Lectures tagged "North America"

Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the 21st Century
Jimmy Tingle
June 14, 2009
01:30:40
PEN New England and Cambridge Forum present a discussion of the power and the pitfalls of writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al Franken.
Public Reaction to New Power Systems
Bernard Drew
June 8, 2009
01:06:29
Historian Bernard Drew and Sharon Tracy, executive director of Quabbin Mediation, discuss how residents reacted when two revolutionary power generation systems were introduced into New England, a century apart.
Sarah Brophy on the Green Museum
Sarah S. Brophy
June 8, 2009
00:49:42
Sarah Brophy, of the sustainable museum website bMuse.net, argues that museum curators are past Green 101, and that now is the time to innovate, learn, and lead simply to help save themselves. Historic sites and history museums have come a long way in the green revolution, even with a late start.
Men and Feminism: Seal Studies
Shira Tarrant
May 26, 2009
00:47:43
Shira Tarrant, an expert in gender politics, feminism, pop culture, and masculinity, addresses the question of why men should care about feminism in the first place.
Future of Islam
Ali A. Allawi
April 27, 2009
01:22:59
Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government, discusses his new book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, with National Public Radio correspondent Corey Flintoff.
Two Tuskegee Airmen Remember
Lee Archer
September 23, 2008
00:36:56
Lt. Col. Lee Archer and Lt. Col. Hiram Mann, two of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen, share their stories. Under pressure in 1941, the Army set up an all-black pursuit squadron to train for combat duty.
Role of the Academy and in American Art
David B. Dearinger
March 29, 2005
01:05:22
The traditional art academies, first founded in Europe beginning in the late 17th century and in the United States just after the year 1800, played a vital role in the lives and careers of artists ove