Humanities (Video)

Director Julia Marchese discusses her documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition as seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29625]

Director Louis Psihoyos and co-producer Gina Papabeis discuss the film Racing Extinction which shows shows an unlikely team of activists and innovators who hatch a bold mission to save endangered species. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29624]

Can nonviolent civil disobedience effectively counter the brutality of organized crime and government corruption in Mexico? What impact can people’s movements have against such odds? Pietro Ameglio, a leading theorist and practitioner of nonviolent social movements in Mexico addresses this challenge in an interview with Everard Meade, the director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego. Series: "Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29171]

Paul Goldberger holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City. In this follow-up to his previous lecture (The Generic City), he discusses whether, despite their similarities, cities are catalysts for creativity and why. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29298]

Joyce Carol Oates has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Most recently, she published Carthage and The Sacrifice, and the story collections High-Crime Area and Lovely, Dark, Deep. Among her many honors are the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, the Prix Femina Étranger, and the President's Medal in the Humanities. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Oates has taught recently at Berkeley and Stanford, and is on the faculty at Princeton University. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29541]

E. Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, is an expert in handling cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He tells the story here of his most prominent case, “Republic of Austria v. Altmann” which resulted in the successful return of six paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the “Golden Lady,” to their rightful owners. Series: "The Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29174]

Architecture critic and The New School professor Paul Goldberger looks at whether cities are becoming more and more the same, and why, and what the implications for this are. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29297]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Paul Goldberger for a discussion of his intellectual journey, architecture, the role of the critic, and the importance of the city. Series: "Conversations with History" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29579]

Executive producer and co-writer of Journey of the Universe Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses the evolution of her book and the film that explores the nature of the universe. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29623]