This week, Dietrich Neumann, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Brown University, speaks on “A Skyscraper for Mussolini: Mario Palanti and Urban Planning for Rome in the 1920s.” Our lecture is presented by the Graduate Student Art History Association in the Department of Art History at Boston University.
CommentsThis week, we have a lecture presented by the African Studies Center at Boston University, and titled “Missionaries, Snakes and Survivors: Depictions of Africa with the Poisonwood Bible.” Our speaker is freelance journalist and travel writer, Thomas Kilduff.
CommentsThis 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.” (Aired 1/31/10)