LECTURESPresenting Western New England's Best Lectures and Conversations to the World.
The Iranian Threat: What the Future Holds for Israel
The Iranian Threat: What the Future Holds for Israel
Eran Lerman
June 16, 2009
01:03:55
The American Jewish Committee's (AJC) Director of the Israel/Middle East office Eran Lerman discusses that nation's perceived threats and future political challenges.
Prospects for a Two State Solution in the Middle East
Prospects for a Two State Solution in the Middle East
Husam Zomlot
May 6, 2010
01:15:00
Husam Zomlot, a widely acclaimed expert on peace solutions in culturally divided conflicts explores current prospects for a two state solution in the Middle East. Are there ways to develop greater mutual understanding in the region? What are the prospects that can be pursued successfully?
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project
Victor K. McElheny
July 20, 2010
00:46:07
Science writer and founder the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT, Victor McElheny, for a look into the workings of the Human Genome Project and his new book, Drawing the Map of Life.
Jon Clinch: Kings of the Earth
Jon Clinch
July 12, 2010
00:51:14
Jon Clinch, author of the prize-winning debut novel Finn, an original work drawn from Mark Twain that focused on Huckleberry Finn’s brutal father, discusses another imaginative work, Kings of the Earth. It’s a gripping and haunting story of life, death and family in rural America.
Ken Burns: Baseball Series
Ken Burns: Baseball Series
13 Lectures
Lectures curated around Ken Burns: Baseball, an eighteen-and-a-half-hour history of the game, which suggests that our interest in this pastime has gone well beyond a round-up of baseball highlights.
Summer Reading Series
Summer Reading Series
52 Lectures
Leading authors of fiction and nonfiction read from and discuss their new books in front of a live audience. Join our Summer Reading Series, then give feedback by posting your thoughts on the individual lecture comment pages.

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