Mrs. Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary for Administration for Hong Kong, speaks at the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at Racliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Mrs. Chan was the first Chinese and also the first female to have held that position in the Hong Kong government.
Olonkho
Vasily V. Illarionov, left, discusses the Northern Siberian epic narrative tradition of 'olonkho,' as Dr. Robin P. Harris translates his speech in the Loeb Music Library on Thursday afternoon. Olonkho performances can take several days to complete and are perfomed by a single master, who phonates up to 500 syllables a minute.
