LENOX, Mass. — The Lenox Library will continue its Distinguished Lecture Series on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 at 4:00 p.m., when author and journalist Donald Morrison will discuss "The New Gilded Age." 

 

In his lecture, Morrison will address the ways in which the current society mirrors that of the late nineteenth century.

 

At TIME, Donald Morrison wrote and edited in every department of the magazine. He was Editor of its Asian edition in Hong Kong and its European edition in London. A frequent lecturer and conference moderator, he has taught at New York University in London, Tsinghua University in Beijing, and the Institut d'etudes politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.

 

Morrison is the European Editor of the London-based magazine PORT and a regular commentator for The Berkshire Eagle and NPR's Robin Hood Radio. He has written for The Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, Le Point, The New Republic, Smithsonian, and Quartz. He has been an author, co-author and editor of books about Chinese democracy and photojournalism. His "The Death of French Culture," a 2009 French best-seller, was published in the U.S. in 2010. Morrison holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics.

 

Th lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in the main reading room of the Library, located at 18 Main Street, Lenox. 

 

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