12/3/10: Greil Marcus and Christopher Ricks participate in an evening of discussion on Bob Dylan’s work. Professor Marcus spoke on Dylan’s cover of the traditional American folk song “Man of Constant Sorrow,” and Professor Ricks spoke on race in Dylan’s early recordings, including “No More Auction Block” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carol.”
11/10/10: Terry Eagleton, Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University, UK, speaks on "The New Atheism and the War on Terror."
The philosopher Charles Taylor, winner of both the Templeton Prize and the Kyoto Prize, speaks about his new and controversial book, A Secular Age in two lectures. The topic for this evening is "The Secular Age in a Global Context."
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