Boston College Front Row
By Boston College Magazine
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A selection of lectures, interviews, readings, concerts, and performances from Boston College.
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How Poets and Novelists Came to Comfort the Faithful and Strengthen Doubters | Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, talks about the role of literature in sustaining religious belief. Judith Wilt, the Newton College Alumnae Professor Emerita, provides a response. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoHow Poets and Novelists Came to Comfort the Faithful and Strengthen Doubters | Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, talks about the role of literature in sustaining religious belief. Judith Wilt, the Newton College Alumnae Professor Emerita, provides a response. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noam Chomsky: Language and Other Cognitive Processes | Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, is a noted linguist, philosopher, and social critic. Following his lecture, Chomsky answers questions from the audience. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoNoam Chomsky: Language and Other Cognitive Processes | Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, is a noted linguist, philosopher, and social critic. Following his lecture, Chomsky answers questions from the audience. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoOpen Access Week Symposium | John Palfrey, the Henry N. Ess Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, delivers the keynote address at the Open Access Symposium. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Open Access Week Symposium | John Palfrey, the Henry N. Ess Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, delivers the keynote address at the Open Access Symposium. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoFaculty Poetry Reading: Andrew Sofer | Andrew Sofer, associate professor of English at Boston College, reads from WAVE, his recently published book of poems. Introduced by Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faculty Poetry Reading: Andrew Sofer | Andrew Sofer, associate professor of English at Boston College, reads from WAVE, his recently published book of poems. Introduced by Maxim D. Shrayer, Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nostalgia, Ostalgia, and Memory Stick | Croatian-born author Dubravka Ugresic talks about her life during communist rule in Eastern Europe. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoNostalgia, Ostalgia, and Memory Stick | Croatian-born author Dubravka Ugresic talks about her life during communist rule in Eastern Europe. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Chance to Make History: Teach for America | Kopp addresses the Lynch Leadership Academy and discusses her recent book, A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoA Chance to Make History: Teach for America | Kopp addresses the Lynch Leadership Academy and discusses her recent book, A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All. | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoReflections on the Problem of the "Black Church" | Curtis J. Evans, assistant professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School, delivers this lecture as part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Studies Series. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reflections on the Problem of the "Black Church" | Curtis J. Evans, assistant professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School, delivers this lecture as part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Studies Series. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoLectura Dantis: Paradiso 17 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 17" with Michael Papio, associate professor of Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lectura Dantis: Paradiso 17 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 17" with Michael Papio, associate professor of Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoKaren Yamashita, A Reading from I-Hotel | Author and National Book Award finalist Karen Yamashita reads from her latest novel, I-Hotel. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Googlization of Everything | Cultural historian and media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan reports from the front lines in the battle between copyright law, Google, and the concept of fair use. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Googlization of Everything | Cultural historian and media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan reports from the front lines in the battle between copyright law, Google, and the concept of fair use. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resistance in Nazi Germany | Panelists discuss the spiritual, military, and philosophical resistance against the oppression of the Third Reich. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoResistance in Nazi Germany | Panelists discuss the spiritual, military, and philosophical resistance against the oppression of the Third Reich. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lectura Dantis: Paradiso 16 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 16" with Giovanni Spani. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian. http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/spani/ | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoLectura Dantis: Paradiso 16 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 16" with Giovanni Spani. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian. | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoHobbes vs. Spinoza on Human Nature: Political Ramifications | Daniel Garber, the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, explores the relationship between philosophers Baruch Spinoza and Thomas Hobbes and how their views on human nature helped shape the political culture of their day. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hobbes vs. Spinoza on Human Nature: Political Ramifications | Daniel Garber, the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, explores the relationship between philosophers Baruch Spinoza and Thomas Hobbes and how their views on human nature helped shape the political culture of their day. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoA Progress Report on the War on Terrorism | An update on the U.S. war on terror by Daniel Byman, professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and senior fellow at the Brookings Institute's Saban Center for Middle East Policy. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Progress Report on the War on Terrorism | An update on the U.S. war on terror by Daniel Byman, professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and senior fellow at the Brookings Institute's Saban Center for Middle East Policy. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoReligious Freedom in the Military | Mikey Weinstein, exÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Religious Freedom in the Military | Mikey Weinstein, exÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Citizen Founders: Americans Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 | Pauline Maier, one the premiere historians of the American Revolution, explores the state conventions that ratified the new U.S. Constitution after it was drafted and proposed by the Federal Convention in Philadelphia. | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoCitizen Founders: Americans Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 | Pauline Maier, one the premiere historians of the American Revolution, explores the state conventions that ratified the new U.S. Constitution after it was drafted and proposed by the Federal Convention in Philadelphia. | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoCarmelite Authors 101: Edith Stein ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | John Sullivan, O.C.D., first series editor of the Collected Works of Edith Stein, and editor of Edith Stein: Essential Writings, talks about the life and writings of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942). | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carmelite Authors 101: Edith Stein ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | John Sullivan, O.C.D., first series editor of the Collected Works of Edith Stein, and editor of Edith Stein: Essential Writings, talks about the life and writings of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942). | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lectura Dantis: Paradiso 15 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 15" with Francesco Castellano. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoLectura Dantis: Paradiso 15 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 15" with Francesco Castellano. