Thursday, 23 Oct 2014
Lecture: A Day in "The Pit"
Why is a popular market in downtown Lima, Peru, often condemned as a vile and dangerous place? Daniella Gandolfo, associate professor of anthropology at Wesleyan University, will recount a day's activities at El Hueco (the Pit) in the context of Marx and Engels' "lumpenproletariat" and Hernando de Soto's "informality" to answer this question.
A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Robert Cargill, an assistant professor of Classics and religious studies at the University of Iowa, will discuss how recent advances in the fields of archaeology and the digital humanities have enabled scholars to create digital reconstructions of archaeological remains at Qumran, the site associated with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Planet Money Live!
David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein are correspondents with NPR's Planet Money team and explain the economy with humor and insight. Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture Series