Spring 2023 Links

Nuclear and Environmental

Herman Kahn, On Thermonuclear War (1960).

Raymond Zhnog, “For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age.”

Nicholas Kristof, “Cheer Up! The World Is Better Off Than You Think.”

Rebecca Solnit, “What If Climate Change Meant Not Doom–But Abundance?”

Elizabeth Kolbert, “It’s Earth Day—and the News Isn’t Good.”

David Wallace-Wells, “Greta Thunberg: ‘The World Is Getting More Grim by the Day.'”

Mark O’Connell, “Our Way of Life Is Poisoning Us.”

Simon Schama, “Simon Schama on the Broken Relationship between Humans and Nature: ‘The Joke’s on Us. Things Are Amiss.'”

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Hartwick College’s Faculty Lecture Series, Spring 2023

This spring, the Faculty Development Committee and the Office of Academic Affairs at Hartwick College will present three more speakers in its annual Faculty Lecture Series.

All talks take place at during the common hour: 12:20–1:15 p.m. in Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York.


Zachary McKenney, “The Ruling Class Does Rule: Reflections on the UAW-Volkswagen Labor Organizing Campaign,” Friday, February 17, 2023.

Ana Laura González, “The Sonic Identity and the Recording Journey: Is There One Way to Get It Right?” Friday, March 10, 2023.

Kyle Burke, “The Rise and Radicalization of the Transatlantic Far Right,” Friday, April 14, 2023.

For more information, visit the Faculty Lecture Series webpage.