“The Mutable Body” is the campus theme for the 2005-06 school year. The events will focus on body changes, mutations or artificial alterations. The theme includes an examination of this year’s “One Book, One Campus” selection, the science fiction classic “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

The public is invited to a lecture series at 5:30 p.m. each Monday (and one Wednesday) from Jan. 23 through April 17. All lectures will be in Room 1001, Wiekamp Hall. All lectures are free.

The lecture dates, topics and speakers are:

Jan. 23: “The Body: A Mind of Its Own,” lecture by Gary Hatfield, professor of moral and intellectual philosophy, University of Pennsylvania.

Jan. 25 (Wednesday): “You’re Such a Complainer, The Social Engaged Art, lecture by Beverly Naidus, professor of arts, media and cultural concentration, Interdisciplinary Arts and Science Program, University of Washington, Tacoma.

There will be an art exhibit, titled “One Size Does Not Fit All,” from Jan. 12 through March 3 in the IU South Bend Art Gallery, Associates Building. The exhibit will feature the art of Naidus and Dora Natella, IU South Bend professor of fine arts.

The exhibit and Naidus lecture are co-sponsored by the Department of Women’s Studies.

Jan. 30: “The Prehistory of Frankenstein,” Julia Douthwaite, professor of French literature, assistant provost for international studies and fellow at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame.

Visiting Artist Lecture – “The Body, Soul and Science” with photographer Stan Strembicki will be at 4 p.m. Feb. 2, in Room 113, Northside Hall. Strembicki is from Washington University.

Feb. 6: Focus on science fiction, Lyle Zynda, IU South Bend professor of philosophy.

Feb. 20: “Defective, Delinquent and Disabled: Biologist and Geneticists Construct the American ‘Other’: 1900-1970,” by Greg Dorr, postdoctoral fellow, Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, Technology and Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

March 6: “Constructing the Body: Fashion, Feminism and Sexuality in American History,” by Lois Banner, history and gender studies professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

March 13: Focus on perception, by Richard Gottwalt, IU South Bend emeritus professor of psychology.

March 20: “The Multiracial Body: Interrogating U.S. Fascination with Mestizaje,” by George Sanchez, professor history, American studies and ethnicity at UCLA.

March 27: Focus on visual culture and film, by Hiram Perez, English professor, Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J.

April 3: “Flip Flop,” focus on body language, by Anna Beatrice Scott, professor of dance, University of California-Riverside.

April 10: “Symbolism in Human Form,” by Philip Petrie and Norman Nilsen, artists and adjunct professor at IU South Bend.

April 17: “The Body of the Slave and the Body of the Slaveholder,” by Andrew Levy, English professor, Butler University.

May 1: Presentation of final student projects.

For more information call (574) 520-4527.