Fall 2010 Public Programs Guide  

Artist Yevgeniy Fiks will discuss his work, including projects referencing the writings of Lenin and Ayn Rand, and the communist conspiracy that modern art was once thought to be.

Global-warming expert Michael Mann explores environmental change and the politicization of science. Mann should know: He has been at the center of a maelstrom around this hotly contested and highly politicized topic.

Explore history in the Blockson Collection with members of the Delta Sigma Theta Epsilon Delta Chapter, which got its start at Temple 50 years ago this fall. Explore an exhibition on the Deltas, and discuss it with collection curator.

Learn about the limitless applications, uses and advantages of GIS at Temple University Libraries’ second annual GIS Day celebration, featuring Jim Querry, the GIS Director for the City of Philadelphia. Please check back for information on additional sp

The book club discusses the first full-length work by columnist, essayist and blogger-extraordinaire, Emily Gould. She tackles all manner of subjects in her insightful, tightly crafted debut memoir.

Essayist, memoirist and blogger extraordinaire Emily Gould and scholar/poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis ponder online journalism, feminism, the media, publishing, food, cats and dogs. Gould also reads from her new book And the Heart Says Whatever.

n+1 editors Marco Roth and Keith Gessen discuss what it takes to start a print literary journal, survive the battle of ideas with other magazines (and the internet), and even get some writing done on the side.

An up-close, curator’s view of the outstanding collections recently acquired by Temple from two of Philadelphia’s most important historical arts organizations: Main Point music venue in Bryn Mawr and the former Middle Earth Bookstore in Center City.

Learn about the limitless applications, uses and advantages of GIS at Temple University Libraries’ second annual GIS Day celebration, featuring Jim Querry, the GIS Director for the City of Philadelphia. Please check back for information on additional sp

Renowned curator and Brown University professor Steven Lubar discusses cultural heritage, our understanding of the past, and the state of public arts and humanities with Seth Bruggeman of Temple’s Center for Public History.

come discuss....The Uncommon Reader (Picador, 2008), by Alan Bennett. A funny, satirical take on the imagined life of the Queen by British play write Alan Bennett. Join the book club to discuss this fun yet thoughtful read.