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The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source is intended as a resource for students, teachers, and the general public. It makes available recordings of conferences, lectures, and performances sponsored and organized by: the Center for International Studies; the Human Rights Program; the Center for East Asian Studies; the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies; the Center for Latin American Studies; the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and the South Asian Language and Area Center. It is funded in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
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“Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering” from 2012-02-09T18:00
A talk by Hal Whitesman, Financial Times' Chicag...
“All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals” from 2012-01-12T18:00
A talk by David Scheffer, Director of the Cent...
"Climate Change & the International Negotiations" (audio) from 2011-05-24T18:00
Since the United Nations Framework Convention on...
"Venezuela Speaks!" (audio) from 2011-04-14T18:00
For the last decade, Venezuela’s “Bolivarian Revolution” has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards ...
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"Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It" from 2011-01-24T18:00
In this talk, Robert Pape presents findings from the ...
"Moonset on Sunrise Mountain: Narrative, Politics, and the Accession of Kulottunga I Cola" from 2010-10-21T16:30
A talk by Whitney Cox, Lecturer in Sanskrit, School of Oriental and African Studies.
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"The Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications" from 2010-10-19T18:00
Imtiaz Gul is the Executive Director of the Centre for ...
"The Empire and the Birth of Historical Research in India" from 2010-09-30T18:00
Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawren...
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants" from 2010-05-17T18:00
Raman Sukumar is the author of three books on th...
"America's Water Crisis" from 2010-05-11T18:00
Robert Glennon is a nationally-renowned water e...
"Between Globalization and Global Warming" from 2010-05-11T18:00
A talk by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence ...
"Non-Eurocentric Historical Geographies of Modern Science: Perspectives from South Asia" from 2010-05-07T13:00
A talk by Kapil Raj, Directeur d'études at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
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"The Informal Economy in Mexico" from 2010-05-06T18:00
Santiago Levy is Vice President for Sector and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank and author of the book Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality and Economic Grow...
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“Situating the Subaltern in South Asian Medical History” from 2010-04-17T16:30
A keynote address by David Hardiman, History, University of Warwick at the Seventh South Asia Graduate Student Conference. With the support of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies (COSAS), The C...
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“Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts” from 2010-04-17T16:30
Srimati Basu, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies University of Kentucky on "Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts"
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“Language Worlds in South Asia” from 2010-04-08T16:30
A talk by Debjani Ganguly, Head, Humanities Research Center, Australian...
“Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations” from 2010-04-08T15:00
A speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sec...
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes” from 2010-04-06T18:30
A multi-disciplinary panel, held at the Shedd Aquarium, provided a public examination and discussion of the threat of Asian carp to Chicago and the Great Lakes. Experts in biology, economics and po...
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“Celling India: The Mobile Phone's Contribution to Capitalism, Democracy and Unsettling Society” from 2010-04-01T16:30
A talk by Robin Jeffrey, Director, Research School of Pacific and Asia...
Panel 3: The Politics of Knowledge in a Global World from 2010-03-12T16:15
Panel 3: Uday Singh ...
Keynote: “Provincializing the World: Europeans, Indians, Jews (1704)” from 2010-03-12T09:00
A keynote address by ...
“The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan” from 2010-03-09T18:00
A talk by political scientist Gilles Dorr...
“The Heuristic Potential of the Dream Register of Tipu Sultan of Mysore (r.1782-99)” from 2010-03-04T16:30
A talk by Kate Brittlebank, Senior Lecturer, School of History and Cla...
“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty” from 2010-03-02T18:00
A talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow....
"The Influence of Shaivism on Pala Buddhism" from 2010-03-01T16:30
Alexis G. J. S. Sanderson is an Indologist and fellow at All Souls College at the University of Oxford. His field is early medieval religion in India and Southeast Asia, focusing on the history of<...
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“Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy” from 2010-02-18T18:00
A talk by Columbia University professo...
“The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa” from 2010-02-04T18:00
A talk by American University profess...
“The Stones of Banaras: Conservation and Colonial Bureaucracy in a Small Indian City” from 2010-01-28T16:30
A talk by Michael Dodson, Associate Professor of History, Indiana Univ...
"Teach-in on the Haiti Emergency" from 2010-01-19T20:00
Greg Beckett, Anthropology PhD and Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences, and Ann Clark, Principal at Nicholas Clark Architects, Ltd, contextualize US-Haitian relations and Port-au-...
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"Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" from 2009-11-17T18:00
A talk by author and Earth Policy Institute fo...
"International Reactions to the Coup in Honduras" from 2009-11-16T18:00
Rodolfo Pastor is Minister of Culture, Arts and...
"Panel 3 - Science and Technology as a Basis for a New Development Model for the Amazon" from 2009-11-06T12:00
Panel 3: Science and Technology as a Basis for a N...
