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Yuri Savel'ev, visiting professor from the Russian Academy of the Arts, will present a lecture on Stalinist Architecture. A little background on Stalinist Architecture, from  http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm  'Stalinist Architecture' is the term typically applied to the years between 1933 (the date of the final competition to design the Palace of the Soviets) and 1955 (The Academy of Architecture was abolished).  In…


Lecture on Stalinist Architecture by Yuri Savel'ev

Dr. Michael Putnam, from Pennsylvania State University, will be leading a lecture on generative grammar. He will be discussing the findings from recent research done in related fields, such as psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, and showing the impact this research has on some of the questions that linguists seek to answer.


Multilingualism and the Future of Generative Grammar

During the 1980s, Pomak (Bulgarian Muslim) indigenous wedding traditions were forbidden by the Communist Bulgarian government, and brides were forced to wear Western attire. Today, most brides choose elaborate Western gowns and hairstyles. But in some villages, brides have chosen to revive traditional dress, in which the bride’s face is covered in white makeup and decorated with sequins. Interviews with elder women and brides show this…


Enacting the Wedding: Pomak Indigenous Revival in Post-Socialist Bulgaria

Joan Adler, historian and author, will discuss her book, which details recently discovered correspondence from 1941 between Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, and his college friend Nathan Straus, Jr. who was the Director of the U.S. Housing Administration under Franklin Roosevelt. The two were roommates at Heidelberg University and remained lifelong friends.JoanAdler v.3.pdf


Author Talk: Joan Adler: "For the Sake of the Children: The Letters Between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus, Jr."

  Dr. Monique Laney will discuss her book “German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie”. Reception will follow Dr. Laney’s lecture at 5:00p.    In 1950, Wernher von Braun and his team of rocket experts relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, a town that would celebrate the team, despite their essential role in the recent Nazi war effort, for their contributions to the U.S. Army missile program and later to NASA’s space program. Laney’s book…


Engineering-German Lecture Series


Werner Sollors Lecture

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