but for some reason i thought it was a good idea to go down to rome university to check out there scarytual reality game. it was created by undergraduate students and graduate students has a way to apply what they were learning in the classroom. the virtual-reality center so much more than a fun place to play game. it's an incubator for innovation and collaboration. their mixed reality theater is usually one in the entire world. they are doing incredible projects with that. >> the rv center is about taking visualization and putting it in whether it's medical, fai, or looking at human cadavers and bodies we apply that technology with us and need. >> is something medical students are using to go inside a patient's body to better diagnose and treat different problems they see in their patients. i actually got to see calcified bones. >> i love this. >> just like the medical project, they also have other projects they're working on and collaborating with from rome university. they have their downtown project. i got to walk through it downtown camden will look like in a few years. it's a coll

here to discuss, the profession of international relations in the university of rome and the world bureau chief for the daily beast. good to have both of you on. good evening to you. barbie, you first. how is donald trump, the transition, playing in the european press? >> well, i think people are watching very curiously across europe but especially here in italy. you know, we've walked down this road before with silvio berlusconi. a lot of italians are saying you made fun of us, now it's our turn to make fun of you a bit. and people are watching. most people in europe assume europe will be left out of any sort of trump policy so it will be up to europe to go through major transitions they're seeing in the next couple of months with brexit and the like so people are watching, very curious to be sure. >> rula, to you now. barbie mentioned silvio berlusconi, so -- and you and others have compared donald trump to silvio berlusconi, the former italian prime minister. why is that? >> well, they're very similar. they're both businessmen who consider themselves outsiders who appeal to the basic c

here to discuss it, at american university of rome. also the rome bureau kmeef for "the daily beast" good to have you both on. barbara, you first. how is donald trump transition playing in the european press? >> well, i mean i think people are watching very curiously across europe, but especially here in italy. you know, we walked down this road before. a lot of italians are saying, you made fun of us, now it is time for us to make fun of you a little bit. it is people watching and very curious. i think most people in europe assume europe will be left out of any sort of trump policy. so it is going to be up to europe to go through some of the major transitions they're seeing in the next couple of months with brexit and the like. people are watching, very curious, to be sure. >> to you now, bashy mentioned burlesconi, and you and others compared donald trump to the former italian prime minister. why is that? >> they're similar. both businessmen who consider themselves also outsiders, who appeal to the basic common denominator, who will

she studied history at the university before going off to rome to be a foreign correspondent. came back to england to be a bbc reporter and professor. and then went on to write eight books, acclaimed biographies of mother teresa, churchill, as well as the one about wallis simpson called that moment. today she's going to talk about "les parisiennes: how the women of paris lived, loved, and died under nazi occupation." we are happy to have you back, anne. please welcome her. [applause] >> goodness, me. thank you, gail. that was a very generous introduction. i'm very touched. i can't tell you how thrilled i am to be here for the third time. very, very exciting for me. i'm going to assume amongst an intelligent audience as you are that you will all be recently familiar with this history of world war ii, it specifically the occupation of paris by the nazis. so you'll know that there are three principal men in this story, hitler, patent and the goal. i'm going to tell you as little about them as i can possibly manage. [laughter] this is unashamedly a women's story. it's a story of h

universities. the point here is were shaped by culture that's deep and old, goes back into history on greece and rome and the first part of christianity. it's vital that we understand what is involved. particularly the fact that at the center of our civilization is our religion, christianity, that has been critical to shaping the west. i made an effort to come up with a list of colleges that are actual engaged into something about the west. most of the usual suspects on that list including texas tech, grove city college, wyoming catholic and others. but this is a country of 3000 or more colleges, which there may be 2976 in which there is no course on history of western civilization. there is a book you can read it, however that would like to think of is the one very good source of history of the west, and that's russell kirk's roots of american order. russell kirk was a historian and the author of a groundbreaking book called the conservative mind. but his later years he focus on western civilization. this one book we discovered is a really good one book one treatment of the history of the west are s

universities. the point here is our culture's deep and all then it goes back to ancient israel and greece and romein the first stirrings of christianity. it is vital that we understand what's involved, truly the fact that at the center of our civilization is a religion, christianity that is critical to the shaping of the west. there were only a few colleges and i have come up with a few colleges engage about doing something about the west. most of the usual stuff is on that list including stephen balch texas tech, viola wyoming catholic and others that this is a country of 3000 or more colleges which there may be 2976 where there is no course on western civilization. there is a book you can. however that we like to think is the one very good source of the history of the west and that is russell kirk's american order. russell kirk was a historian and the author of a groundbreaking book called the conservative mind. in his later years he focused on western civilization and this one look we discovered is a really good one book one treatment of history of the west. so that is it that we taught a cours