"Special Address:Perspectives from an Amazonian Social Movement" from 2009-11-06T12:00
Special Address: Sônia Guajajara, Vice-Coo...
“Invoking Chola and Maratha Pasts in Colonial Thanjavur: King Serfoji II's Reinvention of the Brihadisvara Temple” from 2009-11-05T16:30
A talk by Indira Viswanathan Peterson, David B. Truman Professor of Asi...
"Panel 1 - Models of Development: An Assessment of the Last 20 Years of Public Policy for the Amazon Region" from 2009-11-05T12:00
Panel 1 - Models of Development: An Assessment of ...
"Panel 2 - Social Movements and Chico Mendes' Legacy for the Sustainable Development of the Amazon" from 2009-11-05T12:00
Panel 2 - Social Movements and Chico Mendes' Legac...
"With Immediate Effect: The Events of 1989 Revisited" from 2009-11-04T18:00
20th Anniversary Roundtable with the Consuls Gener...
"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East" from 2009-10-29T18:00
A talk by New York Times journalist Neil MacFar...
“What Is a Record? Tamil Scribes in the Polyglot World of Early Colonial Madras” from 2009-10-29T16:30
A talk by Bhavani Raman, Associate Professor of History, Princeton Univ...
"Tropicality, Tropicalism: Forest Resurgence and the Politics of Latin American Conservation" (video) from 2009-10-28T18:00
Susanna Hecht, Professor of Urban Planning at the ...
Carlos Fernando Chamorro is the so...
"The U.N. Security Council and the Making of the Modern World" from 2009-10-08T18:00
A talk by professor and author David Bosco. From the ...
“'I Am Who I Am': On Being Nostalgic in Sanskrit” from 2009-10-08T16:30
A talk by David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies, De...
"The Cuban Transition: Imagined and Actual" from 2009-10-07T18:00
Rafael Hernández is the editor of Temas, th...
“Temples and Conquest in the Deccan, 1296-1500” from 2009-10-01T16:30
A talk by Richard Eaton, University of Arizona. From the South Asia Sem...
"A Sky to Fly: Archiving Women's Lives in Words and Images" from 2009-06-05T16:30
A talk by C.S. Lakshmi, founder and Director of Sound & Picture Archive for Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai.
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“The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the South African Elections” from 2009-05-26T18:00
A talk by South African author and journalist Mark Geviss...
"Birth of the Girl-Child: Speculations on the Nineteenth Century Reawakening" from 2009-05-21T16:30
A talk by Ruby Lal, Associate Professor Department of South Asian Studies at Emory University.
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"In the Name of God: Regulating Religion in Indian Elections" from 2009-05-14T16:30
A talk by Ronojoy Sen, Visiting Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.
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"Aesthetics of Indian Art" from 2009-05-07T16:30
A talk by Ramachandran Nagaswamy, Director of Archaeology (retired) at the University of Kanchipuram.
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“Reconceptualizing the Question: Intervention Strategies” from 2009-04-24T18:00
A presentation and discussion with Univers...
"Keynote: Connecting the Dots: Some Ways of Reframing South Asian History" from 2009-04-18T15:00
A keynote address by Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History, UCLA, at the Sixth South Asia Graduate Student Conference: Foundations for the Study of South Asia.
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"Roundtable: On the Usefulness of the Concept of the Modern" from 2009-04-17T16:00
A round-table panel discussion at the Sixth South Asia Graduate Student Conference with Steven Collins (Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago), Wendy Doniger (Mircea E...
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Alash Ensemble Concert from 2009-04-15T18:00
A performance by the Alash Ensemble at International...
"Recent Developments in Indonesia's Forests: Revival, Resurgence, or Business as Usual?" from 2009-04-02T18:00
A Program on the Global Environment Distinguished Lecture by ...
"Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East" from 2009-03-10T18:00
A talk by Rashid Khalidi.
Rashid Khalidi is Ed...
"Mexican Oil and Gas Policies" from 2009-03-04T18:30
A presentation by Adrián Lajous, Former Pemex CEO.
Adrián Lajou...
"Dignity and Defiance, Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization" from 2009-02-24T18:00
A talk by authors Jim Shultz & Melissa Crane ...
"Music and Dance Rhythms from the Balkans" from 2009-02-20T18:00
A demonstration by John Kuo, Director of the Chicago ensemb...
"Challenges in Latin America: The Importance of Increased Economic and Political Integration" from 2009-02-04T18:00
A talk by Ambassador Charles S. Shapiro, Senior Coordinato...
"Crime and Responsibility: War, Indiscriminate Bombing, and Mass Killing" from 2009-02-03T15:30
A talk by Yuki Tanaka, Professor at the Hiroshima Peace ...
"The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It" from 2009-01-20T18:00
A talk by Antonia Juhasz, author, policy expert, and activis...
"Terror in Mumbai: Reflections on the Aftermath" from 2009-01-14T16:30
A panel discussion with Steven Wilkinson, Martha Nussbaum, Tarini Bedi, Robert Pape, and Manan Ahmed.