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging the Widest Achievement Gap | David L. Kirp delivers a talk, titled "Bridging the Widest Achievement Gap: African-American Males and Equal Educational Opportunity," sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoBridging the Widest Achievement Gap | David L. Kirp delivers a talk, titled "Bridging the Widest Achievement Gap: African-American Males and Equal Educational Opportunity," sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoMentoring and Jesuit Education | Thomas E. Buckley delivers this Gasson Lecture on the importance of mentoring, particularly in Jesuit education, and the impact that Thomas Jefferson's first real teacher had upon him. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mentoring and Jesuit Education | Thomas E. Buckley delivers this Gasson Lecture on the importance of mentoring, particularly in Jesuit education, and the impact that Thomas Jefferson's first real teacher had upon him. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoBeyond the Rhetoric of Slavery | Jacqueline Bhabha delivers the 11th Annual Holocaust/Human Rights Project Lecture, titled "Beyond the Rhetoric of Slavery: Injecting Human Rights into Anti-trafficking Strategies." | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beyond the Rhetoric of Slavery | Jacqueline Bhabha delivers the 11th Annual Holocaust/Human Rights Project Lecture, titled "Beyond the Rhetoric of Slavery: Injecting Human Rights into Anti-trafficking Strategies." | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carmelite Authors 101: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity | Daniel Chowning, O.C.D., a Carmelite writer, lecturer and retreat leader, delivers a lecture about Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Carmelite nun and writer who lived from 1880 to 1906 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoCarmelite Authors 101: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity | Daniel Chowning, O.C.D., a Carmelite writer, lecturer and retreat leader, delivers a lecture about Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Carmelite nun and writer who lived from 1880 to 1906 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catholic Perspectives on Climate Change | Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Church's teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship. | 11/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoCatholic Perspectives on Climate Change | Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Church's teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship. | 11/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Winston Forum on Business Ethics | Juliet Schor, professor of sociology at Boston College, addresses the economics and sociology of ecological decline. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoWinston Forum on Business Ethics | Juliet Schor, professor of sociology at Boston College, addresses the economics and sociology of ecological decline. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoEric Klinenberg on Young Adults Living Alone | NYU sociology professor Eric Klinenberg traces the history and sociology of solitary living in urban America. | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Klinenberg on Young Adults Living Alone | NYU sociology professor Eric Klinenberg traces the history and sociology of solitary living in urban America. | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoLectura Dantis: Paradiso 14 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 14" with Adoyo Owuor, teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lectura Dantis: Paradiso 14 | Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents "Paradiso 14" with Adoyo Owuor, teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Korean American Students and the Problem of Segregation | Nancy Abelmann of the University of Illinois discusses the tensions between the ideals of higher education and the experiences of Korean American undergraduates at the University of Illinois. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoKorean American Students and the Problem of Segregation | Nancy Abelmann of the University of Illinois discusses the tensions between the ideals of higher education and the experiences of Korean American undergraduates at the University of Illinois. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoLebanon: Culture of Violence vs. Culture of Peace | Samy Gemayel, one of the youngest members of the Lebanese parliament, talks about his native country and the sacrifices its people and allies have made for its stability. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lebanon: Culture of Violence vs. Culture of Peace | Samy Gemayel, one of the youngest members of the Lebanese parliament, talks about his native country and the sacrifices its people and allies have made for its stability. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is the Golden Rule Gold or Garbage? | Treat others as you want to be treated. Jesus, Confucius, Hillel, and great religious leaders throughout history have all pointed to the golden rule as the best summary of how to live. | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | VideoIs the Golden Rule Gold or Garbage? | Treat others as you want to be treated. Jesus, Confucius, Hillel, and great religious leaders throughout history have all pointed to the golden rule as the best summary of how to live. | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War | Richard Grayson, senior lecturer in British and Irish Politics at Goldsmith, University of London, discusses how Unionists and Nationalists enlisted to fight together in the British armed forces during World War I. | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | VideoBelfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War | Richard Grayson, senior lecturer in British and Irish Politics at Goldsmith, University of London, discusses how Unionists and Nationalists enlisted to fight together in the British armed forces during World War I. | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoJane Brox on the Evolution of Artificial Light | Jane Brox reads from her new book Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Brox on the Evolution of Artificial Light | Jane Brox reads from her new book Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoConstitution Day Lecture on National Security Secrecy | Gabriel Schoenfeld, author of the recent Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law, argues that transparency sometimes conflicts with the Constitutional expectation that government "provide for our common defense." | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Constitution Day Lecture on National Security Secrecy | Gabriel Schoenfeld, author of the recent Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law, argues that transparency sometimes conflicts with the Constitutional expectation that government "provide for our common defense." | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoMark Warren on White Racial Justice Activists | Mark Warren, associate professor of education at Harvard University, examines the factors that motivate white Americans to take up the cause of racial justice. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Warren on White Racial Justice Activists | Mark Warren, associate professor of education at Harvard University, examines the factors that motivate white Americans to take up the cause of racial justice. