Adapting African food systems to a 4 degree world
Second presentation of session 2 (Agriculture, Food and Water Security) of the 4degrees International Climate Conference.
Tropical forests in a 4º+ world
Keynote address from the fourth session (Ecosystems and ecosystem service) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Sea-level rise and impacts in a 4 degree plus world
Keynote address for the fifth session (Vulnerable people and places 1) of the 4 degrees international climate conference
Sea-level rise in a 4 degree world
Second presentation of the fifth session (Vulnerable people and places 1) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Wildfire in a 4 degrees plus world
First presentation of session six (Vulnerable people and places 2) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Estimating human population health impacts in a 4 degree world
Second presentation of session 6 (Vulnerable people and places 2) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Climate-induced population displacements in a 4 degree plus world
Third presentation of session 6 (Vulnerable people and places 2) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Social Vulnerability and adaptation possibilities for Vietnam in a 4 degrees plus world
Fourth presentation of session 6 (Vulnerable people and places 2) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
One two three more: challenges to describing a warmer world
First presentation of session 8 (Adaptation) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Nature Conservation in a 4 degrees plus world - a luxury or a necessity?
Third presentation of session 8 (Adaptation) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Avoiding a 4+ degree world: A challenge for democracy
Second presentation of session 10 of the 4 Degrees international climate conference
Alisa Miller: 'Selling Patriotism: Rupert Brooke in the First World War'
Alisa Miller takes a look at the 'Rupert Brooke cult', examining why this particular poet was so popular during the First World War, both with the general public and the soldier, at home and abroad. This podcast has eminated from Alisa's dissertation at the Faculty of History, Oxford University on the poet Rupert Brooke and popular literary culture in Britain during the First World War.
4.2 Possible Answers to Scepticism of the External World
Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at G.E Moore's response, among others, to the problem.
4.1 Scepticism of the External World
Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact what is there?
History of Key Institutions IMF/World Bank/G8/G20 - What Why When?
Ngaire Woods, Jeni Whalan and Christina Ward discuss some of the key institutions and groups who are responding to the financial crisis.
Colloquium Week 2: Myths about the Medieval World
There are some standard modern myths (e.g. "medieval people thought the earth was flat"; "they were considered old at the age of 30", etc.) which historians are always encountering in their audiences, and I will try to de-bunk some of these.
PODCAST: Women, Work and the Arab World Women in the Middle East usually don't work outside the home--but that's beginning to change. Jennifer Olmsted talks about what has kept women out of paid work, and why more are entering the workforce now. (34:05)
Window to the World
In 1904, St. Louis was a city on the move, and Kansas went along for the ride. This stained glass window is from the Kansas Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, better known as the 1904 World's Fair.
The Most Famous Poster in the World
There are many symbols for the United States. Perhaps the strongest national personification is the character known around the world as Uncle Sam. This military recruiting poster has been widely reproduced and caricatured since World War I.
Kansas Veterans Remember: World War II
Participants in the Kansas Veterans of WW II Oral History Project, sponsored by the Kansas State Legislature, remember their service in the European and Pacific Theaters during the Second World War. This podcast features the reminiscences of Captain William W. Seitz, of Allen, Kansas, a pilot in the Army Air Core who flew missions out of North Africa and Victor A. McAtee, of Lyons, Kansas, who along with some 30,000 US Marines, aided in the capture of Iwo Jima.
