http://lectures.princeton.edu Public Lectures at Princeton University Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Topic to be announced. February 25, 2010. Spencer Trask Lecture. http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=698 This Filthy World March 25, 2010. Cosponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts/Performance Central and the Spencer Trask Lecture Fund. http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=674 Topic to be announced. February 11, 2010. Spencer Trask Lecture http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=640 Is an Eclipse Described in Homer's Odyssey? November 30, 2009. Cosponsored by Department of Molecular Biology and the Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund. (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10) Plutarch and Heraclitus believed that a certain passage in the 20th book of The Odyssey (“Theoclymenus's prophecy”) was a poetic description of a total solar eclipse. ... http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=626 Topic to be announced. February 18, 2010. Stafford Little Lecture http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=616 The Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture April 28, 2009. Cosponsored by Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture Fund, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Princeton Environmental Institute (Note: 5:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10) http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=607 The Myth of the Echo Chamber: Politics in the Age of the Participatory Web September 21, 2009. Stafford Little Lecture Steven Berlin Johnson is the author of The Ghost Map (2006), a chronicle of the 1854 cholera epidemic in London, and The Invention of Air (2008), the story of British scientist Joseph ... http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=557 Character in Music November 9, 2009. Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Fund, Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of Music, Princeton University Concerts, and the Department of German (NOTE: 8:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Free ticket required. See below for details.) The lecture sets out to show that in musical ... http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=549 A Reading from Marias's Works Followed by a Conversation with Professors Angel G. Loureiro and Michael Wood December 1, 2009. Cosponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Spencer Trask Fund. (NOTE: McCormick 101 at 4:30 p.m.) http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=544 The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World November 19, 2009. Walter E. Edge Lecture. In his lecture, “The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World,” Romano Prodi will examine the benefits and challenges presented by the European Union’s expansion. Although the enlargement of the union has had significant impact on the ... http://lectures.princeton.edu/?p=538