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoGovernor Deval Patrick on Education | Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick traces his journey from "broken" schools on Chicago's South Side, to Milton Academy, to Harvard University and Harvard Law. | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Governor Deval Patrick on Education | Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick traces his journey from "broken" schools on Chicago's South Side, to Milton Academy, to Harvard University and Harvard Law. | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoInside the BC Studio with Bill Cain, SJ | Bill Cain, SJ, a 1970 Boston College graduate and award-winning playwright and screenwriter, discusses his career with Robert Ver Eecke, SJ. | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inside the BC Studio with Bill Cain, SJ | Bill Cain, SJ, a 1970 Boston College graduate and award-winning playwright and screenwriter, discusses his career with Robert Ver Eecke, SJ. | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Architecture in Nanospace | Sir Harold Kroto, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University and one of three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry, discusses a variety of topics relating to chemistry and his career in the field. | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoArchitecture in Nanospace | Sir Harold Kroto, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida State University and one of three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry, discusses a variety of topics relating to chemistry and his career in the field. | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating Intervention Research that Affects Quality of Life | Karen Meneses | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | VideoDeveloping, Implementing, and Evaluating Intervention Research that Affects Quality of Life | Karen Meneses | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | VideoIs This the Golden Age in Jewish-Catholic Relations? | Richard J. Sklba, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, explores the historical periods in which Jews and Christians lived together harmoniously. | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is This the Golden Age in Jewish-Catholic Relations? | Richard J. Sklba, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, explores the historical periods in which Jews and Christians lived together harmoniously. | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | VideoChristian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany | Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, addresses the theme of her 2008 book, The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany | Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, addresses the theme of her 2008 book, The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | VideoTo Be Of Use: Validity, Science, & Participatory Justice Studies | Michelle Fine is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Urban Education, and Women's Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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To Be Of Use: Validity, Science, & Participatory Justice Studies | Michelle Fine is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Urban Education, and Women's Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Last Lecture: James Fleming, SJ | James Fleming, SJ, MA '83 is the director of mission planning and ministry at the Office of University Mission and Ministry. | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 81 | VideoThe Last Lecture: James Fleming, SJ | James Fleming, SJ, MA '83 is the director of mission planning and ministry at the Office of University Mission and Ministry. | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | VideoIslamic Civilization and Societies Distinguished Lecture Series | Sachiko Murata and William Chittick are professors of religious studies at Stony Brook University. | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Islamic Civilization and Societies Distinguished Lecture Series | Sachiko Murata and William Chittick are professors of religious studies at Stony Brook University. | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interpreting God's Word in Paradise Lost | Milton scholar Barbara Lewalski, the William R. Keenan Professor of English at Harvard University, presents a paper titled "Milton and the World of God: Issues of Interpretation in the Bible and in Paradise Lost." | 3/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | VideoInterpreting God's Word in Paradise Lost | Milton scholar Barbara Lewalski, the William R. Keenan Professor of English at Harvard University, presents a paper titled "Milton and the World of God: Issues of Interpretation in the Bible and in Paradise Lost." | 3/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How We Think | Alan Schoenfeld, professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about his research into building mathematical models of the actions people take and the decisions they make while performing routine tasks. | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | VideoHow We Think | Alan Schoenfeld, professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about his research into building mathematical models of the actions people take and the decisions they make while performing routine tasks. | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Maryks on the the Early Jesuits and the Jews | Robert Maryks is author of "The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews: Jesuits of Jewish Ancestry and Purity-of-Blood Laws in the Early Society of Jesus (2009)." | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 89 | VideoRobert Maryks on the the Early Jesuits and the Jews | Robert Maryks is author of "The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews: Jesuits of Jewish Ancestry and Purity-of-Blood Laws in the Early Society of Jesus (2009)." | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | VideoMixed Marriages: A 40-year retrospective | James J. Conn, SJ, is a part-time faculty member of the School of Theology. He discusses the role of pastoral ministers in approaching the marriages of Catholics with non-Catholics. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mixed Marriages: A 40-year retrospective | James J. Conn, SJ, is a part-time faculty member of the School of Theology. He discusses the role of pastoral ministers in approaching the marriages of Catholics with non-Catholics. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 92 | VideoU.S.-Israeli Relations: Past, Present, and Future | Aaron David Miller, Shai Feldman, and Hussein Ibish discuss the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. | 2/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S.-Israeli Relations: Past, Present, and Future | Aaron David Miller, Shai Feldman, and Hussein Ibish discuss the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. | 2/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Challenge of Catholicity: Becoming a 'Catholic' Catholic Church | Rev. Richard Lennan, professor of systematic theology in the School of Theology and Ministry, explores what it means for the Church to be "catholic," and how we reconcile that proclamation with our contemporary experience of the Church. | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 95 | VideoThe Challenge of Catholicity: Becoming a "Catholic" Catholic Church | Rev. Richard Lennan, professor of systematic theology in the School of Theology and Ministry, explores what it means for the Church to be "catholic," and how we reconcile that proclamation with our contemporary experience of the Church. | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | VideoThe Death and Life of American Journalism | A student of the history and political economy of the media, Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and president of Free Press, a national media | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Death and Life of American Journalism | A student of the history and political economy of the media, Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and president of Free Press, a national media | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breathing with Both Lungs: Growth & Challenge in Orthodox-Catholic Relations Since Vatican II | Brian Daley, S.J., the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the restoration of unity among Christian communities. | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 99 | VideoBreathing with Both Lungs: Growth & Challenge in Orthodox-Catholic Relations Since Vatican II | Brian Daley, S.J., the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the restoration of unity among Christian communities. | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mary Hughes: The Last Lecture | Mary Hughes is an adjunct professor in the Arts & Sciences Honors Program. In this "last lecture" she discusses thoughts prompted by the recent death of her husband. | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 101 | VideoMary Hughes: The Last Lecture | Mary Hughes is an adjunct professor in the Arts & Sciences Honors Program. In this "last lecture" she discusses thoughts prompted by the recent death of her husband. | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Algebra Initiative in the Chicago Public Schools | Paul Sally '54 MS'56, a mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, describes a program he developed in Chicago to improve the teaching of mathematics in eighth grade. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 103 | VideoAlgebra Initiative in the Chicago Public Schools | Paul Sally '54 MS'56, a mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, describes a program he developed in Chicago to improve the teaching of mathematics in eighth grade. