This week, we have a lecture is presented by Boston University’s Center for the Study of Asia, and, College of General Studies.  Our speaker is Harvard University Professor, Felix Wemheuer.  Professor Wemheuer’s lecture is titled “Famine and Socialism: Exploring the Cases of China and the Soviet Union.”

This week, we have a lecture presented by the International History Institute at Boston University.  Our speaker is Harvard University Professor, Jeffrey Frieden.  Professor Frieden’s lecture is titled “The Short American Century, 1941-2008: Contrasting Views of the Era of American Dominance.”

This week, we have a reading and discussion presented by Boston University’s Humanities Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences, and Center for International Relations, in cooperation with the literary journal AGNI.  The discussion is titled “Poetry and Place” and features Slovenian poet, Tomaz Salamun, and American poet, David Rivard.  (Aired: 12-6-10)