of planet Earth, Hawaii Five-O debuted on television, and The Producers and Funny Girl ran in theatres. At the same time, the Vietnam War raged on, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were murdered, and protest seethed on university campuses with an increasing sympathy among mainstream Americans.

In this 40th anniversary year of 1968, the University of Michigan Library presents 'The Whole World Was Watching: Protest and Revolution in 1968, Selections from the Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Library.' This exhibit provides a snapshot of a complex and pivotal year in American history highlighting protests against the Vietnam War and the draft, the highly fractured Presidential election and the violence that erupted outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago against anti-war demonstrators, and the activities of student and other protest groups such as the Ann Arbor-founded Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panthers, the White Panthers, and the Yippies. The exhibit notes the women's movement and international matters such as Prague Spring and the May Paris uprisings.

Julie Herrada, curator for the Labadie Collection organized the show. The Labadie Collection was established in 1911 when Joseph Labadie, a popular Detroit anarchist, donated his library to the University of Michigan. Today it includes a great variety of social protest literature together with political views from both the extreme left and the extreme right from all over the world.

On October 21 at 5:30 pm in the Gallery, Curator Julie Herrada will give an informal tour of the exhibit.

On November 13th at 4 pm in the Gallery, the Library will host a discussion panel in association with this exhibit moderated by University Librarian Paul Courant. A performance by 60's legend Country Joe McDonald will follow at 8 pm. Updated information will be available on our website: www.lib.umich.edu.

The exhibit was organized by the University of Michigan Library with support from the Ginsberg Center, University of Michigan; Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan; Department of History, University of Michigan; the Program in American Culture, University of Michigan; and Arts at Michigan.

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