The United States & the Middle East: The Future of a Complex Relationship
Lisa Anderson moderated a seminar with David Ignatius of the Washington Post, Texas A&M professor Gregory Gause, George Washington University professor ...
Library of Congress
Dr. Michael Eades: Paleopathology and the Origins of the Paleo Diet
Blood-vessel disease was common (among the ancient Egyptians), contrary to assumptions that it arises from urban stress and a modern high-fat diet,” Dr.
CrossFit®
Europe 1989-2019: Lessons learned 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall
On Tuesday, November 12, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to determine what the lessons of the past 30 ...
Brookings Institution
Mapping the West with Lewis & Clark
Authors of s new book discuss the critical role that maps developed during the 1804-1806 expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark played in President ...
Library of Congress
Writers Speak | Min Jin Lee in conversation with Claire Messud
Min Jin Lee is the author of two novels, Free Food for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017). Both books have been New York Times bestsellers. Pachinko ...
Harvard University
THE CHURCHILL INTERVIEW: Sir Antony Beevor, military historian and author
THE CHURCHILL INTERVIEW: Sir Antony Beevor, military historian and author at the National Churchill Library and Center in Washington, D.C..
The International Churchill Society
Norman Finkelstein - Israel and Palestine
Title - Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace Speaker- Norman Finkelstein Recorded in the Ford Auditorium on December 11th, 2008 at ...
Case Western Reserve University
TWiEVO 57: SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding evolution blooms
Jessie, Allie and Tyler join Nels and Vincent to describe their work on deep mutational scanning of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain.
Vincent Racaniello
How Churchill and Marshall Waged War
Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, England, draws upon Sir Winston Churchill's own ...
George C. Marshall Foundation
Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan
Four of the most controversial directors of the Central Intelligence Agency -- Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby and Willian Casey -- are the subject of a ...
Library of Congress
The Sino-Soviet Split, 1956-1966: The Cold War in the Communist World
History and Public Policy Program Asia Program Cold War International History Project A discussion of a new book by Lorenz Lüthi on the Sino-Soviet split, ...
WoodrowWilsonCenter
Old Master Collections of the NGA: American Painting, 1700–1900
Heidi Applegate, guest lecturer The 2019 Summer Sunday Lecture Series takes a closer look at the many treasures housed in the Gallery's permanent collection ...
National Gallery of Art
Celebrating the East Building Twentieth-Century Art Series, Part 13: Minimalism
David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art. Referred to variously as “ABC art” or “primary structures,” minimalism displays the reductive aspects of earlier ...
National Gallery of Art
Boethius, King Theodoric, and the Middle Ages - Philosophers in the Midst of History
Get Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy - http://amzn.to/2zT6AzQ Support my work here - https://www.patreon.com/sadler Philosophy tutorials ...
Gregory B. Sadler
Bill Scannell: Inside Field Station Berlin Teufelsberg
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6585_-_en_-_saal_2_-_201412282145_-_inside_field_station_berlin_teufelsberg_-_bill_scannell.html Of all ...
media.ccc.de
Playback, Play Mode and Sample Libraries | Discover Dorico with John Barron
In this session, we looked at playback options including preferences, shortcuts, mixer options, effects, Play mode options, VST rack, third-party sample libraries ...
Dorico
1619 and the Making of America
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress convened a symposium that brought together respected scholars to explore the intricate encounters of ...
Library of Congress
Dr. Robert Lustig The Hacking of the American Mind at the San Francisco Public Library
What's the difference between pleasure and happiness? How does dopamine and serotonin affect your brain? Dr. Lustig talks about his new book, The Hacking ...
San Francisco Public Library
The Canadians: Dai Vernon
Historica Canada
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy by Sir Max Hastings
Beginning in October of 1968, discussions ensued between the Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI) and the Commandant of the U.S. ...
TheUSAHEC
Exploring religion, genetics & identity | Tudor Parfitt | TEDxFIU
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx ...
