Marshall Berman To Give Annual Léo Bronstein Memorial Lecture at NYU, April 20th

On Friday, April 20, 2001 New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the Léo Bronstein Trust will present the third annual Léo Bronstein Memorial Lecture at The Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, NYC, from 6 pm – 9 pm. The event is free and open to the public by reservation. Please R.S.V.P by April 13 to Gallatin Alumni Relations, (212) 998-6928. For further information the public should call (212) 998-6933.

Marshall Berman, professor of political science, specializing in Urban Studies at CUNY, will give the lecture: One Hundred Years of Spectacle: A Cultural History of Times Square. Esteemed critic, writer, political theorist and philosopher, Berman has written three books: All that is Solid Melts into Air; The Politics of Authenticity: Radical Individualism before the French Revolution; and Adventures in Marxism in addition to numerous of articles and criticism. His fourth book and the subject of his lecture, One Hundred Years of Spectacle, will appear in print next year.

Berman’s interests range from modernity and postmodernity to Marxism to New York and modern urbanism. He has consulted on several films, is on the editorial board of Dissent, contributes regularly to The Nation, narrated the television program Marshall Berman’s New York and has lectured throughout the world.

The Gallatin School of Individualized Study is a small innovative college within New York University. Gallatin gives students the opportunity to design a program of study tailored to their own needs and interests. The key to Gallatin’s educational approach is its close supervision of the student’s course of study by its faculty advisers. Students pursue individual interests by taking courses in the various schools of NYU, engaging in self-directed education through independent studies and participating in experiential learning through internships at New York City's countless institutions, businesses, and arts organizations. Undergraduates experience a thorough grounding in the history of ideas and great books, and graduate students pursue advanced study in interdisciplinary modes of thought.

03/22/01