Impressionists and Post-Impressionists in Russia

Impressionists and Post-Impressionists in Russia

Marina Oborotova, Ph.D.,  CFIS-AIA June 14, 2020 (Sun), 3:00 – 5:00 p.m UNM School of Architecture, George Pearl Hall Auditorium Russia has one of the world’s best collections of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.  It rivals the holdings of...
Jazz Meets Classical Music

Jazz Meets Classical Music

Karl Hinterbichler, Ph.D., UNM February 9, 2020 The Roaring Twenties: jazz meets the classical world or was it the classical world meeting jazz? This was a time of tremendous change both in classical and popular music. In the first few decades of the 20th Century...
Impressionists and Post-Impressionists in Russia

Russian History’s Turning Points: From the Vikings to Gorbachev

Marina Oborotova, Ph.D.,  CFIS-AIA March 13, 2020 Riddle, mystery, enigma. The 1200-year history of Russia is a series of questions for which there have never been clear and definitive answers.  How could a state and nation arise in the inhospitable environment of the...
Josephine Baker: A Black Venus in Europe

Josephine Baker: A Black Venus in Europe

Tiffany Florvil, Ph.D., UNM February 9, 2020 (Sun) 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. UNM School of Architecture, George Pearl Hall UPDATE as of 2/5: Due to the speaker’s serious illness, this lecture has been cancelled. African American entertainer Josephine Baker, also known as...
Women Fashion Designers and the Birth of Modern Dress

Women Fashion Designers and the Birth of Modern Dress

Cassidy Zachary, UNM March 8, 2020 Lady Lucile Duff Gordon is perhaps most famous for surviving the Titanic, but she was also responsible for revolutionizing fashion at the dawn of the 20th century, one of a handful of pioneering fashion designers who designed...
How Media is Affecting Ukraine and its Role in the World

How Media is Affecting Ukraine and its Role in the World

Martha Dyczok, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario April 24, 2020 (Fri) 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Albuquerque Journal Auditorium 7777 Jefferson Blvd. NE Update as of 3/17: All AIA lectures are on hold until further notice. Ukraine is frequently in the news in the US. But what...