Hidden in Plain Sight: 19th Century Italian Artists and Artisans
Chances are that you have never heard of the Macchiaioli: an artistic movement similar to French Impressionism that represented a rebellion against the Florentine Academy. One of the earliest...
View ArticleGoya (1746-1828): The Diversity of Genius
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), one of Spain’s most famous artists, was one of the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. He was the creator of menacing and melancholy images in oils; a...
View ArticleGods and Kings: On Earth as it is in Heaven
“You cannot serve God and Mammon.” - Matthew 6:24 “Render unto Caesar things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.” - Matthew 22:21 “Our father’s God, to Thee, Author of...
View ArticleGeorge Gershwin at 125 (Plus One)
This seminar salutes the 2023 125th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth by exploring some of his scores from both stage and screen, putting his songs and music into their contexts. From the stage...
View ArticleFrozen, Not the Movie!
Do you need an antidote for global warming? If so, join me in an armchair adventure to the cold wastelands of the earth. Sometimes one can visit these places as an explorer or tourist, and at other...
View ArticleEdith Wharton & Henry James - Friends
Edith Wharton and Henry James, although 20 years apart in age, were the closest of friends. They shared their lives, their friends, and their literary careers. Henry James was seldom free with his...
View ArticleCome Together: Exploring the Music of the Beatles
It isn’t possible to be sentient on this planet and not be aware of the Beatles. They were the biggest global pop-cultural phenomenon of the 1960s, with an impact that endures to this day. Although...
View ArticleColonial Entrepreneurship 1620 to 1700: “Massachusetts Inc.”
The Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Plantation are generally thought of as communities of refuge for English religious dissidents. They were also entrepreneurial ventures financed by English...
View ArticleBirds on the Brain: Comprehending the Great Odes
What does it mean to be human? We could turn to science or philosophy for an answer, but there is another, more adventurous path open to us: poetry that reveals the human condition, in all of its...
View ArticleBiomedical Sciences Research Seminar Series
This course is a research seminar offered in partnership with the Mass General Postdoc Association (MGPA) Science Communications Committee. Each week, two research fellows (MDs or PhDs) at the...
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