Sentences with phrase «modern global history»

Explosions & Legacies A series of events and exhibitions commemorating the 50th anniversary of the of one of the most tumultuous and consequential years in modern global history.

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The unrelenting global financial press compared the unusually extreme trading volatility to every terrible episode in modern financial history — the Asian financial crisis in the mid-1990s, the Black Monday of 1987, and the Black Monday of 1929.

«But this is the first time in modern history that the Chinese markets are on the global radar screen.»

nice question — there was indeed a global ocean in earths history and it was salt water — according to modern science when the plates moved and enclosed land creating a land locked ocean which over time turn to fresh water by leaking the salt into the bedrock... or something like that — i have rough understanding.

Faisal Devji is University Reader in Modern South Asian History at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and the author of two books, Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity (Hurst, 2005), and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (Hurst, 2009).

What will happen when global numbers drop for the first time in modern history?

We are equally excited that this first public showing of our entire free global mobile dating network will take place in Beijing, a city with such rich cultural history and modern - day significance.

-- High - end guestrooms and suites — On - site dining and lounge / bar — Modern amenities and features The BW Premier Collection is a global collection of carefully selected upscale and luxury hotels that share Best Western's rich history of providing guests with unique and local hotel experiences around the world.

«We are at an exciting and transformative point in Waldorf Astoria's renowned history, during which time Waldorf Astoria New York will be restored to its original grandeur while maintaining a modern and inspirational look and feel,» says John T. A. Vanderslice, global head, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts.

Morgans Hotel Group launched the global phenomenon of boutique hotels 20 years ago, and to celebrate their rich history they recently put together a campaign called The Modern Classic.

Recent exhibitions include «Construire, Déconstruire, Reconstruire: Le Corps Utopique,» a solo show at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany, «Performing Histories (1)» at MoMA, New York, «10 ans du Projet pour l'Art Contemporain,» Centre Pompidou, Paris, the 4th Moscow Biennial, Moscow, «The Global Contemporary Art World after 1989,» ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, and «Contested Terrains,» Tate Modern, London.

Kia Henda's portraits not only address modern Angolan identity, but the global history intertwined with the country's formation, from Portugal's colonial presence to the Brazilian slave trade system and the relationships with Russia and the United States during the Cold War, among others.

Acts, solo show at Kunst Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, 2013, Berlin; Construire, Déconstruire, Reconstruire: Le Corps Utopique, solo show at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2013, Paris; dOCUMENTA (13), 2012, Kassel; Performing Histories (1), Museum of Modern Art, 2012, New York; 10 ans du Projet pour l'Art Contemporain, Centre Pompidou, 2012, Paris; 4th Moscow Biennale, 2011, Moscow; The Global Contemporary.

Both exhibitions help fill gaps in the lost era of early Chinese modern art, overrun first by history and politics, later by the spectacle of global Chinese contemporary art.)

Broader audiences may benefit from a global approach to looking at modern art's history by having opportunities to learn about hitherto unknown artists, he said.

2008 The Rape of the Sabine Women, Smart Museum, University of Chicago 2007 The Rape of the Sabine Women, Hamburger Bahnhof, Contemporary Art Museum, Berlin The Rape of the Sabine Women, IFC Theater, NYC 2006 Videozone 3, Videozone - International Video - Art Biennial, Tel - Aviv 89 seconds at Alcázar, the Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario The Kids are Alright, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam Dresscode, St. Gallen's History and Folklore Museum, St. Gallen The Paper Sculpture Show, CAC — Cincinnai Arts Center, Cincinnati OH Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation: 89 seconds at Alcázar, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia MNCARS, Madrid Infinite Painting — Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centro d'arte Contemporanea, Udine 89 seconds at Alcázar, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 89 seconds at Alcázar, Weatherspoon Art Museum, South Carolina Superstars, Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria In the Company of Old Masters, Colnaghi Gallery, London, UK Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel — Karaköy 89 seconds at Alcázar, St. Johannes Evangelist - Kirche, Berlin, Germany 89 seconds at Alcázar, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Ireland On War, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY Velázquez a Capodimonte, Napoli Museo di Capodimonte, Italy 89 seconds at Alcázar, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 89 Seconds at Alcazar, UNION, London Eve Sussman: 89 seconds at Alcázar, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX 2004 89 seconds at Alcázar, Museu Picasso, Barcelona Re-Installation of the Collection; New Acquisition; Museum of Modern Art, NYC Media Scope Museum of Modern Art, NYC Closed Universes — Williamsburg, New York.

For more than a dozen years, the Mexico City - based artist — who last year created a commission for the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern — has produced sculpture that unites a global array of histories and themes, both personal and universal.

Tate is committed to building a truly international collection, showing African artists as part of a global history of modern and contemporary art.

«Against the backdrop of the current global political climate, exhibitions like Iran Modern are essential to fostering a better understanding of Iran's history.»

Looking at history illustrates that the modern era is nothing out of the ordinary, other than that it is a bengin period for which we ought to be thankful as we have a global population of some 6billion and rising.

The 1998 global temperature spike was associated with the strongest El Nino in modern history.

January 2018... in 122 (2017) scientific papers Image Source: Loisel et al., 201 2017: 150 Graphs, 122 Scientific Papers In the last 12 months, 150 graphs from 122 peer - reviewed scientific papers have been published that undermine the popularized conception of a slowly cooling Earth temperature history followed by a dramatic hockey - stick - shaped uptick, or an especially unusual global - scale warming during modern times.

BW BUSINESSWORLD Suzlon releases a short animated video that captures the history of wind energy, from powering sailboats in 3000 BC to powering homes with modern - day wind turbines On the occasion of Global Wind Day, Suzlon Group, one of the leading global renewable energy solutions providers, is organising a thematic campaign on its FacebookGlobal Wind Day, Suzlon Group, one of the leading global renewable energy solutions providers, is organising a thematic campaign on its Facebookglobal renewable energy solutions providers, is organising a thematic campaign on its Facebook page.

Just within the last 5 months, 58 more papers and 80 new graphs have been published that continue to undermine the popularized conception of a slowly cooling Earth temperature history followed by a dramatic hockey - stick - shaped uptick, or an especially unusual global - scale warming during modern times.

From American Thinker By Larrey Anderson — It is fascinating to watch the mainstream media in America duck (and / or make excuses for) the greatest scam in modern history: the «science» behind man - made global warming.

This global warming stuff I'm convinced will go down in history as modern man's greatest blunder.

Temperature histories from paleoclimate data (green line) compared to the history based on modern instruments (blue line) suggest that global temperature is warmer now than it has been in the past 1,000 years, and possibly longer.

To some extent, 1000 - year temperature histories are moderately irrelevent to modern global warming discussions.

[Also, just to give an idea of the change we are talking about, 5 degrees Celsius might not sound like much, but that is the difference in global average temperature between the coldest period of an ice age and the hottest period of a warm period or «interglacial» in the Earth's glacial history in the modern epoch.]

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