Posted: Apr 3rd, 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 ...
In conjunction with Wales in NYC Week, acclaimed Welsh writers Jan Morris and Owen Sheers discuss Sheers' new novel, RESISTANCE, which imagines a German invasion of Wales during World War ...
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008 | Comments: 0
The Nation: Reflections from the Editor
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine, will reflect on the magazine’s 142-year history and offer her views on the role of The ...
Posted: Feb 26th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Samantha Power in Conversation
Samantha Power, Barack Obama's former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, examines in her new book, CHASING THE FLAME: SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE WORLD, the humanitarian ...
Posted: Feb 21st, 2008 | Comments: 0
George Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College and J. David Velleman, NYU Professor of Philosophy, discuss the Tibetan Buddhist concept of time, from a philosophical standpoint. This event was ...
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2008 | Comments: 0
Can We Disagree About Law or Morals?
Ronald Dworkin, distinguished professor of law and of philosophy at New York University, delivered a lecture entitled, "Can We Disagree About Law or Morals?" The event was held at ...
Posted: Nov 13th, 2007 | Comments: 4
The Nation: Is Peace Possible?
Known for his empathy, humor and hope, Jonathan Schell is The Nation’s peace and disarmament correspondent. His latest book, The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear ...
Posted: Oct 9th, 2007 | Comments: 0
