Jane Goodall, one of the world's best known scientists, will return to Cornell University this fall as an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, joining four other noted scholars -- Roger Chartier, Seyyed Nasr, George L. Mosse, Anthony Seeger -- to deliver more than a dozen free, public lectures during the semester.

Roger Chartier, considered one of the world's foremost cultural historians, will complete his cycle of talks on "Criticism and Cultural History: Circulation, Performance and Reception of Literary Texts in France, England and Spain During the 16th and 17th Centuries" Sept. 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Guerlac Room of the A.D. White House. He also will present "'On the Edge of the Cliff': The Disciple of History Today," Sept. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

Chartier's areas of research expertise include the history of the book, the media and its message, and the history and dynamics of popular culture. He currently presides over the conseil scientific of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences de I'Information et des Bibliotheques, and he holds two of France's highest honors -- chevalier in the Order of the Legion of Honor and in the Order of Arts and Letters.

George L. Mosse, Bascom Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and emeritus professor of Jewish history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will lecture on "Concepts of Democracy: The Liberal Inheritance and the National Socialist Public Sphere" Sept. 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith D.

Mosse, who in 1995 became the first historian-in-residence at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has authored more than a dozen books, including Toward the Final Solution: A History of European Racism (Howard Fertig, 1977).

Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, will present:

• "Sufism: Doctrines," Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., 230 Rockefeller Hall .
• "Islam and the Response to Modernism," Oct. 28, 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
• "Sufism Practices," Oct. 29, 4:30 p.m., 230 Rockefeller Hall.
• "Sufism: Literary Expressions," Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m., 230 Rockefeller Hall.

Born in Tehran, Nasr has taught at Harvard and Princeton universities and Tehran University and the American University of Beirut, among others. He has lectured worldwide on Islamic issues and Sufism.

Anthony Seeger, curator of the Folkways Collection and director of Folkways Recordings at the Smithsonian Institution, will present:

• "Moving to Music and Getting Caught in the Web. Self-Directed Learning and New Technologies in the Humanities: CD-ROMs, Enhanced CDs and the Internet," Oct. 29, 4:30 p.m. in B14 Hollister Hall.
• "Old Tapes, New Media, and the Performing Arts of India: How Should Indian Performing Arts be Preserved for the Next Century?" Oct. 27, noon, G08 Uris Hall.
• "Fieldwork, Archive Work and Musicologies: The Value of Ethnomusicology," Oct. 27, 4:15 p.m. 108 Lincoln Hall.

Before joining the Smithsonian, Seeger, a relative of the folk singer Pete Seeger, taught anthropology and directed the archives of traditional music at Indiana University, the nation's largest archive of American folk and traditional music.

Goodall, the primate researcher whose studies of Tanzanian chimpanzees revealed surprising similarities between humans and our closest living relatives, will present "Chimpanzees, Humans and Habitats," Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall.

Goodall, who presented the 1995 Olin Lecture at Cornell, has studied the chimpanzee for more than three decades. Her research, which uncovered similarities between humans and chimpanzees, especially the way they make and use tools, has been the subject of numerous books and hours of television documentaries.

Currently there are 14 professors-at-large, outstanding individuals from the sciences, humanities and arts, who, over six-year terms, make periodic visits to Cornell and are considered full members of its faculty. The program for Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large began in 1965 in honor of Cornell's centennial and is named for the university's first president, from whom the idea originated.