Lectures
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Watch: “Whatever Happened to Hope: Why Barack Obama Cannot Become a Transformational President”
Watch video of a talk by Rick Perlstein, an author and political journalist who has written extensively about the history of conservatism in modern America. Read MoreMar 25, 2010
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Watch: “Sibling Rivalry: Can the religious offspring of Abraham get along?”
Watch Robert Wright's March 17 talk "Sibling Rivalry: Can the religious offspring of Abraham get along?” Read MoreMar 18, 2010
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Watch: Beyond Inclusion: Rethinking Normalcy, Identity, and Disability in Theological Terms
Tom Reynolds suggests a reframing of what we consider "normal"and outlines how that reframing might alter how we think about the act of inclusion. Read MoreMar 8, 2010
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Watch: “American Pie: Fact or Fiction? A Closer Look at Virginity Loss in the Movies”
Watch video of a March 3 talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Laura Carpenter, part of the Thinking Out of the Lunchbox series. Read MoreMar 4, 2010
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Watch: Ken Feinberg, Obama’s ‘executive pay czar’
Watch video of Ken Feinberg, better known as President Obama's executive pay czar, delivering the keynote speech for a daylong executive pay conference at the Vanderbilt Law School. Read MoreFeb 26, 2010
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Watch: Engineering, Innovation, and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Watch video beginning of a talk by Charles M. Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus, MIT. Read MoreFeb 24, 2010
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Watch: Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective
Watch video of the symposium "Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective." Read MoreFeb 23, 2010
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Watch: InsideOut of the Lunch Box – Juggleville
Watch video of the Feb. 18 demonstration and discussion of the ultimate symbol of multi-tasking - juggling. Read MoreFeb 19, 2010
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Watch: Leadership Breakfast featuring Walter Earl Fluker
Watch video of a Feb. 18 talk by Walter Earl Fluker, executive director of the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, speaking about leadership challenges. Read MoreFeb 18, 2010
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Watch: A Persistent Past: Reckoning with Race and History in the Age of Obama
Watch video of the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture, given by journalist Douglas A. Blackmon. Read MoreFeb 12, 2010
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Watch: Pediatric Obesity: Diabetes Prevention in the Latino Population
Watch video of a Feb. 3 talk by Dr. Shari Barkin. Read MoreFeb 10, 2010
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Watch: Investing in Nature
Watch video of a Feb. 4 talk by William Ginn, chief conservation officer for The Nature Conservancy. Read MoreFeb 5, 2010
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Watch: Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Watch video of a talk by Michael Kimmel, a leading researcher and writer on men and masculinity in the world today. Read MoreFeb 5, 2010
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Watch: On Photography’s Expanded Field
Watch video of a Feb. 3 talk by Vesna Pavlovic, assistant professor of art, part of the Thinking Out of the Lunchbox series. Read MoreFeb 4, 2010
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Watch: On Photography’s Expanded Field
Watch video of a Feb. 3 talk by Vesna Pavlovic, assistant professor of art, part of the Thinking Out of the Lunchbox series. Read MoreFeb 4, 2010
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Watch: “Profiling, Policy and Police Conduct in a Post 9/11 Society”
Watch video of a Jan. 27 panel discussion hosted by the Vanderbilt Black Law Students Association. Read MoreJan 29, 2010
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Watch: Panel discussion on activism and justice
Watch video of John Seigenthaler, award-winning journalist and founder of the First Amendment Center, moderating a Jan. 28, 2010, panel discussion on activism and justice featuring a video appearance by Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and author of Speak Truth to Power. Read MoreJan 29, 2010
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Watch: “The Next Generation of Computing and Beyond”
Watch video of a Jan. 20 talk by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, speaking to MBA students. Read MoreJan 29, 2010
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Watch: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Watch video of a Jan. 20 talk by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. Read MoreJan 20, 2010
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Watch: MLK Day Keynote Address: “The Deliberate Denial of Education”
Watch video of a Jan. 18 talk by Bob Moses and Rita Bender. Read MoreJan 19, 2010