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Guest Speakers
The Gleason Public Library hosts regular events open to the public.
These events range from performances to author readings. Click here for our full calendar of events.
Two Justices from Boston: Holmes and Brandeis
Wednesdays January 13th and January 20th, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Primarily biographical in approach, these lectures will examine the backgrounds, legal careers and judicial temperaments of Justices Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Boston Brahmin, who often voted together usually in dissent, in the sixteen years they served together on the Supreme Court.
The two-part lecture/discussion mini-series will be taught by Professor Gary Hylander in partnership with Sage Educational Services. Dr. Hylander is a Professor of American History at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, where he specializes as a Presidential Historian. He is a frequent lecturer at historical societies, libraries, and professional organizations.
Registration is recommended and space is limited. Please call the Gleason Public Library Reference Desk 978-369-4898 for more information.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library and Friends of the Carlisle Council on Aging and is part of the Cover-to-Cover month of events in January 2010. Copies of the book, The Nine by Jeffrey are available at the Gleason Library. Click here to read more about Cover to Cover.
Landscapes of the Middle East
Lecture series with Prof. Lawrence Lowenthal at the Gleason
Conflicts in the Middle East encompass far more than the Israeli-Palestinian wars. Even if Israel had never been created, the combatants in that troubled part of the world would still be antagonistic rivals. Wednesdays in February, the 3rd, 10th, and 17th, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Professor Lawrence Lowenthal will explore the history, sociology, political structures, and military conflicts that have plagued this tragic area for the past 100 years.
Professor Lowenthal will look closely at Israel, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, with side attention paid to Turkey, and provide a clear backdrop to the crises that we read about in daily headlines and see on nightly newscasts. Visual materials will be utilized, including maps, films, and photographs, that will bring all this history to vivid life.
Dr. Lawrence D. Lowenthal is the retired National Senior Advisor to the American Jewish Committee, the pioneer Human Relations agency in the United States. During his 29 years of organizational work in the Greater Boston area, Dr. Lowenthal has been involved in interfaith and intergroup activities, written extensively about human rights issues for the local press, appeared often on radio and TV, hosted a local radio interview program, and taught courses on Jewish history, film, literature, and humor.
A former academic, Larry taught English and American literature at Washington State College, New York University, and Gettysburg College before moving to Israel with his family in 1970. From 1970-1975, he taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. Drafted into a new immigrant unit of the Israeli Army in 1974, he went through basic training on the West Bank, completed anti-aircraft training in Herzilya, and served a tour of duty in Sharm el-Sheik at the southern tip of the Sinai Desert. Larry received his B.A. in English from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. in English from New York University.
This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Council on Aging Rose Pullara Fund and the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. This program is offered in partnership with Sage Educational Services. The series will be held in the Hollis Room at the Gleason Public Library; to register or for more information, please call the Library at 978-369-4898 or stop by the reference desk. The snow date for this program will be February 24th; please call the library to find out if the program is postponed.
Western Philosophy: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Lecture series with Prof. Jason Gianetti at the Gleason, Wednesdays in March
Wednesdays March 3rd, 10th, and 17th, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Professor Jason Giannetti will present a three-part lecture and discussion on the History of Western Philosophy. This series explores the origins of philosophy, beginning with its embryonic origins in physics, religion, and myth. The first session will then continue to examine the Athenian world of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In the second session, Professor Giannetti will examine how philosophy became the "handmaiden" of theology in the medieval period, including a discussion of Boethius, Moses Maimonides, and St. Thomas Aguinas. The final lecture will discuss the modern trajectory of philosophy, beginning with Descartes, Hume, and Kant and continuing through to philosophers who put into question the very project of philosophy.
Professor Jason Giannetti received his B.A. degree from Binghamton University, a Masters of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and a Masters of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. He has a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School. Currently, he teaches at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.
This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Council on Aging Rose Pullara Fund and the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. This program is offered in partnership with Sage Educational Services. The series will be held in the Hollis Room at the Gleason Public Library; to register or for more information, please call the Library at 978-369-4898 or stop by the reference desk. The snow date for this program will be March 24th; please call the library to find out if the program is postponed. To learn more about library events, please visit www.gleasonlibrary.org or call 978-369-4898.
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