On November 26, 2008, the wor...
"Sites of Conflict: Identity and Insurgency in Postcolonial Northeast India" from 2008-11-20T18:30
Suryasikha Pathak, Fulbright Fellow at SUNY-Oswego, discusses militant groups, movements and responses in Northeast India.
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"The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power" from 2008-11-20T18:00
Writer, film-maker, and leading figure of the international lef...
"Challenges for the New Administration in Iraq and Afghanistan" from 2008-11-12T18:00
A talk by Juan Cole.
Juan Cole will discuss the future of...
A talk by Arvind Panagariya.
"Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness" from 2008-10-28T18:00
A talk by Bernard Lown, MD.
Physician, author, and N...
"Taiwan's New Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for President Ma Ying-jeou's Government" from 2008-10-24T18:00
Introduction and Welcome: Professor Dali L. Yang, University...
"The U.S. and R.O.C.: A Fresh Start" from 2008-10-24T16:30
Keynote speech by Deputy Representative Ta-tung Jacob Chang,...
"Putin's Labyrinth: What Russia Won in Georgia; Why the U.S. Will Continue to Lose" from 2008-10-22T18:00
A talk by Steve LeVine.
Russia is once again fro...
"Hugo Chavez y la Realidad Venezolana de Hoy" from 2008-10-21T18:00
A talk by Teodoro Petkoff, prominent Venezuelan poli...
"Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power" from 2008-10-16T18:00
A talk by Jonathan Mahler and Neal Katyal.
In hi...
"Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" from 2008-06-10T18:00
The growing instability and resurgence of Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan pose a great thr...
"Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror" from 2008-06-06T18:00
"Our government can make you disappear." Those were the words Steven Wax never imagined he would hear himself ...
"Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War" from 2008-05-15T18:00
In his book "Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War", Jimmie Briggs book provides a vitally impor...
"Making Sense of Caste-Politics Interaction in Contemporary India" from 2008-05-15T16:30
A talk by Suhas Palshikar, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at University of Pune in India.
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PGE Distinguished Lecture: "Is Development Sustainable? Not Even Close" from 2008-05-09T18:00
A talk by Robert Repetto. Is development sustainable? Certa...
"Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making" from 2008-04-28T18:00
"Superclass" provides the first in-depth examination of the connections between the global communiti...
"Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" from 2008-04-22T18:00
A talk by Marda Dunsky, former Arab affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post and editor on the national/f...
"The Next Great Clash" from 2008-04-15T18:00
A talk by Michael Levin. In The Next Great Clash, Michael Levi...
"Muslim Peace Building in Conflict Regions of Southeast Asia" from 2008-04-10T18:00
A historical overview of the situation in southern Thailand and southern Philippines is presented, followed by a discussion on peace building efforts in conflict regions. Panelists give special att...
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Genocide Conference Panel 3: “Confronting Darfur" from 2008-04-05T15:00
This panel addressed the conflict in the Darfur r...
Genocide Conference Panel 2: “Prevention and Response" from 2008-04-05T12:00
This panel will examine the response of home and ...
Genocide Conference Panel 1: “Defining the 'Crime without a Name'" from 2008-04-05T09:00
This panel will compare various instances of geno...
Francis Deng: Genocide Conference Keynote Address from 2008-04-04T18:00
Keynote address by Ambassador Francis Deng, Resea...
Roksonaki Concert from 2008-03-31T19:00
A smash hit at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festiva...
"The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order" from 2008-03-20T18:30
A talk by Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative of the American Strategy Prog...
"Ganesa versus Kusilavau: Myths and Reality of the Oral Composition of the Sanskrit Epics" from 2008-03-18T18:00
A special lecture by John Brockington, Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh. From the South Asia Seminar.
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"The Language of Global History: Ashraf, Middle Classes and Buerger - Examples from Delhi in the Nineteenth Century" from 2008-03-13T18:00
A talk by Margrit Pernau, University of Bielefeld, Leader of a Research Group at the Centre for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Germany).
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"The Closing of the ICTY and its Effect on Justice and Accountability in the Former Yugoslavia" from 2008-03-06T18:00
This panel explores how the impending closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for t...
"Moments of self-portraiture in Mughal painting" from 2008-03-06T16:30
A talk by Monica Juneja Huneke, Visiting Professor of Middle East and South Asian Studies, Emory University. From the South Asia Seminar.
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"The Sixth Anniversary of the Gujarat Riots" from 2008-03-04T18:00
A talk by Shabnam Hashmi, Managing Trustee and Executive Secretary of Act Now for H...
Displacement Week: "Forum on the University of Chicago and Hyde Park/Kenwood/Woodlawn" from 2008-02-28T19:00
A panel discussion with Susan Cambell: University of Chicago Office of Community Affairs; Bryan Echols: MAGIC; Mattie Butler: Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors.
