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Rae Blumberg, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, continues her discussion of policy implications on gender in economic development during the African food crisis.
Jenny Ganell, discusses her role in the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York City, which hopes to create a safe space for gay, lesbian, and transgender students in their high school years.
Professor of criminal Law at Vanderbilt University discusses the significance of the verdict of OJ Simpson Trial; the larger cultural context of racial politics in the L.A. police department; and the lack of focus on domestic violence.
Gertrude Fraser, professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, discusses the Holsinger Studio Collection - a collection of local Charlottesville studio portraits, including a significant collection of portraits of African-Americans - on exhibit at the Carter Woodson Institute.
Leslie Nuchow, New York singer songwriter, discusses her offer from the label Phillip Morris: Women Thing Music and what led to her to anti tobacco industry activism.
This illustrated lecture traces the life and work of Sydney architect Harry Seidler (1923-2006), his key role in bringing Modernism and Bauhaus principles to Australia, identifies his distinctive hand, and explores long-lasting creative collaborations with leading visionaries of the 20th century, including with architects Marcel Breuer and Oscar Niemeyer; artists Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Norman Carlberg, Charles Perry, Frank Stella, and Lin Utzon; engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, photographer Max Dupain, and developer Dick Dusseldorp, founder of Lend Lease Corporation. In almost sixty years, Seidler has realized over 120 of his designs—from houses to mixed-use multi-story towers and prominent government commissions—all over Australia, as well as in Austria, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, and Hong Kong.
Apart from the architect’s creative achievements, the lecture will reveal a story of Seidler’s life, a fascinating journey from his motherland of Austria to England, Canada, the United States, Brazil, and finally, to Australia, where he settled in 1948, eventually becoming the country’s most accomplished architect. Among projects to be discussed: Rose Seidler House (1950), Harry and Penelope Seidler House (1967), and Australia Square (1967) in Sydney; Edmund Barton Building (Canberra, 1974), Australian Embassy (Paris, 1977), Hong Kong Club (HK, 1984), Shell Headquarters (Melbourne, 1989) and residential complex Wohnpark Neue Donau (Vienna, 1998).
Xiaolin Li was born in mainland China and obtained her PhD from the University of Maryland focusing on women in the military; in this episode she discusses Mulan and the history of women warriors in China.