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Uwem Akpan: Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan
November 12, 2009
00:23:09
Uwem Akpan, Nigerian Jesuit priest and author of the New York Times bestseller Say You're One of Them, reads from his book and discusses the intersection in his life between spirituality and art.
Bloomsday Discussion: Irish and Jews of Boston
John Henning
June 16, 2007
00:40:09
As a part of simultaneous, international celebrations of James Joyce's Ulysses, a panel of experts discusses how the Irish and the Jews of Boston impacted the evolution of the city and each other.
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Postmodern Christian Ethics of Peace
William Murnion
April 28, 2005
01:37:10
William Murnion, co-editor of Being and Thought in Aquinas, examines the "just war" ethic within the context of St. Thomas Aquinas' writings, arguing that it reveals a fundamental incoherence in his philosophy.
Presidential Reputations II
Joyce Appleby
November 20, 2004
01:07:49
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, noted journalists and scholars, nearly all of whom have written books about American presidents, gather for three panel discussions on the shifting fortunes of presidential reputations.
Presidential Reputations I
Jack Beatty
November 20, 2004
01:05:58
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, noted journalists and scholars, nearly all of whom have written books about American presidents, gather for three panel discussions on the shifting fortunes of presidential reputations.
Songs of Yeats, Joyce, O'Casey, Behan, and Kavanagh
Danny Doyle
October 30, 2004
01:33:49
Dublin balladeer Danny Doyle performs songs written by Kavanagh and other key Irish poets.This performance is part of a two-day centenary conference on the legacy of Patrick Kavanagh, a pivotal and popular figure in modern Irish poetry.
Shakespeare and the Bottom Line: Marketing Higher Ed
David L. Kirp
October 25, 2004
01:04:41
This talk from David L. Kirp, for the sixth annual Monan Lecture on Higher Education, shares its title with Kirp's recently published book.
State of the Urban Environment
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
July 28, 2004
00:42:10
Delivering the Urban Ecology annual keynote address, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks about the importance of urban ecosystems in a healthy environment.