Lectures tagged "World War II"

Anna Lawrence Pietroni: Ruby's Spoon
Anna Lawrence Pietroni
February 25, 2010
00:41:25
Anna Lawrence Pietroni reads from her debut novel Ruby's Spoon. Cradle Cross in 1933 is a town in the heart of Black Country, England, still reeling from the Great War and dominated by a button factory in terminal decline.
Pornografia
Danuta Borchardt
November 2, 2009
00:47:12
Translator Danuta Borchardt discusses her translation of Witold Gombrowicz's novel Pornografia. Witold Gombrowicz wrote Pornografia after leaving his native Poland for Argentina in 1939 and then watching from afar as the German invasion destroyed his country.
Paul Watanabe: Challenging Immigrant Invisibilty
Paul Watanabe
October 30, 2008
00:24:50
Paul Watanabe talks about his family’s experience in an internment camp during World War II and suggests that one way to challenge invisibility and exclusion would be to give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections. This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.
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Rick Atkinson: The Day of Battle
Rick Atkinson
September 22, 2008
00:57:06
Pulitzer Prize-winning Rick Atkinson presents his latest book, The Day of Battle. He follows the strengthening American and British armies of WWII, as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome.
The Irregulars: Baker Street Spies in Wartime Washington
Jennet Conant
September 11, 2008
00:51:43
Jennet Conant discusses her new book, The Irregulars: The Baker Street Spies in Wartime Washington. It is an account of deceit, double dealing, and moral ambiguity; all in the name of victory. Conant's narrative is based on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews.
Escape to the Middle Ages: The Resurgence of Tolkien
Kathryn Lynch
January 1, 2008
00:56:49
Kathryn Lynch suggests that a contemporary world torn apart by global strife and terrorism finds a timeless interest in the world of the quiet Oxford don. The fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien has always found a ready audience.
Someone Must Survive to Tell the World
Tosia Schneider
December 2, 2007
01:02:04
Tosia Schneider discusses her book, Someone Must Survive to Tell the World, in which she describes life in Poland under Nazi occupation.
Des Teufels General: Ernst Udet and Carl Zuckmayer
Dirk Reuter
October 18, 2007
00:51:59
Dirk Reuter lectures on two WWI era Germans, exploring their historic genesis and the fictional fantasies that surround them. Dirk Reuter sheds new light on the last days of General Harras (alias Ernst Udet).