- President Obama – Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and delivered his lecture on 10 December 2009. You can read the text of the lecture or view a video.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Tweeting in Tehran: Lessons on How to Win (or Lose) a Revolution in the 21st Century
From the Daily Gazette
by ALEX FRIEDFELD, STAFF REPORTER December 3, 2009
Photo by Se Eun Gong
In a lecture Tuesday, Kourouss Esmaeli discussed the Iranian election that occurred on June 12, 2009, its aftermath, and the role technology played in this demonstration of opposition. The lecture, titled “Tweeting in Tehran: Lessons on How to Win (or Lose) a Revolution in the 21st Century,” was sponsored by the History department, in conjunction with Political Science and Religion Departments, Film & Media Studies, Islamic Studies, and Peace & Conflict Studies Programs.
Helen North Lecture Given on February 2
The tenth annual Helen F. North Classics lecture was given on Tuesday, February 2nd by Professor Carmela Vircillo Franklin of the American Academy in Rome. Professor Franklin discussed “Cultural Appropriation: The case of medieval Echternach and Napoleonic France” .