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First Wednesdays 2010-2011 |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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Norwich Congregational Church, 15 Church Street. 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. Norwich Public Library phone: 802.649.1184.
October 6 ~ Uses (and Misuses) of the University Today. University of Chicago President Emeritus Hanna Gray considers perceptions of higher education today and developments and trends over the past several decades that have affected universities.
November 3 ~ One Nation Under Contract. Middlebury College professor Allison Stanger provides a disturbing look at an important trend in politics: the privatization of American foreign policy, and its consequences. Sponsor: Ledyard National Bank
December 1 ~ War and the Soul: Transforming our Communities to Heal our Veterans. Drawing on soldiers' stories from World War I to Iraq, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder expert Dr. Edward Tick discusses the deep damage war does to the psyche and considers how communities can help returning soldiers.
January 5 ~ Einstein’s Century: 1905–2005. In 1905, at the age of twenty-six, Einstein published five papers that laid the foundation of modern physics. Middlebury professor Susan Watson explores the nearly mythical influence of one of the century’s greatest thinkers. Sponsor: Ledyard National Bank
February 2 ~ John Milton, Marriage and Friendship. Long before writing Paradise Lost, Milton urged Parliament to revise marriage laws to permit divorce more broadly, using classical theories of friendship. Dartmouth professor Tom Luxon explores how Milton's redefinition of marriage unintentionally charted a path toward making same-sex marriages imaginable. Sponsor: The Norwich Bookstore
March 2 ~ The Importance of Being Oscar. Dartmouth professor Peter Saccio considers Oscar Wilde’s comic genius, his standing in late Victorian society, and his historical influence. Sponsor: Copeland Furniture Company Store
April 6 ~ An Evening of Latin American Poetry. Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans reads poems by Rubén Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and others—parts of a tradition in which words are mechanisms of resistance against oppression. Sponsor: Stave Puzzles
May 4 ~ Abraham Lincoln, the Silent President-Elect. Presented with the Dartmouth History Department. In the 150th anniversary year of Lincoln’s inauguration, preeminent Lincoln historian Harold Holzer considers Lincoln’s silence prior to his inauguration, and the role it played in the sectional crisis and the Civil War. Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Dartmouth College Sponsor: Dartmouth History Department Program Sponsors: Copeland Furniture Company StoreDartmouth History DepartmentLedyard National Bank
Library Sponsors: The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Friends of the Norwich Public Library
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