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Oct 25, 2013 · The Robert B. Silvers Lecture is an annual series at the New York Public Library, created by Max Palevsky in recognition of the work of Robert B. Silvers, editor of The New York Review of Books, of which he was a founder in 1963.
Mar 26, 2024 · The Robert B. Silvers Lecture is an annual series created by Max Palevsky in recognition of the work of Robert B. Silvers, who was a co-founding editor of The New York Review of Books. To join the event in-person | Please register for an In-Person Ticket.
The annual Robert B. Silvers lectures at the New York Public Library were established by Max Palevsky in 2002 and are given by experts in the fields of "literature, the arts, politics, economics, history, and the sciences."
Cultural critic and poetry scholar Helen Vendler delivers this year’s Robert B. Silvers lecture, titled "Poets As Editors." HELEN VENDLER is the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard, where she received her Ph.D. in English and American literature, after completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Emmanuel College.
Dec 3, 2019 · Award-winning journalist and celebrated author Mark Danner delivers this year’s annual Robert B. Silvers Lecture, “The Death of Human Rights: Drones, Torture and the New Nationalism.” Danner has written about political conflict and human rights for three decades, covering, among other stories, Central America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the ...
Dec 8, 2020 · The Robert B. Silvers Lecture is an annual series created by Max Palevsky in recognition of the work of Robert B. Silvers, who was a co-founding editor of The New York Review of Books.
