11 October 2006
"Act of creation: The founding of the United Nations"
-Mr. Stephen Schlesinger, Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School University.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English:
1 hour and 6 minutes] |
05 June 2006
“Identity in the 21st Century"
-Mr. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, and Mr. Kwame Anthony
Appiah, Professor of Philosophy.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 1 hour and 11 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Original: 1 hour and 8 minutes]
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28 March 2006
“The Use of Language in War and Peace”
- Professor
Chinua Achebe, novelist, and Professor Paul Muldoon, poet,
will speak on the topic
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 1 hours and 23 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Original: 1 hours and 23 minutes] |
08 November 2004
“Why Music Matters?”
- by Professor Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra
 Archived
Video - English: 1 hour and 4 minutes]
SG's introductory remarks
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25 MAY 2004
“Who is Afraid of Human Rights?”
Presentations by: H.E. Ms. Najat Al-Hajjaji, Chair of the 59th session of the UNCHR; Professor Ali Mazrui, Binghamton University, SUNY; and Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA. [ Programme ]
Archived
Video - English:
1 hour 15 minutes]
SG's introductory remarks
|
17 MARCH 2004
"God's Word and World
Politics"
- by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the
1984 Nobel Peace Prize. Programme
Archived
Video - 1 hour 13 minutes]
SG's introductory remarks
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12 JANUARY 2004
"Designer Genes: The Ethics of Modern
Genetics"
- by Professor Eric Wieschaus of Princeton University.
Archived
Video - English: 1 hour 14 minutes]
SG's
introductory remarks
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15 SEPTEMBER 2003
"Islam and the West."
- by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University
Archived
Video - English: 1 hour 18 minutes ]
SG's
introductory remarks
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14 MARCH 2003
Globalization: Winners and Losers
- by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor
Joseph Stiglitz.
Archived
Video - English: 1 hour and
24min ]
SG's
introductory remarks
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3 DECEMBER 2002
The Interface between Energy and Climate Change
- by Professor Rajendra Pachauri and Professor Nebojsa Nakiconovic
Video not available
SG's
introductory remarks
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6 NOVEMBER 2002
Genetically Modified Crops for Developing Countries:
Technological Frontiers and Policy Debates
-by Professor Daphne Preuss and Professor Jennifer Thomson
Archived
Video - English: 1 hour and 12 minutes
SG's
introductory remarks
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24 JUNE
2002
The Humanities after 09/11
by Professor Toni Morrison
Video not available
SG's
introductory Remarks
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