Lectures tagged "21st Century"

James Ellroy: Blood's a Rover
James Ellroy
September 23, 2009
00:42:43
Los Angeles crime novelist James Ellroy tells the story of how, when he was a newborn, the borzoi dog of book publisher Alfred A. Knopf visited him in the hospital and told him that he had to write a great novel to save Americans from illiteracy in the year 2009.
Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the 21st Century
Jimmy Tingle
June 14, 2009
01:30:40
PEN New England and Cambridge Forum present a discussion of the power and the pitfalls of writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al Franken.
Public Reaction to New Power Systems
Bernard Drew
June 8, 2009
01:06:29
Historian Bernard Drew and Sharon Tracy, executive director of Quabbin Mediation, discuss how residents reacted when two revolutionary power generation systems were introduced into New England, a century apart.
Sarah Brophy on the Green Museum
Sarah S. Brophy
June 8, 2009
00:49:42
Sarah Brophy, of the sustainable museum website bMuse.net, argues that museum curators are past Green 101, and that now is the time to innovate, learn, and lead simply to help save themselves. Historic sites and history museums have come a long way in the green revolution, even with a late start.
Men and Feminism: Seal Studies
Shira Tarrant
May 26, 2009
00:47:43
Shira Tarrant, an expert in gender politics, feminism, pop culture, and masculinity, addresses the question of why men should care about feminism in the first place.
Future of Islam
Ali A. Allawi
April 27, 2009
01:22:59
Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government, discusses his new book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, with National Public Radio correspondent Corey Flintoff.
Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story
Paul Fitzgerald
February 4, 2009
01:11:13
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, authors of Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story address Afghan policy choices facing President Obama.