Lectures and special events from the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
William Maloney of The World Bank and Universidad de los Andes presents 'Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and Development in the Americas' at the Williams College Center for Development Economics' 2014 Conference, 'Historical Persistence in Comparative Development.'
Various Williams College Ensembles perform.
Nico Voigtlaender, UCLA Anderson School of Management, presents 'Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party Nico Voigtlaender, UCLA Anderson School of Management' at the Williams College Center for Development Economics' 2014 Conference 'Historical Persistence in Comparative Development.' This lecture is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and part of The Book Unbound initiative at Williams. October 28, 2014.
Author and critic Adam Kirsch presents 'Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Literature?' Kirsch explores whether there is something that unites Jewish writing and writers across languages and cultures. This lecture is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and part of The Book Unbound initiative at Williams. October 28, 2014.
Artist Lynda Benglis delivers the Annual Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art at the Williams College Museum of Art.
