[MR] Upcoming Smithsonian Resident Associate programs

[Karen]

Here are some upcoming Smithsonian Institution Resident Associate
Programs that SCA folks might find interesting.  See
http://residentassociates.si.edu for more information on the
Smithsonian's Resident Associate programs.


Byzantine Icons: Illuminations of the Spirit
Lecturer: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University
April 21 (with a field trip/lecture/reception to St. Sophia Cathedral
on April 26)
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/byzantine.asp

The Building Blocks of Beer
April 23 through June 4
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/beer.asp

Pompeii: Days of Wine and Roses
Lecturer: Lindley Vann, University of Maryland
April 27
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/pompeii.asp

The World of Cervantes and Cervantes in Our World
Moderator: Ellen Echeverria
April 28
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/espana/cervsem.asp

Family Matters in Shakespeare
Lecturer: Anna Beer, Oxford University, author of "Sir Walter Raleigh
and His Readers in the Seventeenth Century"
April 28
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/shakespeare.asp

Shakespeare on Human Nature
Lecturer: Dr. Michael Mack, Catholic University
May 3
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otomay/shakespeare.asp

England Under the Tudors
Lecturer: Vincent Strudwick, Oxford University
May 5
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/tudors.asp

The Conquistadors
Lecturer: Michael Wood, documentary filmmaker and author of
"Conquistadors" and "In Search of the Trojan War"
May 8
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otomay/conquist.asp

Central Europe's Gypsies and Their Musical Legacy
Lecturer: Saul Lillienstein
May 17
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/gypsies.asp

Warriors of God: Saladin and Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade
Lecturer: James Reston Jr., author of "Warriors of God," "The Last
Apocalypse," "Galileo: A Life," etc.
May 17
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otomay/reston.asp

Great Undersea Discoveries of the Mediterranean
Lecturers: Anna Marguerite McCann, Mediterranean Skerki Bank Deep Sea
Project; and John P. Oleson, University of Victoria
May 19
http://residentassociates.si.edu/com/undersea.asp

Spain's Old Masters: El Greco, Velazquez, and Goya
Lecturer: Christopher Wilson, George Washington University
May 19
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/espana/masters.asp

The History and Culture of the Sephardic Jews
Moderator: Jane Gerber, author of "The Jews of Spain: A History of the
Sephardic Experience"
May 20
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/espana/sephardic.asp

Música de España
Lecturer: Deborah Lawrence, Peabody Institute of Music
June 2
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/espana/musica.asp

Mystics and Missionaries: The Spanish Spiritual Response
Lecturer: Barbara Mujica, Georgetown University
June 9
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/espana/mystics.asp

The Drama of Roman Spectacles
Lecturer: Christopher Gregg, archaeologist
June 20
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojun/roman.asp

The Power of Gold
Lecturer: Peter Bernstein, author of "The Power of Gold: A Story of
Obsession" and "Against the Gods"
June 26
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojun/gold.asp

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
Lecturer: Norman Cantor, author of "Inventing the Middle Ages" and "In
the Wake of the Plague"
June 27
http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otojun/plague.asp

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