On June 5, Barnard professor Dennis Dalton describes the power behind Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolence movement, one of the most lasting political models of the 20th century, which drew the attention of the press worldwide. A 1930 silent newsreel of his Salt March accompanies the text. On June 6, Kevin Kiernan of the British Library discusses the Electronic Beowulf, a digitally preserved document that provides direct access to the only known medieval manuscript of the great Anglo-Saxon epic poem, which is housed in the British Library. New articles, interviews, speeches and conferences from faculty, researchers and professionals of the world's leading academic, scientific and cultural institutions are featured daily on http://www.fathom.com/.

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The following is a list of Fathom's upcoming homepage features.

• Tues., 6/5
  Gandhi and the World from Columbia University
  Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolence movement would prove to be one of the most lasting political models of the 20th century. In this exclusive interview with Fathom, Dennis Dalton discusses Gandhi's global outreach, in particular through the 1930 Salt March.
• Wed., 6/6
  Electronic Beowulf from The British Library
  Kevin Kiernan's Electronic Beowulf is a groundbreaking achievement in digital preservation, which has restored several passages from the manuscript that are impossible to see with the naked eye.
• Thurs., 6/7
  Why Campaign? from the London School of Economics and Political Science
  On the eve of a general election in the United Kingdom, Margaret Scammell asks whether campaigns really have any effect. How much real influence can four weeks of campaigning have, after the four years of government and opposition that have preceded it?
• Fri., 6/8
  The Politics of Social Planning from Cambridge University Press
  The drive to build an advanced, modern society through centralization exacts a high price. James C. Scott analyzes the authoritarian state's enthusiasm for achieving modernity through the reorganization of its social order and rural communities.
• Sun-Mon, 6/9-6/11
  Mitten Crabs: Oriental Invaders of the River Thames from the Natural History Museum
  Throughout the past 90 years, the Chinese mitten crab has invaded European and American waterways in an extraordinary fashion, burrowing into riverbanks, threatening native flora and fauna, frustrating anglers and interfering with commercial fishing.
• Tues, 6/12
  A Conversation with Filmmaker Alison Maclean from Columbia University
  Filmmaker Alison Maclean visited Columbia University to talk about her latest film, Jesus' Son, a fractured, cubistic narrative about a young man's journey through drug addiction and confusion toward a state of illumination and grace.
• Wed., 6/13
  Eclipse Maps from The British Library
  Even as late as the eighteenth century eclipses of the sun were thought to be the work of the devil. Geoff Armitage describes historical attempts to map eclipses, illuminating the particular genius of Edmond Halley and his mapping of the eclipse of 1715.