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Library of Congress: Lectures on Great Books announced
posted by Ross B. Emmett on February 26, 1996


Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 02:57:49 -0600 (CST)
From: H-Net Central: Humanities On-Line <CAMPBELLD@LYNX.APSU.EDU>

          BRADLEY LECTURES

          The Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of
          Congress announces a 1996 series of lectures about books that hav
          mattered to Western citizenship, statecraft, and public policy.
          The lecture series is open to the public without charge.

          Plato's Republic
          Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics, Law School,
          University of Chicago
          March 6, 8 pm
          West Dining Room, Madison Building

          The Federalist papers
          Bernard Bailyn, professor emeritus of history, Harvard University
          March 21, 2 pm
          Northwest Pavilion, Jefferson Building

          Karl von Clausewitz' On War
          Michael Howard, professor emeritus of history, Yale University
          May 9, 11 am
          Mumford Room, Madison Building

          Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
          James M. Buchanan, professor emeritus of economics, George Mason
          University
          June 19, 11 am
          Pickford Theater, Madison Building

          Funding for the series is provided by a grant from the Lynde and
          Harry Bradley foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bradley
          Foundation focuses on projects that cultivate a renewed and
          vigorous sense of citizenship among the American people.

          For further information, contact Barbara Paulson at (202) 707-108