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2003-2004

Nunberg's Going Nucular

May 25, 2004
A Private Tour of Old Master Paintings at Sotheby's

April 23, 2004
"Fabulous Fakes"
Paul Betz, Professor of English, with an introduction by Marty Barringer, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

March 17, 2004
Is There a Crisis in Journalism?
Media Panel with Eleanor Clift, Diana Owen, and Cal Thomas, moderated by Paul Anthony

March 15, 2004
Professor and Collector: Items Chosen from the Collections of Paul Betz
Exhibit Opening with Paul Betz, Professor of English, and remarks by Georgetown President John J. DeGioia

March 9, 2004
Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More . . .
Robert Lacey, historian and author

February 25, 2004
When Information Gets Rotten: Changing Conceptions of the Space of Discourse
Geoffrey Nunberg

January 8, 2004
Writing Blockbuster Fiction
Christopher Reich F'83, author

December 5, 2003
Library Associates Holiday Party

November 24, 2003
Fifteen Years to be an Overnight Success
Roger Hall, New Zealand playwright

November 13, 2003
A Conversation with Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire, finalist for the National Book Award

October 24, 2003
Evelyn Waugh at 100: A Centennial Symposium
Speakers: Joseph Crowley, Teresa Waugh d'Arms, John Glavin, Selina Hastings, Patrick R. O'Malley, Douglas Lane Patey

October 9, 2003
The Role of the Media In Recent Conflicts
Panelists: Ulysse Gosset, Jon Henley, Jacques Tarnero, Keith Richburg, Vivienne Walt

September 17, 2003
Historic Preservation: Telling Our Story
Robert C. Wilburn, President of the Gettysburg Battlefield Museum Foundation

 

2002-2003

Winchester's Krakatoa

June 17
Georgetown University's Award-Winning Gardens
Michael Pontti, Environmental Manager for Georgetown University

February 19
The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights
Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School

February 11
Fabulous Fakes: Some Notable Literary Forgeries
Paul Betz, Professor of English and Marty Barringer, Head of Special Collections

January 8
Fiction as Parable
Alice McDermott, author of Child of My Heart and Charming Billy, 1998 National Book Award Winner

December 10
Library Associates Holiday Party

November 13
Suspense Writing: It's All in the Family
Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, best-selling mystery writers

October 15
Bestselling Books: Surprise and Stupefaction
Simon Winchester, author of Krakatoa and The Map that Changed the World

October 7
Recto Verso: The Double Life of an Artist
Mark Leithauser, artist and Chief of Design at the National Gallery

2001-2002

Roberts' We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

March 7
The Glittering Prize: Booker and British Literary Culture
Jason Cowley, Booker Prize judge and literary editor of the New Statesman

January 30
The Washington Political Scene
Cokie Roberts, chief congressional analyst for ABC News and co-anchor of This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts, and Steve Roberts, journalist and professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University. A webcast of this event is viewable online.

December 11
Library Associates Holiday Party

November 13
Portrait of a Terrorist: Osama bin Laden
Stanley Bedlington, author of numerous books and consultant on terrorism

2000-2001

Blumenthal's Stork Club

 

 

 

April 18
Writing Together—Separately
Kate Lehrer and Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

March 21
Stork Club: America’s Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Café Society
Ralph Blumenthal, author and reporter for the New York Times

March 8
Literary Fiction in the Age of Publicity: Personal Reflections on the Booker Phenomenon
David Lodge, Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Birmingham

February 9
Internet—a Twenty-first Century Tsunami
Dr. Vinton Cerf, Senior Vice President of Internet Architecture and Technology for WorldCom

January 16
Wars and Peace: The Memoir of an American Family
Rory Quirk, C'65, L'80, author and international trade law lawyer with Dewey Ballantine

December 5
Holiday Party

October 30
New Christians, Jews, and Judaism in Portugal and Brazil, 1415-1773
Thomas M. Cohen, curator of Oliveira Library and associate professor of history at Catholic University

September 28
A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales with Comments on the Art of Writing
Robert Girardi, author

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