The legal battles surrounding Google Book Search raise basic questions about the digital future facing all of us—not just authors and publishers but ordinary readers and everyone concerned with access to information. Research libraries should have a say in shaping that future. Digitization gives them an opportunity to democratize knowledge by opening their collections to the outside world. But how can they share their intellectual wealth when commercial firms want to market it? What will be the place of printed books in a world where most works will be “born digital” and read in new ways by “digital natives”? Libraries are developing strategies to cope with these issues, which are vital to our country’s future and deserve widespread discussion before the general public.

Event: 2009-2010 Kritikos Lecture
Speaker: Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library
Title: Digitize, Democratize: Google, Libraries, and the Future of Books
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Dale Jamieson, 2009-10 Wayne Morse Chair, Director of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he is also Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and Affiliated Professor of Law, discusses the moral and ethical dimensions of climate change. He also talks about the implications of geo-engineering. Original air date 11/16/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Sandow Birk, visiting artist, discusses his animated film, “Dante’s Inferno,” which was presented by the Department of Romance Languages on Oct. 1, 2009. He talks about how he became interested in the Divine Comedy and his design process in making the film. Original air date 11/9/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Richard Lariviere, President, University of Oregon, discusses the issues he faces as he embarks on his tenure with the UO, as well as his views on athletics and academics. Original air date 10/19/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Ben Saunders, Assistant Prof., English, discusses “Understanding Superheroes,” an interdisciplinary conference, which was held at the UO 10/23-10/24/09. He also talks about “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero,” an exhibit that he curated for the JSMA in conjunction with the conference. Original air date 10/12/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, October 26th, 2009

Carla Bowers, coordinator PathwaysOregon, University Teaching and Learning Center, discusses the UO’s PathwayOregon program which provides tuition and fees to Oregon students who might not otherwise be able to afford college tuition. She also talks about the broad support the program offers students. Original air date 10/5/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Kenneth Miller, 2008-9 Kritikos professor, Cell Biology, Brown University, testified in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School district case in 2005. Miller is a practicing Roman Catholic who does not find his belief in God to be incompatible with his scientific views. Miller gave the 2008-9 Kritikos Professorship lectures on May 27 and 28, 2009. Original air date 10/26/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Susi Rosenberg, visiting artist, discusses her sculpture “PATH II” which has been installed on campus. She also talks about her creative process and some of her other work. Original air date 11/2/09.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Friday, October 16th, 2009

This episode features Joe Giansante, Assoc. Athletic Director, UO Ducks Baseball program, discusses the history of the UO Baseball program and its reinstatement after a 26 year hiatus. He also talks about PK Park, the new baseball stadium that will be completed this year. Aired June 22, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 2009

This episode features Richard Herskowitz, Instructor, Film Studies and Arts Administration, discusses his work with the Virginia Film Festival and plans for the proposed Pacific Rim Film Festival, which would be run in conjunction with the new Cinema Studies program at the UO. Aired June 15, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 2009

This episode features Nicholas Isherwood, Asst. Prof., Opera Studies, School of Music and Dance, discusses his vision for the UO opera program and his international career as a bass-baritone. He performs two opera excerpts in the studio. Aired June 8, 2009

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 15th, 2009

January 21 2009. Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of Physics and the History of Science, Harvard University. A lecture about Albert Einstein’s friendship with schoolmate Friedrich Adler. Adler, the son of the leader of the Socialist Party in Vienna, was, like Einstein, a physicist very much engaged with both epistemology and politics. Einstein and Adler spoke often about their efforts in physics. In the midst of World War I, Adler assassinated the Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Einstein rallied to Adler’s defense and—between death row and Berlin—Adler and Einstein began an extraordinary correspondence about the meaning and validity of relativity.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Friday, October 9th, 2009

May 28, 2009, UO in Portland. Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology and the Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence, Brown University; and the 2008-09 Kritikos Professor in the Humanities. Ken Miller is a professor of cell biology and an outspoken proponent of the theory of evolution, which, he explains, has never been on stronger scientific footing. He is also a practicing Roman Catholic who does not find his belief in God to be incompatible with his scientific views. Part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Friday, October 9th, 2009

This episode features Barbara Schaffer Bacon, director of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts that fosters civic engagement through arts and culture. Barbara was a guest of the UO Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy and the Arts and Administration Program, wherein she presented a workshop on arts-based civic engagement and hosted a community and campus forum and round table talk.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This episode features the poet, essayist, critic, and distinguished lawyer and professor of law at St. John’s University in New York City, Lawrence Joseph. Joseph has published and lectured extensively in areas of labor, employment, tort and compensation law, jurisprudence, law and literature, and legal theory. Joseph has published multiple books of poems, including Into It, which received widespread attention and praise. Joseph is the Oregon Humanities Center’s 2008-2009 Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Memorial Lecturer in Law and American Culture.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This episode features Daniel J. Tichenor, the Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. He has published extensively on immigration, national identity, the American presidency, civil liberties, interest groups, social movements, political parties, and public policy. He has been a Faculty Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University, Research Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution, Abba P. Schwartz Fellow in Immigration and Refugee Policy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Research Scholar at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, a visiting scholar at Leipzig University, and a faculty associate at Princeton’s Center for Migration and Development and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

His book, Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America (Princeton University Press), won the American Political Science Association’s Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book in American national policy.

