History of Evolution - Mary Power, Berkeley Biology
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History, Healing, and Hope Community Workshop
Describes how a teaching artist collaborates with a community group and an art gallery to create an intergenerational workshop for healing and storytelling around the wounds of war.
The History of Channel 4 - Channel 4 Day - Maggie Brown
Maggie Brown has been covering the media industry for over twenty years and has built a reputation as one of the countries most respected and highly regarded specialist media journalists. Granted access to Channel 4’s rich archive and frank interviews with the founders, chief executives and stars alike, she has recently completed a fresh British Film Institute history on the channel due out in November. Here she discusses the history of Channel 4.
History on TV - Laurence Rees
Laurence Rees is Creative Director of BBC Television History programmes and was also, for ten years (1992 to 2002), editor of Timewatch the BBC’s Historical Documentary strand. Under his editorship Timewatch won a host of awards including 3 Emmys. Hear him in conversation with John Mair, reflecting on the huge success of his series, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution.
Making history
Dr Stewart Adams, a University of Nottingham alumnus, talks about how his original search for a cure for rheumatoid arthritis led to the discovery of Ibuprofen, and how years of painstaking research were rewarded with one of the world's most significant pharmacological finds.
Dr Ada
In this podcast we meet the man responsible for the discovery of one of the world's biggest selling painkillers, Ibuprofen.
Writing history, talking historically: problems of biography, autobiography and social history (2003
2/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.
Assembling a geologic history
Assemble a regional geologic history by compiling observations made a several sites.
Florida Shipwrecks: 300 Years of Maritime History
This is a travel itinerary featuring 13 historic shipwrecks in waters near Florida, a convergence point for maritime trade routes. Learn about the historical significance of these 13 shipwrecks. See photos and an essay on Florida maritime history.
Autecology, Behavior, and Life History Traits - Mary Power, Berkeley Biology
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What is an Art History of Games?
Opening remarks and a panel discussion with Ian Bogost, Michael Nitsche, and John Sharp at the Art History of Games Symposium, February 4, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Speaker Bios:
Ian Bogost is a video game designer, critic and researcher. He is an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a founding pa
The Art History of Games
John Sharp at the Art History of Games Symposium, February 5, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
From the origins of culture, both games and art were often appreciated, sometimes feared cultural forms woven into the experiences of life. But starting with the Renaissance, the two took divergent paths in terms of their cultural role,
The Pure Game: A Short History of Video Game Aesthetics
Jesper Juul, visiting professor at the NYU Game Center, delivers his talk at the Art History of Games Symposium on February 5, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
With the continuing recognition of video games as a cultural form comes an ongoing discussion about what video games should be. In this talk I will sketch a history of aes
Art History of Games Panel Discussion with Jay David Bolter, Celia Pearce and Henry Lowood
A panel discussion featuring Jay David Bolter, Celia Pearce and Henry Lowood at the Art History of Games Symposium on February 5, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The discussion was moderated by Michael Nitsche. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Jay David Bolter is the Wesley Chair of New Media at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of Remediati
Art History of Games Panel Discussion with Jesper Juul, Frank Lantz and John Sharp
A panel discussion featuring Jesper Juul, Frank Lantz and John Sharp at the Art History of Games Symposium on February 5, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The discussion was moderated by Christoph Kluetsch. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
John Sharp is an accomplished game designer, art historian and educator with over 20 years experience. His design work is foc
Art History of Games Panel Discussion (see description for details)
A panel discussion featuring Nathalie Pozzi, Eric Zimmerman, Tale of Tales, Jason Rohrer and Brenda Brathwaite at the Art History of Games Symposium on February 6, 2010 in the High Museum of Art's Rich Auditorium on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center, in midtown Atlanta. The discussion was moderated by John Sharp. The symposium was presented by Georgia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Nathalie Pozzi is an architect whose projects cross the boundaries of art installation, arc
History of Epitaxial Graphene at Georgia Tech
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Conversations with History - Charlotte Jacobs
"Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease"
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, Shenson Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, M.D., for a discussion of the development of a cure for Hodgkin's lymphatic cancer. Tracing her decision to become a medical oncologist, Dr. Jacobs characterizes the challenges of being both an oncologist and biographer. She then traces the history of
23. Biology and History of Abortion
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
The idea that "life begins at conception" is not a scientific one. Since the disproof of 'spontaneous generation' (1668-1859), we have known that life only derives from life. Life arose billions of years ago and has continued since as a cycle. Assigning a beginning to a cycle (like the year) is arbitrary. The Bible describes the cycle as "Dust to Dust." Exodus describes a forced abortion as a property crime, but taking the life of the mother as a
Film in history/history in film
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Autumn Semester 2009 This module explores the inter-relations and interactions of film and history in 20th century Europe and the United States (with a few classic films from elsewhere). It considers how films have appropriated past events as their core subject matter or setting, for purposes of nostalgic entertainment or didactic drama, for social commentary, philosophical enquiry or political protest
Depiction of terrorism in film and television
In this podcast, Professor Roberta Pearson from the School of American and Canadian Studies, discusses the fictional representation of terrorism in modern day television programmes and why more and more people are using fiction instead of the news to inform their opinions of world events.
Professor Pearson considers the frequent engagement of modern audiences with such television series' as '24' and 'Battlestar Galactica' and how these common cultural experiences should not be underestimated as
