Distinguished American philosopher, Marshall Berman, to speak at UEL
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Marshall Berman, esteemed American philosopher, author and Marxist, will be visiting the University of East London on Wednesday 16 June to give the 2010 Annual Lecture for the Centre for Cultural Studies Research.
Professor Berman, who is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York will give a lecture entitled: Urban Ruins: City Life with Urbicide (a term which became popular during the 1992-95 Bosnian war as a way of referring to widespread and deliberate destruction of the urban environment).
Professor Berman is the author a number of highly influential socio-philosophical tomes including All That is Solid Melts Into Air, Adventures in Marxism, The Politics of Authenticity and most recently On the Town. He is also a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review and the Village Voice Literary Supplement.
June 16th at 17.30, West Building Ground Floor Theatre, Docklands Campus, DLR station: Cyprus. Refreshments will follow the lecture. All welcome, admission free
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