Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...modern European history, Visiting Professor Pieter Geyl of the University of Utrecht will lecture on the "History of the French Revolution," in History 146c. Handlin described Geyl last night as "probably the leading historian of Holland...
...medieval European history, George H. Williams, John H. Morison Professor of Church History, will lecture in Church History 101a, "Ancient Church History from 150 to 500," and 101b, which continues the topic from 500 to 1350. Both half courses will be given at the Divinity School...
Since 1950 Western trade with the Communist orbit has been supervised by the Consultative Group, a 15-nation organization whose working committees COCOM and CHINCOM, maintain lists of items that can be marketed to the Soviet European bloc or to Red China, and in what amounts. The U.S. is prepared to negotiate off the stricter Chinese list such items as its fellow members, particularly Britain and Japan, want to remove. As a quid pro quo, and to help narrow the gap between the two sets of controls, some additional items may be added to the list covering the Soviet European...
...year after his enthronement, young Mohammed made his first trip abroad, came back resolved that he must liberate himself from the prison of Koranic tradition, adopt those European ways that would not conflict with what was essential in the Moslem code. When his wife first became pregnant, he went to Paris to bring back a crib, diapers, sterilized bottles, baby scales and a French midwife, explaining: "I want my son's umbilical cord cut in the 20th century manner...
...city and gardens, sent invitations to the world's universities for scholars to attend a three-week seminar on social, religious and political problems, e.g., "The Role of Women in International Life," "The Black World and Modern Civilization." The conference was a success; some 150 students from 18 European, Asian and African countries attended the lectures and discussions, and as many as 1,000 spectators crowded into the priory on weekends. A visiting Catholic bishop sat on the floor and ate mutton from a common bowl with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Moslem scholar, listened with...