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Demanding Dignity: Defending Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the 21st Century | Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, discusses the importance of human rights activism, the current work of Amnesty, and how to relate the principle of thinking globally and acting locally to our lives. | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 105 | VideoDemanding Dignity: Defending Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the 21st Century | Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, discusses the importance of human rights activism, the current work of Amnesty, and how to relate the principle of thinking globally and acting locally to our lives. | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Say You're One of Them: A Reading by Uwem Akpan, S.J. | Uwem Akpan, S.J., 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. | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 107 | VideoSay You're One of Them: A Reading by Uwem Akpan, S.J. | Uwem Akpan, S.J., 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. | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Yom Kippur in Amsterdam: A Reading by Maxim Shrayer | Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures at Boston College and the winner of a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, discusses his new collection of short stories Yom Kippur in Amsterdam. | 11/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 109 | VideoYom Kippur in Amsterdam: A Reading by Maxim Shrayer | Maxim D. Shrayer, professor of Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures at Boston College and the winner of a 2007 National Jewish Book Award, discusses his new collection of short stories Yom Kippur in Amsterdam. | 11/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America: Session III: Cultural Influences: The Military, Politics, and Soc | This is the third of three sessions at a symposium titled "Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America," sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America Session II: United We Serve: The All-Volunteer Force, National Ser | This is the second of three sessions at a symposium titled "Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America," sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 112 | VideoSoldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America: Session III: Cultural Influences: The Military, Politics, and Soc | This is the third of three sessions at a symposium titled "Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America," sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 113 | VideoSoldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America Session II: United We Serve: The All-Volunteer Force, National Ser | This is the second of three sessions at a symposium titled "Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America," sponsored by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and hosted by Boston College. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"We Are BC": Ethics and Athletic Excellence on the Heights | Boston College athletes' graduation rates rank among the national leaders, and the University is home to one of the most competitive athletics programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference. | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 115 | Video"We Are BC": Ethics and Athletic Excellence on the Heights | Boston College athletes' graduation rates rank among the national leaders, and the University is home to one of the most competitive athletics programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference. | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What America Can Learn from Swiss Health Care | Sabina De Geest, professor of nursing and director of the Institute of Nursing Science of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 117 | VideoWhat America Can Learn from Swiss Health Care | Sabina De Geest, professor of nursing and director of the Institute of Nursing Science of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forensic Applications in Anthropology | Ann Marie Mires teaches at Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, and also at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 119 | VideoForensic Applications in Anthropology | Ann Marie Mires teaches at Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, and also at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Street Stops Here with Author Patrick McCloskey | Author Patrick McCloskey talks with Ben Birnbaum, editor of Boston College Magazine, about his book The Street Stops Here (University of California Press, 2009) | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 121 | VideoThe Street Stops Here with Author Patrick McCloskey | Author Patrick McCloskey talks with Ben Birnbaum, editor of Boston College Magazine, about his book The Street Stops Here (University of California Press, 2009) | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Dave Fromm '93 | David Fromm '93 fondly recalls his undergraduate years at Boston College before reading two selections from Expatriot Games: My Season of Misadventures in Czech Semi-Pro Basketball (Skyhorse, 2008). | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons Learned from Katrina | Liz McCartney '94, co-founder of St. Bernard Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, discusses some of the lessons she has learned about effective leadership. | 10/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 124 | VideoLessons Learned from Katrina | Liz McCartney '94, co-founder of St. Bernard Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, discusses some of the lessons she has learned about effective leadership. | 10/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evangelical Spiritual Warfare and Vodou in Haiti | Elizabeth McAlister is an associate professor of religion at Wesleyan University. She discusses the ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 126 | VideoEvangelical Spiritual Warfare and Vodou in Haiti | Elizabeth McAlister is an associate professor of religion at Wesleyan University. She discusses the ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maxine Hong Kingston | Chinese-American author, feminist, and peace activist Maxine Hong Kingston writes both fiction and nonfiction about the immigrant experience. | 10/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 128 | VideoMaxine Hong Kingston | Chinese-American author, feminist, and peace activist Maxine Hong Kingston writes both fiction and nonfiction about the immigrant experience. | 10/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Batterers Who Kill | David Adams, a co-director of Emerge, an organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that provides counseling and education related to domestic violence, discusses his research regarding domestic homicides. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 130 | VideoBatterers Who Kill | David Adams, a co-director of Emerge, an organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that provides counseling and education related to domestic violence, discusses his research regarding domestic homicides. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Evelyn Underhill Lecture in Christian Spirituality: Timothy Radcliffe, OP | What kind of spirituality can help Christians, particularly Catholics, to reach beyond sectarianism and yet be well identified as something more than just ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 132 | VideoThe Evelyn Underhill Lecture in Christian Spirituality: Timothy Radcliffe, OP | What kind of spirituality can help Christians, particularly Catholics, to reach beyond sectarianism and yet be well identified as something more than just ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Lectura Dantis: ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | Lectura Dantis, a public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 134 | VideoLectura Dantis: ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | Lectura Dantis, a public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Author Meets Critics: The Future of Liberalism | Political science professor Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, discusses his most recent book, The Future of Liberalism (Knopf, 2009). | 4/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 136 | VideoAuthor Meets Critics: The Future of Liberalism | Political science professor Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, discusses his most recent book, The Future of Liberalism (Knopf, 2009). | 4/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hosting the Stranger: Hospitality and Hostility in World Politics | Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT, is the featured panelist in this event. | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 138 | VideoHosting the Stranger: Hospitality and Hostility in World Politics | Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT, is the featured panelist in this event. | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: A Reading by Ha Jin | Author Ha Jin, professor