His forthcoming works include Faustian Bargains: The Origins and Development of America’s Illegal Immigration Dilemma (University of Michigan Press) and The Oxford Handbook on International Migration (Oxford University Press).
He also has written essays for popular journals like The Nation and The Utne Reader, regularly gives public lectures, and has testified and provided expert briefings to Congress on American immigration policy and politics.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

This episode features Theresa May, assistant professor of Theatre Arts and director of “Earth Matters on Stage: An Ecodrama Playwrights Festival and Symposium on Theatre Ecology.” Theresa is the co-author of the book Greening Up Our Houses: A Guide to a More Ecologically Sound Theatre (1994), and is currently working on a book entitled, Earth Matters on Stage: Ecology in American Theatre (2010). Through her work, she explores how playhouses across the country can be more ecologically friendly, thus helping and nuturing our natural resources.

College of Arts and Sciences, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

The O’Fallon Lecture was established by a generous gift from Henry and Betsy Mayer, named in memory of their nephew, son of law professor James O’Fallon and his wife, artist Ellen Thomas. The subject of this lecture alternates each year between law and art and American culture. Past topics have included philosophy, jurisprudence, American political life, architecture, and art theory and criticism.

The 2008-09 O’Fallon Lecturer, Lawrence Joseph, poet, essayist, critic, and professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law, spoke on “Being in the Language of Poetry, Being in the Language of Law” on Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in 175 Knight Law.

Academic, Featured, Knight Library, Oregon Humanities Center, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics · Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

This episode features Grammy-Award winning flutist Molly Barth and Meridian Arts Ensemble member Brian McWhorter. Barth is an assistant professor of flute at the Univeristy of Oregon, and has tought at Willamette University and held residencies at the Univeristy of Chicago and at the Univeristy of Richmond.

McWhorter, after recieving music degrees from the University of Oregon and The Julliard School, is one of the most sought-after performers of his generation. Currently, McWhorter is an assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Oregon and professor of Contemporary Music at the Manhattan School of Music. He has recorded with artists such as, Natalie Merchant, Mark Applebaum, and John Cale, of the Velvet Underground.

McWhorter and Barth perform together as Beta Collide, an enseble focusing on the collision of new and old musical artforms.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

This episode features musicians Joanna Blendulf and Annalisa Pappano. Joanna, an active chamber musician and early music specialist, teaches at the Univesity of Oregon as an adjunct professor of musicology and at viola da gamba workshops accross the country. Currently, Joanna performs with the Portland, Seattle and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestras.

Annalisa is a highly sought-after performer of the lirone, pardessus, and viola da gamba. Annalisa teaches viola da gamba at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and in 2003, led the Catacoustic Consort to win the grand prize in the Naxos/Early Music America Live Recording Competition. Currently, she performs with Baroque Northweset, the Oberlin Consort of Viols, and the Les Paisirs Durables in Brussels, Belgium.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

This episode features Gordon Sayre, Prof., English Dept.; Senate President. Gordon Sayre discusses his research into French Colonial Literature in North America, as well as the challenges of the University of Oregon Senate. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, July 27th, 2009

This lecture is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, department of biology, and the College of Arts and Sciences. It is presented by Dr. Frances White from the Department of Anthropology and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, July 27th, 2009

This lecture is part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, department of biology, and the College of Arts and Sciences. It is authored by the 2008-9 Kritikos Professor in the Humanities, Kenneth Miller, a molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, researcher at Brown University.

Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species”, May 4, 2009. Sean B. Carroll, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin.

Just two centuries ago, much of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Award-winning biologist Sean Carroll takes us on the dramatic expeditions of several pioneering naturalists who unearthed the history of life on our planet and, in the process, profoundly changed our perception of the living world and our place within it. Part of the Darwin Bicentennial Lecture Series.

Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, Mary Evelyn Tucker, delivers a keynote address at the University or Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on May 9th, 2009. Mary Evely Tucker was the 2008-9 Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities.

Oregon Humanities Center, Uncategorized · Monday, July 20th, 2009

This episode features Frances White, Assoc. Prof., Anthropology, discusses her research on the bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee. She describes how this species differs from the more-familiar chimp and talks about their peaceful social structure. Prof. White will give a lecture on this topic on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Columbia Hall. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum, Economics, discusses the measures that comprise the UO Index of Economic Indicators and the current state of the economy. He also compares the Japanese economic crisis in the 1990s with the current global meltdown. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Rebecca Force, adj. asst. prof.,SOJC, discusses her work producing the documentary, “A History of the University of Oregon, 1857-1989. She also talks about her role as the former producer of UO Today and her current teaching activities. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Steven Shankman, director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, discusses his position as the only American UNESCO Chair in Trascultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace; the new Center for Intercultural Dialog; and his work with the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Edward Tick, Soldier’s Heart, discuss Dr. Tick’s PTSD treatment model based on research of worldwide spirituality, mythology, traditional cultures and the warrior archetype. Soldier’s Heart is a non-profit program designed to create safe-return programs for veterans in communities across the country. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

