UCTV: Humanities

Guitar Hero: What One Cognitive Psychologist’s Musical Mission Teaches Us About the Brain with Gary Marcus -- The Atlantic Meets the Pacific

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:00:00 PDT

Gary Marcus, the director of the NYU Center for Language and Music and author of “Guitar Zero,” talks about learning to play the guitar at 40 in this interview with Atlantic senior editor Alexis Madrigal. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24362]

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Revelle Forum: TC Boyle

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 36:00:00 PDT

Acclaimed novelist T. C. Boyle presents excerpts from his new novel, “San Miguel,” a soaring narrative about two families -- one in the 1880’s and one in the 1930’s -- trying to start new lives on a windswept, near desolate island off of Santa Barbara. He follows with a reading of his gripping short story, “The Lie.” Series: "Revelle Forum" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24033]

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The Art in Science The Science in Art - La Jolla Playhouse

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 36:00:00 PDT

A conversation about creativity among San Diego’s leading medical researchers and La Jolla Playhouse artists, including Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Des McAnuff, director of La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere science fiction musical, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” Participants on the panel include: Gerald Joyce, professor in the departments of chemistry and molecular biology at The Scripps Research Institute, Thomas Albright, director of the Vision Center laboratory at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Pamela Itkin-Ansari, adjunct assistant professor at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Daniel Einhorn (moderator), medical director of Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute. Series: "La Jolla Playhouse" [Humanities] [Science] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 24355]

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Witnessing History: Cold War Europe - UC Education Abroad

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

In 1962, UC Santa Barbara junior Leslie Zomalt was among the first group of students to study in Bordeaux, France through the newly launched UC Education Abroad Program. Among her experiences, the history major traveled to Germany to see Kennedy speak at the Berlin Wall, and ended up watching the historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech with a family that had been divided by the Wall’s construction. Series: "Going Places: UC Education Abroad" [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 24588]

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Happiness and Ultimate Good with Peter Singer

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 68:00:00 PDT

There is widespread agreement that happiness is good, but is it the sole ultimate good? Princeton University Professor Peter Singer explores arguments for and against such a conclusion. He considers the implications for public policy that take happiness as one of the most important goods that individuals can achieve. Singer specializes in applied ethics, approaching ethics from a secular preference utilitarian perspective Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24344]

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Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star - Stuart Collection at UCSD

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 28:00:00 PDT

Do Ho Suh’s fanciful “Fallen Star” is the eighteenth site-specific art work commissioned by UC San Diego’s renowned Stuart Collection. This program traces the project from initial concept through installation, including revealing comments from the artist about his inspirations and the intricacies of process. Series: "Stuart Collection" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 24032]

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Walking Together for Freedom with Asma Jahangir

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 32:00:00 PDT

Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani human rights lawyer, gives the keynote address for the Breaking Barriers: What It Will Take To Achieve Security, Justice and Peace conference hosted by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Asma Jahangir served two terms as chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and was the first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. She has fought to defend the human rights of women, religious minorities and laborers in Pakistan for over 40 years, both in and out of the courtroom. Series: "Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24170]

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Rebecca Solnit - Story Hour in the Library

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 32:00:00 PDT

Rebecca Solnit is the author of thirteen books, most recently the best selling “Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas.” She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award. A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she recently received an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a contributing editor to Harper's and regular contributor to the political site Tomdispatch.com. Here she reads to an audience at UC Berkeley. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24369]

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The Best Seat in the House: UCLA’s Chamber Music at the Clark Library - UCTV Prime Cuts

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

If you're a chamber music fan and you find Wigmore, Alice Tully and Carnegie halls not nearly exclusive enough, consider UCLA's Clark Library. Since 1994, the beloved rare-book library in Los Angeles' West Adams district has featured the same talent as the best-known music halls in the world, in the kind of intimate setting for which chamber music was conceived. All Chamber Music at the Clark concerts are presented in a sumptuous, acoustically superlative 100-seat drawing room — just like L.A. Philharmonic founder William Andrews Clark Jr. wanted it. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 24342]

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Holocaust and Genocide

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 92:00:00 PDT

What do we mean by “genocide”? Why are humans the only living creatures that kill their own kind in huge numbers? What place does the Holocaust occupy in the history of genocides? Yehuda Bauer, Professor Emeritus of History and Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the essential similarities and differences between the Holocaust and other genocides, particularly ones that have occurred during the last hundred years – Armenian, Cambodian, Ethiopian, Rwandan, and Darfurian Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24017]

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Salman Rushdie - Revelle Forum

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 92:00:00 PDT

Author Salman Rushdie shares details from his autobiography, “Joseph Anton: A Memoir,” a compelling account of his years in hiding after being condemned by the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. He also addresses the infamous anti-Islamic video that has sparked riots across the Middle East in this conversation with with Seth Lerer, the dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego. Series: "Revelle Forum" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24055]

