Remembering Victims of September 11, 2001
Jonathan Marwil talked to students about perceptions and remembrances of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The class discussion revolved around a photograph by…
1,000 viewsJonathan Marwil talked to students about perceptions and remembrances of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The class discussion revolved around a photograph by…
1,000 viewsUniversity of Michigan professor Melissa Borja taught a class about Southeast Asian migration to the United States and post-Vietnam War refugees. She examined how laws and public opinion…
1,517 viewsThe first half of this broadcast is a historical sketch of women’s roles in various societies from ancient times to the 1970s, and the second half is a studio discussion with a social worker, historian,…
147 viewsThis broadcast begins with a dramatic performance highlighting sexist quotes from well-known historical figures. Then one of the performers, a writer, and the series host discuss stereotypes and resistance…
279 viewsProfessor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topcis included what options Celia may have had,…
5,204 viewsFormer U.S. ambassadors to Persian Gulf countries from the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama administrations discussed security in the Gulf region, and U.S. relations with Iran.
149 viewsGeneral John Nicholson (Retired), the former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, spoke about military and diplomatic efforts in the country at a luncheon hosted by the…
1,568 viewsGovernor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) delivered the 2019 University of Michigan commencement address. The former Michigan Senate minority leader and former prosecutor told the graduates to fight…
287 viewsThis 1971 discussion with five women is on the topic of “Women, Law and Politics.” The panel included Representative Martha Griffiths (D-MI), a political science professor, a recent law school…
1,442 viewsMarne Levine gave the commencement address to 2018 graduating students of the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She talked about life lessons she had learned and imparted…
246 viewsThe University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy hosted a discussion about U.S. immigration policy and the human toll of border crossings. Panelists included the director of the…
204 viewsJerry Greenfield talked about the origins of Ben and Jerry’s and the its goal of social responsibility. He spoke at the annual Entrepalooza, a conference at the University of Michigan that…
257 viewsUniversity of Michigan History of Medicine Professor Dr. Joel Howell talked about U.S. Government Human Radiation Experiments during the Cold War. This class was from a course titled “History of…
2,391 viewsRohit Chopra and Susan Dynarski talked about whether there was a student debt crisis in the U.S., and, if so, who was being affected and why. They examined the role of the student loan industry,…
637 viewsBroderick Johnson talked about his experiences working at the White House for President Obama. He also described the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, which he chairs, and provided observations…
286 viewsUniversity of Michigan History Professor Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World and Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East, talked about the birth of al-Qaida.
2,034 viewsMary Barra gave the commencement address to the 2014 graduating class of the University of Michigan. She described some of the things she has learned since graduations.
365 viewsUniversity of Michigan professor Regina Morantz-Sanchez talked about the 1970s and 1980s backlash against the Women’s Liberation Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment.
1,022 viewsUniversity of Michigan professor David Hancock talked about Edward Bernays and the rise of corporate public relations. Edward Bernays was a pioneer in the field of public relations and marketing. His…
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