mbolser on Apr 6th 2009 Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, Speakers and Events
A lecture by Shang-Jin Wei, of Columbia University
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 5:30pm Sargent Hall, room 295
Dr. Shang-Jin Wei is Professor of Finance and Economics and N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia University, and Director of Working Group on the Chinese Economy and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (US), and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (Europe).
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Sherri Miles on Apr 6th 2009 Civic Discourse Series
Wednesday, April 29, 6:00 p.m. Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street
The media these days speak in so many forked and foreign tongues — film, book, video game, broadcast, blog — that without a dictionary or a concordance it’s hard to know who is saying what to whom. Over the last fifty years it has come to pass that on an examination paper at the end of a year’s course in the history of western civilization a sophomore at a high-end New England university can give as his answer: “The Greeks invented three kinds of columns — Corinthian, Doric, and Ironic. They also had myths. A myth is a female moth.”
How does a writer tell a straight story to readers who think in circles? Maybe by sending smoke signals.
LEWIS LAPHAM is the editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, the national correspondent for Harper’s Magazine, and the author of thirteen books, among them Money and Class in America, The Wish for Kings, Theater of War and, most recently, Pretensions to Empire. For Bloomberg Radio he hosts a weekly program, “The World in Time.”
A reception will follow this lecture. Reservations will be accepted starting April 16 at 617-720-7600.
srosa on Apr 2nd 2009 Announcements, Departmental Events
After a successful innagural year, the The Communication and Journalism Department is pleased to present the 2008-2009 Rammy Awards.
April 9, 2009 at 5:30pm in the C.Walsh Theatre
55 Temple Street, Boston
The Rammy Awards recognize outstanding media projects in ten categories within the communications field. The winning videos will be screened during the Rammy Awards ceremony on April 9. For more information, please contact the Communication and Journalism Department, at 617-573-8236.
Watch the Rammy Awards promo!!
