Events - December, 7, 2012

Ethics in Film - The Terminator (1984)

Moderator: Chris Everett In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back to 1984 to snuff...

Performing Arts/Film, Religion/Spirituality, History/NYC

Jewhooing the '60s: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity with David Kaufman

In the early 1960s, Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand became celebrities. Explore their rise to fame, their specific brand of Jewishness...

Art/Photo/Design

Dürer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings from Munich

With Edward Payne, Moore Curatorial Fellow, Department of Drawings and Prints.

History/NYC, Film

WWII & NYC Film Series - From Here to Eternity (1953)

Ian W. Toll and Ron Simon team up on the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor to discuss the timeless tale of the...

Books

Peter Handke in America: Fatima Naqvi, Christoph Bartmann, Klaus Kastberger and Andrea Koehler Discussing Handke's Life-long Fascination with America

A discussion with Fatima Naqvi (Rutgers University), Andrea Koehler (correspondent of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Christoph Bartmann (Goethe Institut NYC), and Klaus Kastberger (University of Vienna)....

History/NYC

Lists, Numeracy, and the Culture of Reckoning in Late-Medieval England

Martha Rust works in the literary-historical period of the Middle Ages, focusing on late-medieval manuscript culture: that network of beliefs and practices-- devotional, pedagogical, economic,...

Art/Photo/Design

Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage

Survey the art collection of Britain's first prime minister Sir Robert Walpole, which was sold to Catherine the Great of Russia in 1779. This collection...

Books

Luis Francia: A Filipino Writer in the World

Luis Francia, poet, journalist, and nonfiction writer, will read and discuss his new poetry and prose which uses the world as its subject. From Manila...

Books

André Aciman

Reading and discussing Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere.

Legal/Politics/Economics

Cognitive Radio for First Responders

Prof.Shemik Sengupta, a RaCERS-affiliated researcher and faculty member at the College, will discuss his ongoing research in development of hardware and protocols for cognitive radio....

, History/NYC

Dokdo Dispute: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Join Professor Alexis Dudden for a lunchtime discussion of the history of the Dokdo dispute--from the early 20th century to the present--how it has emerged...

Art/Photo/Design

Marc Handelman

Marc Handelman is a conceptual painter concerned primarily with the representation and theory of landscape. His notable projects and exhibitions including Continuous Grounds andWarm White Blizzard explored principles including...

, Film

Robin J. Hayes on Finding Our Revolutionary Selves in Black and Cuba

Professor Robin J. Hayes of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy is both a scholar and a filmmaker. She screens and discusses her...