of English at Boston University, reads from his most recently published novel, A Free Life (Pantheon, 2007). | 4/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 140 | VideoA Reading by Ha Jin | Author Ha Jin, professor of English at Boston University, reads from his most recently published novel, A Free Life (Pantheon, 2007). | 4/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Engineering Microbial Metabolism for Production of Anti-Malarial Drugs | Jay D. Keasling, the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the causes and consequences of malaria and how scientists have successfully engineered an anti-malarial drug. | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 142 | VideoEngineering Microbial Metabolism for Production of Anti-Malarial Drugs | Jay D. Keasling, the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the causes and consequences of malaria and how scientists have successfully engineered an anti-malarial drug. | 4/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life After Spellings: What Future for Teaching, Learning, and Accountability in American Higher Education? | Peter T. Ewell, vice president of the private, nonprofit National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), takes stock of the many recent financial, political, and technological changes that have occurred in American higher education. | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 144 | VideoLife After Spellings: What Future for Teaching, Learning, and Accountability in American Higher Education? | Peter T. Ewell, vice president of the private, nonprofit National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), takes stock of the many recent financial, political, and technological changes that have occurred in American higher education. | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ethics of Intervention | Nicholas Burns '78, professor in the practice of diplomacy and international politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, briefly reflects on his time as a student at Boston College before delivering a lecture on genocide. | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 146 | VideoThe Ethics of Intervention | Nicholas Burns '78, professor in the practice of diplomacy and international politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, briefly reflects on his time as a student at Boston College before delivering a lecture on genocide. | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New Demography: The Fourth Chapter in the Great American Story | Jesse TreviÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 3/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 148 | VideoThe New Demography: The Fourth Chapter in the Great American Story | Jesse TreviÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 3/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clough Colloquium: Francis Collins | Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and author of The Language of God (Free Press, 2006), led the successful effort to complete the Human Genome Project. | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 150 | VideoClough Colloquium: Francis Collins | Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and author of The Language of God (Free Press, 2006), led the successful effort to complete the Human Genome Project. | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Symposium Session 3: Religion, Morality, and the Law Session 3: | ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Symposium Session 2: Religion and Electoral Politics Session 2: Religion and Electo | ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Symposium Session 1: How Religion Shapes American Culture Session 1: How Religion S | ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Space Weather: What is the Sun-Earth Connection and Why Do We Care? Why Do We Care? | Patricia Doherty, director of the University's Institute for Scientific Research, discusses the impact of solar events and solar wind on terrestrial weather. | 10/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Serving the Children of Boston Through Partnership | ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Happened at Vatican II | What Happened at Vatican II (Belknap, 2008) by John O'Malley, S.J., is the topic of a discussion presented by the Jesuit Institute. | 9/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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World Trade and Justice for the Poor: Impact of the Global Talks Breakdown | Panelists present three perspectives on the World Trade Organization's apparent failure to achieve agreement at last summer's ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lectura Dantis: ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | Professor Rachel Jacoff of Wellesley College reads, in Italian, from ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 9/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Atlantic and Neotectonism in the Western Hudson Highlands | Alexander Gates is a professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Rutgers University. | 9/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Higher Education Recruitment Consortium's Diversity Roundtable | Nydia Gonzalez, chief diversity officer at Yale University, presents a lecture on diversity in the university setting at a meeting of the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which took place at Boston College. | 2/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on the Economy and the Educational System: Wicked Policy for Massachusetts and the Nation | Berliner is a vocal critic of the increased role of standardized testing in American schools. His most recent book, Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts AmericaÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geraldine Brooks Reads from People of the Book | Pulitzer PrizeÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 2/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Social Categories, Social Structure, and Ideology Critique | Are women more submissive than men? Is it more likely that blacks will commit crimes than members of other races? Sally Haslanger, a professor of philosophy at MIT. | 2/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writers Among Us: James Smith | English professor James Smith study of the controversial workhouses where socially marginalized and so-called fallen women and girls were confined throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. | 2/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building the Climate Movement | Activist Bill McKibben, author of one of the first books about climate change written for a general audience, The End of Nature (Anchor, 1989), talks about the challenges presented by global warming and the radical environmental message of the Gospels. | 1/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are We Rome? | Since its founding, America has been compared to Rome, says Cullen Murphy. | 12/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From 'Gothic' to 'Medieval': Revising Attitudes to the Middle Ages | In 1827 the term "medieval" was first coined to refer to the time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. | 12/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Septuagint Translation of the Bible: Between Jews and Christians | Tessa Rajak, Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies and Classics at Yale University, discusses the Septuagint, the Hebrew BibleÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seventh Annual Prophetic Voices in the Church Lecture | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland and oldest daughter of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, is an adjunct professor at Georgetown UniversityÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 11/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present | When asked by a publisher to write a book about the effect of the U.S. occupation on Iraqi women, Nadje Al-Ali says she wanted to provide a more nuanced picture than the stereotype of "just another Muslim country oppressing its women." | 11/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Humanitarian Crisis: Status of Healthcare in Iraq Today | Dahlia Wasfi, MD, was born in the United States to an Iraqi father and Jewish mother. Although she was educated in this country, she frequently visited extended family in Iraq, most recently during the spring of 2006 when she spent three months in Basra. | 10/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Anne Enright Reading from Her Novel | Novelist Anne Enright opens her talk by expressing ambivalence about being characterized as an Irish writer and as a woman writer. | 9/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Neuroeconomics of Trust | The Neuroeconomics of Trust | 