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To Be Human: The V...
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17:26:17 05/10/12

Seth Lerer, the dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego, presents how language, the written word and the recognition of the passage of time have led to the mod...

To Be Human: The Verve: How We Became Modern with Seth Lerer

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To Be Human: The Verve: How We Became Modern with Seth Lerer

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Seth Lerer, the dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego, presents how language, the written word and the recognition of the passage of time have led to the modern conception of self and the individual in this series exploring what it means to be human. Lerer’s lecture is part of the “To Be Human” series sponsored by the Making of the Modern World program at Eleanor Roosevelt College at UC San Diego. Series: "To Be Human " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23245]

Valuing with Samuel...
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17:58:28 05/08/12

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Samuel Scheffler, University Professor, New York University, for a discussion of philosophical inquiry. Scheffler discus...

Valuing with Samuel Scheffler (Conversations with History)

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Valuing with Samuel Scheffler (Conversations with History)

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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Samuel Scheffler, University Professor, New York University, for a discussion of philosophical inquiry. Scheffler discusses his work on valuing with particular attention to his essays on terrorism, immigration, and his Tanner lectures on the implications of an afterlife in which humanity would cease to exist. Series: "Conversations with History" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23730]

Progressive Religion
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15:20:21 05/02/12

Jennifer Butler and Wade Clark Roof discuss the current social, economic, health, immigration, and environmental issues that bring religious and non-religious grou...

Progressive Religion

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Progressive Religion

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Jennifer Butler and Wade Clark Roof discuss the current social, economic, health, immigration, and environmental issues that bring religious and non-religious groups together. Are these issues those of economic inequality? Health care? Immigration? The environment? Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23897]

Exploring Ethics: I...
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14:30:35 04/27/12

Mark Mann of Point Loma Nazarene University leads a panel of distinguished religious scholars in discussing how the various views of life, death, and the afterlife...

Exploring Ethics: Is Henrietta Lacks Really Immortal?

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Exploring Ethics: Is Henrietta Lacks Really Immortal?

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Mark Mann of Point Loma Nazarene University leads a panel of distinguished religious scholars in discussing how the various views of life, death, and the afterlife intersect with theological and ethical issues that lie at the heart of the Henrietta Lacks story. This lecture is part of the Henrietta Lacks series sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology in San Diego. Series: "Exploring Ethics: The Henrietta Lacks Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 23214]

Virtue Deed and Wor...
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13:45:35 03/29/12

Weiming Tu is an ethicist and a New Confucian. He is Lifetime Professor of Philosophy and founding Dean of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking ...

Virtue Deed and Word - Confucian Paths to Immortality

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Virtue Deed and Word - Confucian Paths to Immortality

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Weiming Tu is an ethicist and a New Confucian. He is Lifetime Professor of Philosophy and founding Dean of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University.Tu was appointed by Kofi Annan as a member of the United Nations' "Group of Eminent Persons" to facilitate the "Dialogue among Civilizations" in 2001. He was also one of the eight Confucian intellectuals who were invited by the Singapore Government to develop the "Confucian Ethics" school curriculum. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23313]

Compassionate Prese...
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13:42:54 03/28/12

Reflecting back on three decades of peacebuilding, Notre Dame professor and author John Paul Lederach traces the faith-based resources that contribute to what he c...

Compassionate Presence: Faith-based Peacebuilding in the Face ...

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Compassionate Presence: Faith-based Peacebuilding in the Face of Violence with John Paul Lederach

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Reflecting back on three decades of peacebuilding, Notre Dame professor and author John Paul Lederach traces the faith-based resources that contribute to what he calls “compassionate presence” in conflict-ridden areas. Building from his book “the Moral Imagination,” Lederach explores the disciplines of a practitioner-scholar committed to non-violent social change. Lederach is presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23392]

Story Hour in the L...
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17:33:17 03/26/12

Cristina Garcia is the author of five novels, a collection of poetry, and three works for young readers including her newest release “Dreams of Significant Girls” ...

Story Hour in the Library: Cristina Garcia

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Story Hour in the Library: Cristina Garcia

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Cristina Garcia is the author of five novels, a collection of poetry, and three works for young readers including her newest release “Dreams of Significant Girls” about three wealthy and adventurous ninth-grade girls from different worlds who converge upon a Swiss boarding school for a summer of discovery. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23646]

Jerusalem
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19:43:41 03/01/12

Author of the bestseller, Jerusalem: The Biography, Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks of the world's most contested place through the lives of those who created, destr...

Jerusalem

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Jerusalem

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Author of the bestseller, Jerusalem: The Biography, Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks of the world's most contested place through the lives of those who created, destroyed, conquered, wrote about and believed in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23503]

World Christianity ...
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21:05:14 11/21/11

Since the 20th century there has been a massive shift of the Christian population from the Global North (Europe and North America) to the Global South (Africa, Asi...

