Hauenstein Center to host conference

A conference organized by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will connect what ancient history can teach the Obama administration about the modern world. "President Barack Obama and the Lessons of Antiquity" will run Thursday and Friday, April 16-17, at the DeVos Center.

J. Rufus Fears returns to campus to give a keynote address at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. He is a professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma; his talk is free and open to the public.

Events on Friday will begin at 9 a.m. in Loosemore Auditorium. They include a keynote speech by Bruce Thornton, author of many publications on Greek culture and civilization and their influence on Western civilizations, and panel discussions. Carl Richard, professor of history at the University of Louisana, will give the luncheon keynote address.

Visit the Web site www.allpresidents.org for complete details.