Videos
Anne Harrington, Harvard University"Mindful Minds, Different Brains: Historical Reflections on America’s Love Affair with Meditation" April 26, 2017Anne Harrington is the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University. She is also Faculty Dean of... |
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Rüdiger Campe and Joanna Radin in conversation with Rosi BraidottiMarch 3, 2017Philosopher Rosi Braidotti of Utrecht University in the Netherlands will deliver the 2017 Tanner Lectures on Human Values this spring at the Whitney Humanities Center. Her talks are jointly titled “Posthuman, All... |
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Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University"Aspirations of a Posthumanist" March 2, 2017Philosopher Rosi Braidotti of Utrecht University in the Netherlands will deliver the 2017 Tanner Lectures on Human Values this spring at the Whitney Humanities Center. Her talks are jointly titled “Posthuman, All... |
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Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht UniversityMarch 1, 2017Philosopher Rosi Braidotti of Utrecht University in the Netherlands will deliver the 2017 Tanner Lectures on Human Values this spring at the Whitney Humanities Center. Her talks are jointly titled “Posthuman, All... |
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, CUNY/University of Sydney"Paths to the Evolution of Consciousness" February 22, 2017Peter Godfrey-Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia, and taught at Stanford, Harvard, the Australian National University, and the CUNY Graduate Center before moving to his current position as professor of the history... |
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Harold Augenbraum, American writer, editor, and translator"What Translation Means: The Extent and Impact of Translation in America" February 21, 2017For twelve years, Augenbraum was Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. He has translated, among other works, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’sChronicle of... |
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Alexandra Horowitz, Barnard CollegeFebruary 15, 2017Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (2009), On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes (2013), and Being a... |
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Christopher Lebron, Yale UniversityWhy Does James Baldwin Love You? December 6, 2016Christopher Lebron is Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of The Color of Our Shame: Race and Justice in Our Time, winner of the American... |
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Magda Zaborowska, University of MichiganErasure, Overlay, Manipulation: James Baldwin’s Queer Dwellings October 25, 2016Magda Zaborowska is a professor in the Departments of American Culture and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Her research and teaching fields include literary and cultural... |
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Rich Blint, Pratt InstituteThe Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on American Cinema October 18, 2016Rich Blint is the 2016–2017 Scholar-in-Residence in the MFA Program in Performance and Performance Studies in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute. His teaching and research interests... |