This episode features Michael Bullis, Dean, College of Education, discusses the progress of the HEDCO Education Building project, his research on youth in the criminal justice system, and the College’s international initiatives. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Monday, April 13th, 2009

On Tuesday, March 10 Joseph Thornton from the UO Department of Biology and Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology presented a lecture entitled “The Evolution of Complexity: Inside Darwin’s Black Box.” It was the third of a monthly series put on by the University which started in January.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, April 6th, 2009

Cassandra Moseley, director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, discusses her recent testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the U.S. Senate at a hearing regarding investments in clean energy and natural resources projects and programs to create green jobs and to stimulate the economy.
Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Peter Galison, Pellegrino Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, Harvard University, discusses his documentary film “Secrecy” and his research into Albert Einstein’s relationship with Friedrich Adler, a fellow physicist who assassinated the Austrian Prime Minister in 1916.
Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 75th Anniversary with Jill Hartz, executive director, JSMA; Charles Lachman, curator of Asian Art; and Larry Fong, associate director and curator of American and Regional Art discussing the museum’s collections and history.
Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Uncategorized · Monday, March 2nd, 2009

John Schmor, department head of Theatre Arts, discusses the reopening of the Miller Theatre Complex, the renovation of the Robinson Theatre, and the new Hope Theatre.
Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Dr. Edward Tick is a practicing psychotherapist who has worked with veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for more than 30 years. For Tick, the key to helping veterans heal lies in how we understand PTSD.

Tick defines PTSD as more than simply a stress and anxiety disorder; it is also an identity disorder and a “wounding of the soul” resulting from the deep trauma of war. Using a holistic, psycho-spiritual model—including Greek mythology and Native American traditions—Tick helps veterans confront and heal their wounds and thereby become whole again.

Tick is the founder of Soldier’s Heart, a non-profit veterans advocacy and safe-return program. His clinical practice and his work with Soldier’s Heart are the basis for his recent book, War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (2005).

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Altruism, the selfless concern for the well-being of others, is a core virtue in many societies and religions. But ever since Darwin wrote about cooperation and altruism, scientists have had a love/hate relationship with these behaviors. Warren Holmes, University of Oregon psychology professor, explores the paradox of cooperative behavior in “The Evolution of Cooperation and the Paradox of Altruism.” It was the second talk in a UO lecture series celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin given on Tuesday, Feb. 10 2009.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

On Tuesday, January 13 2009 Patrick Phillips presented his lecture entitled “Darwin’s Puzzles: The Evolution of Sex and Death” at the “150 Years Since On the Origin of Species: A Darwin Bicentennial Birthday Celebration.”

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Monday, February 16th, 2009

This episode features Colin Clark, sociology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Colin Clark discusses his research into and advocacy for the rights of the Gypsy-Traveller population in Great Britain. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Barbara Corrado Pope, professor emerita, Women’s and Gender Studies and author of Cézanne’s Quarry. Barbara Pope discusses her experience writing her first novel and the development of the story. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Carol Stabile, director, CSWS. Carol Stabile discusses her research into gender issues and online gaming as well as how the media’s race and class biases affected reporting during Hurricane Katrina. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Maria Guinand, leader of Venezuelan choral projects, choral conductor, and the Trotter Chair in the School of Music. Maria Guinand discusses the benefits of choral music and how Construir Cantando (Building Through Singing) has helped disadvantaged youth in South America. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Henry Jenkins, Comparative Media Studies, MIT and the 2008-09 Oregon Humanities Center O’Fallon Lecturer. Henry Jenkins discusses how popular culture and new media affect the political landscape. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Michael Salter, Digital Arts Professor in the school of Architecture and Allied Arts. Michael Salter discusses his work and teaching as well as his acclaimed “Styrobots.” Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features Jim Walsh, an expert in international security and a Research Associate with the Security Studies Program at MIT. Jim Walsh discusses relations between the U.S. and Iran and Iran’s nuclear arms program. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today · Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This episode features David Eckel, Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. David Eckel discusses his study of Buddhism and describes Buddhist principles. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

This episode features Bob Doppelt, director of Resource Innovations and the Climate Leadership Initiative. Bob Doppelt discusses the link between sustainable thinking and sustainable behavior. He also talks about the Climate Masters program offered through the UO’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, December 15th, 2008

This episode features Jill Hartz, director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Jill Hartz discusses the future of the museum and current exhibits. Jill Hartz began work as the new director in August 2008. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, December 15th, 2008

Henry Jenkins, Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities, co-director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide offers a report card on the role of media (new and old) in what appears to be one of the most transformative elections since the 1960 Nixon/Kennedy race demonstrated television’s increased centrality to American politics.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach · Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon. David Frohnmayer talks about various subjects including his resignation at the end of the 2008-09 academic school year, plans for the upcoming year, higher education at the global level, and thoughts about the new president. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Monday, September 29th, 2008

