This Week on Radio

November 17 - 23, 2008 (Program #812)    


The Image of a People      
Amy Helene Kirshke, author of Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Dubois and the Struggle for African-American Identity and Memory

When W.E.B. Dubois assumed editorship of the NAACP magazine “The Crisis”, he devoted its contents to building a sense of African-American history. To this end he gave great emphasis to artwork--cartoons, photographs and paintings--as a way of underscoring the meaning of events. This was particularly true of the wave of Lynchings that swept the nation from the 1890’s to the mid-twentieth century. Author Amy Helene Kirshke explains the Dubois’ strategy and contribution.

November 17 - 23, 2008 (Program #862)    


Danger Ahead: Complex Emergencies Century      
Frederick Burkle Jr. Senior Woodrow Wilson International Scholar for 2008

The brutal ethnic wars that erupted at century’s end brought a new scourge in their wake: the complex emergency. These are long – lasting challenges to public health caused by the destruction of warfare. Given that both a nation’s political infrastructure and public health systems may be devastated at conflicts’ end both security and medical services may require lengthy external support. Frederick Burkle, a veteran participant in these interventions describes what is needed.

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