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2021 Lecture Archive
Sleepwalking Toward the Nuclear Precipice
October 8, 3:00pm by Dr. Ernest J. Moniz CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative, former Secretary of Energy who negotiated the Iran agreement. He will discuss evolving nuclear threats and elaborate on his collaborative work with...
India/Pakistan Nuclear Issues
October 1, 3:00 pm by Vipin Narang, MIT Online broadcast Tickets MIT Professor Vipin Narang, a leading US expert on the subject, will discuss the evolution of India and Pakistan’s security competition since they became nuclear weapons powers in 1998 and the...
The Tanks of August and the Present State of the Former Soviet Space: 30 Years Later
August 20, 3-5pm - by Marina Oborotova, Ph.D., President, CFIS-AIA Location: Special Collections Library Auditorium 423 Central Ave NE AIA Members - $12; Non-Members - $15; Students w ID (under 30) – free of charge. We will not be able to process any payments at the...
The Metropolitan Museum; Behind the Scenes
August 12, 5:30 pm – by Diana McDonald, Ph.D., Boston College Location: Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center 7521 Carmel Ave NE Wyoming & Carmel, N of Paseo Community Event - Tickets Online - $12; at the venue - $15. Tickets Seating is limited. We encourage you...
Borobudur & Angkor Wat: Cosmic Temples
August 26, 5:30 pm by Diana McDonald, Ph.D., Boston College & Rebecca Black, MIT Location: Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center 7521 Carmel Ave NE Wyoming & Carmel, N of Paseo Tickets The legendary temple of Borobudur, on a sacred plane on the island of...
The Louvre Museum – Art and Politics of a Civic Institution
September 16, 5:30 pm Dr. Susanne Anderson-Riedel is Associate Professor of European Art and Chair at the Department of Art at UNM. She received her M.A. from Freiburg, Germany, and her Ph.D. from UCLA. Dr. Anderson-Riedel has extensive international experience,...
2021 Lecture Series
Vijayanagara, South India: Archaeology and History
November 4, by Carla Sinopoli, Ph.D., – Founded in the early 1300s, the imperial capital of Vijayanagara ruled over vast territories and populations for more than 200 years. Then, in 1565, the city — one of the largest in the world — was abandoned. In this talk, Carla Sinopoli, draws on more than three decades of archaeological research at Vijayanagara to trace the story of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Vijayanagara and the empire it ruled.
Treasures of Peru: A Look at some Extraordinary Museums
October 28, by Diana McDonald, Ph.D., Boston College – Peru has some of the greatest art and archaeological sites of the Western Hemisphere. With art-making cultures that stretch back thousands of years before the Inca, there are treasures – including gold and silver artifacts, colorful pottery, sculpture, and truly amazing textiles – that were found in almost every bit of land. We will take you on a tour of some of these cultures’ greatest works – collected in some of the most overlooked museums in Lima, as well as Santiago, Chile.
Is It OK to Criticize the American President?
November 12, 3:00 pm – by David Weiss, PhD
Chair, Department of Communications & Journalism, UNM. – During 2020, criticism of the U.S. government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis ran rampant in the media – but not only the American media. Critiques of the Trump Administration’s response to the pandemic filled the pages of leading news outlets around the world, including in those Western European countries with the largest populations and, historically, the strongest ties with America: the U.K., France, and Germany.