Course No. 754 (8 lectures, 45 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert Greenberg San Francisco Performances Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1. Introduction and There’s No Place Like Home 2. From Student to Professional 3. The Rite of Spring 4. The War Years (WWI)
When John Russell's by-line first appeared in 1941, he was twenty-two years old and setting forth on a journey that has never ended. His travels have taken him into the worlds of literature, art, theater, dance, and music, about which he has recorded his observations and opinions with astuteness, dexterity, and a spirit all his own. His extraordinary range of interests, his knowledge, and his inimitable style make him today one of our masters of the essay form. Reading Russell is a selection of fifty-three essays, culled from hundreds of articles and reviews.
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst fears of masters. But, peace eluded Saint-Domingue as British and Spanish forces attacked the colony.
The children of Ellen Heenan strive to hide their father's insanity, after his wife died in childbirth. At first his madness is interpreted as insatiable grief, but then people start to pry and the children realize they are playing a dangerous game.
Education: 1998 - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Houston 2001 - Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas 2005 - Masters of Science in Physics, Univ. of Houston at Clear Lake
