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Calendar of Events: Thursday Lecture Series
Spring 1995
Thursdays at 12:15
All lectures are held in the Common Room on the second floor of the Heyman Center, which is located in the East Campus Residential Center of Columbia University. Lectures are free and lunch is provided.
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February 2 |
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"In the Shadow of Mussolini and Hitler? New Approaches to the History of Neo-Fascism in Europe"
Jeffrey M. Bale
Society of Fellows/Lecturer in History |
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February 9 |
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"Contract and Community: The Questionable Power of Agreement"
Deborah Diamond
Society of Fellows/Lecturer in Political Science |
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February 16 |
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"Death--Last Rites: Dying and the Limits of Self Sovereignty"
Bruce Jennings
Executive Director, Hastings Center |
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February 23 |
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"States of the Disciplines: French Studies"
R. Howard Bloch, Chairman, French and Romance Philology, Columbia University; Michael Riffaterre, University Professor, Columbia University; and Marina Van Zuylan, Assistant Professor, French and Romance Philology, Columbia University. Moderator: Peter Consentein, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Borough of Manhattan Community College |
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March 2 |
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"Death--Cults and Violence"
Gillian Lindt, Acting Dean, School of General Studies, and Professor, Religion Department, Columbia University; Jeffrey Bale, Society of Fellows/Lecturer in History |
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March 9 |
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"Aineias and the Early Greek Epic Tradition"
Michael J. Anderson
Society of Fellows/Lecturer in Classics |
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March 23 |
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"States of the Disciplines: Music"
Joseph Dubiel, Associate Professor of Music, Columbia University; Daniel Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Music, Columbia University; Elaine Sisman, Professor of Music, Columbia University. Moderator: Alicyn Warren, Society of Fellows/Lecturer in Music
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March 30 |
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"Representations of Urban Modernity"
Carla Cappetti, Associate Professor of English, CCNY-CUNY; David L. Pike, Society of Fellows/Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature; and William Sharpe, Associate Professor of English, Barnard College, and Alumnus, Society of Fellows |
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April 6 |
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"Bad Angel"
Author Helen Benedict (Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Columbia University) read from her new novel and discussed writing across ethnic lines
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April 13 |
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"Mastering Slavery: Writing and Identity in Women’s Slave Narratives"
Jennifer Fleischner
Visiting Scholar, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University |
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