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"One Hundred Years, One Hundred Voices" from 2008-02-27T18:00
As part of "Displacement Week 2...
Displacement Week: "The Effects of Gentrification on Chicago's Communities" from 2008-02-26T19:00
A panel discussion with Jamie Kalven: Writer, Invisible Institute; Tom Walsh: Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jewish Council on Urban Affiars; Victoria Romero: President of the Board, Pilse...
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"Kingship, courts and capitals: Sultanate Delhi in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries" from 2008-02-26T14:00
A talk by Sunil Kumar, Medieval History, U...
Displacement Week: "Chicago and the 2016 Olympics" from 2008-02-25T19:00
A talk by Larry Bennett, Political Science Department, DePaul University. Chicago is one of seven finalists seeking the designation as host city for the 2016 summer Olympic Games. Eight years in ad...
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"Immigrant Organizations in the U.S.: Opportunities and Challenges" from 2008-02-20T19:00
A talk by Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC). From the Katz Center for Mexican Studies.
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"Imagining Inscriptions: Epigraphy and the Construction of Indian History" from 2008-02-07T16:30
A talk by Leslie Orr, University of Concordia.
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"Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy" from 2008-02-01T11:00
A talk by Ayesha Siddiqa, Islamabad-based independent political and defence analy...
"Poverty and Income Inequality in Brazil" from 2008-01-28T18:00
A presentation by Ricardo Paes de Barros, University of Chicago Tinker Visi...
"New Partnership Paradoxes in U.S.-China Relations" from 2008-01-26T11:00
Keynote Address at the 2008 China Symposium by Sun Zhe, professor of the Institute for In...
"Cows, Cars and Cycle-Rickshaws: The Politics of Nature on the Streets of Delhi" from 2008-01-25T09:30
A talk by Amita Baviskar, Associate Professor at the Institute of Economic Gro...
"Till Class Do Us Part: Youth and the Politics of Waiting in India" from 2008-01-23T18:00
A talk by Craig Jeffrey from the Departmen...
"Human Rights in Mexico: Inside the Labyrinth of Drugs, Elections and Billionaires" from 2008-01-23T18:00
A talk by Sergio Aguayo, professor of political science at the Colegio de Mexi...
"Empire, Ethics, and the Calling of History" from 2008-01-17T18:00
A talk by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Law...
"The Mind of the Market" from 2008-01-14T18:00
Author and psychologist Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped th...
"'Bhadralok Detenus': Prisons and Detention Camps in Interwar Bengal" from 2008-01-10T18:00
A talk by Durba Ghosh, Assistant Professor...
"China's Brave New World and Other Tales for Global Times" from 2007-11-15T18:00
A talk by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor of History at the Universit...
"Photography as Prophecy: India 1839-1900" from 2007-11-15T18:00
A talk by Christopher Pinney, Professor of...
"The Oil and Glory" from 2007-11-01T18:00
A talk by journalist and author Steven LeVine. Pipeline politics became a mo...
"The Talibanization of South Asia: Can it Be Stopped?" from 2007-10-30T14:00
A talk by Pervez Hoodbhoy, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azama University. Dr. Hoodbhoy r...
"Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq" from 2007-10-26T14:00
A t...
"Japan as Client State" from 2007-10-22T16:00
A workshop with Gavan McCormack, Professor Emeritus, Australian National...
"National Interests, Regional Concerns: Historicizing Malayalam Cinema" from 2007-10-18T14:00
A talk by Muraleedharan Tharayil, Dept. of...
"Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror" from 2007-10-17T14:00
A talk by David Cole, ...
"In Defense of Academic Freedom" from 2007-10-12T14:00
A two session symposium on academic freedom chaired by Tariq Ali. The growing evidence of outside interference in the hiring process at universities and the recent tenure denials at DePaul Universi...
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"Legal Defense and Human Rights in Russia" from 2007-10-02T22:35:44
A talk with Robert Amsterdam, founding partner, Amsterdam & Peroff,...
"Time and the Sacred" from 2007-09-28T16:00
A discussion with Pance Velkov, Macedonian artist and preservationist. "Time and The Sacred" is a collection of photographs which redresses the general lack of knowledge about religious art of the ...
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"Demography of Ancient South Asian Populations" from 2007-09-27T16:00
A talk by S.R. Walimbe, Associate Professo...
Chicago Humanities Festival: Wangari Maathai from 2007-09-23T13:35:44
Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan politician and environme...
"Indigenous Rights: The Case of Chiapas" from 2007-05-21T13:19:44
A talk by Jorge Fernandez-Souza, Magist...
"Venezuelan Government Perspective on the Future of Petroleum" from 2007-05-19T13:51:43
A talk by His Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador Extraordina...
“Democracy, Governance, and War in Oil Exporting Nations” from 2007-05-19T13:05:44
A panel featuring Terry Lynn Karl, William and Gretchen Kimball Universit...
