Susan Sontag: Books, Quotes, On Photography, Essays, Intelligence, Biography, Education
Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, ...
The Film Archives
The Dragon and the Crown Hong Kong Memoirs by Stanley Kwan
The memoirs give a voice to the ordinary people whose lives have been profoundly affected by the dramatic changes in Hong Kong: from an entrepôt to an ...
The University of British Columbia
Richard Holmes | This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer
Recorded March 21, 2017 “Almost unfairly gifted both as a writer of living, luminous prose and as a tireless researcher” (Time), Richard Holmes is a Fellow of the ...
Author Events
Hilary Mantel: The Road to Wolf Hall
This lecture is from The Frick Collection's Artists, Poets, and Writers Lecture Series. Dame Hilary Mantel, two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her ...
The Frick Collection
Unseen question? Zionism and the Palestinians under the British Mandate
From the early days of Zionist settlement in Ottoman Palestine it was clear that the project faced opposition from the native Arab majority. Hostility escalated with ...
Balfour Project
Adm. Nimitz World War II Diary Unveiled (HD)
The Naval War College Library in Newport, R.I. will publicly unveil online the 4000-page "Gray Book" collection of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz communications ...
U.S. Navy
Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior
Arthur Herman and Christopher DeMuth discuss Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior.
Hudson Institute
An Evening with Ngūgĩ wa Thiong'o
Award-winning author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o presented his recently released publication, "Minutes of Glory And Other Stories." Local high school students read ...
Library of Congress
Who Killed Rasputin | BBC
Did a British agent murder Rasputin? Within days of Rasputin's death, rumors were swirling that Britain, terrified by the prospect of Russia unilaterally quitting the ...
The Romanov Royal Martyrs
The rise of neoliberal feminism by Professor Catherine Rottenberg
Professor Catherine Rottenberg, Nottingham University Hosted by Dr Martin Farr, with introduction from Dr Marina Yusupova In this talk, Catherine Rottenberg ...
INSIGHTS Public Lectures
Reclaiming Back History
Discussions about Peace in Aceh, Indonesia. Academy of Finland Research Fellow Marjaana Jauhola (Finland) interviews Professor Eka Srimulyani, State ...
Seija Hirstiö
Edward Teller | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Edward Teller Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only ...
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Writing Writers' Lives: Hermione Lee in Conversation with Gary Giddins
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Conversations with History: Neil Sheehan
Visit: http://www.uctv.tv) Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning author Neil Sheehan, who reflects on the Vietnam War through the prism of ...
University of California Television (UCTV)
The Lasting Legacy of George F. Kennan
John Lewis Gaddis, author of George F. Kennan: An American Life, discusses the diplomatic and personal legacy of George F. Kennan, former U.S. ambassador ...
Council on Foreign Relations
John McCarthy (computer scientist) | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: John McCarthy (computer scientist) Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading.
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ASA 2018 Presidential Lecture
ASA President Jean Allman delivers the 2018 Presidential Lecture, #HerskovitsMustFall? A Meditation on Whiteness, African Studies, and the Unfinished ...
African Studies Association
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: The Architectural Imagination in the Age of Reason, with Barry Bergdoll
Art Historian Barry Bergdoll speaks about the vivid imagination and skillful renderings of draftsman and architect Jean-Jacques Lequeu. The Institute of Classical ...
ClassicistORG
Deirdre Bair | Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
Recorded November 21, 2019 Deirdre Bair won the National Book Award for her “blockbuster biography” of Samuel Beckett, “the best introduction to an ...
Author Events
APC | Palestra “Peter Brian Medawar: Um Nobel Brasileiro?”
Ildeu de Castro Moreira, Instituto de Física - UFRJ, Presidente da SBPC proferiu a palestra. APC http://academiapc.org.br/ ...
Academia Pernambucana de Ciências
Grace Forum Online with Filmmaker Ken Burns: The Sweet Spot of History
Ken Burns is one of the most influential documentary filmmakers of all time, and on Presidents' Day, he will be in conversation with Dean Malcolm Clemens ...
Grace Cathedral San Francisco
Igniting The Creative Fire: The Neurobiology Of Creativity In Bipolar Disorder
Van Gogh, Beethoven and Edgar Allan Poe were luminaries in their respective fields of art, music and poetry. Their passion for their art forms kindled a creative ...
