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CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]
261 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe 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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Episodes
"Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq"
September 26, 2006 16:22 - 26 minutes - 24 MBAtlantic Monthly editor James Fallows discusses his new book, based on his award-winning series of articles for the magazine. Fallows analyzes the decision-making behind the Iraq war, and argues that the administration didn't fail to plan — it just ignored the plans of its own experts. Fallows also places the war within the larger context of the war on terror, arguing that the Iraqi venture has greatly undercut our global efforts to curtail terror attacks and the effectiveness of terrorist or...
"Infections, Transmissions, Cultures: the AIDS Scandals of 1990s Japan and the Genesis of 'J-Horror'"
June 29, 2006 15:24 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBLecture by Brian Bergstrom, PhD candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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 St...
"Local and Global Public Health Links: Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic"
June 29, 2006 15:24 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBDr. Nicole Cohen, Medical Director, Acute Disease Surveillance, Chicago Department of Public Health. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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...
"The Cholera Pandemic and 19th Century Japanese Culture"
June 27, 2006 15:25 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBLecture by Susan Burns, Professor in the History Department, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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, the South Asia ...
"'Virgin Soil' Epidemics and Demographic Collapse in the Americas"
June 27, 2006 15:24 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBLecture by Kris Jones, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in CLAS, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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, the S...
"DPT - From Epidemics to Immunizations a Modern Success Story"
June 27, 2006 15:24 - 43 minutes - 40 MBLecture by Dr. Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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, the South As...
"Black Death in the Middle East and Europe"
June 27, 2006 15:24 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBLecture by Stuart Borsch, Assistant Professor in History Department at Assumption College. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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, the Sout...
"Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia"
June 26, 2006 15:24 - 52 minutes - 48 MBLecture by Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Graham School of General Studies, 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, the ...
"The Mighty and the Almighty"
May 17, 2006 16:55 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBMadeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, interviewed about her book "The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God and World Affairs" by Susan B. Thistlethwaite, president of Chicago Theological Seminary. Co-sponsored by CTS. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror"
April 17, 2006 16:56 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBDavid Cole is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” Moderated by Susan Gzesh, Director, University of Chicago Human Rights Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series. Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program.
"Paul Rusesabagina: An Ordinary Man"
April 17, 2006 16:56 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBPaul Rusesabagina's book "An Ordinary Man" explores what the Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda could not: the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of that terrible conflict. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Latin American Elections: Turning Left?"
April 03, 2006 17:02 - 1 hour - 62 MBA panel discussion with: Larry Birns (Council on Hemispheric Affairs), Fernando Coronil (University of Michigan) and Mabel Moraña (Washington University); from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Dying to Win: On the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"
April 03, 2006 16:55 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBRobert Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. Presented in collaboration with the 2nd Annual Joint Threat Anticipation Center Workshop. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
John Comaroff's Introduction of Zackie Achmat
March 31, 2006 17:57 - 9 minutes - 4.26 MBJohn Comaroff is Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series.
“Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa”
March 31, 2006 17:56 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBA talk by Zackie Achmat, a South African activist most widely known as founder and chairman of Treatment Action Campaign. Presented in collaboration with Students for Global Public Health and the Human Rights Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series and Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Ahmed Kathrada on his "Memoirs"
March 27, 2006 17:55 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBAhmed Kathrada is a contemporary of Nelson Mandela's and was a co-accused in the Rivonia Trial which sentenced Mr. Mandela and the others to life imprisonment. "Memoirs" chronicles his life as a political activist. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"The South African Constitutional Court Looks at Same-Sex Marriage: The Fourie Case"
January 11, 2006 22:46 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBLecture by Justice Albie Sachs. Introductions by George Chauncey (Professor, Dept. of History and the College) and Martha Nussbaum (Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, Dept. of Philosophy, Law School, Divinity School). Co-sponsored by the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism, Center for Gender Studies, and the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory. From the Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series.
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 2"
November 08, 2005 17:55 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBA talk by Olcay Unver, former head of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and founder of the Euphrates-Tigris Initiative for Cooperation. Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Environmental Studies Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 1"
November 08, 2005 17:55 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBA talk by Leila Harris, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin. Co-sponsored by the Center fro Middle Eastern Studies and the Environmental Studies Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Constructing a North American Community"
October 27, 2005 17:04 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBLecture by Robert Pastor, Director, Center for North American Studies, American University; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"A Brief History of Neoliberalism"
October 26, 2005 16:55 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBA talk by David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center PhD Program in Anthropology. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
response to: "Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"
October 07, 2005 16:57 - 13 minutes - 5.96 MBResponse to Anthony Lake by Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"
October 07, 2005 16:56 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBA talk by Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor (1993–97) and Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Media and the Making of the Modern State"
June 20, 2005 16:57 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBLecture by Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune Public Editor; from the 2005 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators.
"Advocacy and Medical Care for Victims of Torture and INS Detainees in the U.S."
March 20, 2005 17:53 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBA talk by Dr. Allen S. Keller, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture. From the Human Rights Distinguished Lecturer Series. Sponsored by the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies, the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Students for Global Public Health.
