The Kingsbury Ensemble, a group specializing in music of the Baroque and Classical periods, will present a concert titled “Fête Galante: Love & Nature” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in Holmes Lounge. The St. Louis-based Kingsbury Ensemble employs historically accurate practices and instruments and performs in acoustically appropriate settings. Members are drawn from some of […]
In Jules Verne’s 1873 classic, Phileas Fogg takes on a wager to travel Around the World in Eighty Days. The University’s Travel Lecture Series 2003-04 season will allow attendees to experience the world in just eight nights. A film is presented each month by an acclaimed international travel expert. From the magic of Malaysia to […]
Author Adam Hochschild will address “The Holocaust in the Congo — Then and Today” for the annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture at 11 a.m. Nov. 5 in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series. Hochschild’s talk will be based on his book King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998), which […]
Scientist and entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram will give a presentation based on his most recent book, A New Kind of Science, at 4 p.m. Nov. 6 in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series. Publishing his first scientific paper at 15 and receiving a doctorate in theoretical physics at 20, Wolfram’s early scientific work produced important discoveries. […]