Music scholar Richard Taruskin talked about his controversial views on censoring musical performances that contain anti-Semitic or other offensive sentiments during the 2008 Kritikos lectures in Eugene and Portland. During his UO visit, Taruskin led a graduate seminar and met with a group of undergraduate students from the Living Learning Center residence hall. He also met with Oregon Bach Festival organizers to discuss the controversial text of St. John Passion, which includes anti-Semitic language. Taruskin is a specialist in several fields of music history. He is the author of the “Oxford History of Western Music” and six other books. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and The New Republic and has won numerous awards for his scholarship.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest · Monday, September 22nd, 2008

This episode features Jon Erlandson, Professor of Anthropology. Jon Erlandson talks about his research into maritime societies of the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Rim, including recent findings that may establish pre-Clovis habitation in North America. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Friday, September 19th, 2008

This episode features Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology & Decision Science. Paul Slovic discusses his most recent research into the psychological factors contributing to public apathy toward genocide. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Susan Verschere, Professor of Human Physiology and recipient of the Ersted Award for distinguished teaching. Susan Verschere talks about her research and her inventive and effective methods of teaching. This episode also features Tom Ryan, a physician whose interests are Pandemic preparedness. Tom Ryan talks about his work to develop a pandemic emergency plan for the University of Oregon’s emergency management program. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Richard Taruskin, the 2007-2008 Kritickos Lecturer in the Humanities. Richard Taruskin is a music critic, a performer and conductor of early music, and a prolific scholar who not only writes reviews for the New York Times and the New Repbulic, but is also the author of the six volume Oxford History of Western Music, published in 2005. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund. Joseph Cirincione discusses nuclear weapons, ideas for improved threat assessment, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and whether a missile defense system is necessary. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features Brendan Bohannan, Associate Professor of Biology, specializing in Microbial ecology and evolution. Brendan Bohannan’s research focuses on the diversity of microorganisms, and the cause and consequences of that biodiversity. He is especially interested in promoting the integration of microbial ecology into the general science of ecology. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Thursday, September 11th, 2008

This episode features George Lakoff, world renowned linguist and progressive political analyst. George Lakoff is a Professor of cognitive linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His areas of research include: the influence of metaphors on the way humans conceptualize; the practical application of cognitive linguistics to social and political issues, cognitive science and Philosophy, and the cognitive structure of mathematics. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

This episode features Dennis Jenkins, Director, Archaeology Field School. Dennis Jenkins talks about the recently recovered evidence of the oldest human remains in the Americas from the Paisley caves in Eastern Oregon, and the possible archeological significance of these coprolites (ancient feces). Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This episode features Beth Harn, Assistant director of Education. Beth Harn discusses her research into reading problems for children, and the effectiveness of intervention when reading problems are diagnosed early. Humanities Center Director Barbara Altmann interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This episode features Scott Coltrane, the University of Oregon’s new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Scott Coltrane’s research focuses on families, gender and social inequality. His most recent research projects investigate the impact of economic stress and the meaning of fatherhood and step-fatherhood in Mexican American and European American families. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

George Lakoff is the co-founder of the Rockridge Institute, a think tank for progressive politics and public policies. His talk surveys basic findings about what human reason is really like and shows why this matters in politics. Over the past 30 years, Lakoff posits, cognitive and brain sciences have shown that human reason –instead of being conscious and logical — takes place mostly below the level of consciousness and is much more interesting and complex than was once believed.

Academic, Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Friday, May 2nd, 2008

This episode features Stephen Schneider, 2007-2008 Clark Lecturer. Stephen Schneider is a Stanford professor of Biology and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy. He talks about his research on climate change, and the appropriate role of scientists in discussing possible risks of global warming. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Terry Root, a visiting scholar from Stanford University. She discusses the effect of climate change and global warming. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Deborah Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising in the School of Journalism and Communication. Deborah Morrison is an advertising specialist with a passionate belief in the need for social responsibility in the field. Her interests include creative idea generation, talent development, bridging perspectives between university and industry professionals, new media, and the so-called “greenwashing” phenomenon in advertising. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features John Teton, Author, filmmaker, and human Rights Activist. John Teton is the founding director of the International Food Security Treaty Campaign. He is here on campus to give a lecture on world hunger and human rights law. John Teton earned his BA at Harvard, and his Masters in Filmmaking from the San Francisco Art institute. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Kazuaki Tanahashi, renowned artist and author. He is here on campus in conjunction with the Museum of Art’s exhibit “Buddhist Visions.” He will be giving a talk on Calligraphy in Zen Buddhism. Kazuaki Tanahasi was trained in Japan. He is a painter, a Calligrapher, a teacher, a scholar, …and the author, co-author, illustrator or translator of at least 14 books. He is now based in Berkeley, California. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

This episode features Steve Mital, Director of the UO Office of Sustainability. He discusses the campus sustainability movement, and recent initiatives at the U of O to improve its green profile. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Clark Lecture in the Humanities promotes “public discussion on the natural sciences, the history of Oregon, and the interface between science and social and cultural affairs.” The 2007-08 Clark Lecturer was Stanford biology and environmental studies professor Stephen Schneider. Schneider is the founder and editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Climatic Change. He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather and author of The Genesis Strategy: Climate and Global Survival; The Coevolution of Climate and Life; Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century? and Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can’t Afford to Lose. Stephen Schneider talked about how much more could be done to substantially reduce the magnitude of the risks associated with global warming if only we can summon the political will to take decisive action—soon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach · Friday, March 28th, 2008

