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The Future of Food: Transatlantic Perspectives
International peace advocate Satish Kumar gives the opening keynote address in a two-day conference on the growing global food crisis and the transformation of the food system over the past thirty years. Kumar argues that the problems with the [...]current system, from factory farming to famine, arise when we lose our cultural and spiritual connections to our land and food.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences, BU Food and Wine Programs, MET Department of Gastronomy, and the Center for International Relations on May 9, 2009.
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EURO-DENTITY: Webs of Language and Self
The lecture EURO-DENTITY: Webs of Language and Self features speakers Bernardo Atxaga and Ilan Stavans, who explore the evolution of languages spoken by a small number of the earth's inhabitants. Atxaga notes how the Basque language of Euskara [...]received little to no recognition of its existence until the cultural movement of Romanticism gave it value. Stavans speaks of how the Hebrew language has experienced a revival, increasing from a vocabulary of 8,000 words to one of approximately 100,000 today.
Hosted by Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on May 4, 2009.
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Solidarity and Isolation
Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and NYU Professor Richard Sennett discuss ideas and perspectives of isolation and solidarity at the Fourth Jacek Kuron Debate.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on September 26, [...]2008.
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Getting to Know the European Union: Greece
The final lecture in the six-part series Getting to Know the European Union: Member States in Focus presents Alexandros Mallias, Greece's ambassador to the United States, and is moderated by Alan Berger, senior editorial writer for the Boston Globe.
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Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on December 3, 2007.
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Getting to Know the European Union: Portugal and Spain
A lecture in the six-part series Getting to Know the European Union: Member States in Focus presents João de Vallera, Portugal's ambassador to the United States, and Carlos Westendorp, Spain's ambassador to the United States, and is moderated by [...]Alan Berger, senior editorial writer for the Boston Globe.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on November 13, 2007.
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Getting to Know the European Union: Austria
A conversation with Wolfgang Renezeder, the Austrian Embassy's director of the press and information service, moderated by Alan Berger, senior editorial writer for The Boston Globe.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University [...]on November 5, 2007.
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Getting to Know the European Union: France and Germany
The second lecture in the six-part series Getting to Know the European Union: Member States in Focus presents Klaus Scharioth, the Federal Republic of Germany's ambassador to the United States, and Pierre Vimont, France's ambassador to the United [...]States, and is moderated by Alan Berger, senior editorial writer for the Boston Globe.
Hosted by The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University on October 10, 2007.
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