Speaker - James Dee Religious beliefs have been questioned and opposed for centuries, from the pre-Socratics of ancient Hellas to the rise of science …
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British Studies Lecture Series
The British Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin was created in 1975. For more than thirty years the program has sponsored public lectures in English literature, history, and government, and has conducted a weekly seminar called the Faculty Seminar on British Studies that includes faculty members, graduate students, undergraduates, and members of the Austin community.
America’s Global Empire
Speaker - Tony Hopkins Challenging conventional accounts of the place of the United States in the international order during the last three centuries, Tony …
Brexit’s Past: Withdrawals from the Empire
Speaker - Harshan Kumarasingham As the world watches Britain’s slow departure from the European Union, it can be constructive to remember the multiple …
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