Ranked #1
"Terror in Mumbai: Reflections on the Aftermath" (video)
"Terror in Mumbai: Reflections on the Aftermath" (video)
A panel discussion with Steven Wilkinson, Martha Nussbaum, Tarini Bedi, Robert Pape, and Manan Ahmed.On November 26, 200... Read more
14 Jan 2009
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1hr 38mins
Ranked #2
"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East" (video)
"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East" (video)
A talk by New York Times journalist Neil MacFarquhar. His book, "The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You ... Read more
29 Oct 2009
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #3
“Reconceptualizing the Question: Intervention Strategies” (video)
“Reconceptualizing the Question: Intervention Strategies” (video)
A presentation and discussion with University of Chicago Professors Roger Myerson, Department of Economics & Marshal... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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2hr 9mins
Ranked #4
"Music and Dance Rhythms from the Balkans" (video)
"Music and Dance Rhythms from the Balkans" (video)
A demonstration by John Kuo, Director of the Chicago ensemble Balkanske Igre.Presented in Angelina Ilieva's class on Bal... Read more
21 Feb 2009
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1hr 54mins
Ranked #5
"Mexican Oil and Gas Policies" (video)
"Mexican Oil and Gas Policies" (video)
A presentation by Adrián Lajous, Former Pemex CEO.Adrián Lajous is Chairman of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, ... Read more
5 Mar 2009
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #6
"Democracy in Nicaragua" (video)
"Democracy in Nicaragua" (video)
Carlos Fernando Chamorro is the son of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, editor of the independent daily La Prensa who was assassi... Read more
21 Oct 2009
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #7
“Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy” (video)
“Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy” (video)
A talk by Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz. The current global financial crisis carries a "made in America"... Read more
19 Feb 2010
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #8
"The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It" (video)
"The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It" (video)
A talk by Antonia Juhasz, author, policy expert, and activist. Antonia Juhasz is an associate fellow with the Institute ... Read more
21 Jan 2009
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #9
"Teach-in on the Haiti Emergency" (video)
"Teach-in on the Haiti Emergency" (video)
Greg Beckett, Anthropology PhD and Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences, and Ann Clark, Principal at Ni... Read more
20 Jan 2010
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1hr 1min
Ranked #10
"Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" (video)
"Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" (video)
A talk by author and Earth Policy Institute founder Lester Brown. As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, an... Read more
18 Nov 2009
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #11
"The Informal Economy in Mexico" (video)
"The Informal Economy in Mexico" (video)
Santiago Levy is Vice President for Sector and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank and author of the book G... Read more
6 May 2010
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #12
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes” (video)
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes” (video)
A multi-disciplinary panel, held at the Shedd Aquarium, provided a public examination and discussion of the threat of As... Read more
6 Apr 2010
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2hr 10mins
Ranked #13
“The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan” (video)
“The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan” (video)
A talk by political scientist Gilles Dorronsoro, visiting scholar in the Carnegie Endowment's South Asia Program. His re... Read more
10 Mar 2010
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #14
“The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa” (video)
“The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa” (video)
A talk by American University professor Deborah Brautigam. Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is ... Read more
5 Feb 2010
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #15
Opening Remarks (video)
Opening Remarks (video)
Dain Borges, Director, Center for Latin American StudiesMark Hansen, Dean, Social Science DivisionAmbassador João Almino... Read more
5 Nov 2009
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19mins
Ranked #16
"Special Address:Perspectives from an Amazonian Social Movement" (video)
"Special Address:Perspectives from an Amazonian Social Movement" (video)
Special Address: Sônia Guajajara, Vice-Coordinator of COIAB: Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasilei... Read more
6 Nov 2009
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1hr 59mins
Ranked #17
"Between Globalization and Global Warming" (video)
"Between Globalization and Global Warming" (video)
A talk by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and ... Read more
11 May 2010
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #18
"International Reactions to the Coup in Honduras" (video)
"International Reactions to the Coup in Honduras" (video)
Rodolfo Pastor is Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports of Honduras, and, since the coup of June 28 that overthrew the go... Read more
17 Nov 2010
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #19
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants" (video)
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants" (video)
Raman Sukumar is the author of three books on the ecology and conservation of elephants, and the recipient of the Intern... Read more
17 May 2010
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #20
“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty” (video)
“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty” (video)
A talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow. For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to... Read more
3 Mar 2010
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1hr 14mins