9/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Year Academic Convocation | Jeannette Walls grew up in poverty and went on to have a successful career as a magazine and television reporter. | 9/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Dukakis on Healthcare Reform | Former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic nominee for president Michael Dukakis doesn't mince words in talking about health care reform. | 9/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: The Boston College Experience, Alumni Panel Discussion | In a panel discussion at the June 2007 reunion, five members of the Golden Anniversary Class of '57 talked about their favorite professors, commuting to school, the dating scene, athletics, and attending college during the 1950s. | 6/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The ManagerÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | Boston College men's ice hockey coach Jerry York talks about being appointed the youngest college coach in the USA at age 26 and his current status as the winningest coach in Division I hockey. | 6/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Impact of Science Fiction Film on Student Understanding of Science | While studying student reaction to an experimental science curriculum, the Lynch School's Michael Barnett found that students who had viewed a science fiction movie were more influenced by it than by the material in the curriculum. | 5/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catholic Senators and Presidential Candidates: Their Faith and Public Policy | NBC newsman Tim Russert moderated a discussion on April 23 in Conte Forum with presidential candidates Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) entitled "Catholic Senators and Presidential Candidates: Their Faith and Public Policy." | 4/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Erotic Spirituality and the Book of Jonah | "There is no biblical book that has been so maligned and so poorly understood and so viciously used as the Book of Jonah," says T. Anthony Perry, a literary scholar who has taught at the University of Connecticut and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. | 4/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chief Executives' Club of Boston | Randall Stephenson was named president and CEO of AT&T last spring. Speaking at the CEO Club, he discusses weathering the storm of the "dot com bust." | 4/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are All Values Relative? Thinking About Objective Values in Ethics, Art and Religion in a Pluralist World of Conflicting Belief | "There's considerable doubt and confusion in the modern world about objective values, and about how we can find them if they do exist," says Robert Kane, a philosophy professor at the University of Texas at Austin. | 4/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canisius ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, a leader in drafting the Sacrosanctum Consilium, which established modern liturgical practices as part of Vatican II, asks whether the document's "profound intentions" have been realized. | 4/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesuits, Biblical Exegesis, and the Mathematical Sciences in the Early Modern Period | The widespread view that there was a profound conflict between science and theology in 16th and 17th century Europe is based on the controversies over Copernicus and Galileo. | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Athenian Agora and the Origins of Democracy | Inaugurating the Behrakis Family Symposium in Classical Studies, John McKesson Camp II discusses archeological findings at the Athens agora—the large open square that was a gathering place for public activities such as markets and athletic events. | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clough Colloquium | Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns '78 has been a foreign service officer and assistant to presidents of both political parties in the course of his 24-year diplomatic career. | 4/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blasphemy in Ink: The Danish Mohammed Cartoons and Their Fallout | John McCoy, information and collections specialist at the McMullen Museum of Art, discusses the controversy surrounding publication in September 2005 by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, of political cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. | 4/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5th Annual APAHM Opening Celebration | Attorney, author, organizational consultant, and human rights activist Phoebe Eng was the keynote speaker at the opening event of the University's fifth annual celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. | 3/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Red and Blue Nation? Political Polarization in America | William Galston of the University of Maryland, Hahrie Han of Wellesley College, Professor Marc Landy, and Professor Alan Wolfe discuss the nature and significance of what analysts describe as a widening gulf within the American body politic. | 3/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Public Reading of the Divine Comedy: Purgatory 19 | Joan Ferrante, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, presents an analysis and reading of the 19th canto of Dante's "Purgatorio." Ferrante's commentary is in English; the reading from the Divine Comedy is in Italian. | 3/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Responding to the Roots of Religious Violence and Fostering Hope for Religious Peacebuilding | War and pacifism in the name of religion have a common source in religion's attempt to give expression to what is transcendent, or holy, according to R. Scott Appleby. | 3/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia with Protons and Electrons | In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners. | 3/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Applications of High Oxidation State Metathesis Catalysts in Organic and Polymer Chemistry | In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners. | 3/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Discovery and Development of High Oxidation State Catalysts for the Metathesis of Alkenes and Alkynes | In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners. | 3/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Friendship and the Polis | Claudia Baracchi is an associate professor of philosophy at the New School University in New York, who specializes in the ancient philosophers. | 2/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Believing in the Global South | The social, economic, and cultural disparities between North America and Europe, on one hand, and the global south Africa, south Asia, and Latin America help explain different approaches to scripture and ritual | 2/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managers Studio with Joseph Tucci | Joseph Tucci says it's easy to run an organization if you do three things right: hire good people, get them to work together as a team, and have a clear goal so everyone is driving to the same place.ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 2/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Religious Pluralism without Relativism | ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 2/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Policing of Race Mixing: When Racism Came Under the Sway of Biopower | Robert Bernasconi, the Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis, explores continental philosopher Michel FoucaultÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃ | 2/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Headscarves and Holy Days: Should the Law Make Exceptions? | Three experts on law and issues of religious expression present their views at a panel presentation sponsored by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. | 2/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disturbing the Peace: Intellectuals and Universities in an Illiberal Age | Tony Judt, the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University, asserts that tenured university academics have a social obligation to ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ | 2/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Migration Fictions: Jamaican Culture and Globalization | Rhonda Frederick, assistant professor of English, talks about the impact of globalization at the street level in Jamaica. | 1/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante's Purgatorio: Canto XVII | Trinity College's Dario Del Puppo discusses "Purgatorio XVII" and then reads the canto from Dante's Divine Comedy in Italian. | 1/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bioethics and the Constitution | The U.S. Constitution's silence on issues such as stem cell research and