Word: salvemini
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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Professor Gaetano Salvemini, a leading and well-informed opponent of the Fascist dictatorship in Italy, will speak at 12 o'clock, today and Friday, and at 4 o'clock tomorrow in the New Lecture Hall on "The History of Italy from 1870 to 1914." These lectures will be given in History...
According to Assistant Professor W. L. Langer '15, who is in charge of this course, a knowledge of the period to be dealt with by Professor Salvemini is essential to an understanding of the Fascist regime and therefore this group of lectures offers an opportunity to everyone interested in current history. Professor Langer said that Salvemini would probably speak at some length on the recent pact between Italy and the Roman Church...
Professor Salvemini speaks English fluently and is considered a forceful and authoritative lecturer on modern Italian diplomacy. Since his visit to this country is of such a short duration, it was with great difficulty that Professor Langer who has charge of History 3, prevailed upon the prominent historian to come to the University. The place of the lectures which will be given on February 27, February 28, and March 1, will be announced later...
...generous cooperation of Professor Salvemini has placed at the disposal of the History department a potent instrument for the further liberation of College courses from the somewhat solitary confinement characteristic in the past. His intimate personal contact with the actualities of his field fits him peculiarly for his part in the present effort towards a pedagogical method which transcends the restrictions of an artificial unity...
...particularly satisfactory method of impressing students in a given course with the inclusiveness which should be implicit in any pursuit of knowledge is the judicious addition of occasional lectures by authorities with varying points of view and experience in related fields. The present announcement of Professor Salvemini's appearance in connection with History 2 is fully in accord with the increasing flexibility of the course system...