This episode features Thomas Bivins, the Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics and a Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication. Tom Bivins earned a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska. He earned a Ph.D. in Telecommunication …and completed post-doctoral studies in Philosophy at the University of Oregon. He began teaching in 1974, and joined the faculty at Oregon in 1985. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features T*R*U*E* – Stories of Returning Veterans – with John Wei, Shane Addis, and John Schmor. This program focuses on an innovative stage production created by University of Oregon Veterans and the Theatre Department in which the stories of returning veterans are told by the veterans themselves. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Steven Tipton, a visiting Distinguished Speaker for the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon. While he is at Oregon, he will be speaking on the place of religion in public life. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Tim Hicks, the Director of the University of Oregon graduate program in Conflict and Dispute Resolution. Tim Hicks was the founder and director of the CONNEXUS Conflict Management company, and a mediator in private practice for 14 years before becoming the Director of the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master’s program. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Margaret “Margie” Paris, Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. She practiced criminal law for six years in Chicago, specializing in defense for white-collar criminal prosecutions. She came to the University of Oregon in 1992, and was appointed Dean in 2006. . She teaches advanced appellate advocacy, criminal law, criminal investigation and criminal adjudication. Margie Paris received the Orlando John Hollis Faculty Teaching Award, the law school’s highest teaching honor. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Idan Raichel, the musician whose work has electrified fans in Israel, and around the world. He invited more than 70 musicians from vastly different ethnic backgrounds to collaborate on an album filled with blends of Ethiopian folk music, Arabic poetry, Yeminite chants, Biblical psalms and Caribbean rhythms. The music achieved huge success in Israel, offering new ideas about how individuals can maintain their traditions, celebrate their differences, and still respect each other. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Bill McKibben, the 2007-2008 Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities. Bill McKibben is the author of ten books. His latest book–coming out at the beginning of November 2007, Fight Global Warming NOW is a guidebook for stopping climate change. It is based on the lessons learned from the Step It Up 2007 campaign which he and six students at Middlebury College organized last spring. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Dorothy Figueira, Visiting Lecturer, Comparative Literature. She discusses her research into the development and of myths regarding different cultures, specifically the Aryans, Jews and Brahmins, including a look at the involvement of the writings of Nietzsche. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This episode features Joseph Harrison, author of the book Someone Else’s Name, published in 2003. In 2005, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Waywiser Press. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Kate Mondloch and Deborah Hurtt. Kate Mondloch is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory. Deborah Hurtt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History in the school of Architecture and Allied Arts. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Chunsheng Zhang, Vice Provost, International Affairs and Outreach. He talks about the East Asian Initiative to expand business, educational and government ties to East Asia, as well as the direction he provides for study abroad programs. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon. This episode is the first of an exciting new season of The UO Today Show. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Tze-Lan Deborah Sang, an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and is Lamia Karim, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology. Tze-Lan Sang’s research interests include Gender and Sexuality; Chinese Literature; Chinese Film and performance studies; and urban culture. Lamia Karim’s research interests include gender, political economy, Islamic nationalism, violence, postcolonial feminist theory, and the anthropology of non-governmental institutions. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Henry Wonham, Professor and the Head of the Department of English. Henry Wonham’s research interests include Mark Twain, the writings of Charles Chesnutt, and ethnic representation in American literature. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features John Voll, a visiting lecturer who has been brought to campus by the Wulf Professorship in the Humanities, International Studies and Religious Studies. In conjunction with the new class on Islam and Global Forces, he is presenting a lecture entitled “Burqas, Bikinis and Hip Hop: Different Kinds of Muslims.” Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today, Uncategorized · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Stephen Rodgers and Cristina Cruz-Uribe. Stephen Rodgers is an assistant professor of Music Theory and Musicianship. Cristina Cruz-Uribe is the first place winner of the U of O’s Undergraduate Library Research Award, for her paper “Unifying Processes in Boccherini’s Stabat Mater: A Visual Analysis.” Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Monday, March 17th, 2008