cloning presents a challenge and an opportunity to legislators and government regulators, according to Diana Schaub of Loyola College of Maryland. | 1/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CEO Club: Janet L. Robinson, President & CEO, The New York Times Company | At a CEO Club gathering, New York Times president and CEO Janet Robinson describes how her business is reinventing itself. | 1/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Urban Ecology: A New Science for Revitalizing America's Cities" | "Is the term 'urban ecology' an oxymoron?" asks Eric Strauss, director of the Environmental Studies Program and science director of the Urban Ecology Institute, in his lecture at the Weston Observatory. | 12/6/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Afternoon with Jeff Taylor and Eons.com | Baby boomers, who are now in their fifties and sixties, will redefine what it means to be a senior citizen, according to Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor and his associates at a newly formed Internet company called Eons.com. | 11/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bringing Place to Life: Reading From and Talking About Baker Towers | In a Lowell Humanities Series lecture, Jennifer Haigh reads from Baker Towers, which won the 2006 Pen/L.L. Winship Award. | 11/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Topic: Drug dependent | It's been nearly 20 years since Prozac was introduced. Are we happy yet? A roundtable on psychotropic drugs-the good they do, and the concerns their expanding use raises | 11/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catholic Liturgy Forty Years After Vatican II: Development or Decline? | Keith Pecklers, SJ, Gasson Chair, describes 50 years of historical background, including discussions within the Vatican, that culminated in major liturgical changes approved in 1963. | 11/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The African Diaspora and Black Masculine Performance | Michelle Stephens, associate professor of English at Mt. Holyoke College, explores the expression of black masculinity in performance through analysis of vaudeville performer Bert Williams, opera singer Paul Robeson, and author Frantz Fanon. | 11/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesuits and Friends: Looking to the Future | John Padberg, SJ, director of the Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis University, discusses future challenges and responsibilities of Jesuits as they relate to the secular world and work with other Jesuits. | 11/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building on the Past to Create the Future: The Spirit of Service | Richard Notebaert became chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International in 2002 after 30 years of experience at the Ameritech Corporation. | 10/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante's Purgatorio: Canto XV | Emilio Mazzola, world language teacher at Newton North High School, presents an analysis and reading of the 15th canto of Dante's Purgatorio. | 10/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writers Among Us: David Karp | David Karp, professor of sociology at Boston College, reads from and discusses his recent book, Is It Me or My Meds? Living with Antidepressants (Harvard University Press, 2006). | 10/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Jesuit Tradition and the Core Curriculum | Richard Cobb-Stevens, professor of philosophy at Boston College, has been the director of BC's Core Curriculum since 1992. | 10/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Class, Poverty and Shame | Tommie Shelby, Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and African and African American Studies at Harvard University | 10/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boisi "Testing and Educational Policy" | In the 13th Boisi Lecture, the Lynch School of Education welcomes Henry Braun as the Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy | 10/16/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Sex and the Archbishop: John Charles McQuaid and Social Change in 1960s Ireland" | Diarmaid Ferriter, historian and professor at St. Patrick's College in Dublin City University, analyzes the career of John Charles McQuaid, archbishop of Dublin from 1940 to 1972. | 10/16/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante's Purgatorio: Canto XIV | Maria Esposito Frank, chair of the department of modern language and cultures at the University of Hartford | 9/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Topic: Decline and fall? | Gerald Grace, Sr. Dale McDonald, and Joseph O'Keefe, SJ-sat down with Ben Birnbaum, editor of Boston College Magazine, to discuss the state of elementary and secondary parochial school education in the United States. | 9/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thinking Outside the Box: How Button Accordianist Joe Derrane Helped Redefine Irish America's Musical Identity Twice | Thinking Outside the Box: How Button Accordianist Joe Derrane Helped Redefine Irish America's Musical Identity Twice | 9/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Year Academic Convocation | Keynote speaker Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) exhorted students to look beyond self-interest in their lives and careers at Boston College's third annual academic convocation for first-year students in September. | 9/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Making of WTC View: A Career in Independent Film | Following the screening of his film WTC View: A Story of New York After 9/11, independent film director and author Brian Sloan '88 is interviewed on his career by John Michalczyk, chair of the fine arts department. | 9/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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God Is Beautiful, and He Loves Beauty: Remembrance and Realization in the Islamic Humanities | James Morris, author and Boston College professor of theology, discusses the current McMullen Museum of Art exhibit Cosmophillia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen in the context of Islamic history, art, and literature. | 9/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America | Author and City University of New York Professor Fances Fox Piven traces populist resistance to authority from the American Revolution to the present day at the sociology department's Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series. | 9/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hurricane Katrina: What Happened, What Went Wrong, and Where Do We Go From Here? | Geotechnical engineer John Christian presents a talk at the Weston Observatory entitled "Hurricane Katrina: what happened, what went wrong, and where do we go from here?" | 9/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The U.S. and Global Capital Markets | The NASDAQ's purchase of 25% of the London Stock Exchange in early 2006 ushered in an era of global market consolidation, according to Robert Greifeld, speaking on "The U.S. and Global Capital Markets" at the Boston College Chief Executives' Club. | 9/12/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catholic Higher Education in the United States | Archbishop J. Michael Miller, secretary of the Congregation of Catholic Education at the Vatican, speaks on the educational and religious responsibilities of American Catholic universities. | 9/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Whose Blood Was on Their Hands, and Why? Family Narrative and the Records of the Irish Revolution, 1919-1923 | Dublin's Trinity College Professor Eunan O'Halpin shares previously unreported details from his own family's exploits during the 1919-23 Irish War for Independence. | 9/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reason Over Passion: A Partnership for Peace in the Middle East | Jake Hyman, Odelia Englander, and Nelly Soudah | 9/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virtuoso Teams | In the inaugural Chambers Lecture, Andrew Boynton, dean of the Carroll School of Management, introduces his concept of "virtuoso teams" with a case study of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission. | 5/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Writers Among Us: David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer | David Shrayer-Petrov reads from his new book Autumn in Yalta: A Novel and Three Stories (Syracuse, 2006), which includes an autobiographical novel set in Stalinist Russia, Strange Danya Rayev. | 5/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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God, Darwin, and Design: America's New Battle Over Evolution | Biologist Kenneth R. Miller recounts recent political battles over evolution, including his role as lead witness in the 2005 "intelligent design" trial in Dover, Pennsylvania. | 