Page 2: Videos by topic: Humanities

A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread of various strands of Buddhism from the...

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks with writer Christopher Hitchens. They talk about writing, dissent, and the challenge of taking on cultural icons....

Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, discusses his experiences covering Middle East wars for the last 30 thirty years. Series: "Conversations with...

Singer and guitarist Jon Foreman of Switchfoot talks about the art of writing songs in this program presented by the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series:...

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler interviews historian and activist Howard Zinn. Series: Conversations with History [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8400]

Best-selling author Anne Lamott returns to San Diego with more hilarious tales of her life as a mother, daughter and writer who is drawn to the struggles of imperfect characters. The humor of host...

Host Harry Kreisler speaks with Tariq Ali, a British-Pakistani journalist, novelist, playwright, publisher, filmmaker, and renowned social critic about Islam, empire, and the left. Series:...

The UC Davis Mondavi Center presents bestselling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan. He explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the...

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer/critic Mark Steyn, the 2007 Nimitz Lecturer at Berkeley. Focusing on his new book, "America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It,"...

Psychologist Paul Ekman joins Harry Kreisler to talk about his scientific work on the human face. They discuss what is now known about the role of the face in human emotions and the implications of...

"Biblical Insights into the Problem of Suffering" Bart D. Ehrman Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Conversations host Harry...

Distinguished geographer David Harvey joins host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of how the analytic tools of geography and Marxism can contribute to our understanding of the new imperialism. Series:...

Considered one of the founders of environmental criticism, Professor Lawrence Buell of Harvard University shares his most recent work, which treats the intersections of global and environmental...

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Andrew J. Bacevich for a discussion of the new American militarism. Bacevich discusses his career as a military officer and as a Princeton trained historian....

Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, in a conversation with host Harry Kreisler, looks back and reflects on the art of writing, U.S. policy toward the Third World during the Cold War, political...