Great Museums of the World: Quito, Ecuador
Andrew Connors, Albuquerque Museum November 13, 2016 From the sublime to the almost ridiculous, Quito, Ecuador houses some of the most spectacular and interesting museums in the Western Hemisphere. Because the entire old city of Quito has been named a UNESCO World...
Of Monuments and Kings at Tikal, Guatemala
Dr. Margaret Jackson, UNM October 9, 2016 Do monuments tell stories? This lecture introduces the relationship between kingship and monumental art at the site of Tikal, Guatemala. For over 1000 years, the kings and queens of Tikal created art and monuments celebrating...
Making Babies With or Without Sex: New Reproductive Technologies around the World
Harold Atencio, J.D. November 18, 2016 What was recently considered science fiction is now reality. Now you can make babies without sex! Legal systems around the world are trying to catch up. But …each country has a different legal system. Moreover – those...
25 Years Later: The Former Yugoslavia Revisited
Dr. Melissa Bokovoy, UNM October 23, 2016 Once upon a time there was a country called Yugoslavia. Then it disappeared. A number of countries disappeared around the same time — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Czechoslovakia — but Yugoslavia did...
Five Years after the Arab Uprisings: Are Autocracy or Anarchy the Only Options?
Dr. Nathan Brown, George Washington University September 30, 2016 In 2011, a wave of uprisings against longstanding rulers swept through the Arab world. Five years later, those uprisings have not appeared to result in more democratic or accountable political systems....
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