A listing of All Powers Project events

Two magazines that came out in December have information about the UW case. Columns, The UW's alumni magazine, features a cover story about the Canwell hearings; a selection of letters, pro and con, are available on the Columns website: http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/dec97/red_letters.html. Pacific Northwest Quarterly, a scholarly journal for historians, devoted its entire issue to the subject of M cCarthyism in the Pacific Northwest.

This month, the University of Washington Press reissues False Witness by Melvin Rader, a first-person account of the Canwell era. The book contains a new afterword by Len Schroeter, a civil libertarian and friend of Rader.

Yours in Dread of the Hot Seat, University Libraries' exhibit of historical materials from the Canwell era investigations, also opens this month and continues through winter quarter on the balcony of Allen Library.

In late January, the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest will have curriculum packets and study guides, "McCarthyism and the Cold War in Washington," intended primarily for teachers in grades 8­12. For more information contact the Cente r at 543-8656 or cspn@u.washington.edu, or the Center's website: http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/

Other events include:
Thursday, Jan. 22: Reading from All Powers Necessary and Convenient, Center for the Book, Seattle Public Library Downtown, noon.

Thursday, Jan. 22: Academic Freedom and the University of Washington: Beyond the Canwell Committee by Robert O'Neil (Professor of Law, University of Virginia and founding director of The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Fre e Expression), 3:30 p.m., 109/129 Condon, sponsored by the School of Law (Condon-Falknor Lecture).

Friday, Jan. 23: Panel on Academic Freedom and Tenure, moderated by UW President Richard L. McCormick, 1:30­3:30 p.m., Kane 110.

Friday, Jan. 23: The Cultural Context of McCarthyism, lecture and book signing by Richard M. Fried (professor of history, University of Illinois-Chicago, and author of Nightmare in Red and Men Against McCarthy). 7:30 p.m., Allen Library lobby. Sponsored by UW libraries. Reservations required: 206-616-3481.

Saturday, Jan. 24: McCarthyism Goes to College: Anticommunism and American Higher Education, lecture by Ellen Schrecker (professor, Yeshiva University and author of No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities) 9­10:30 a.m.,
301 Gowen Hall. All Saturday events co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Department of History.

Saturday, Jan. 24: "Anticommunism and the University of Washington, 1948­1960: Recollections from Those Who Were There," panel discussion moderated by historian Jane Sanders. Panelists: Stimson Bullitt, Edwin O. Guthman, Ernest Henley, Barbara Krohn, Ken MacDonald, Howard Nostrand.
10:30 a.m.­noon, 301 Gowen Hall.

Saturday, Jan. 24: Anticommunism in the Pacific Northwest: Two Perspectives, by Lorraine McConaghy, Museum of History and Industry, and Floyd McKay, Western Washington University. 1:45­3:15 p.m., 301 Gowen Hall.

Feb. 4­15: All Powers Necessary and Convenient, a play by Mark Jenkins, Tuesdays­Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m., The Playhouse Theatre, Reservations: 543-4880. Post-play discussions, hos ted by Jenkins and UW Professor of History Richard Kirkendall, will be held Feb. 8, 10, 12 and 14; Jenkins plus a UW faculty member, to be announced, will host the post-play discussion Feb. 6.

Sunday, Feb. 15: Discussion with those who were affected by the Canwell era. After the final performance of All Powers, in the Playhouse, approximately 5 p.m. ¶