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Professor Eduardo Mendieta delivering a lecture.

Eduardo Mendieta discusses race relations, student activism, and world philosophies in Koper

Professor Eduardo Mendieta, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, came to the University of Primorska to lecture on philosophy.  He delivered three lectures to post graduate students, followed by a structured discussion open to the public at the American Corner on May 8th. The topics were so interesting that he drew a crowd of more than 65 people - many of them were apparently philosophy students who had been so interested in his prior lectures that they opted to come hear more. (more)

Professor Eduardo Mendieta delivering a lecture.  
















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