Posted: Sep 17th, 2008 | Comments: 2
Machado 21: A Centennial Celebration
When Machado de Assis died on September 29th, 1908 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was already a widely acclaimed writer. The first president of the Brazilian Academy ...
Michael Bérubé: Academic Freedom and its Discontents
Michael Bérubé explores conservative complaints about liberal “bias” at America’s universities and the fate of the liberal-arts education. Michael Bérubé is the Paterno Professor in English Literature and Science, ...
Posted: Sep 5th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Janet Browne on Charles Darwin
Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, speaks about Charles Darwin in the context of his place and time. She focuses particularly on ...
Posted: May 21st, 2008 | Comments: 0
Junot Diaz with Francisco Goldman
Writers Junot Diaz and Francisco Goldman discuss writing lives, through history and fiction. Junot Diaz is the author of Drown and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar ...
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 | Comments: 0
An Overview of Zoning, Past and Present
Why is zoning necessary? When did it begin? How do you unravel a zoning text? Doris Diether, a long time community activist and zoning expert, demystifies New York zoning in ...
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 0
Katha Pollitt & Anna Quindlen in Conversation
Katha Pollitt, a columnist for THE NATION, speaks with fellow journalist and writer Anna Quindlen about personal and political writing. The forum was held at The CUNY Graduate ...
Posted: Nov 5th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Brooklyn College's Corey Robin interviews Pulitzer Prize Winner Susan Faludi about her latest book, THE TERROR DREAM: FEAR AND FANTASY IN POST 9/11 AMERICA. The discussion took place ...
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2007 | Comments: 0
