And, while I would say my lecture on the topic was well received, it was clear that some in the audience were not happy.

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I've also been invited to lecture on the topic at universities such as Syracuse University, New York University, Salisbury University, Pace University and many others.

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Leon Wieseltier, as best I can gather, has said nothing about Bahrain, though it is possible that he addressed the topic in an off the record lecture he gave in December.

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How we balance collective needs with individual consciousness is not a topic on which people want to receive much of a lecture.

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Mantel's lecture, organised by London Review of Books, was titled Undressing Anne Boleyn and was on the topic of royal women.

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One of the invited speakers was to be Joachim Rotkopf, who was to lecture on the origins of European surrealism to be found in Poe's work, precisely the topic that had provoked the controversy with Professor Xavier Urquiza from Mendoza, and that had kept me so amused in the pages of The Gold-Bug, the Society journal.

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The intersection of magic and neuroscience has become a topic of some interest in the scientific community, and Robbins is now a regular on the lecture circuit.

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