Lectures Archive

  •   Chris Csikszentmihalyi is a leading scholar, artist, and designer in the area of information, politics, and communities. Currently launching the new Media Design Matters program at Art Center College […] 0

    Chris Csikszentmihalyi

      Chris Csikszentmihalyi is a leading scholar, artist, and designer in the area of information, politics, and communities. Currently launching the new Media Design Matters program at Art Center College […]

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  •   “Sanctuary: the protection of fugitive criminals in the Western legal tradition.”   Karl Shoemaker is a medievalist and legal historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is particularly interested […] 0

    Karl Shoemaker

      “Sanctuary: the protection of fugitive criminals in the Western legal tradition.”   Karl Shoemaker is a medievalist and legal historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is particularly interested […]

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  •   Nuruddin Farah is a prize-winning and outspoken Somali activist. Farah describes his purpose for writing as an attempt “to keep my country alive by writing about it.” His first […] 0

    Nuruddin Farah

      Nuruddin Farah is a prize-winning and outspoken Somali activist. Farah describes his purpose for writing as an attempt “to keep my country alive by writing about it.” His first […]

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  •   “From the Heart of Zionism: a Perspective of an ex-Israeli pilot”   Yonatan Shapira is a former Israeli Air Force Captain and flew hundreds of missions over the territories […] 0

    Yonatan Shapira

      “From the Heart of Zionism: a Perspective of an ex-Israeli pilot”   Yonatan Shapira is a former Israeli Air Force Captain and flew hundreds of missions over the territories […]

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  •   “Darfur/Tsunami: humanitarian discourse and propaganda”   Dr. Rony Brauman was President of Medecins sans Frontieres (Paris) for twelve years, from 1982 through 1994. Since then he has taught at […] 0

    Rony Brauman

      “Darfur/Tsunami: humanitarian discourse and propaganda”   Dr. Rony Brauman was President of Medecins sans Frontieres (Paris) for twelve years, from 1982 through 1994. Since then he has taught at […]

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  •   Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian activist and author of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment. Qumsiyeh, a former professor of genetics who taught at Yale and […] 0

    Mazin Qumsiyeh

      Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian activist and author of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment. Qumsiyeh, a former professor of genetics who taught at Yale and […]

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  •   “Tracking the Torture Planes: Secret Geographies of the War on Terror”   Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer at the Department of Geography in the University […] 0

    Trevor Paglan

      “Tracking the Torture Planes: Secret Geographies of the War on Terror”   Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer at the Department of Geography in the University […]

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  •   Monami Maulik was born in Kolkata, India and grew up in the Bronx.  She has been an immigrant and racial justice organizer for over 15 years. After graduating from […] 0

    Monami Maulik

      Monami Maulik was born in Kolkata, India and grew up in the Bronx.  She has been an immigrant and racial justice organizer for over 15 years. After graduating from […]

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  •   “Reparations and American Civil Religion”   John Torpey is a Professor of Sociology of the Graduate Center at the City University of New York as well as an author […] 0

    John Torpey

      “Reparations and American Civil Religion”   John Torpey is a Professor of Sociology of the Graduate Center at the City University of New York as well as an author […]

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  •   Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has […] 0

    Langdon Winner

      Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has […]

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