5/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beyond the Empire of Jim Crow: Race and Foreign Policy in the Post Civil Rights Era | Historian Nikhil Singh discusses the role of race in the formation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy since World War II, as part of the New Directions in African Diaspora Research lecture series. | 4/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code or the Enduring Appeal of Conspiracy Theories | Prior to the film version premiere of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, Harold Attridge, dean of Yale Divinity School, clarifies the book's distortions of Leonardo Da Vinci's art, | 4/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Telling Stories Good for Democracy? | As part of the sociology department's Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series, Francesca Polletta discusses storytelling when used as a political campaign tool, including its use in the United States' 2004 presidential elections. | 4/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante's Purgatorio: Canto XII | Brian O'Connor, adjunct assistant professor of Italian at Boston College, presents an analysis and reading of the 12th canto of Dante's Purgatorio. | 4/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good | Jonathan Balcombe, an expert in animal behavior, describes the variety of animals that seem to demonstrate pleasure, and pleasure's theoretical origins in evolution. | 4/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fuller Meanings: Christian and Jewish Readings of the Bible | Theologians Jon Levenson and Gary Anderson critique the Pontifical Biblical Commission's 2001 document, | 4/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Church, Culture, and Education in Ireland and the USA | Garret FitzGerald, twice prime minister of Ireland (1981-82, 1982-87), speaks on the decline of the Catholic Church's influence in the education and lives of Irish citizens. | 4/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writers Among Us: Thomas H. O'Connor | Boston historian Thomas H. O'Connor discusses his 16th book, The Athens of America: Boston, 1825-1845 (UMass, 2006) | 4/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Emotions That Praise Others and Change the Self: Moral Elevation, Admiration, and Awe | Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on three rarely studied emotions-moral elevation, admiration, and awe | 4/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women Writers and the Death of Rural Ireland | Clair Wills speaks on representations of domesticity and female sexuality in the fiction of Irish writers Mary Lavin and Maura Laverty. | 4/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reading: Big Story/Little Story: A Reading and Conversation with Mark Singer | Mark Singer reads from his new book Character Studies: Encounters with the Curiously Obsessed (Houghton Mifflin, 2005), a collection of nine profiles, from Donald Trump to card illusionist Ricky Jay. | 4/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deep Impact: A Journey in Physics | Astronomer Michael A'Hearn '61, principal investigator of NASA's Deep Impact Project, returns to campus as part of the "Master Class: Alumni in Residence" series. | 4/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jewish Writers in Latin America | Dalia Feldman discusses how Jewish writers in Latin America, including Margo Glantz, Victor Perera, Moacyr Scliar, Ilan Stavans, and Jacobo Timerman, | 4/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Piecing Together Our History | Gary Okihiro gives the keynote speech during the opening ceremonies of Boston College's Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. | 3/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pushkin and the Imperial Lyceum: A Sentimental Education for an Unsentimental Upbringing | David Bethea gives the annual Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lecture in European Literature, a discussion of the adolescence of Alexander Pushkin, the Russian poet and novelist. | 3/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lawrence Joseph: Reading from His Poetry | Lawrence Joseph is a poet, critic, essayist, and professor of law at St. John's University. | 3/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Death Is For: Mortality in Philosophy, Art, Political Theory, and Religion | Joseph Bottum, Ph.D.'93, presents "What Death Is For: Mortality in Philosophy, Art, Political Theory, and Religion." | 3/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ann Patchett: Reading from Her Fiction | Ann Patchett reads from her novel-in-progress, Run, set in Boston. | 3/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's the Story? Journalism and Power | William Finnegan presents "What's the Story? Journalism and Power," a lecture on the relation between media and the power of ideas. | 2/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sons of Cuchulainn: Violence, the Family, and Irish Canons | Gerardine Meaney, senior lecturer and Director of Irish Studies at University College Dublin, presents "The Sons of Cuchulainn: Violence, the Family, and Irish Canons." | 2/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Neighborhood cinema | Richard Blake, on Gotham, as imagined by Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee. | 2/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stem Cells and the "Truth": Ethics, Fraud, and the Politics of Science | Gareth Cook, science journalist for the Boston Globe, presents a lecture on the complex relationship between science and politics in the stem cell debate. | 2/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Despair to Hope | Photojournalist Carol Guzy, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, presents "From Despair to Hope," a lecture and slideshow of her photographs, including award-winning images from Kosovo and Haiti. | 2/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The End of Religious Pluralism: A Tribute to David Burrell, CSC | Stanley Hauerwas, the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Duke University Divinity School, presents the Candlemas Lecture for the Lowell Humanities Series, a tribute to theologian David Burrell, CSC. | 2/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alone or Together: A Justice of Faith for a Globalizing World | Paul L. Locatelli, SJ, is the president of Santa Clara University and the author of "For One World With One Justice: Education for Globalization," | 2/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante's Purgatorio: Canto IX | Chiara Frenquellucci, preceptor in Romance languages and literatures at Harvard University, presents an analysis and reading of the ninth canto of Dante's Purgatorio. Frenquellucci's commentary is in English; the reading from the Comedy is in Italian. | 1/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Learning from the Past and Looking Ahead | Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate, presents a lecture on his experience in politics and the future of the Democratic Party. | 12/5/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Twelve Men in a Printing Shop, May 22, 1787: A Great Human Rights Movement is Born | Adam Hochschild presents a lecture on the birth of British abolitionism. | 12/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Illuminated verse | Poet Paul Mariani and illustrator Barry Moser talk about their artistic collaborations. | 9/27/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Recovery program | Alan Wolfe on how America has lost, and can regain, its sense of purpose. | 5/12/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Our man in Saigon | History professor Seth Jacobs on one of the most ruinous foreign policy decisions of the postwar era. | 4/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ritual life | History professor James O'Toole on transformations in American Catholic religious practice. | 2/2/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Easy targets | Author Juliet Schor on advertising aimed at children. | 11/4/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Obsession | Jeffery Howe on his 30-year relationship with the painter Fernand Khnopff. | 9/30/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Storyteller | A conversation with Elizabeth Graver, fiction writer and author of the new novel Awake. | 5/7/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Book report | William Neenan, SJ, on his popular, long-running, iconoclastic Dean's List of recommended reading. | 2/17/04 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ringside | Carlo Rotella on tank-town fights, ring names, Larry Holmes's soul, and the boxer's code of honor. | 10/16/03 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 272 Episodes |
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