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Browsing Cornell University Lecture Tape Collection by Title
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Names, novels and histories
Fuentes, Carlos (1979-10-16)Discusses the unequaled importance of language in the perception of history. -
Nature unveiling before science: images of women and knowledge
Jordanova, L. J. (1987-05-01)Jordanova formulates a correlation between the unveiling of women's bodies and actions in art, science and medicine. -
Neumann--presence and history
Otto, Christian F. (1987-11-05)Otto traces the history of Neumann's various architectural endeavors. -
New approaches to rural development participation: the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in Northern Pakistan
Khan, Shoaib Sultan (1988-01-29)Khan describes his efforts in coordinating the regional development of rural tribes in Northern Pakistan. -
Nikki Giovanni: an afternoon of poetry
Giovanni, Nikki (1989-11-18)Giovanni reads six of her poems. -
No Grapes
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 (1992-04-08) -
Not architecture
Taylor, Mark C., 1945- (1992-04-05) -
On being half romantic
Woodring, Carl, 1919-2009 (1983-03-17)Woodring defines the age of romanticism. -
On the rhetoric of racism in literature
LaCapra, Dominick, 1939-; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (1988-04-15)Tape includes introductory remarks by La Capra; Gates presents an overview of the state of black education in the United States today and opens the conference Race and the Humanities. -
One culture: creative modes common to the arts and sciences
Hoffmann, Roald (1985-02-06)Hoffmann discusses the rift between scientists and humanists. He presents three case studies of chemistry, poetry, and visual arts and describes the similarities common to these fields. -
Outward glance and inward retreat: ambivalence in African arts and literature
Soyinka, Wole (1985-11-11)Soyinka provides a detailed analysis of African art and discusses Western attitudes toward it. -
Philip Glass discusses his work in theater and opera
Glass, Philip (1995-04-19) -
Polish poetry under martial law
Baranczak, Stanislaw, 1946-2014 (1983-09-12)Baranczak discusses the effect of martial law on poetry in Poland. -
Political and moral consequences of science
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007 (1987-11-20)Weizsacker holds that scientists should feel responsible for the social, political and ecological consequences of modern science and technology and should act accordingly. -
Popular support and the stability of the liberal democratic party regime in Japan
Kabashima, Ikuo, 1947- (1985-03-11)Kabashima discusses the processes which helped maintain the power of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the last 30 years, particularly in reference to political corruption and the political system's reaction to it. -
Practices of laughter
Allen, Stan (1992-04-05) -
Presidential forum: George McGovern
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 (1983-09-29)McGovern describes his plans if elected in 1984 and discusses some of the problems facing the Reagan administration. -
Prison reform.
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913- (1975-04-08) -
Producing, directing, writing movies
Dubelman, Richard (1984-03-07)Dubelman gives a professional's perspective on writing, producing, and directing for the motion picture and television industry. -
Protagonists, victims and sexual diference
Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009 (1989-04-08)The lecture consists in a roughly chronological slide presentation and explanation of the artist's work. Some of Spero's series and periods covered are her Paris black paintings, Artaud paintings, the war series, the Torture ...