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Faculty from various schools and disciplines at the University provide insights about and read from their recently published works of non-fiction.

  1. 08/08/2012

    "Great Books of Medicine"

    Dr. and author Sherwin Nuland talks about a lecture he delivered at the American Philosophical Society in 2011 on the subject of "Books and Men": how great books dispelled ancient dogma and set back the frontiers of medical knowledge.

    8 min

  2. 03/20/2012

    Robert Shiller on "Finance and the Good Society"

    How can an industry as easily corruptible as finance be good for society? Shiller addresses the question in this interview, concluding that a reputation for "integrity" is to some extent a self-regulating principle of the trade.

    14 min

  3. 09/07/2011

    Venceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba"

    In "Venceremos," Jafari S. Allen shows how black Cubans engage in acts of "erotic self-making," reinterpreting, transgressing and transforming radicalized and sexualized interpretations of their identities in their struggles for autonomy and dignity.

    11 min

  4. 01/11/2011

    "A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama"

    "A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama" explores the ways in which Barack Obama's autobiographical "Dreams from My Father" is in "conversation" with the African American authors of other literary classics.

    1 sec

  5. 01/11/2011

    The Performance of Politics: Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

    "The Performance of Politics" is an exploration of the democratic struggle for power in America in the context of the 2008 presidential campaign.

    9 min

  6. 08/10/2010

    "Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind"

    Yale lecturer Binnie Klein will read from her book "Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind." In this book, Binnie Klein describes how she took up the sport in her mid-fifties and how her fascination with boxing led her back to her roots and to a chapter of the Jewish immigrant experience.

    10 min

  7. 08/10/2010

    "The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community"

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, professor of psychology, will read from her recent book "The Power of Women: Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community." This book offers a self-improvement program that gives women the tools to hone their skills as in their careers, personal lives and communities by helping them identify and build their talents.

    5 min

  8. 04/09/2009

    Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968

    Marci Shore, assistant professor of history, reads from her award-winning book ""Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968". In "Caviar and Ashes," historian Marci Shore tells the story of a group of the young Polish intellectuals who became radical Marxists in the late 1920s, following their tragic journey through Stalinist terror, Nazi genocide and beyond.

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Faculty from various schools and disciplines at the University provide insights about and read from their recently published works of non-fiction.

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