TEDx Talks
Jill Lepore: These Truths [CC]
The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people.
Chicago Humanities Festival
(Day 1, Session 1) Jews In and After the 1917 Russian Revolution
November 5, 2017 | Conference, Day 1 YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | Co-sponsored by American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, ...
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Inge Reist: "Shaping the Splendor of Italian Renaissance Art through Collecting and Patronage"
April 12, 2019. Inge Reist presents her keynote lecture "Shaping the Splendor of Italian Renaissance Art through Collecting and Patronage" as part of the ...
The Frick Collection
On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland
Author James Ford Cooper discussed his work as a U.S. diplomat in Finland during the Cold War and his experiences concerning critical past and present ...
Library of Congress
Dr Paul Krugman | Full Q&A at The Oxford Union
13th February 2020. SUBSCRIBE for more speakers ▻ http://is.gd/OxfordUnion Oxford Union on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoxfordunion Oxford ...
OxfordUnion
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Public and Private Lives
Jean Edward Smith explores the arc of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's intertwined political and private lives. The Jimmy Carter Library and Georgia Center for the ...
WGBHForum
Classified as White: Racial Classifications of Americans of Middle Eastern & North African Descent
Randa A. Kayyali from the Elliott School for International Affairs at George Washington University spoke about the intersections of religion and race for ...
Library of Congress
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and America’s Colonial Beginnings
Dr. Sam White, Associate Professor of Environmental History at the Ohio State University The first European explorers and settlers in North America came ...
sesync annapolis
Gangs Of Britain: Liverpool (Full Documentary) | Real Stories
A historical look at Britain's most notorious gangs; this time in Liverpool, with a focus on the infamous Cornerman. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries ...
Real Stories
Adam Hochschild, "Rewriting the Spanish Civil War"
UMassHistory
Early Vermont Settlers to 1784 Study Project
Live Broadcast: June 21, 2018 Presented by: Scott Andrew Bartley, Lead Genealogist of Early Settlers of Vermont to 1784 Study Project Near the end of the ...
AmericanAncestors
Lunch Poems - Gary Snyder
Born in San Francisco in 1930, world-renowned poet, essayist, and environmentalist Gary Snyder has published sixteen books of poetry and prose, and ...
UC Berkeley Events
A Company of Authors: East and West
(April 23, 2011) Authors Gabriella Safran, Cynthia Haven, Abbas Milani, and Ian Morris present their recently published books. Their respective books are titled ...
Stanford
Debugging PySpark: Spark Summit East talk by Holden Karau
Spark Summit
Phanstiel Lecture: General Michael Hayden “Cold War Revival?”
Russian expansionism, cyber incursions, and mixed messages on counterterrorism objectives suggest continued instability for global security. A frequent ...
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
HLS Library Book Talk | The Education of an Idealist
On Monday, September 23, Ambassador Samantha Power '99, the William D. Zabel '61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School and the ...
Harvard Law School
Mapping the Wilderness of Knowledge: The Card Catalog, Past, Present and Future
Panelists discussed the challenges of managing the "firehose of information" that is modern library collections, from using printed catalog cards to the ...
Library of Congress
Music in America's Radio Propaganda in Korea
In an American Musicological Society Lecture, Hye-jung Park considers the use of American music in wartime radio propaganda on the Korean peninsula.
Library of Congress
Is the Confucius Institute a Trojan Horse?
A group of China experts gathered in Sydney Australia on Thursday, Nov 15, to discuss the agenda and impact of Confucius Institutes in Australia and other ...
NTD
The Chinese World Order (VPRO Backlight)
English version of a documentary produced by VPRO for Dutch television. Including an interview with Martin Jacques. Directed by Jos de Putter.
Martin Jacques
T.J. Stiles: "Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon"
Historian T.J. Stiles discusses his book, "The First Tycoon," about the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, at Cambridge Forum. Born humbly on Staten Island, Vanderbilt ...
WGBHForum