Six centuries ago, reformer John Wycliffe and his followers completed the first translation of the Bible into English. Wycliffe, whose attacks on church doctrine led to his condemnation as a heretic, died after suffering a stroke in 1384, but controversy over his work persisted. Four decades after his death, the Pope ordered Wycliffe’s [...]

On this week’s show, Boston University Professor Uri Ra’Anan gave a lecture titled “Stalin’s Heirs.” His lecture was featured in a recent one-day conference entitled “Sic Transit … Power Transfer Moscow Style” that was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy.
Professor Uri Ra’Anan discussed past and present power changes in [...]

On this week’show, historian Steven Englund spoke on “Napoleon’s Lessons for America” as part of a lecture series sponsored by The Core Current Affairs Association, an undergraduate group at Boston University.
Dr. Englund is a freelance writer currently living in Paris. He has a PH.d in history from Princeton University and has taught at UCLA [...]

This week’s show featured a panel discussion presented by the Institute for Human Sciences, in cooperation with the Polish American Networking Organization, entitled “The End of The Affair? New Europe and the United States.”
The main speakers of the panel were Jonathan Schell, correspondent for the Nation magazine, Harold Willens, Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute, [...]