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Pin His Ear to the Wisdom Post: Martin Luther King Jr. and the School of Prophets
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s (GRS'55, Hon.'59) only living sibling, Christine King Farris, is honored at an exhibition of MLK's archives at Boston University. Farris was named the first Martin Luther King Jr. Fellow and delivered the inaugural lecture, [...]while poet Nikki Giovanni was named the first Coretta Scott King Fellow.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on April 3, 2009.
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State of Affairs: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
Boston University faculty members discuss the relationships that Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan have with one another as well as their relationships with the United States. The state of affairs, which moderator John Carroll calls a "complicated, [...]volatile situation," is examined and compared by the experts with glimpses at the countries' past as well as predictions about their futures.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 28, 2009.
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The Limits of Power and the End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich, a BU professor of international relations and history, discusses the diminishing returns of America's long-held foreign policy of expansionism, the dangers of rampant consumerism at home, a quasi-imperial executive branch unchecked [...]by a weak Congress, and a populace largely unmobilized in the face of two wars.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 7, 2008.
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"The Afghan Women" by William Mastrosimone
A student reading of William Mastrosimone's play The Afghan Women is followed by a panel discussion about the state of Afghanistan, as part of Ready to Vote, a program to prepare students for the presidential election. In the play, Malalai (Emily [...]Kaye Liberis) meets a group of Afghan women harvesting human bones to use for buttons. The women describe their lives in a country that has gone from fields of grapes to being spotted with land mines and where the men stare off into space in refugee camps or are killed - but the women have to keep going. "The women always carry on," they say.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on January 23, 2008.
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Master Class Series with Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, one of today's most exciting vocal stars, coaches Boston University voice students during a 90-minute public master class.
Hosted by Opera Institute and voice department at the school of music in the College of Fine [...]Arts and the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on December 13, 2006.
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Dance Spotlight: An Evening with the Men of Boston Ballet
Rudolf Nureyev's production of Don Quixote is a showcase for bravura dancing, particularly for men. Seven of Boston Ballet's outstanding male artists, all of whom will perform in Boston Ballet's production of Don Quixote, October 19 to 29, 2006, [...]discuss the challenges and rewards of being a classical dancer.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on September 20, 2006.
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Bud Collins, American Journalist and Television Sportscaster
Bud Collins (COM'55) - journalist, author, and television sportscaster whose career has spanned more than a half-century - is an authority on tennis, which he began covering in 1963. In his talk, he regales the audience with anecdotes from his early [...]sports-reporting days, when boxing was his beat (he covered the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston fights), through the 2009 Australian Open (he predicted, correctly, Rafael Nadal would beat Roger Federer).
Hosted by The Friends of the Libraries of Boston University and the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on March 3, 2009.
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Dan Rather on Election 2008
Legendary television journalist and former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather (Hon.'83) discusses the 2008 presidential election as part of the BU Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center's Ready to Vote speaker series. The lecture is part of the [...]celebration marking the center's 45th anniversary.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on September 23, 2008.
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Lloyd Schwartz Reflects on Poets Bishop and Lowell and His Own Career
Pulitzer Prize winner and poet Lloyd Schwartz discusses his educational experiences, his love of poetry, and what led him to become a well-regarded music critic for the Boston Phoenix and before that for the Boston Herald.
Hosted by The Friends of [...]the Libraries of Boston University and the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on April 22, 2008.
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