“Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering”
A talk by Hal Whitesman, Financial Times' Chicago and Midwest bureau chief. Thanks to demand from big emerging economies, most South America...
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CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]
The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source is intended as a resource for students, teachers, and the general public. It makes available recordings of...
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20 of 261 episodes“All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals”
A talk by David Scheffer, Director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University. As senior adviser to Madeleine A...
"Climate Change & the International Negotiations" (audio)
Since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1994, efforts to secure international agreement on climat...
"Venezuela Speaks!" (audio)
For the last decade, Venezuela’s “Bolivarian Revolution” has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have al...
"Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It"
In this talk, Robert Pape presents findings from the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism demonstrating that, contrary to popular belie...
"Moonset on Sunrise Mountain: Narrative, Politics, and the Accession of Kulottunga I Cola"
A talk by Whitney Cox, Lecturer in Sanskrit, School of Oriental and African Studies.
"The Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications"
Imtiaz Gul is the Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. He is the author of three books on the on...
"The Empire and the Birth of Historical Research in India"
Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Klimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago.
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants"
Raman Sukumar is the author of three books on the ecology and conservation of elephants, and the recipient of the International Cosmos Prize...
"Between Globalization and Global Warming"
A talk by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and th...
"America's Water Crisis"
Robert Glennon is a nationally-renowned water expert, and the author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It (2009)....
"Non-Eurocentric Historical Geographies of Modern Science: Perspectives from South Asia"
A talk by Kapil Raj, Directeur d'études at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
"The Informal Economy in Mexico"
Santiago Levy is Vice President for Sector and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank and author of the book Good Intentions, Bad...
“Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts”
Srimati Basu, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies University of Kentucky on "Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in...
“Situating the Subaltern in South Asian Medical History”
A keynote address by David Hardiman, History, University of Warwick at the Seventh South Asia Graduate Student Conference. With the support...
“Language Worlds in South Asia”
A talk by Debjani Ganguly, Head, Humanities Research Center, Australian National University. From the South Asia Seminar.
“Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations”
A speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO. In his first visit to Chicago as Secretary General, Anders Rasmussen discusses...
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes”
A multi-disciplinary panel, held at the Shedd Aquarium, provided a public examination and discussion of the threat of Asian carp to Chicago...
“Celling India: The Mobile Phone's Contribution to Capitalism, Democracy and Unsettling Society”
A talk by Robin Jeffrey, Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. From the South Asia Seminar...
Panel 3: The Politics of Knowledge in a Global World
Panel 3: Uday Singh Mehta, Amherst College; Arjun Appadurai, New York University; Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the...