"Petroleum Technology Presentation" from 2007-05-19T13:04:45
A talk by Brian C. Gahan, Energy Consultant; Chair of the Chicago Section...
“United States Energy Policy and Oil Alternatives” from 2007-05-19T13:02:46
A panel featuring James Bartis, Senior Policy Researcher at RAND Corporat...
“Securing the International Oil Supply” from 2007-05-18T13:01:48
A panel featuring David Goldwyn, President of Goldwyn International Strat...
"United States Government Perspective Global Energy Security" from 2007-05-18T13:00:49
Introduction by Robert Zimmer, President, University of Chicago; Keynote ...
"Japanese Education and Society in Crisis" from 2007-05-17T23:46:54
A talk by Yoshifumi Tawara, Secretary G...
"The Modern Human Rights Movement in Mexico" from 2007-05-17T13:19:46
A talk by Mariclaire Acosta. Acosta is ...
"The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor" from 2007-05-15T10:56:55
Lecture by journalis...
"Intersex at the Intersection of Queer Theory & Disability Theory" from 2007-05-11T13:44:52
A talk by Emi Koyama, Director, Inters...
"The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future" from 2007-05-09T15:28:30
Lecture by Martha Nussb...
"Colonialism, Militarism, and the Political Economy of Transracial Adoption" from 2007-05-09T14:11:12
A talk by Emi Koyama. Part of the Japa...
2007 COSAL: Prose Reading: Salma (audio) from 2007-05-05T15:14:51
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2007 COSAL: Roundtable (audio) from 2007-05-05T15:14:49
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian ...
2007 COSAL: Keynote Address (audio) from 2007-05-04T15:14:50
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian ...
2007 COSAL: Presentations (audio) from 2007-05-04T15:14:48
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian ...
2007 COSAL: Remembrance of Norman Cutler & Poetry Reading: Salma (audio) from 2007-05-04T15:13:50
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian ...
"(Questions) History Textbooks and the Profession: Comparing National Controversies in a Globalizing Age" from 2007-05-04T12:04:52
This one-day symposium was convened to ...
"Session 3 (Futures) - History Textbooks and the Profession: Comparing National Controversies in a Globalizing Age" from 2007-05-04T12:03:48
A symposium panel featuring the follow...
"Session 2 (Boundaries) - History Textbooks and the Profession: Comparing National Controversies in a Globalizing Age" from 2007-05-04T12:01:51
A symposium panel featuring the follow...
"Session 1 (Politics) - History Textbooks and the Profession: Comparing National Controversies in a Globalizing Age" from 2007-05-04T12:00
A symposium panel featuring the follow...
"U.S.-Cuban Academic Relations Part II: Roundtable Discussion on U.S.-Cuban Academic Exchange" from 2007-05-04T03:15:51
Introduction: Alan Kolata, University of ...
"U.S.-Cuban Academic Relations Part I: The Politics of U.S.-Cuban Exchanges" from 2007-05-04T03:15:50
Wayne Smith, Center for International Poli...
"The Fifteen-Woman Lawsuit Opposing the Self-Defense Forces in Iraq" from 2007-05-03T14:11:11
A talk by lawyer Michiko Nakajima. In t...
"Labor Rights: The Case of Ciudad Juarez" from 2007-05-03T13:19:32
A talk by Bertha Lujan, Secretaria del ...
"Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way" from 2007-04-27T15:28:18
A conversation between K...
"The Persistence of the 'Mythological' in Popular Hindi Cinema" from 2007-04-26T11:31:25
A talk by Philip Lutgendorf, Professor...
"Q&A with Director Hitomi Kamanaka" from 2007-04-20T15:15:50
A discussion with the director of the ...
"Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America" from 2007-04-19T15:22:32
Based on nearly a decade ...
"Militarization of U.S. Foreign Relations with Latin America: Prospects for Change" from 2007-04-17T15:30:15
A panel discussion with: Lisa Haugaard, Executiv...
"Poetry Reading by Yevgeny Yevtushenko" from 2007-04-12T23:22:31
Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian S...
"The Current Security and Economic Situation on the Korean Peninsula" from 2007-04-12T17:54:20
A discussion with Alexander Versh...
"Truth, Lies, and Duct Tape" from 2007-04-12T15:43:50
Sara Paretsky is the author of the bestselling ...
"Beyond the Code: Custom, Law, and Colonialism" from 2007-04-12T11:31:36
A talk by Neeladri Bhattacharya, Jawah...
"Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Public Intellectual in South Asian Scholarship" from 2007-04-07T15:28:19
A roundtable discussion featuring ...
"The Rise and Fall of the Myth of the Mexican Revolution" from 2007-04-03T16:30:59
A talk by Alan Knight, Professor of History, Univer...
“Baltimore Drowning: A Slavic Microhistory of Global Proportions" from 2007-03-31T16:41:08
This talk by Keith Brown of Brown University was the keyno...
