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The Chautauqua Institution (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is a 501(c)(3) [3] nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on 2,070 acres (840 ha) in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Jamestown in the western southern tier of New York state.
The Chautauqua Institution, which was hosting the lecture, tweeted about the incident, writing: “We ask for your prayers for Salman Rushdie and Henry Reese, and patience as we fully focus on co ...
The attack, which was captured on video, took place at the historic Chautauqua Institute in northwestern New York, where Mr Rushdie was due to give a lecture. The trial, in nearby Mayville, will ...
Wiggam became a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution in 1901. [2] [3] On April 9, 1902, he married Elizabeth M. Jayne. [3] He also was a lecturer on biology and heredity at the University of Wisconsin. [5] He left Chautauqua in 1919. [3] In 1925, Wiggam completed The New Decalogue of Science, a pro-eugenics book. [6]
Each summer, the Center co-sponsors lectures at the Chautauqua Institution, most notably, the annual Robert H. Jackson lecture on the Supreme Court, which is in its thirteenth year. Previous lecturers have included Tracey Meares, Laurence Tribe , Akhil Amar , Charles Fried , Pamela Karlan , Dahlia Lithwick , Jeff Shesol , Paul D. Clement ...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
On August 12, 2022, British-American novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. [4] [5] [6] A 24-year-old suspect, Hadi Matar, was arrested directly and charged the following day with assault and attempted murder. Rushdie was ...
Chautauqua (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is an adult education and social movement in the United States that peaked in popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s.