EVENT: America on the Global Stage: A Performance and Discussion
DATE/TIME: March 10, Monday, 6:30 – 8:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY
LOCATION: 365 Fifth Avenue ( btw 34th and 35th St), 10016 New York
INFO: Join us for a performance of scenes from YEAR ONE OF THE EMPIRE, an award-winning documentary play about America’s first imperial war, the forgotten U.S. – Philippine War of 1899-1902, and a discussion on its shocking parallels with the war in Iraq. Panelists include renowned scholars David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger Professor of American History, and Neil Smith, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography, award-winning theater critic Elinor Fuchs, Professor of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Yale School of Drama, Joyce Antler, Samuel Lane Professor of American Jewish History and Culture at Brandeis University, and Metropolitan Playhouse Artistic Director Alex Roe. Alisa Solomon, Director of the Arts and Culture Program of Columbia School of Journalism, will moderate. This event is Free and Open to the Public
Official Website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Humanities/programs.htm
Added by Center for the Humanities on February 11, 2008