This episode features Dr. Richard Sloan of Columbia University, and Mark Unno of the University of Oregon’s Religious Studies Program. Richard Sloan and Mark Unno are jointly presenting a discussion at the University of Oregon on the Role of Spirit in Healing. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Samantha Power, renowned author, journalist, Professor, athlete, and activist. Samantha Power is the author of the Pulitzer prize winning book A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, published in 2002. The book has also been awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Council on Foreign Relation’s Arthur Ross Prize. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Jeffrey Ostler, Professor in the Department of History. His research interests include the American West, America’s Political and Environmental History, and the History of the American Indian. He is the author of two books, and recipient of the Caughey Western History Association Prize as the best book of 2004 in Western US History. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Leo Bersani, celebrated literary theorist, prolific author, and Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a prestigious Guggenhein Fellowship. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of at least 15 books. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Francis Robinson, Senior Vice Principal for Research and Enterprise at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was made Commander of the British Empire in 2006. He is the author of 13 books, including The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World, Islam and Muslim History in South Asia, and The Mughal Emperors. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ellen Rees, Scandinavian Studies. She discusses her research on female Scandinavian modernist writers, and her book On the Margins: Nordic Women Modernists of the 1930’s (2005). Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Faisel Devji, Jeremiah Lecturer. He discusses his book Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity and his research into the goals and long term effects of suicide bombers. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Priscilla Ovalle, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. And Enrique Lima, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. Ovalle’s research interests include Film History, the representation of race, Latino/a studies, and Dance in Film. Lima’s research and teaching interests include Literature of the Americas, 19th Century American Novel, Narrative Theory and the Theory of the Novel, –as well as Native American and Central American fiction, and the literature of the Mexican Revolution. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ben Saunders, an Associate Professor in the Department of English. Ben Saunders specializes in the poetry and drama of the English Renaissance, and in the study of sexuality. His other interests include poetry, the history of pornography, the relationship of violence to the sacred, and Anglo-American popular music. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Siddharth Varadarajan, a guest speaker for Jeremiah Lecture series, brought to the UO by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. Varadarajan is an author, and journalist. His writing has been sharply critical of, among other things, United States policies regarding nuclear proliferation and its attempts to establish a new balance of power in Asia. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Cecilia Enjuto Rangel, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Languages. Her academic interests include 19th and 20th century Spanish and Latin American Poetry, and Transatlantic Studies. This episode also features David Vazquez, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. His research interests include the Latino/a cultural nationalist movements of the 60’s and 70’s. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Maram Epstein, Associate Professor in the Deparment of East Asian Languages and Literatures. And Alisa Freedman, and Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Film in the Deparment of East Asian Languages and Literatures. Epstein teaches courses on the Chinese Novel, Chinese Film and Women and Gender in Chinese Literature. Freedman’s current research focuses on fictional and artistic depictions of the influence of mass transportation on Tokyo’s social fabric. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features John Lysaker, and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy. His teaching interests include 19th and 20th century continental philsophy, American philosophy, and the philsophy of art and literature. He is author of the book You Must Change Your Life: Poetry and the Birth of Sense, and is now working on two more. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Michael Sorkin, O’Fallon Lecturer. The New York architect and architectural critic discusses the plans for reconstruction at the site of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center – and why he thinks the results of the process are flawed. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Michael Aronson, Assistant Professor in the English Department’s Film and Media Studies Program. He himself worked in film and video production for 12 years as a camera operator, director of photography and as an assistant cameraman. He now teaches Motion Picture History… from exhibition and the early cinema to the development of the Hollywood studio system and new media. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Ellen Herman, Associate Professor and the Associate Head of the Department of History. Ellen Herman’s interests include social engineering, the human sciences and therapeutic culture. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features William Bradshaw and Christina Holzapfel, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. They discuss their research showing that a type of mosquito has changed genetically in response to global warming, and the possible implications of warmer winters on larger species. They also address the role undergraduates play in their research. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Tariq Jaffer, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. Tariq Jaffer earned his BA at the University of Toronto; he earned his MA at McGill, and his Ph.D. at Yale. Tariq Jaffer is an Islamic Scholar. His languages include Arabic, German, French, Persian and Ancient Greek. His current research examines tensions and conflicts of Islamic intellectual history as expressed in the works of Razi, a 13th century Persian scholar who was a theologian, philosopher, historian, and scientist. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Mark Quigley, an Assistant Professor in the English Department. Mark Quigley’s research interests are focused on Irish literature and postcolonial literature and theory. He is also interested in African-American literature and culture. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Media Services, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Erin Cline, an Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy and Religion. Her research interests include classical Chinese philosophy and religions, and comparative religious though. She is now working on a book examining the idea of social justice in the Confucian Analects, and how that might contribute to current discussions in ethics and political philosophy. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Douglas Kennett, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He is the co-editor or author of three books, and his most recent research at the remote island of Rapu in the South Pacific is providing new ideas about the settlement of the area. