'Fate of the Earth' author Jonathan Schell to speak at Gettysburg College Jan. 29

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Jonathan Schell, whose book "The Fate of the Earth" was a cornerstone of the 1980s nuclear-freeze movement, will speak at Gettysburg College Jan. 29.

"The United States in the Second Nuclear Age: Republic or Empire?" will be the topic of Schell's talk at 7:30 p.m. in Mara Auditorium in Masters Hall near the campus fountain. The public is welcome at no charge.

In his latest book, "The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People" (Metropolitan Books, 2003), Schell argues that all-out war, with its risk of human extinction, must cease to play the role of final arbiter. He turns up seeds of nonviolence not only in events such as Gandhi's Indian independence movement, but also in the bloody French revolution and the surprising collapse of the Soviet Union.

Schell is a regular contributor to Harper's, Foreign Affairs and The Nation. He has taught at Yale, Princeton and Wesleyan, and is a fellow at the Nation Institute and Harvard's Kennedy School.

The lecture is part of Gettysburg College's 20th annual Area Studies Symposium. This year's theme is "Nature, War and Peace."

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With approximately 2,500 students, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued 1/20/04

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