Lectures
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VKC debuts interdisciplinary research lecture series Sept. 3
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is launching is a new educational series that will focus on the complexities of conducting interdisciplinary research and clinical trials that involve behavioral, environmental and pharmaceutical interventions. Read MoreAug 28, 2014
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Frontiers in Biochemistry lecture series starts Aug. 22
The Vanderbilt University community is invited to attend “Frontiers in Biochemistry,” a new seminar series that will be held at noon on Fridays in 214 Light Hall beginning this month. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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How old is the universe? (part 2)
Watch video of Vanderbilt Professor David A. Weintraub speaking March 30 on “How Old is the Universe?” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. David A. Weintraub is professor of astronomy, director of the Communication of Science & Technology program, and director of Undergraduate Studies for Department of Physics… Read MoreMar 31, 2011
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Perspectives on Obama, Palin and more at Saturday University
Public invited to lecture series on American politics Political experts John Geer, Dave Lewis and Alan Wiseman will speak during the spring Saturday University lecture series at Vanderbilt University. Saturday University, designed to fill the niche between the single lecture and a full degree program, offers a lecture… Read MoreFeb 17, 2011
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Brookings scholar lecture marks official opening of new Vanderbilt center
Noted congressional scholar Thomas E. Mann will speak at Vanderbilt University on Oct. 28 about the outlook for the 2010 midterm elections. The public lecture marks the official launch of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, which is housed within Vanderbilt’s Department of Political Science. Read MoreOct 20, 2010
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Holocaust Lecture Series features music, film, lectures
Music and film will play a strong role in the annual Holocaust Lecture Series at Vanderbilt University, which this year takes the theme of “Different Speaking, Indifferent Listening.” Read MoreOct 6, 2010
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Senior Day special: Look Beyond Yourself
VUCast Extra: Hear the bold challenge author of The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini makes in this year’s Senior Day address. Listen to what graduates and parents have to say about it. Read MoreMay 20, 2010
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Obama after 16 months
Watch videos from Commencement 2010 Week’s Faculty Seminars. Read MoreMay 19, 2010
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How Parents and Their Young Children Learn to Talk to Each Other
Watch videos from Commencement 2010 Week’s Faculty Seminars. Read MoreMay 19, 2010
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Rocking Gender: Stereotype and Subversion Among Female Pop Musicians
Watch videos from Commencement 2010 Week’s Faculty Seminars. Read MoreMay 19, 2010
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Robotics: New Possibilities in Prosthetic Limbs
Watch videos from Commencement 2010 Week’s Faculty Seminars. Read MoreMay 19, 2010
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Watch: Baudelaire and the Theory of the Lyric
Watch video of a talk by Jonathan Culler of Cornell University. Read MoreApr 30, 2010
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Watch: Barack Obama and the Remaking of Black America
Watch video of Ira Berlin, an American historian and author of The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations, speaking at Vanderbilt April 16. Read MoreApr 19, 2010
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Watch: Nashville Ballet: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Learn how Shakespeare’s fanciful comedy comes to life onstage in the form of dance by Nashville Ballet, part of the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series. Read MoreApr 15, 2010
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Watch: Spring Faculty Assembly
Watch video of the 2010 Spring Faculty Assembly. Read MoreApr 9, 2010
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Watch: “Gesture, Archive, Repertoire: The Circulation of South Asian Embodied Histories”
Watch video of Ananya Jahanara Kabir, University of Leeds, speaking on history, art, film and modernity in post-colonial South Asia. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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Watch: “Civilizing” Haiti: Representation, and its Discontents
Watch video of a Thinking Out of the Lunchbox discussion with Colin Dayan, professor of English, Robert Penn Warren Professor in Humanities; Jemima Pierre, visiting fellow, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities; and Jane Landers, associate professor of history. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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Watch: The Battle for America 2008
Watch video of Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of the nation’s most experienced political reporters, engaging in an evening of political discussion. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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Watch: Impact Symposium: “American Capitalism in the World”
Watch video of a talk by Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Read MoreApr 1, 2010