Mohammad Alsuwaidan
David A. Scott, "A Sense of Displacement: Stuart Hall's Art of Living"
Professor David A. Scott delivered the sixth annual Henry L. Gates Jr., Lecture, “A Sense of Displacement: Stuart Hall's Art of Living," on April 26, 2018, at the ...
YaleUniversity
The Magician’s Mother: A Story of Coffee, Race, and German Culture
Thomas Mann so shaped the idea of “Germanness” in the twentieth century that, even in exile, he would claim that German culture was wherever he was.
American Academy in Berlin
Wellington Lecture 2020 | Jane Austen and the Duke | University of Southampton
Professor, Emma Clery is a former University of Southampton, 18th Century Literature Professor. This Wellington Lecture was Established in 1989 with an ...
University of Southampton
Worshipped Today, Scorned Tomorrow: Albert Einstein & the Public ▸ by Diana Kormos Buchwald
Albert Einstein and the Perils of Public Engagement Drawing largely upon Einstein's unpublished correspondence, the lecture will focus on the vagaries of ...
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
The Eastern Front Experience in the First World War - Vejas Liulevicius
Vejas Liulevicius was a featured speaker at "A Century in the Shadow of the Great War," an International Centennial Planning Conference held at the National ...
National WWI Museum and Memorial
Glenn T. Seaborg
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Speaking Videos
The Origin of American Government Propaganda and the Lessons for our Democracy Today
Watch this video for a discussion on insights into this colorful, poignant saga, which sheds light on how easily modern presidents can abuse their propaganda ...
USC Annenberg
Rebel Forrest: The Nathan Bedford Forrest Story
RebelForrest.com | "Rebel Forrest" is a one-hour documentary on Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) and has been presented at film festivals in ...
Jon Rawl
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, "Leaders" w/ Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone
Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers, and Jason Mangone discuss their book, "Leadership", at Politics and Prose on 11/3/18. McChrystal, a retired four-star general ...
Politics and Prose
Shakespeare's Fame - Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA CBE
Ever since classical antiquity, poets and playwrights have written about famous heroes and anti-heroes, lovers and politicians. But they have also yearned for ...
Gresham College
Josiah Willard Gibbs | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Josiah Willard Gibbs 00:02:11 1 Biography 00:02:20 1.1 Family background 00:03:45 1.2 Education 00:05:55 ...
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Professor Sir Murray Brennan on The Evolution of Cancer Care
The Dunedin School of Medicine, in association with the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Trust proudly supported a free public lecture in May 2017 where ...
University of Otago
Howard Gardner: The Synthesizing Mind
Many experts find that Howard Gardner's book Frames of Mind was a rare publishing phenomenon—a mind-changer. Widely read by the general public as well ...
Town Hall Seattle
Celebrating Dr Blackwell's 200th Birthday - the Doctors Blackwell
Historian and Author Janice P. Nimura's critically-acclaimed book on the Blackwell sisters (published in January) has received extensive praise from The New ...
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
All This Rising: The Humanities in the Next Ten Years | Dan-el Padilla Peralta
"Darkness Visible: The Haunted House of Classics" Drawing on the writings of Avery Gordon, Saidiya Hartman, and César Sánchez Beras, this talk seeks to ...
Stanford Humanities Center
#CreativeCase webinar: Digging into socio-economic diversity
We've introduced a new question to our funded organisations, to find out more about the socio-economic diversity of the workforce of the arts and culture sector.
Arts Council England
Dr. Verónica Uribe: Titian Ramsay Peale II in Colombia | PAFA - Art At Noon
Born and raised in Philadelphia, naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale II (1799-1885) traveled to the Magdalena River in New Granada in the fall of 1830 on an ...
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
A Genius of the Highest Caliber: Richard Feynman - Quotes, Books, Lectures (2005)
Richard Phillips Feynman (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral ...
The Film Archives
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Part 1: Hero of the Revolution
Today, we begin to explore the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. We trace Napoleon's development from minor noble and Corsican patriot to hero of the Jacobins and ...
Thersites the Historian
E. P. Thompson | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: E. P. Thompson Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only ...
Subhajit Sahu
