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All lectures are free and open to the public.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 4:00PM
Thompson Room, Barker Center [map]
Jayati Ghosh
"The Economics of the American Empire:
Fierceness and Fragility"
Jayati Ghosh is a distinguished and extraordinarily prolific economist
whose many interests include globalization, international finance,
employment patterns in developing countries, macroeconomic policy,
and issues related to gender and development.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 4:00PM
Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St. [map]
Eric Hobsbawm
"Why America's Hegemony Differs from Britain's Empire"
Eric Hobsbawm is one of the great historians of the 20th century.
His main concerns have been the rise of modern capitalism and the
transformations of the world since the end of the European Middle
Ages.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005, 4:00PM
Center for Government and International Studies
(CGIS South: 1730 Cambridge St.) [map]
Carlos Monsiváis
"The USA from a Latin American Viewpoint"
Carlos Monsiváis is Mexico's leading cultural critic, and
Mexico City's greatest living chronicler. He has written extensively
and in evocative journalistic detail about Mexican history, culture
and politics.
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