Emerson College Lectures

Boston, MA

Capitol Perspective: Profiles in Courage
Edward M. Kennedy
May 12, 2008
00:28:35
Senator Edward Kennedy helps host the 2008 Profiles In Courage Awards ceremony. This year's awards recognize the recipients' efforts to improve election integrity, specifically focusing on flaws in electronic voting technology. Remarks are made by Paul G.
Capitol Perspective: Housing
Edward M. Kennedy
May 9, 2008
00:29:37
US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) hosts a panel discussion exploring national and local perspectives on various aspects the burgeoning home foreclosure crisis.
Capitol Perspective: Crime
Edward M. Kennedy
March 31, 2008
00:29:39
Ted Kennedy hosts a discussion about the challenges and solutions pertaining to the problem of crime in Massachusetts.
Capitol Perspective: Health Disparities and Child Obesity
Edward M. Kennedy
January 8, 2008
00:28:59
Ted Kennedy hosts a panel discussion about health disparities in minority populations and the increasing problem of childhood obesity.
Capitol Perspective: Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan
Edward M. Kennedy
November 9, 2007
00:29:30
Ted Kennedy pays tribute to the fallen heroes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This lecture also contains excerpts from Remember Us, a NECN documentary, which debuted at a Northeastern event honoring veterans on November 9, 2007, as well as excerpts and speeches from the day's events.
Capitol Perspective: No Child Left Behind
Edward M. Kennedy
September 17, 2007
00:53:47
Ted Kennedy hosts a studio discussion on the topic of the "No Child Left Behind" federal education reform legislation.
An Emergency Preparedness Forum
Linda Peek Schacht
November 1, 2006
02:02:51
The Emerson College community and local emergency preparedness authorities discuss New England's readiness for a crisis.
Audio-only
Marked by Memories: Remembering Robert Lowell
Gail Mazur
April 19, 2005
01:13:15
Gail Mazur, Frank Bidart, Robert Pinsky and Lloyd Schwartz gather here to remember their mentor, renowned poet and professor Robert Lowell, and to celebrate the publication of his Collected Poems.
Capitol Perspective: Health Disparities and Child Obesity
Edward M. Kennedy
January 8, 2008
00:28:59
Ted Kennedy hosts a panel discussion about health disparities in minority populations and the increasing problem of childhood obesity.
Big Media's Threat to Democracy: What We Can Do About It
Earl Dax
March 21, 2005
01:51:30
Students Concerned About Mass Media (S.C.A.M.M.) host a panel discussion with media educators and activists who are working to create a more just and equitable media system at the local, national, and global levels.
Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain
David Lynch
October 1, 2005
01:32:13
David Lynch, the award-winning writer, director, and producer, answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process.
Audio-only
Propaganda and War: Iraq and Beyond
Noam Chomsky
November 24, 2003
01:49:57
MIT linguistics scientist Noam Chomsky discusses the use of propaganda in time of war, specifically in reference to America's war in Iraq. This lecture is sponsored by the City in Transition.

Emerson College is the only comprehensive college or university in the country dedicated exclusively to teaching communication and the visual, media and performing arts in a liberal arts context. Founded in 1880 as a school of oratory, Emerson has evolved into a multi-faceted college that is nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in its fields of specialization, which are communication, communication sciences and disorders, journalism, the performing arts, visual and media arts and writing, literature and publishing. The graduate programs in writing, literature and publishing and in communication sciences and disorders are consistently rated by U.S. News and other organizations as among the best in the country. Emerson College's campus comprises a cluster of downtown buildings and residence halls that overlook historic Boston Common.