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Science Fiction Horizons: David Brin on Science Fiction as Literature - It Came From Riverside (Extra)

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

Writer and futurist David Brin argues for the academic validity of science fiction, as the literature best suited to expanding our horizons while exploring solutions to society’s most pressing problems. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24399]

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The Positive-Sum Game: David Brin vs. Cynicism - It Came From Riverside (Extra)

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

Science fiction writer and futurist David Brin bucks the current trend of cynical pessimism, arguing that Western history since the Enlightenment is marked by slow but steady progress, and calling for open dialogue to solve pressing problems. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24400]

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Contraception at the Tea Party: The Politics of Women's Health with Linda Gordon

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:00:00 PDT

The political fight that has broken out in the US about contraception is both surprising and at the same time traditionally American. Linda Gordon, Professor at New York University, puts today's reproduction control controversies -- foreign aid for family planning, the abortion debates, teenage pregnancy and childbearing, stem-cell research --into historical perspective and argues that reproduction control has always been central to women's status. Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24156]

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A Force for Good and for God: Judaism in the 21st Century

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 24:00:00 PDT

Rabbi Rick Jacobs highlights some of the pioneering developments at the Union for Reform Judaism and reflects upon the path that led from his student days at UCSB to his new role as the leader of the Reform Movement. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24123]

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David Brin on the Science Fiction Barometer - It Came From Riverside (Ep. 5)

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:00:00 PDT

Ever the contrarian, acclaimed author and social commentator David Brin discusses the merits and hazards of extrapolation in science fiction while making the case for enlightened optimism in the face of fashionable cynicism. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24138]

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Cracking the Code: The Secret Origins of the Comics Code - It Came from Riverside (Extra)

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

The Comics Code Authority was created in 1954 to self-regulate the content of comic books published in the United States, in response to the perceived threat of juvenile delinquency among comics readers. Noted writer and editor Marv Wolfman discusses the history of the Code, its detrimental effects on the comic book medium, and its eventual abandonment. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24353]

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The Wolfman Speaks (about Storytelling in Comics and Video Games) - It Came From Riverside (Ep. 4)

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 28:00:00 PDT

Writer and Editor Marv Wolfman discusses the art and craft of writing compelling stories with emotionally complex characters and imaginative plots for comics, animation, video games and everything in between. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24137]

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The Writers Room - A Workshop

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 88:00:00 PDT

How do writers on a television comedy develop their material? Writers from current and recent comedies come together at the Pollock Theater at UCSB. They take stories "ripped from the headlines" and discuss how they would handle them in their shows - through jokes, characters, and stories. The writers are from television comedies: Cheers, M*A*S*H, Frasier, According to Jim, Ellen, Drew Carey, Newhart, Bob, and The Simpsons. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24204]

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All in the Modern Family: Why We Need Scripted Comedies

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:00:00 PDT

A panel of scholars, entertainment journalists and people who have worked in comedy explore the social and cultural implications of half-hour scripted television comedies. Panelists discuss: the relationship between economic cycles and the demand for humor and comedies; comedies as a reflection of our society's anxieties, fears, and hopes; and comedies as political satire. The panel is moderated by Howard Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize winning former television critic for the Los Angeles Times. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24203]

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From the Studio to the Classroom - The Teaching Artist

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 52:00:00 PDT

Teaching artists, hybrid professionals who link the arts to education and community life, are redefining the roles that the arts can play in public education. Who are teaching artists? Where and how do they work? What new strategies might they offer to help ailing public schools? And, how can schools become generative sites of creative growth for artists, teachers and students? Nick Rabkin, a research affiliate of the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago and the principal investigator of the Teaching Artist Research Project, discusses this new national study of teaching artists and their work in a dozen cities. [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 23822]

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Sex and Punishment: A Conversation with Eric Berkowitz - Legally Speaking

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 52:00:00 PDT

For prosecutors, as well as priests, how we have sex has long been a matter of serious concern. So serious, in fact, that whenever community standards are challenged, the response is often repression, and, sometimes, severe punishment. Eric Berkowitz is an attorney in San Francisco who has studied this phenomenon. His new book is called “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” (Counterpoint, 2012). Berkowitz speaks with California Lawyer editor Martin Lasden. Series: "Legally Speaking" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 24130]

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Timothy Taylor Sounds of Capitalism - UCTV Prime Cuts

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 PDT

In his new book “Sounds of Capitalism,” UCLA musicologist Timothy D. Taylor tracks the use of music in American advertising for nearly a century, from variety shows to the rise of the jingle, the postwar rise in consumerism and the more complete fusion of popular music and consumption in the 1980s and after. Here he discusses the awkward transition early 20th century advertisers endured as they adjusted to the new medium of radio. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24026]

