Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare On August 10, as part of the 2008 Salzburg Global Seminar, The New York Review of Books cosponsored a panel discussion on art and politics featuring actor Vanessa Redgrave and playwright David Hare, who directed Redgrave in Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking at this year’s Salzburg Festival. The conversation was moderated by Salzburg senior vice president and chief program officer Edward Mortimer. The panel was in
Living in an Era of Global Terror
In this podcast, Professor Richard Aldrich from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the impact of globalisation, the opportunities this affords to global terrorists and the challenges faced by the intelligence services.
Globalisation has led to a free flow of money, people and ideas, which has benefited many people in the West in recent years and enhanced our standard of living, but the price paid is a reduction in security. As we see a shift towards a de-regulated glo
Freeman Dyson on Amateur Scientists and the New Age of Wonder Freeman Dyson talks to Charles Petersen about Richard Holmes’s book The Age of Wonder, his own education in chemistry and poetry, and how amateur biotechnology might help solve the problem of global warming.
Games Technologies for Learning Work in the World: A Teachers' Guide to Work Issues 035 Special Exhibition: Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution 052 Special Exhibition: The Young Archer Attributed to Michelangelo James T. Demetrion Lecture: Simon Schama on The Beast in Contemporary Art Smithsonian Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Art Conservation Lecture with Kristen Hileman: Arriving at an Art Historical Anne Truitt In Conversation Strange Bodies preview A Conversation with Dr. Giuseppe Panza Friday Gallery Talks: Jeffrey Grove on "Morris Louis" In Conversation: The Current State of Sculpture Episode 12 : Gender of nouns and new conversations Mosquito Bytes Radio Lingua Network News: 26 September 2008 Elements of Esperanto 1. The -o ending. Elements of Esperanto 2. The -a ending.
The Games Technologies for Learning report explores the ways in which games technologies can be used to enhance teaching and learning, and provides advice for schools and colleges wishing to introduce...
This teachers’ resource book is designed to help young people to understand the key political, social and economic forces which will shape their lives. It aims to develop knowledge and skills to help young people understand the world in which they live, and to participate in it as knowledgeable global citizens. It is not prescriptive but aims to provide teachers with a practical and flexible resource. The book is made up of text, activities, glossary boxes, case studies and a list of resources
Curators Ian Wardropper and James David Draper describe The French Parnassus, an extraordinary bronze sculpture featured in the special exhibition "Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution," on view at the Met February 24 through May 25, 2009.
Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the Museum from the French Republic’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
If all figurative art approaches taxidermy in its crafty fixing of vitality, British contemporary artists have taken on board the conceit with striking compulsiveness. From Damien Hirst's sharks and sheep to Mark Wallinger's pedigree racehorses, sleekness and slaughter seem to be their thing. So what are they getting at and why should we care? Simon Schama, professor of art history and history at Columbia Univers
Latex, chocolate, soap, and video game software are just a few of the non-traditional materials that have inspired contemporary artists. While they embrace the modern, synthetic and technologically advanced world in which we live, some of materials present significant conservation problems for museum conservators. Gwynne Ryan, a conservator at the Smithsonian's
Baltimore Museum of Art's Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman gives an overview of the career of Anne Truitt and discusses the artist's unique approach to inflecting her minimal forms with allusive references, personal memories, and emotional power.
Kristen Hileman and Blake Gopnik: Art in the Present
Kristen Hileman, Hirshhorn associate curator of contemporary art, and Blake Gopnik, chief art critic at The Washington Post discuss this year's Venice Biennale. We'll discover what captured their imaginations; the difference between a curator's and a critic's way of looking at art and more. Founded in 1893, the Biennale celebrates cutting-edge trends and art movements in an international context.
Interview with Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman. She discusses the "Strange Bodies" exhibition and shows some highlights. Video courtesy of Home Front TV.
Associate Curator Evelyn Hankins talks with Dr. Giuseppe Panza on his collecting practices and the Hirshhorn's acquisition of 39 works from his vast contemporary art collection.
High Museum curator of modern and contemporary art, Jeffrey Grove, leads a gallery talk on "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited".
Join us for an extended conversation with four of the artists from The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Mark Handforth, Rachel Harrison, Charles Long, and Franz West. Moderated by exhibition curator Anne Ellegood and art historian and catalogue contributor Johanna Burton, the discussion offers an opportunity to hear from artists about how both the history of the medium and the nature of contemporary life impact their approach to making objects.
Today's episode is about Gender of Nouns in Arabic ( جنس الأسماء ).
for more information about the gender of nouns please visit : Arabic Wiki Site.
Starting from this episode, grammar lessons in the Arabic Podclass will be adopted from
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As disease-infected mosquitoes expand their range, these bugs rise higher on the "menace to human health" list. What makes mosquitoes so perfect for disease transfer? Is global warming a factor? How is modern technology being harnessed to combat skeeters? National standards included for grades 5-12. Teacher resource page at http://whyfiles.org/teachers/016skeeter/.
Happy European Day of Languages to all our listeners! By way of joining in this international celebration of languages and language-learning we're delighted to introduce eight new podcasts today. We're adding Catalan, Danish, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Romanian to our One Minute Languages series; we're introducing our first podcast for English learners - Write Back Soon will help learners master Phrasal Verbs; and we're finally announcing the long-awaited sequel to Coffee Break Spanish: it's
This is one in a series of podcasts that will quickly teach you the basic elements of Esperanto.
If you want to get a feel for what Esperanto is like, how it sounds, how it works, these lessons
This is one in a series of podcasts that will quickly teach you the basic elements of Esperanto.
If you want to get a feel for what Esperanto is like, how it sounds, how it works, these lessons may be for you.
If you are starting to learn Esperanto, you can use these lessons as supplementary materials to firm up the knowledge you have been acquiring.
If you want to read about Esperanto, you might like to take a look at my book Esperanto: A Language for the Global Vill