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Garrett Epps, the Orlando and Marian Hollis Professor of Law. Prior to his academia career, Garrett Epps was a reporter for the Washington Post newspaper, and had written two novels. More recently, he has written numerous scholarly articles focusing on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Brian Turner, Visiting Lecturer of Creative Writing Program. He discusses his book of poetry Here, Bullet (2005), a first person account of the Iraq war based on his experiences as a soldier. Turner is an MFA graduate of the University of Oregon. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Madeline Spring, the Academic Director of the new K-16 Chinese Flagship Project. Madeline Spring is the author of the book Making Connections: Improve your Listening Comprehension in Chinese, the revised edition of which was published in 2006. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Charles Martinez, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity. He talks about the development of the University’s diversity plan, and the problems it is meant to address. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Linda Brady, Senior Vice President and Provost. She talks about her research interests in Political Science, as well as her vision of the University in terms of diversity, faculty recruitment and retention, and global outreach. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Dare Baldwin, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the head of the Baldwin research lab. Dare Baldwin studies the development of social understanding and language development, as well as writing numerous papers in professional journals. Dare Baldwin is the winner of the Cattell Sabbatical Fellowship for 2007, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007.Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Richard West, the 2006-2007 occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. He is a citizen of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes of Oklahoma. Richard West has spent much of his life working with American Indians on cultural, educational, legal, and governmental issues. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Adell Amos, the Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program. Adell Amos’ scholarship focuses on water resource management, the role of agencies in setting national and local water policy, and citizen participation in Water rights adjudications. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features David Frohnmayer, President, University of Oregon. He addresses a wide range of issues affecting the University and Higher Education in Oregon, including student housing, rising tuition, state funding for higher education, private fundraising, international programs, science programs and athletics. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Janne Underriner, the Director of the Northwest Indian Language Institute in the Department of Linguistics. Janne Underriner writes and lectures widely on the threats to indigenous languages and is heavily involved in efforts to preserve Native American languages. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Professor Jin Di, translator and translation theorist. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Oregon. Previously, he was a Professor of English at Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute. Jin, Di has translated Russian novels to Chinese, Chinese literature into English, and English works into Chinese. His most famous translation was of James Joyce’s Ulysses into Chinese… a project that took 16 years to complete. Most recently, he has been teaching a series of lectures on creative translation. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features John Shelby Spong, the 2005-2006 Kritikos professor in the Humanities. John Shelby Spong is a retired Episcopal bishop, a prolific author and scholar. John Shelby Spong earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy and zoology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Master of Divinity at the Virginia Theological Seminary. He served as the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark for 24 years until his retirement in 2000. John Shelby Spong is the author, co-author or editor of 20 books. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Daniel Falk, an Associate Professor in the Religious Studies Program. Daniel Falk earned his BA at Providence College, his Master of Christian Studies at Regent College, and his Ph.D. at Cambridge. Daniel Falk’s research focuses on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the history and literature of ancient Judaism and the beginnings of Christianity. He is writing a book on the rewritten biblical narratives in the Dead Sea Scrolls entitled “Parabiblical Texts” Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Steven Bender, the James and Ilene Hershner Professor of Law and the Director of Portland programs. He is the author of Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law and the American Imagination, published in 2003. He has four other books in progress, focusing on the history, culture and rights of Latinos, including Everyday Law for Latinos to be published this year. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features two guests Frank Vignola and Laura Riihimaki, scientists who are working on research to help track global warming and variations in global temperatures. Frank Vignola is the director of the University of Oregon’s Solar Energy Center. He is a Senior Research Associate in the Physics Department, as well as the director of the Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory. Laura Riihimaki earned her Bachelor of Science in Physics at Wheaton College. She earned her M.S. at the University of Oregon, and is now a Ph.D. student in the Physics. In 2005, she and Dr. Vignola co-authored a paper on 25 years of solar radiation in Oregon. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Richard Thompson Ford, the 2005-2006 O’Fallon Lecturer in Law and American Culture. Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School. He earned his AB in Political Science at Stanford, and his J.D. at Harvard Law School. His areas of expertise include Anti-discrimination law, Civil Rights and Race Relations, and Urban Issues. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Robert Pape, a Visiting Lecturer from the University of Chicago. Robert Pape will be speaking on the topic of Dying to Win: the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, which is also the title of a book he authored, published in 2005. He is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and the founder and director of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism. This project is funded in part by the Carnegie Corporation and the Pentagon. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Frances Bronet, the Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Frances Bronet’s research interests are interdisciplinary. She is interested in the influence of architecture on social justice, and the development of teaching models for cross-disciplinary programs incorporating engineering, architecture, Science and Technology, Dance and the electronic arts. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Richard Weisman, art collector, philanthropist, and author. Richard Weisman is the author of the book Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection, published in 2003. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today, Uncategorized · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Peter Brown, the PaleoAnthropoligist whose team of scientists discovered the remains of tiny prehistoric humans in 2004. The popular press has labeled these people from isolated Asian islands as the “Hobbit people.” Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Chet Bowers, Professor Emeritis, formerly a professor at Portland State University and a Professor in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. He is currently an adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at the U of O. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