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Report from Jerusalem

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:00:00 PDT

David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ghaith al-Omari, Executive Director of the American Task Force in Palestine, participate in a solution-oriented discussion of the future of Jerusalem. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23431]

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David Hayes Bautista the History of Cinco de Mayo - UCTV Prime Cuts

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 40:00:00 PDT

Why is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? David E. Hayes-Bautista, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, explains the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24025]

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Lunch Poems: Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 80:00:00 PDT

One of the year’s most lively events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well as students nominated by Berkeley’s creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 22620]

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UC Berkeley Student Reading 2012 - Story Hour in the Library

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 80:00:00 PDT

Story Hour in the Library celebrates the writers at UC Berkeley with this annual student reading featuring short excerpts of work by winners of the year’s biggest prose prizes, Story Hour in the Library interns, and faculty nominees. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23988]

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American Catholics in the Twenty-First Century

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 76:00:00 PDT

American Catholics blend personal autonomy, skepticism toward the church hierarchy’s teaching authority, and commitment to the Catholic sacramental and communal tradition. Arguing that the Catholic Church is at a critical juncture as it confronts the decline in the number of ordained priests, demographic change, and the need to restore credibility in the wake of the priest sex abuse scandals, Michele Dillon, professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, probes how Catholics envision institutional change and whether the increasing Hispanic presence in the Church is likely to alter the character of American Catholicism. Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23428]

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Knights and Kings at Play: Festive Martial Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain with Teofilo Ruiz

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 76:00:00 PDT

An internationally recognized historian whose work focuses on medieval Spain and Europe, Professor Teofilo F. Ruiz discusses knight-errants and the elitist world of fictitious warfare: tournaments, running and fighting of bulls, skilled equestrian games. He draws from his most recent book, "A King Travels: Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain," which was released earlier this month by Princeton University Press. The Faculty Research Lecture is the latest in what has been an incredible whirlwind of awards and achievements for Ruiz, who published another book just last September, titled "The Terror of History: On the Uncertainties of Life in Western Civilization" (Princeton University Press). In February, he traveled to the White House to accept the prestigious National Humanities Medal, awarded to those whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities. Series: "UCLA Faculty Research Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23977]

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Science Fiction Goes to School - It Came from Riverside (Ep. 3)

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 56:00:00 PDT

It wasn’t very long ago that science fiction literature was dismissed as frivolous. This episode outlines the growing respectability of SF and fantasy, their emergence as literature worthy of preservation and study, and how the Eaton Collection services this growing scholarly demand. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24061]

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The Evolution of Science Fiction - It Came from Riverside (Ep. 2)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 84:00:00 PDT

The expansive Eaton Collection reflects the history and evolution of the science fiction genre, with particular emphasis on the shift from hopeful, utopian themes that demonstrate society’s inherent faith in technology, to a bleaker, dystopian view in the wake of Word War II and the dawn of the Atomic Age. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24060]

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Sharing Jerusalem's Holy Places

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:00:00 PDT

Holy places create the potential for military, theological, or political clashes, as evidenced by the ongoing struggle over Jerusalem. Drawing on his recent book, War on Sacred Grounds, Ron Hassner argues that sacred sites are particularly prone to conflict because they cannot be divided. The management of conflicts over sacred sites requires cooperation religious leaders who can shape the meaning and value that sacred places hold for believers. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23430]

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Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy - It Came from Riverside (Ep. 1)

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 60:00:00 PDT

Venture inside UC Riverside’s Eaton Collection for a peek at some of its science fiction and fantasy treasures – including fanzines, manuscripts, first editions, posters and more -- and an assessment of the collection’s significance within popular culture and academia. Series: "It Came from Riverside: Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24037]

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Career Boost Camp with Will Marré

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 40:00:00 PDT

Will Marré , Co-Founder of the Covey Leadership Center, offers an inspiring talk for executives, managers and recent graduates on how to take control of their careers by maximizing their talents, passions and opportunities. Marrés presentation was the keynote address at a day-long Career Boost Camp sponsored by UC San Diego Alumni and UCSD Extension’s Center for Life/Work Strategies. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23680]

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Burke Lecture: Interpreting Islam in Modern Context with Tariq Ramadan

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 72:00:00 PDT

Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford. He contributes to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He emphasizes the differences between religion and culture, which he believes are too often confused, arguing that citizenship and religion are separate concepts. He claims that there is no conflict between being both a Muslim and a European. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23681]

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David Hayes Bautista the History of Cinco de Mayo

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 72:00:00 PDT

Why is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? David E. Hayes-Bautista, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, explains the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Series: "Subtext" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23821]

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Timothy Taylor Sounds of Capitalism

