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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Jeff Freyman, professor of political science and director of The Center for Liberal Education at Transylvania University, will present “The American Empire” in the Cowgill Center, room 102, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is the first of the “Left of Center” speaker series sponsored by the Transylvania College Democrats. Freyman will discuss how the United States formed a world order after the Second World War, how it was similar to and different from previous imperial orders, how finance has been instrumental in securing global dominance and the consequences of the order on the 2008 financial crisis. His areas of research include globalization, comparative democratization, comparative political economy and Marxism. The speaker series was created to inform Transylvania students and members of the Lexington community on left leaning political views. “Not all points of view are represented fairly in our political system and oftentimes little can be accomplished if we all ‘toe the party line’ analytically,” said junior Michael Case, president of Transylvania College Democrats. “The series is open to speakers from a variety of ideological viewpoints ranging from the reform liberalism of the current Democratic Party platform to the far-left.”

Soprano Christine Goerke LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University will host four concerts for the inaugural season of the Gail Robinson Series, beginning with a performance by Metropolitan Opera star Christine Goerke on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. Tickets are available through the Singletary Center box office at (859) 257-2949, online or in person. Robinson, a soprano, sang with many of the world’s leading opera companies in the 1970s and 1980s. She spent 34 years at the Metropolitan Opera, including ten years as executive director of the Met’s Young Artists Program. She was also director of the Met’s National Council Auditions. In 1999, she became a voice professor at the University of Kentucky, where she taught until her death in 2008. Three of her mentees, Goerke, Gregory Turay and Michelle DeYoung, are featured in the inaugural season of the recital series. Soprano Goerke has appeared in the major opera houses of the world including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris Opera, La Scala, Teatro Municipal de Santiago and the Saito Kinen Festival. She has sung much of the great soprano repertoire, beginning with the Mozart and Handel heroines and now moving into the dramatic Strauss and Wagner roles. Goerke has also appeared with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony and the Orchestra of

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