Posted: Feb 3rd, 2010 | Comments: 0
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
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Hannah Pakula presents her work The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern ...
An interesting look at the origins of the "modern surveillance state" - author Jennifer Fronc discusses her book, "New York Undercover: Private Surveillance in the Progressive Era." ...
Posted: Jan 27th, 2010 | Comments: 0
Modernism and the Global Diaspora
Museum professional and School of Visual Arts faculty member David Ross leads a discussion with Thelma Golden, Hou Hanru, Susan Hefuna and Vasif Kortun on the impact of ...
Posted: Jan 20th, 2010 | Comments: 0
Filmmaker Su Friedrich joins Union Docs for a film screening and discussion, following her workshop with the Union Docs masterclass.
She screens her non-fiction ...
Posted: Jan 13th, 2010 | Comments: 1
Adrienne Burke, Director of Public Outreach, The New York Academy of Sciences
I first met Helen Fisher in 2006, when I ...
Posted: Jan 13th, 2010 | Comments: 0
The Museum of American Finance hosts “Did Economists Get It Wrong?” – an expert panel on the different explanations of the current crisis on the 80th anniversary of ...
Posted: Jan 7th, 2010 | Comments: 0
Lust, Romance & Attachment: The Science of Love and Whom We Choose
What happens when you fall in love? Helen Fisher says it begins when someone ...
Posted: Jan 6th, 2010 | Comments: 3
150 Years of the Origin of Species
Nobel Laureate and neurobiologist Gerald Edelman, psychologist Paul Ekman, and anthropologist Terrence Deacon tell us how Charles Darwin has influenced science and their own research.
Presented by ...
Posted: Dec 23rd, 2009 | Comments: 1
LES Stories: Holidays in the City
Tenement Talks is an evening series of lectures, readings, panel discussions and programming that provides perspective on New York City’s rich culture.
Free & held at ...
Posted: Dec 16th, 2009 | Comments: 0
James Orbinski – An Imperfect Offering
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century is a searing personal memoir that is also an urgent call to confront suffering ...
Posted: Dec 10th, 2009 | Comments: 0





