"Why I Went to Iraq…Three Years Later" from 2007-03-29T15:25:40
A talk by Noriaki Imai, student enviro...
"The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression" from 2007-03-08T15:43:35
James Mann is author in residence at Johns Hopkins Univ...
"Postwar Japan on the Brink: Militarism, Colonialism, Yasukuni Shrine" from 2007-03-06T14:33:25
Professor Takahashi's writings, including his...
"Environmental Challenges Across Asia - Q & A" from 2007-03-02T19:53:50
There is little doubt that climate change, deforestation, erosion, and the unequal distribution of natural resources around the globe are of pressing importance everywhere, but these problems are p...
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"Ecology, Human Rights, and Large Dam Projects in South Asia" from 2007-03-02T19:53:49
Kathleen Morrison is Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Center for International Studies, The University of Chicago.
There is little doubt that climate change, deforestation,...
"Environmental Degradation and Deforestation in Thailand and Cambodia" from 2007-03-02T19:53:48
Alan Kolata is Neukom Family Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago.
There is little doubt that climate change, deforestation, erosion, and the unequal ...
"Environmental Disaster in the Marshes of Southern Iraq" from 2007-03-02T19:53:46
Josh Ellis has an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies/Public Policy, University of Chicago.
There is little doubt that climate change, deforestation, erosion, and the unequal distribution of na...
"Crocodiles and Humans in Southeast Asia: Four Centuries of Co-existence and Confrontation" from 2007-03-02T19:53:44
Peter Boomgaard is Professor of Environmental & Economic History of Southeast Asia University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Carribean ...
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"Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in the 21st Century" from 2007-02-23T12:55:32
Lecture by Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Profess...
"Reflections on Argentina" - Session 3 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" from 2007-02-19T11:46:10
A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo ...
"An Evening of Russian Music with the University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra" from 2007-02-18T16:03:07
The Orchestra is comprised of Russian domras and bala...
"Ending Global Poverty" from 2007-02-12T14:55:39
A lecture by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of th...
"Islam in America: A Conversation with Paul Barrett and Umar Abd-Allah" from 2007-02-08T15:12:55
Paul Barrett and Dr. Umar Abd-Allah ...
"Growth, Poverty and Economic Development" - Session 2 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" (audio) from 2007-02-05T13:17:57
A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo ...
"A Folding Chair, an Easy-Chair or a Director's Chair for Indian Philosophy? An Examination of the Views of Wilhelm Halbfass and Johannes Bronkhorst" from 2007-02-01T13:12:42
A talk by Ashok Aklujkar, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. From the South Asia Seminar.
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"Growth: Evidence and Sources" - Session 1 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" from 2007-01-22T13:17:58
A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo ...
"Self: Myth, Delusion, Fiction, or Prerequisite?" from 2007-01-18T11:32:52
A talk by Richard Hayes, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of New Mexico. From the South Asia Seminar.
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"Nicaraguan Presidential Elections: Prospects for the Region" from 2007-01-16T16:47:19
"Reading 'Legitimation Crisis' in Tehran" from 2007-01-11T15:17:32
A talk by Danny Postel, Senior Editor of openDemocracy, an online global magazine of polit...
"New Writing from the Balkans" from 2007-01-10T16:04:55
Readings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor Št...
"Muslim Interpreters of Yoga" from 2007-01-04T14:52:32
A talk by Carl Ernst, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. From the South Asia Seminar.
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"Human Rights and the Arts: Guantanamo in the Theater" from 2006-11-13T16:25:41
"Mexico's 2006 Presidential Elections and the Fragility of Democratic Institutions" from 2006-11-13T14:33:25
A lecture by François Prud'homme, El Colegio d...
"Youth in Low-Income Communities in Rio de Janeiro: Education and Job Prospects" from 2006-11-04T11:20:17
"Youth Civic Engagement, A Three City Study: Chicago, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro" from 2006-11-04T11:20:16
Honoree: Dr. Harold Richman from 2006-11-04T11:20:16
Keynote Address by Irene Rizzini from 2006-11-04T11:20:15
"Mexico's 2006 Presidential Elections and Challenges for the New Government" from 2006-11-02T16:36:51
A lecture by María Amparo Casar, Centro de Investigací...
"Buddhist Paleo-Compatibilism" from 2006-11-02T15:25:40
A talk by Mark Siderits, Professor of ...
"Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico" from 2006-10-26T09:45:14
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope" from 2006-10-23T15:39:47
"Monsters to Destroy: Bush's War on Terror and Sin" from 2006-10-17T13:47:34
"Right vs. Left & the Newborn Mexican Democracy: Can the the Three Survive?" from 2006-10-16T16:36:52
A lecture by Lorenzo Meyer, El Colegio de Mexico.
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"Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq" from 2006-09-26T11:22:46
Atlantic Monthly editor James Fallows discusses his new book, based on his award-winning s...
