Lectures tagged "Landmarks"


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The Obama Year
Michael Porter
October 24, 2009
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
The Future of Reading: Books Without Pages?
David Pogue
October 24, 2009
01:36:23
New York Times personal technology columnist David Pogue takes a look at how reading and books will be experienced in the future. Steve Haber of Sony, Neil Jones of Interead, and Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of Pixel Qi, showcase new technology.
Ken Burns and Scout Tufankjian: Documenting History
Ken Burns
October 24, 2009
00:53:30
Documentarians work to answer the question, "Who are we?" Ken Burns, lauded as "the country's most famous documentarian" by The Los Angeles Times, shows clips and talks about his latest film and book, The National Parks: America's Best Idea.
Cultural History of the Great Depression
Morris Dickstein
October 23, 2009
00:50:49
English and theatre professor and Morris Dickstein discusses Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression.
The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President
Taylor Branch
October 8, 2009
00:54:57
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch takes us inside the Clinton White House with a discussion of The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
October 3, 2009
01:31:12
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
October 3, 2009
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
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Love and Rockets: Photography of Laura Noel
Laura Noel
July 18, 2009
00:48:01
Laura Noel provides commentary on her most recent body of work, Love and Rockets, as well as previous work and her career as a photographer, which began in the 1990s. She received her masters of fine arts in photography from the University of Georgia.