World Christianity with Peter C. Phan (Burke Lecture)

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World Christianity with Peter C. Phan (Burke Lecture)

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Since the 20th century there has been a massive shift of the Christian population from the Global North (Europe and North America) to the Global South (Africa, Asia and South America). Peter Phan, professor at Georgetown University, traces the development, major features and implications of this new face of Christianity. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 22878]

The Atlantic Meets ...
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14:32:09 11/08/11

Atlantic Editor James Bennet interviews Dr. Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow on their upcoming book about spirituality and science as part of The Atlan...

The Atlantic Meets the Pacific: War of the Worldviews: Explori...

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The Atlantic Meets the Pacific: War of the Worldviews: Exploring Science vs. Spirituality with Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow

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Atlantic Editor James Bennet interviews Dr. Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow on their upcoming book about spirituality and science as part of The Atlantic Meets The Pacific, hosted by The Atlantic and UC San Diego. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 22484]

The Rebbe and The R...
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18:50:55 10/20/11

Menachem Mendel Schneerson built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is tod...

The Rebbe and The Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism

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The Rebbe and The Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Samuel Heilman, Professor of Sociology at CUNY, explores Schneerson’s beliefs and the rise of orthodox Judaism. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 22631]

State of Minds: Spr...
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14:55:01 10/13/11

Award-winning UCTV magazine program features host George Strait anchoring from UC Santa Barbara with segments on religious diversity in Los Angeles, insect diversi...

State of Minds: Spring 2004 UC Santa Barbara

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State of Minds: Spring 2004 UC Santa Barbara

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Award-winning UCTV magazine program features host George Strait anchoring from UC Santa Barbara with segments on religious diversity in Los Angeles, insect diversity in Davis, building for earthquakes with popsicle sticks and Legos at UC San Diego and UC Irvine, and the BLEEX, the exoskeleton being developed at Berkeley. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 8622]

Bernard-Henri Levy:...
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20:16:49 09/30/11

Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of the most highly acclaimed philosophers, journalists, activists and best-selling authors in Europe today, gives a fascinating public lect...

Bernard-Henri Levy: The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in Europe

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Bernard-Henri Levy: The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism in Europe

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Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of the most highly acclaimed philosophers, journalists, activists and best-selling authors in Europe today, gives a fascinating public lecture at UC Santa Barbara on the increasing manifestations of anti- Semitism. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11758]

Moshe Halbertal and...
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15:53:12 05/13/11

A dialogue between Moshe Halbertal, noted Israeli philosopher, award-winning author, and Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at Hebrew University, and Raghi...

Moshe Halbertal and Raghida Dergham: Achieving a Two-State Sol...

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Moshe Halbertal and Raghida Dergham: Achieving a Two-State Solution

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A dialogue between Moshe Halbertal, noted Israeli philosopher, award-winning author, and Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at Hebrew University, and Raghida Dergham, columnist and senior diplomatic correspondent for the London-based newspaper, Al-Hayat, and political analyst for NBC, MSNBC, and Arab satellite LBC. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20638]

An Afternoon with J...
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17:58:23 12/16/10

John Polkinghorne, an Anglican priest who became famous as a young physicist for confirming the existence of quarks and gluons, joins journalist Dean Nelson for a ...

An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

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An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne

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John Polkinghorne, an Anglican priest who became famous as a young physicist for confirming the existence of quarks and gluons, joins journalist Dean Nelson for a discussion on science and religion in this event sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 19861]

Islam Identity and ...
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16:33:55 12/01/10

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Oxford University Professor Tariq Ramadan for a discussion of his new book, "What I Believe." Reflecting on the formative experiences ...

Islam Identity and Globalization with Tariq Ramadan (Conversat...

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Islam Identity and Globalization with Tariq Ramadan (Conversations with History)

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Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Oxford University Professor Tariq Ramadan for a discussion of his new book, "What I Believe." Reflecting on the formative experiences of his life, Professor Ramadan traces the influence of his family, his education in Western philosophy and Islamic studies, and the impact of his different careers including high school principal, philosopher, and Islamic scholar. Articulating his commitment to universal principles and resistance to inequality, He analyzes the tensions facing Muslims in an era of globalization as they strive to be fully engaged as citizens committed to Western values. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 20378]

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The Cross at Auschwicz- A Christian Reflection

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The Cross at Auschwicz- A Christian Reflection
02/05/10

The presence of crosses at Auschwicz raises painful questions about the tragic history of Christian attitudes - and actions - toward Jews. Tune in for this lecture by former priest James Carroll, author of nine novels and winner of the National Book Award for his poignant memoir, An American Requiem: God, My Father and the War that Came Between Us. Carroll discusses traditional beliefs about the Church, Jesus, and Jews. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 3986]