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:00:00 PDT

Timothy D. Taylor is professor in the department of ethnomusicology and musicology at UCLA. In his new book, “Sounds of Capitalism,” he tracks the use of music in American advertising for nearly a century, from variety shows to the rise of the jingle, the postwar rise in consumerism and the more complete fusion of popular music and consumption in the 1980s and after. Series: "Subtext" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23820]

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Isabel Allende - Story Hour in the Library

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:00:00 PDT

Isabel Allende is one of Latin America's foremost female writers. The author of nineteen books, her works have been adapted for movies, plays, musicals, operas, ballets, radio programs and two international movies. In addition to her career as writer, journalist, and teacher, she has created The Isabel Allende Foundation to empower women and girls worldwide. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23835]

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CNS News - May 2012 No. 2

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:00:00 PDT

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23841]

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The Dalai Lama on Choosing a Compassionate Lifestyle - UCTV Prime Cuts

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama describes how to reduce one’s anger toward adversaries and instead, find compassion for them. This excerpt is from “Cultivating Peace and Justice,” a lecture he gave at the University of San Diego as part of the Compassion Without Borders series in April, 2012. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23877]

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The Past: Digital Archeology and History - Our Digital Life (Ep. 1)

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

It’s easy to imagine how digital technology will influence our future, but what about our past? Discover how “cyber-archeologists” and historians at UC Merced are using cutting-edge digital tools to bring the past back to life in vivid, 3-D detail. Series: "Our Digital Life - UCTV Prime" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23716]

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Lunch Poems: Richard Berengarten

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 36:00:00 PDT

Richard Berengarten (aka Richard Burns) was born in London in 1943. The author of more than twenty books, Berengarten has been something of a maverick in contemporary British poetry. Two of his books are regarded as contemporary classics: “The Manager” and “The Blue Butterfly,” an elegy for victims of a Nazi massacre in former Yugoslavia. A book of essays about his work, “The Salt Companion to Richard Berergarten,” has recently appeared. He is a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge. This is his first reading in the Bay Area in almost twenty years. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 22619]

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CNS News - International Show May 2012

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 36:00:00 PDT

Stories from around the globe produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23840]

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The Dalai Lama on Wealth and Population Control - UCTV Prime Cuts

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama warns against the pursuit of wealth over spiritual growth and offers a humorous response to the planet’s overpopulation. This excerpt is from “The Global Impact of Climate Change,” a discussion he led at the University of California, San Diego as part of the Compassion Without Borders series in April, 2012. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23876]

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Progressive Religion

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 36:00:00 PDT

Jennifer Butler and Wade Clark Roof discuss the current social, economic, health, immigration, and environmental issues that bring religious and non-religious groups together. Are these issues those of economic inequality? Health care? Immigration? The environment? Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23897]

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Conan O’Brien Celebrates UCSD 6th College Tenth Anniversary

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 40:00:00 PDT

Conan O’Brien joins the celebration of the 10th anniversary of UC San Diego’s Sixth College. Appearing at UCSD’s RIMAC auditorium, he participates in an off-the-cuff question and answer session with more then 4,000 students. [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 23816]

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Death and the Ancient Philosophers

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 68:00:00 PDT

All the ancient philosophers, pagans and Christians alike, agreed that death is the separation of a soul and a body. While there was much disagreement on the precise relationship between a being and his soul, as well as what sort of thing they took a soul to be, it is the agreement among the philosophers rather than their differences that calls for critical attention. Jonathan Barnes examines why ancient philosophers believed that beings were composed of two parts, the divorce of which is death. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23825]

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The Dalai Lama on Democracy in America and India - UCTV Prime Cuts

, 01 01:01:01 PDT

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama expresses his respect and admiration for America and India, two countries he sees as valuing democracy and religious freedom. This excerpt is from “Cultivating Peace and Justice,” a lecture he gave at the University of San Diego as part of the Compassion Without Borders series in April 2012. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23875]

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Neuroscience and the Emerging Mind: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Consciousness and Compassion

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT

His Holiness the Dalai Lama engages with Larry Hinman of the University of San Diego, V.S. Ramachandran of UC San Diego and Jennifer Thomas of San Diego State University in a scientific and philosophical discussion of human consciousness. This is the final event of the Dalai Lama’s “Compassion Without Borders” tour sponsored by San Diego’s three largest universities. Series: "Dalai Lama" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 23653]

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To Be Human: The Verve: How We Became Modern with Seth Lerer

Mon, 21 May 2012 32:00:00 PDT

Seth Lerer, the dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego, presents how language, the written word and the recognition of the passage of time have led to the modern conception of self and the individual in this series exploring what it means to be human. Lerer’s lecture is part of the “To Be Human” series sponsored by the Making of the Modern World program at Eleanor Roosevelt College at UC San Diego. Series: "To Be Human " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23245]

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