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The Beatty Lecture (est. 1954) is McGill University's most anticipated annual event. Offering insight to some of the most significant moments our time, this collection spotlights fifteen outstanding Beatty Lectures, spanning seven decades, and provides a historical, behind-the-scenes look at one of Canada's longest-running lecture series.

Speeches, addresses, etc. --- Beatty, Edward Wentworth, --- McGill University. --- Barbara Ward. --- Canadian. --- Charles Taylor. --- Chinese cultural revolution. --- Cicely Saunders. --- Doctors Without Borders. --- Edward Beatty. --- Han Suyin. --- McGill. --- Michael Ignatieff. --- Mikhail Gorbachev. --- Montreal. --- Muhammad Yunus. --- Rowan Williams. --- Roxane Gay. --- Yehudi Menuhin. --- apartheid. --- archives. --- astronomy. --- climate change. --- contemporary. --- feminism. --- gender. --- genetic engineering. --- history. --- palliative care. --- philosophy. --- politics. --- science. --- social business. --- society. --- university.

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A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world eventsCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.Predominantly Muslim with both nomadic and settled populations, the peoples of Central Asia came under Russian and Chinese rule after the 1700s. Khalid shows how foreign conquest knit Central Asians into global exchanges of goods and ideas and forged greater connections to the wider world. He explores how the Qing and Tsarist empires dealt with ethnic heterogeneity, and compares Soviet and Chinese Communist attempts at managing national and cultural difference. He highlights the deep interconnections between the "Russian" and "Chinese" parts of Central Asia that endure to this day, and demonstrates how Xinjiang remains an integral part of Central Asia despite its fraught and traumatic relationship with contemporary China.The essential history of one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant regions on the planet, this panoramic book reveals how Central Asia has been profoundly shaped by the forces of modernity, from colonialism and social revolution to nationalism, state-led modernization, and social engineering.

931 Internationale geschiedenis --- History of Asia --- Central Asia --- Islam --- History. --- Asia, Central --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- Ethnic relations. --- Civilization --- Russian influences. --- Chinese influences. --- A History of Inner Asia. --- Chinese revolution. --- Cold War. --- Cultural Revolution. --- Eastern Turkestan. --- Eurasia. --- Mao. --- Russia and Central Asia. --- Russian Revolution. --- Shoshana Keller. --- Silk Road. --- Soviet Union. --- Svat Soucek. --- Turkestan. --- Uyghurs. --- age of empire. --- imperialism. --- nomadism. --- postcolonialism. --- postcommunism.