A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on 21 January 2016.
22 February 2016, 4:56 pm
2 minutes 50 seconds
Humanities. Are they important?
Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses whether humanities are important in a time when they are most pervasive in society, and when there seems to be a shrinking of public support for them.
17 November 2015, 2:59 pm
46 minutes 20 seconds
Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.
10 July 2014, 1:53 pm
1 hour 18 minutes
Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation"
Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (Strand Releasing, 1994), Old Joy (Kino International, 2006), Wendy and Lucy (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008), Meek’s Cutoff (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010) and Night Moves (Cinedigm, 2013); and the short narrative Ode (1999). Kelly has taught at School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York University and is currently an artist-in-residence at Bard College.
12 June 2014, 11:31 am
57 minutes 2 seconds
Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum"
The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).
28 May 2014, 1:03 pm
1 hour 1 minute
General Hayden, Lecture: "Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?"
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Islamism
25 February 2014, 3:54 pm
45 minutes 54 seconds
General Hayden, Lecture: "My Government, My Security and Me"
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies
25 February 2014, 3:51 pm
1 hour 25 minutes
Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and ideals of maturity’?
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing
12 February 2014, 11:40 am
11 minutes 56 seconds
Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow
12 February 2014, 11:16 am
3 minutes 36 seconds
Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our understanding of how power works in society?
Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey
12 February 2014, 10:53 am
51 minutes 31 seconds
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (4)
Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the fourth and final lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.