This episode features Andrew Kirkpatrick, the Digital Projects Manager for Knight Library Media Services. A large part of his work is focused on the development of visual teaching tools to improve education. This episode also features J.D. Hauger, the Streaming Video Developer for the University of Oregon. J.D. Hauger came to the University in April of 2005. He has designed the UO Channel, a searchable website containing video archives of University events and speakers. Humanities Center Director Steve Shankman interviews faculty, staff, and visiting lecturers about their research and interests for a 30 minute show that gives an inside look at the University of Oregon.

Academic, Community Conversations, Featured, Media Services, Oregon Humanities Center, Oregon Local Interest, Outreach, UO Today · Friday, March 14th, 2008

Religious scholar Steven M. Tipton teaches sociology, religion and ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, where he is a professor of sociology of religion. A graduate of Harvard University, he is the author of “Public Pulpits: Methodists and Mainline Churches in the Moral Argument of Public Life,” a study of national religious advocacy by the mainline churches, which will be released by the University of Chicago Press in early 2008.
Tipton’s speech on “Public Pulpits: Religion in the Moral Argument of Public Life,” addresses the tension between government and the growing number of religious institutions pursuing politicized moral advocacy.

Oregon Humanities Center, Outreach · Thursday, March 6th, 2008

On April 28, 2007, Samantha Power of Harvard’s School of Government gave a keynote speech for the Witnessing Genocide Symposium. Her book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide,” was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction, and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Prize for the best book in U.S. foreign policy.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Thursday, May 17th, 2007

On April 29, 2007, James Young gave a keynote speech for the Witnessing Genocide Symposium. In this slide presentation, Young examines the stages of memorialization as they have played out in design competitions in Berlin for Germany’s national Holocaust memorial and in New York City for the World Trade Center Site Memorial. He also looks at how the vernacular of memorials has changed since the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, how the very idea of the memorial has evolved from icons of individual mourning to those of mass death.

Oregon Humanities Center · Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Cressman Lecture: Lewis and Clark historian Gary Moulton presents “Lewis and Clark’s New Look” as the 2004-2005 Luther S. and Dorothy Cecilia Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities. This lecture will explore new ways of judging the characters and personalities of the leading figures of the Corps of Discovery–Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea–in light of new research. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Nebraska and editor of “The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”

Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

University of Oregon president discussed the state of the university, including this year’s freshman class, the new Living Learning Center, enrollment, tuition, the Westmoreland property sale, private support for the university, and the institution’s new facilities in Portland. Originally taped September 27th, 2006.

Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Bishop John Shelby Spong presented two public lectures as the 2005 – 2006 Kritikos Professor in the Humanities. On May 24th he spoke on “Who is the Popular God in Public Life in the 21st Century?” in Columbia Hall at the University of Oregon campus.

Bishop Spong, whose books have sold more than a million copies, was the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark for 24 years before his retirement in 2001. His admirers acclaim his legacy as a teaching bishop who makes contemporary theology accessible to the ordinary lay person—he’s considered a champion of an inclusive faith by many, both inside and outside the Christian church. In his latest book, “The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible’s Texts of Hate to Discover the God of Love” (Harper San Francisco, April 2005), this visionary thinker seeks to introduce people to a proper way to engage the holy book of the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly?

Richard Thompson Ford, the George Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and author of Racial Culture: A Critique, discussed his book at a free public lecture at the University of Oregon as the 2005-2006 Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Lecturer in Law and American Culture.

In his lecture, Ford questioned the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices.

The O’Fallon Lecture was established by a generous gift from Henry and Betsy Mayer, named in memory of their nephew, son of law professor James O’Fallon and his wife, artist Ellen Thomas.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

The UO Channel presents the Oregon Humanities Center interview with Robert Pape, Visiting Lecturer, founder and Director, Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism, and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He discusses his book Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, including the profile of suicide terrorists, their goals, and his ideas on effective means of combating suicide terrorism in the Middle East.

Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

University of Oregon Humanities Center director Steve Shankman interviewed Andy Kirkpatrick, UO Library video producer, and J. D. Hauger, streaming media developer and creator of the UO Channel, on the Humanities Center’s UO Today television program. Andrew Kirkpatrick discusses his work in digital video, and video conferencing, looking at their uses in education. J.D. Hauger defines “streaming media,” and discusses its educational applications, and its ability to bring lectures and programs at University of Oregon to a wider audience.

More information: Visit the Streaming Media Services site at UO

Media Services, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

The UO Channel presents Steve Shankman’s interviews with the library research award winners:

Dunya Chirchi discussed the research she conducted for her paper “The Combined Success of the International Tropical Timber Agreements,” and how the paper assignment fit into the structure of an undergraduate class.

Alletta Brenner discussed her research with primary resources and the paper “Monstrosity and Womanhood in Early England” that garnered her award, as well as the class for which the paper was written.

This program first aired 04/18/2005

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

University of Oregon President, Dave Frohnmayer, discussed the state of the University, including the upcoming Olympic trials, faculty research, enrollment, tuition, the state’s financial support of the institution, private support for the University, and the institution’s contributions to the arts and the economy. Originally taped October 18th, 2005.

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Political Science and the Oregon Humanities Center hosted Loretta Napoleoni Monday, May 16 2005, who spoke on her book: “Terror Inc.: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Network.” Napoleoni is an economist and journalist. She most recently helped organize and participated in the “Madrid Summit”–the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security which brought together heads of state and scholars to turn ideas into plans of action for countering terrorism.
Choosing media formats Windows Media On Campus

Oregon Humanities Center, Political Science Department · Monday, May 16th, 2005

Louis Menand-critic and author of “The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America,” spoke on Thursday, May 12, about Andy Warhol’s 1962 exhibit of paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and the role it played the intellectual history of the Cold War era.

The lecture on “The Story of the Soup Cans” is sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center at the University of Oregon.

Featured, Oregon Humanities Center · Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

Cressman Lecture: Lewis and Clark historian Gary Moulton presents “Lewis and Clark’s New Look” as the 2004-2005 Luther S. and Dorothy Cecilia Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities. This lecture will explore new ways of judging the characters and personalities of the leading figures of the Corps of Discovery–Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea–in light of new research. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Nebraska and editor of “The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”

Academic, Oregon Humanities Center · Thursday, November 4th, 2004