94-03-16 Public Service Announcement

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

     Richard Sennett, professor of history and sociology at New
York University, will visit the University of Virginia on March 23 to
give a lecture on "Speed and Place:  Contrary Experiences of the
City," sponsored by the Commonwealth Center for Literary and
Cultural Change.  The lecture will be at 3 p.m. in U.Va.'s Mechanical
Engineering Building, Room 341.

     Sennett has written a number of important books on
American urban culture, including "Families Against the City," "The
Uses of Disorder," "Nineteenth-Century Cities," and "The Hidden
Injuries of Class."  In his latest book, "The Conscience of the Eye,"
he explores the relation between urban design and the social life of
modern cities, focusing particularly on New York.

     Sennett's lecture is part of the Commonwealth Center's
ongoing seminar series on "Technology, Human Values and Cultural
Change," an interdisciplinary discussion of issues in technology and
culture.  The series is free and open to the public.  For further
information, call (804) 982-5586.

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                               March 15, 1994

START DATE:  Immediate
KILL DATE:   March 24, 1994

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Wed, 16 Mar 94 12:48:29 EST]