2017-07-15

The University of Chicago (videos of June 2017)

source: The University of Chicago
1:38:59 Public Religious Literacy in Secondary and Post-Secondary Education Religious literacy is often associated with information about the beliefs, ritual practices, and sacred spaces associated with “world religions.” In this Craft of Teaching / Martin Marty Center wo...
49:07 Wednesday Lunch Dean Forum: Sarah Hammerschlag’s “Broken Tablets” Dean's Forum. The Dean's Forum invites a faculty member to discuss one of his or her recent works, with formal response from several Divinity School colleagues. Today we welcome Sarah Hammerschlag,...
52:17 Wednesday Lunch with Dr Aasim Padela on Islamic Bioethics Dr. Aasim Padela, Director of the Initiative on Islam and Medicine and a faculty member with the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, speaking on "Constructing the Field of Bioethics: Why Is...
52:48 Wednesday Lunch with Jane Risen: “Believing What We know isn’t So” Jane L. Risen, speaking on “Believing what we know isn’t so: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions." Risen is Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and William Lad...
40:13 Remarks at the Five-Year Anniversary of the Craft of Teaching Program The Craft of Teaching (CoT) is the Divinity School's program of pedagogical development for its graduate students, dedicated to preparing a new generation of accomplished educators in the field of ...
58:12 Wednesday Lunch with Profs. Kristine Culp and William Schweiker May 3: William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics and Kristine Culp, Associate Professor of Theology and Dean of the Disciples Divinity House, on "In...
1:22:16 Spring 2017 Dean’s Seminar in the Craft of Teaching with Alum of the Year John Corrigan “Square One: Teaching First-Year Students through Critical Reading”
Reading books and writing about them is a central component of learning in the humanities. A course organized around critical rea...
1:26:52 Conference: Martin Buber, Philosopher of Dialogue Day two of a two-day conference in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Buber’s death, bringing together leading scholars from around the country to generate new questions and reflec...
1:01:58 2017 Marty Center Senior Fellow Massimo Nardello Martin Marty Center Senior Fellow Symposium with Massimo Nardello: “God’s becoming as foundation of an interactional ecclesiology”
Prof. Massimo Nardello (PhD, Gregorian University, Roma) is Profe...
1:27:25 Online and Blended Teaching: Notes from the Field - The Craft of Teaching Increasingly, university educators are expected to incorporate new technologies in assignment design, assessment, and student learning; teaching online is more and more a reality with which educato...
1:08:18 The Pearson Institute Lecture Series: Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo Caro This lecture series provides an opportunity to hear directly from leaders in international policy who have worked in peace and conflict. Sergio Jaramillo Caro negotiated on behalf of the Republic o...
46:14 Exploring the Sun: A Celebration of Eugene Parker Eugene Parker, S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, received several honors from NASA during a May 31 celebration at UChicago. NASA’s landmark mission to the sun was named the...
1:26:37 Public Lecture by Robert Bellah: "Religion in Human Evolution." Robert Bellah on "Religion in Human Evolution." Robert N. Bellah is Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. He was educated at Harvard University, recei...
1:17:59 2017 Alumnus of the Year Lecture by John Corrigan: "Religion, Emotion, and History" John Corrigan (PhD'82), the Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of History at Florida State University in Tallahassee, is the Divinity School Alumnus of the Year ...
45:04 Wednesday Lunch with Tarek Alexander Hassan April 12: Tarek Alexander Hassan, Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, speaking on "Migrants, Ancestors, and Foreign Investments." Hassan studies international finance, economic history, ...
57:22 Wednesday Lunch Dean’s Forum, Spring Quarter 2017 April 5: Dean's Forum. The Dean's Forum invites a faculty member to discuss one of his or her recent works, with formal response from several Divinity School colleagues. Today we welcome Cynthia Ga...
41:18 Wednesday Lunch with Donna Schaper Donna Schaper, Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church, speaking on Divinity School history – and her recent book, “I Heart Francis.”
Book blurb: Everyone is paying attention to Pope Francis, and...
1:06:12 Secularism and the Citizen in the Middle East and South Asia: Masuzawa Scholarship on secularism in the Middle East and South Asia has been radically transformed in the last decade, and continues to be one of the most innovative and creative, as well as challenging, a...
1:01:25 Secularism And The Citizen In The Middle East And South Asia. Session Three: Peter Van Der Veer Scholarship on secularism in the Middle East and South Asia has been radically transformed in the last decade, and continues to be one of the most innovative and creative, as well as challenging, a...
1:19:53 Alumnus Of The Year Address By Ted Peters: "Can We Enhance The Imago Dei?" The Alumnus of the Year Lecture, by Ted Peters. Peters, M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1973, is Professor of Systematic Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) ...
57:32 “The Resilience of Language and Gesture” with Susan Goldin-Meadow In this Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture, Susan Goldin-Meadow explores the resilience of language and gesture in the way people communicate.
Susan Goldin-Meadow is the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished ...
1:27:51 Stephen Brock, "Thomas Aquinas, the Bearer of Practical Truth, and the Rationality of Action" Interpreters of what Aristotle calls practical truth differ about what its bearer is or what it is properly said of. As a result, they also differ about the distinction between practical and theor...
1:25:35 Anselm Mueller, "Is Practical Truth a Chimera? Questions for Anscombe" In a number of papers, Anscombe raises the “great question”: What is practical truth (PT)? Her answers are not elaborate but clear enough to raise further questions such as: Does PT have truth-cond...
1:01:48 Aquinas and the Life of the Mind Stephen Brock, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, gives a public lecture on Thomas Aquinas and the mind as a form of life. Brock is Visiting Scholar with Vir...
0:29 UChicago 530th Convocation Procession An estimated 15,000 family, friends, and colleagues gathered on the UChicago Quad for the June 10th Convocation celebration. As per tradition, the ceremonies opened with a bagpipe procession.
19:56 University of Chicago Class Day 2017 - Student Addresses The University of Chicago's inaugural Class Day ceremony on June 9, 2017 honored graduating students. It included the tradition of student speakers: Elizabeth Adetiba, Adolfo Alexander Vincent Mora...
1:59:09 The 530th Convocation – The University of Chicago (Unedited Feed) The University Ceremony of the 530th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on June 10, 2017, on the Main Quadrangle. The University of Chicago Pipe Band led distinguished faculty and gr...
14:37 The 530th Convocation Address – The University of Chicago The University Ceremony of the 530th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on June 10, 2017, on the Main Quadrangle. The University of Chicago Pipe Band led distinguished faculty and de...
31:18 David Brooks addresses University of Chicago graduates David Brooks, AB’83, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, speaks to graduates on June 9 at the University of Chicago. The address was part of the University of Chicago’s inaugural Class Day cere...
0:20 Alumnus David Brooks: UChicago fundamentally changed me David Brooks, AB’83, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, speaks to graduates on June 9 at the University of Chicago. The address was part of the University of Chicago’s inaugural Class Day cere...
1:39:43 “As Luck Would Have It” with Kerry James Marshall In this Rosenberger Medalist lecture, artist Kerry James
Marshall explores the motivations behind his world-
renowned work.
Marshall was awarded the Rosenberger Medal by the University of Chicago...
3:29 Jared Diamond and Prof. Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer discuss religion Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond delivered the inaugural lecture at the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge on April 20 at the University of Chicago. Before his lecture, ...

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