The influence Alexander the Great had on civilization and the conflicts resulting from environmental conservation policies in the western Himalayas are the next two topics to be discussed in the University Forum lecture series at UNLV.

David Mitten, a professor of classical art and archaeology and curator for Harvard's William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, will present a slide-lecture, "The Images of Alexander the Great: A Man for All Seasons," on Oct. 14. The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Classroom Building Complex, Room A-112.

The slide-lecture explores the many faces of Alexander the Great and his roles in shaping civilization. Mitten will analyze Alexander's career and what the major works of art representing the myth and the man convey.

On Oct. 22, Vasant Saberwal, a research associate at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore, India, will discuss how environmental conservation policies in the Western Himalayas have created conflict there. Through a lecture and film presentation, Saberwal will discuss how nomadic Gaddi herding communities in the Indian Himalayas face restrictive polices that assume grazing practices are responsible for large-scale land degradation.

His presentation is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of UNLV's Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History.

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. Mitten's lecture is cosponsored by the Harvard Alumni Club of Nevada. For additional information on the series, call 895-3401.