Aaron Shurin is the author of eleven books of poetry and prose, most recently "Citizen", a collection of prose poems and "King of Shadows", a collection of personal essays. His writing has appeared in over thirty national and international anthologies, and has been translated into seven languages. Shurin's honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Gerbode Foundation. He lives in San Francisco. http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/

The Nature of Mind

A keynote lecture by Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and President of Japanese International Cooperation Agency, and an academic symposium on Japan's international relations. This event was a part of the UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies' 50th Anniversary program of events (http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cjs/). Co-sponsored by: Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco.

Law and Economics I