Flowers and Herbs of Early America
Gardener Larry Griffith and Photographer Barbara Lombardi summon botanic phantoms and capture their essence on film.
18th-Century Surgery
Colonial medicine is not for the faint of heart. Sharon Cotner describes the philosophies and practices.
Early Virginia Vehicles
Virginia was a mobile colony, says Coach and Livestock Director Richard Nicoll.
Hercules of the American Revolution
A man of remarkable strength and size was George Washington's one-man army. Author and sixth-generation descendant Travis Bowman shares the tale of Peter Fransisco.Author(s):
First Century Cultural Values (Cultural Anthropology) - Ben Witherington III
On 24 July 2010, Ben Witherington III visited QTC and spoke for three sessions on the Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of the New Testament.
Esmond Harmsworth Lecture 2009: 'Arthur Miller: Un-American'
The 2009 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters, given on 21 May 2009 at the Rothermere American Institute, by Professor Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia.
Four Early Reactions to The Maid's Tragedy
Four Early Reactions to The Maid's Tragedy
Episode 42: Alzheimer's Disease: Predictors and Early Intervention Prof David Ames discusses predictors and early
intervention of Alzheimer's Disease. With Up Close guest host Jennifer
Cook. David Ames -
Duration: 23 min 17 se
Episode 45: 21st Century Cosmology Prof Rachel Webster takes us into the future of cosmology in a quest to discover our universe's past. With Science host Dr Shane Huntington. Prof Rachel Webster -
Duration: 2
Episode 58: Singing and Teaching Early Music Soprano Vivien Hamilton chats with host Jacky Angus about her art and work in early music. With host Jacky Angus. Vivien Hamilton -
Duration: 24 min 23 sec Showcase: 21st Century Ocean Institute Target Earth: The Grand Scale Problems of the 21st Century Stiglitz on Credit Crunch - Global Financial Debacle: Meeting the Challenges of Global Governance in 21st Century Challenges in Perspective: From academic research to government policy 21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads? Climate Change and the Fate of the Amazon 2007 - Structure of Amazonian vegetation in the first half Bleeding in Early Pregnancy 21st Century: Present and Future Challenges The Integrity of American Elections
Showcase: 21st Century Ocean Institute
At the start of the 21st century, humankind finds itself on a non-sustainable course - a course that, unless it is changed, will lead to catastrophes of awesome consequences. Severe climate change, water shortages, mass famines, global pandemics, global terrorism... All these mega-problems are interrelated and need a long-term view of the future. They are global problems and cannot be solved by one country alone. This could be humanity's last century, or it could be the century in which civiliz
The global financial crisis reflects a failure of global economic governance. The failure of America's regulatory system has not only ramifications for the American economy, but for the global economy. It is clear that the banks' risk management systems could not even protect their own shareholders, let alone the well-being of the global economy. What went wrong? Where did the global financial regulators fail? What can we do to minimize the downturn? And what, if anything, can we do to prevent a
The first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons. Dr Ian Goldin and Professor Sarah Harper gave presentations to a cross-party selection of MPs and Lords, with representatives from government, NGOs and think tanks also present. On 3 July, we launched the first set of our Policy Briefings at a seminar in the House of Commons, entitled "21st Century Challenges in Perspective: From academic research to government policy". Dr Ian Goldin (School Director) and Professor Sarah
Dr Ian Goldin provides an overview of the work of the James Martin 21st Century School and looks at the challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century.
Structure of Amazonian vegetation in the first half of the 21st Century
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy
The beginning of the 21st century presents the interwoven challenges of climate change, rapid population growth and increasing freshwater, food and energy pressures. These challenges will be discussed as will the manner in which humanity has sought to meet them so far and is likely to do so in the future.
On the eve of the 2006 U.S. elections, Professor Mayer, this year’s
holder of the Fulbright-ANU Distinguished Professorship in Political
Science, reviews the state of the electoral process in America asking
how effective the process of running elections in the United States is
and how it compares to the management of elections in Australia. In
light of the problems in Florida during the presidential election of
2000 and the subsequent passage of the Help America Vote Ac
