Posted: Dec 16th, 2009 | Comments: 0
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 ...
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
Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
THIRTEEN visits the Scholastic Auditorium for a screening and discussion of Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. The film from Unity ...
Posted: Dec 9th, 2009 | Comments: 0
Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre
The filmmakers behind "Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre" discuss the making of the film and the events surrounding the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2009 | Comments: 2
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Kingmakers is the story of how the modern Middle East came to be, told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous ...
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the New Asian Age
In the late 18th century, political economist Adam Smith predicted there would eventually be equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. He described the possibility that ...
Posted: Oct 15th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Art and China’s Revolution: Curator’s Talk by Zheng Shengtian
Go inside China's revolution with a renowned artist who worked during the period. Join Zheng Shengtian, the co-curator of “Art and China’s Revolution,” an exhibition up ...
Posted: Oct 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 0
Reflections on Citizen Movements: Peace and Politics in the U.S and Japan
Nonviolent citizen movements for peace, environmental change, and social justice in both the U.S. and Japan have caused social and political change in both nations. Leading American social activist and ...
Posted: May 27th, 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
