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Definitions of women over the years and the social psychology of terrorism are the topics of two University Forum lectures that will be presented at UNLV in February.

"Woman is Formed to Obey: A Message from the Nineteenth Century" will be the topic when University of Arizona professor Judith A. McDaniel speaks on Feb. 11.

McDaniel, an adjunct professor of women's studies, will use examples from the literature and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries to discuss which definitions of "woman" have continued to pervade popular culture. She also will talk about how 19th century women fought those definitions and what understanding they had that might be useful to women today.

Michel Gottschalk, a researcher at the Open University of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium, will speak on "The Social Psychology of Terrorism" on Feb. 21.

In analyzing psychological tests and in-depth interviews he conducted with Middle Eastern terrorists, Gottschalk has found that regardless of the terrorists' religious affiliations or political allegiances, they share important social psychological orientations.

Emphasizing the psychological aspect of terrorism rather than its rational-political one, he will suggest that different approaches must be developed to address this urgent problem.

Both lectures are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Classroom Building Complex, Room A-110. All University Forum lectures are free and open to the public.

The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and underwritten by the UNLV Foundation. For additional information on the series, call (702) 895-3401.