File 19 - "No - Universities etc. W1"

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Comprises letters from educational establishments asking Bronowski to lecture, speak at events and to a class, visit, participate in discussions, and give a paper at a conference, with replies declining.

Correspondents are: Wake Forest College (North Carolina) inviting Bronowski to lecture in an honors programme (1965); Washington State University inviting Bronowski to speak at the Scholars' Convocation (1970); University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) inviting Bronowski to take part in the University's Liberal Arts Lecture Series (1970-72); Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut) inviting Bronowski to visit the Center for Advanced Studies, give lectures and take part in discussions (1967), to visit the University and give lectures (1964), and to give a paper at a conference on Induction to be held at the Center for Advanced Studies (1961) with a programme for the conference; West Point United States Military Academy inviting Bronowski to address the senior class of a course on 'Readings in Philosophy' (1973) with a copy of the course syllabus; and Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) inviting Bronowski to give the University's Honors College Convocation address (1965 & 1966), to be a Visiting Scholar (1965-66) and requesting he send a copy of his Korzybski Memorial lecture 'Toward a Philosophy of Biology' (1967) with programmes from previous Honors College Convocation ceremonies.

Also includes correspondence with the University of Washington about a planned symposium on 'Modern Science and the Future of Civilisation' which Bronowski was to take part in but was cancelled due to a grant request being denied (1962).

This file was originally in a ring binder.