"Infections, Transmissions, Cultures: the AIDS Scandals of 1990s Japan and the Genesis of 'J-Horror'" from 2006-06-29T10:24:27
Lecture by Brian Bergstrom, PhD candidate, East Asian Languages and Civiliza...
"Local and Global Public Health Links: Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic" from 2006-06-29T10:24:26
Dr. Nicole Cohen, Medical Director, Acute Disease Surveillance, Chicago Depa...
"The Cholera Pandemic and 19th Century Japanese Culture" from 2006-06-27T10:25:09
Lecture by Susan Burns, Professor in the History Department, University of C...
"'Virgin Soil' Epidemics and Demographic Collapse in the Americas" from 2006-06-27T10:24:26
Lecture by Kris Jones, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in CLAS, Unive...
"DPT - From Epidemics to Immunizations a Modern Success Story" from 2006-06-27T10:24:26
Lecture by Dr. Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine, University o...
"Black Death in the Middle East and Europe" from 2006-06-27T10:24:25
Lecture by Stuart Borsch, Assistant Professor in History Department at Assum...
"Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia" from 2006-06-26T10:24:27
Lecture by Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology, Oriental Institute, Univ...
"The Mighty and the Almighty" from 2006-05-17T11:55:56
Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, interviewed about her book "The...
"Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror" from 2006-04-17T11:56:21
David Cole is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and a commentator on Nati...
"Paul Rusesabagina: An Ordinary Man" from 2006-04-17T11:56:14
Paul Rusesabagina's book "An Ordinary Man" explores what the Academy A...
"Latin American Elections: Turning Left?" from 2006-04-03T12:02:12
A panel discussion with: Larry Birns (Council on Hemispheric Affairs), Fernan...
"Dying to Win: On the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism" from 2006-04-03T11:55:46
Robert Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International...
John Comaroff's Introduction of Zackie Achmat from 2006-03-31T11:57:34
John Comaroff is Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology a...
“Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa” from 2006-03-31T11:56:07
A talk by Zackie Achmat, a South African activist most widely known as founder and...
Ahmed Kathrada on his "Memoirs" from 2006-03-27T11:55:29
Ahmed Kathrada is a contemporary of Nelson Mandela's and was a co-accused in the Rivonia T...
"The South African Constitutional Court Looks at Same-Sex Marriage: The Fourie Case" from 2006-01-11T16:46:51
Lecture by Justice Albie Sachs. Introductions by George Chauncey (Profe...
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 2" from 2005-11-08T11:55:52
A talk by Olcay Unver, former head of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and founder of the...
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 1" from 2005-11-08T11:55:37
A talk by Leila Harris, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin. C...
"Constructing a North American Community" from 2005-10-27T12:04:35
Lecture by Robert Pastor, Director, Center for North American Studies, American Un...
"A Brief History of Neoliberalism" from 2005-10-26T11:55:41
A talk by David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center PhD Program in Anthr...
response to: "Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats" from 2005-10-07T11:57:11
Response to Anthony Lake by Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Gradua...
"Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats" from 2005-10-07T11:56:18
A talk by Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor (1993–97) and Distinguished Profe...
"Media and the Making of the Modern State" from 2005-06-20T11:57:49
Lecture by Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune Public Editor; from the 2005 University of C...
"Advocacy and Medical Care for Victims of Torture and INS Detainees in the U.S." from 2005-03-20T11:53:29
A talk by Dr. Allen S. Keller, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture. From...
"The Prospects for Transatlantic Relations at the Beginning of the President’s Second Term" from 2005-03-07T11:55:40
A talk by Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States. Cosponsored by the C...
"The Weakness of the State in Latin America" from 2005-02-22T12:03:34
Lecture by Fernando Escalante, Tinker Visting Professor in History, Universi...
"NAFTA & Mexico: Ten Years Later" from 2005-01-13T11:59:59
Lecture by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, founder of Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution ...
"Venezuela: A Proposed Social Charter of the Americas" from 2004-11-18T12:05:14
Discussion with Fermín Toro, Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nati...
"Global Chicago, pt. 5" from 2004-10-25T11:56:06
A talk by Richard C. Longworth, executive director of the CCFR's Global Chicago Center. In...
"Global Chicago, pt. 4" from 2004-10-25T11:55:40
A talk by Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune urban correspondent. In collaboration with The Glo...
"Global Chicago, pt. 3" from 2004-10-25T11:55:38
A talk by William Testa, vice president, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In collaboration...
"Global Chicago, pt. 2" from 2004-10-25T11:55:37
A talk by Saskia Sassen, Professor, Department of Sociology, U. of Chicago. In collaborati...
"Global Chicago, pt. 1" from 2004-10-25T11:55:36
A talk by Charles Madigan, editor of Global Chicago and editor of Chicago Tribune Perspect...
"Mexico: Problems of a New Democracy" from 2004-10-21T12:04:54
Lecture by Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor of Law at the...
"Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past" from 2004-10-19T11:56:13
A talk by Kimberly Zisk Marten, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College. From the ...
Latin American Business Conference: "Sustained Growth in Latin America: Key Lessons From Chile" from 2004-05-22T11:59:42
Lecture by Pedro Aspe, Protego, former Finance Minister of Mexico; from the Latin Ameri...
Latin American Business Conference: "Argentina: Development, Outlook, Opportunities" from 2004-05-22T11:59:41
Lecture by Ricardo Lopez Murphy, former Finance and Defense Minister of Argentina; from...
Latin American Business Conference: "Managing Growth: Uncertainty in Latin America" from 2004-05-22T11:59:40
Panel discussion with Edmundo Vallejo, General Electric Latin America; Christopher Baud...
"American Foreign Policy and Amnesia: The Case of Iraq" from 2004-05-13T11:55:40
A talk by Samantha Power, Harvard University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘A Problem ...
"Interactions Between the Press and Foreign Policy" from 2004-05-02T11:56:13
A talk by Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, "The NewsHour" (PBS). From the World Beyond th...
"Whatever Happened to Globalization?" from 2004-04-27T11:56:21
A talk by Richard Longworth, Executive Director, Global Chicago Center, Chicago Council on...
"Consolidating Democracy in Mexico: Adapting and Reforming Institutions for Democracy" from 2004-04-24T12:02:04
Panel featuring Jacqueline Peschard, former member o...
"Consolidating Democracy in Mexico: Keynote Address" from 2004-04-23T12:05:32
Keynote address by Jose Woldenberg, former president...
"The 'Urban' in International Economic Development: Lessons from a Colombian City" from 2004-04-20T12:01:55
Lecture by Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota; response by Ronald Grzywi...
"Reform in the Arab World: A Journalist's Perspective" from 2004-04-19T11:55:37
Talk by Steve Franklin, Chicago Tribune staff writer and former Middle East correspondent;...
"The United States and the Arab World: Sources of Antagonism, Prospects for Accommodation" from 2004-03-09T11:55:41
A talk by Salim Yaqub, Assistant Professor of History, U. of Chicago; moderated by Marda D...
"Inventing the Axis of Evil: The Truth about North Korea, Iran, and Syria" from 2004-02-10T11:56:13
A talk by Bruce Cumings, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History, U. of Chicago; mo...
"The Making of Chechen Terrorists: The Clash of Forces and Discourses" from 2004-01-27T11:55:56
A talk by Georgi Derluguian, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University; in...
Yosef Gorny: "The Road Map to Peace? The War and its Impact on Israelis and Palestinians" from 2003-05-13T11:53:01
A talk by Yosef Gorny, Tel Aviv University and Visiting Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Committee on Jewish Studies. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, p...
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Rashid Khalidi: "The Road Map to Peace? The War and its Impact on Israelis and Palestinians" from 2003-05-13T11:52:59
A talk by Rashid Khalidi, Director, Center for International Studies and Professor, Departments of History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From the Rethinking America in the Middle Ea...
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Alexander Petri: "The Future of Transatlantic Alliances" from 2003-05-01T11:53:01
A talk by Alexander Petri, Consul General of Germany. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of ...
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Dominique Decherf: "The Future of Transatlantic Alliances" from 2003-05-01T11:53:01
A talk by Dominique Decherf, Consul General of France. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of...
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Naci Koru: "The Future of Transatlantic Alliances" from 2003-05-01T11:53:01
A talk by Naci Koru, Consul General of Turkey. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Cen...
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Marvin Zonis: "The Future of Transatlantic Alliances" from 2003-05-01T11:52:57
A talk by discussant Marvin Zonis, Graduate School of Business. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait Harri...
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Robert Pape: "The War in Iraq and America's Role in the World" from 2003-04-17T11:53:02
A talk by Robert Pape, Director, Program on International Security and Department of Political Science. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Glob...
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John Mearsheimer: "The War in Iraq and America's Role in the World" from 2003-04-17T11:53
A talk by John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Program on International Security. From the Rethinking America in the Mi...
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Rashid Khalidi: "Constraining and Shaping Nationalism: The United States and Iraq" from 2003-04-07T11:53
A talk by Rashid Khalidi, Director, Center for International Studies and Professor, Departments of History andNear Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From the Rethinking America in the Middle Eas...
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Salim Yaqub: "Constraining and Shaping Nationalism: The United States and Iraq" from 2003-04-07T11:53
A talk by Salim Yaqub, Assistant Professor, Department of History. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait H...
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Fred Donner: "Iraq Before Saddam Hussein" from 2003-04-03T11:53:02
A talk by Fred Donner, Oriental Institute and Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: International House Global Voices Program...
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McGuire Gibson: "Iraq Before Saddam Hussein" from 2003-04-03T11:52:59
A talk by McGuire Gibson, Oriental Institute and Departments of History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From the Rethinking America in the Middle East Series, presented by: Internationa...
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