Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge episodes

February 22, 2016 A Conductor's Point of View
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.
1 hr 13 min
November 17, 2015 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.
3 min
July 10, 2014 Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"
Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.
47 min
June 12, 2014 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.
1 hr 19 min
May 28, 2014 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).
58 min
February 25, 2014 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
1 hr 2 min
February 25, 2014 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
46 min
February 12, 2014 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
1 hr 26 min
February 12, 2014 Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow
Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow
12 min
February 12, 2014 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
4 min

About Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.