"The Prospects for Transatlantic Relations at the Beginning of the President’s Second Term"
March 07, 2005 17:55 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBA talk by Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States. Cosponsored by the CIS Norman Wait Harris Fund, the Harris School Center for Policy Practice, the Nicholson Center for British Studies and the British Consulate General in Chicago. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"The Weakness of the State in Latin America"
February 22, 2005 18:03 - 1 hour - 72 MBLecture by Fernando Escalante, Tinker Visting Professor in History, University of Chicago and Professor, El Colegio de Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"NAFTA & Mexico: Ten Years Later"
January 13, 2005 17:59 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBLecture by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, founder of Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Venezuela: A Proposed Social Charter of the Americas"
November 18, 2004 18:05 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBDiscussion with Fermín Toro, Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations, and Nelson Pineda, Venezuela's Ambassador to the Organization of American States; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Global Chicago, pt. 5"
October 25, 2004 16:56 - 9 minutes - 4.41 MBA talk by Richard C. Longworth, executive director of the CCFR's Global Chicago Center. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Global Chicago, pt. 4"
October 25, 2004 16:55 - 13 minutes - 6.34 MBA talk by Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune urban correspondent. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Global Chicago, pt. 3"
October 25, 2004 16:55 - 14 minutes - 6.61 MBA talk by William Testa, vice president, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Global Chicago, pt. 2"
October 25, 2004 16:55 - 11 minutes - 5.42 MBA talk by Saskia Sassen, Professor, Department of Sociology, U. of Chicago. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign RelationsFrom the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Global Chicago, pt. 1"
October 25, 2004 16:55 - 5 minutes - 2.55 MBA talk by Charles Madigan, editor of Global Chicago and editor of Chicago Tribune Perspective section, moderator. In collaboration with The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Mexico: Problems of a New Democracy"
October 21, 2004 17:04 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBLecture by Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor of Law at the Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past"
October 19, 2004 16:56 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBA talk by Kimberly Zisk Marten, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
Latin American Business Conference: "Sustained Growth in Latin America: Key Lessons From Chile"
May 22, 2004 16:59 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBLecture by Pedro Aspe, Protego, former Finance Minister of Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
Latin American Business Conference: "Argentina: Development, Outlook, Opportunities"
May 22, 2004 16:59 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBLecture by Ricardo Lopez Murphy, former Finance and Defense Minister of Argentina; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
Latin American Business Conference: "Managing Growth: Uncertainty in Latin America"
May 22, 2004 16:59 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBPanel discussion with Edmundo Vallejo, General Electric Latin America; Christopher Baudoin, Aon Risk Services Latin America; and Luis Ramirez Rojas, Nusoft; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"American Foreign Policy and Amnesia: The Case of Iraq"
May 13, 2004 16:55 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBA talk by Samantha Power, Harvard University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘A Problem from Hell’: America and the Age of Genocide. Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Interactions Between the Press and Foreign Policy"
May 02, 2004 16:56 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MBA talk by Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, "The NewsHour" (PBS). From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Whatever Happened to Globalization?"
April 27, 2004 16:56 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MBA talk by Richard Longworth, Executive Director, Global Chicago Center, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; moderated by Daniel Drezner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, U. of Chicago. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Consolidating Democracy in Mexico: Adapting and Reforming Institutions for Democracy"
April 24, 2004 17:02 - 1 hour - 82 MBPanel featuring Jacqueline Peschard, former member of the Federal Electoral Institute; Lorenzo Meyer, El Colegio de Mexico; and Jorge Chabat, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Consolidating Democracy in Mexico: Keynote Address"
April 23, 2004 17:05 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBKeynote address by Jose Woldenberg, former president Federal Electoral Institute; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"The 'Urban' in International Economic Development: Lessons from a Colombian City"
April 20, 2004 17:01 - 2 hours - 123 MBLecture by Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota; response by Ronald Grzywinski, President of South Shore Bank; discussion with Luis Medina and Alicia Mendez, University of Chicago; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).
"Reform in the Arab World: A Journalist's Perspective"
April 19, 2004 16:55 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBTalk by Steve Franklin, Chicago Tribune staff writer and former Middle East correspondent; moderated by Noha Aboulmagd Forster, U. of C. NELC dept. and School of the Art Institute. Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"The United States and the Arab World: Sources of Antagonism, Prospects for Accommodation"
March 09, 2004 17:55 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBA talk by Salim Yaqub, Assistant Professor of History, U. of Chicago; moderated by Marda Dunsky, Assistant Professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"Inventing the Axis of Evil: The Truth about North Korea, Iran, and Syria"
February 10, 2004 17:56 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBA talk by Bruce Cumings, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History, U. of Chicago; moderated by Stephen Kinzer, New York Times. Cosponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
"The Making of Chechen Terrorists: The Clash of Forces and Discourses"
January 27, 2004 17:55 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBA talk by Georgi Derluguian, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University; introduced by Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of Political Science and History, U. of Chicago. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.
Yosef Gorny: "The Road Map to Peace? The War and its Impact on Israelis and Palestinians"
May 13, 2003 16:53 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBA 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, presented by: International House Global Voices Program, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Human Rights Program