Revolutionary Stories
New vignettes reveal revolutionary citizens from different angles, explains Bill Weldon, Colonial Williamsburg's manager of public history.<
The Restoration, Part One
A determined rector reclaims history from the ravages of progress and poverty.Author(s):
Fifes and Drums at 50
A new documentary reflects on five decades of Fifes and Drums. Director Mike Durling talks about building a film that looks through the years and across the country.Author(s):
Making History Live
Relating the daily lives of America's ancestors is the product of research and performance. Performer Kat Getward shares the part that music plays in the EFT "Making History Live."Author(s):
Flowers and Herbs of Early America
Gardener Larry Griffith and Photographer Barbara Lombardi summon botanic phantoms and capture their essence on film.Author(s):
Comic book history
Comic book author Bentley Boyd uses a vivid medium to snare new students of American history.Author(s):
Purpose-Built: Backyard Architecture
Backyard structures bespeak a separate history. Author Mike Olmert shares his study of outbuildings.Author(s):
The Cherokee Nation
The modern Cherokee Nation is enjoying a renaissance in language and culture. Living History Demonstrator Paula Nelson shares the resurgence.
Fifes and Drums: The Instruments
Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums introduces the instruments designed to be heard under cannon fire and over musket volleys. Learn the history of their distinctive sound with Amy Miller and members of the Senior Fife and Drum Corps.
Civil War Williamsburg
Williamsburg's streets are rich with the history of two wars.
Film Animation: 2009 Trailer
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Trailer of student works created in 2008-09 in the Film Animation program at Concordia University.
Edited by Jean Théberge
'Journey Into America' Screening and Iftar Dinner: (with Akbar Ahmed)
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed discusses his film 'Journey Into America,' which examines the evolution of American identity through the lens of the American Muslim community.
Science Studio vol 026 - Topic: Oral history: the embrace of subjective understanding - Guest: Nath
Course - Group - Science Studio vol 026 - Topic: Oral history: the embrace of subjective understanding - Guest: Nathaniel Comfort - Arizona State University > Science Studio > Science Studio vol 026 - Topic: Oral history: the embrace of subjective understanding - Guest: Nathaniel Comfort
Talk: NPR's Deborah Amos: Iraq "shedding its diversity"
NPR foreign correspondent recounts the recent political history of Iraq at a Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event titled "Sectarianism and a Post-Election Iraq"
Unreeling the Documentary Film - Anand Chandrasekaran, Michealene C. Risley (Tapestries of Hope)
Documentary filmmakers Anand Chandrasekaran and Michaelene C. Risley discuss not only the inspiration for their film, Tapestries of Hope, but also some of the logistics of its production. Topics include fundraising strategies and how the film team overcame obstacles along the way.
10. The Geography of Culture Reconsidered (June 12, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
9. The World of Islam (June 5, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
8. The Realms of Christianity and Judaism (May 29, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
7. The Hindu and Buddhist Realms (May 22, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
6. Geography of Religion: Animism (May 15, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
