Records of the New York Institute for the Humanities

Call Number

RG.37.4

Dates

1971-2021, inclusive

; 1980-1984, bulk

Creator

New York Institute for the Humanities

Extent

40.5 Linear Feet in 109 boxes

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The Records of the New York Institute of the Humanities consist of materials created by the Institute's founder Richard Sennett, and other Institute adminstrators and Fellows. The Records document the formation and early years of the Institute, the activities of Institute Fellows, and the seminars, lectures, and other events sponsored by the Institute.

History of the New York Institute for the Humanities

In the summer of 1976, New York University Professor of Sociology Richard Sennett chaired a conference on the Humanities and Social Thought in Bellagio, Italy. Sennett and other participants developed the idea for a New York-based institute to foster intellectual discourse and cross-disciplinary communication while at the conference. In December 1976 New York University and Richard Sennett's Center for Humanistic Studies co-sponsored the conference "The Future of the Intellectual Community in New York", which was co-organized by Sennett, New York University President John Sawhill, and New York University Professor Ronald Florence (then Director of the New York Council for the Humanities). Based on the success of the conference, Richard Sennett and President Sawhill co-hosted a series of informal dinners for cultural, labor, and business leaders, writers, and artists. Participants discussed how to continue to redefine and strengthen intellectual life in New York City. The ideas that arose from the dinners provided the structure for the New York Institute for the Humanities. Correspondence about these dinners, and the first proposals for a New York Institute for the Humanities, can be found in the Administrative Papers of President John Crittenden Sawhill (RG 3.0.8), Box 44.

In 1977 the New York Institute for the Humanities was established as a permanent activity of New York University by an act of the university's Board of Trustees. An advisory board was formed to help with the Institute's early development, while Sennett, New York Times editor Caroline Rand Herron, and New York University Humanities Professor Thomas Bender worked with administrative assistant Toni Greenberg on the Institute's day-to-day operations. Rand Herron acted as a publications and communications consultant, creating a series of Institute lunches and Public Forums. Bender also contributed considerable time and organized the Institute's first Gallatin Lectures. In 1978, the Institute received significant funding from the Exxon Education Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, enabling expansion of its Fellowship and Lecture activities. In 1980 the Institute was independently incorporated and formed its own Board of Trustees; however, all daily administrative activities were handled by New York University, with the Institute's Board serving primarily in an advisory role.

From the time of the Institute's inception, the Fellowship program was the core of the New York Institute for the Humanities, embodying its mission to support the work of individual scholars and intellectuals in an environment which encouraged interaction. About half of the early fellows were academics from New York-area universities, while the rest were artists, writers, journalists, and public officials. In the early years, fellows generally met once or twice a month for informal seminars. As the Institute grew, Sennett worked with Aryeh Neier and Thomas Bender to create a more defined program in which Fellows--elected to either one-year or five-year fellowships--formed interdisciplinary seminars around topics of interest and participated in weekly Fellows Lunches. Most Fellows were unpaid, although some received office space or clerical support. Fellows were responsible for the Institute's internal operations, which were overseen by the Director and three committees: an Executive Committee, a Program Committee, and a Fellowship Selection Committee.

The Program Committee was particularly active during the Institute's first five years. The Institute hosted public lecture series and conferences, most notably the James Lecture Series and the Gallatin Lecture Series. In a concerted move to counter American isolationist tendencies at the time, the James Lectures brought primarily European intellectuals to the Institute. The Gallatin Lecture Series was created shortly thereafter to provide a diverse public audience for American humanists. The period of 1979-1983 was especially active, bringing such literary and intellectual figures as Michel Foucault, Italo Calvino, Czeslow Milosz, Jorge Luis Borges and Roland Barthes to speak publicly and to participate in seminars. In 1981 the Institute launched a Humanities Exchange Program for writers exiled from Latin American and Eastern European regimes. Many of the Institute's early lectures were published by Columbia University Press in "Humanities in Review" (1982), edited by David Rieff.

The Institute is still in operation, currently comprising approximately 150 Fellows, and typically holds luncheon-lectures for Institute Fellows every Friday of the academic year. In addition the NYIH organizes a variety of seminars, conferences, discussions, readings and performances that are free and open to the public.

Only a partial list of Directors of the Institute has been confirmed:

1977-78 - Richard Sennett
1978-79 - Richard Sennett and Thomas Bender
1979-80 - Loren Baritz
1980-81 - Aryeh Neier
1981-82 - Edmund White
1982-83 - Edmund White
1983-84 - Edmund White and Richard Sennett
1984-85 - Jerome Bruner
1986-87 - William R. Taylor and A. Richard Turner
1987-88 - A. Richard Turner

As founder of the Institute, Richard Sennett's papers form a large part of this collection. Sennett, an interdisciplinary scholar, novelist, and social critic, is currently Professor of History and Sociology at New York University, and Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics. Born in Chicago in 1943, Sennett was trained as a cellist at the Julliard School of Music, and later studied sociology at Harvard University. After brief appointments at Yale and Brandeis Universities, he came to New York University in 1972, where he has spent the majority of his career. Sennett has written over a dozen books on subjects ranging from urbanism to modern capitalism, including The Hidden Injuries of Class (1972), The Fall of Public Man (1976), and Authority, as well as the novel The Frog Who Dared to Croak (1982).

Sources:

Benn, Melissa "Inner City Scholar" The Guardian Saturday February 3, 2001Rieff, David. Humanities in Review Cambridge: New York Institute for the Humanities, 1982Administrative Papers of President John Crittenden Sawhill, 1974-1981, (RG 3.0.8) New York University Archives

Arrangement

Folders are generally arranged alphabetically by folder title and then in reverse chronology within each folder. Materials received in later accessions however, were added to the end of the relevant series, rather than inserted alphabetically. Audio and video tapes are arranged chronologically. Tapes from later accessions are added to the end of the relevant subseries, and then arranged chronologically.

The records are grouped into three series:

1. Director's Files
2. Seminars, Lectures, and Events
3. Audio and Video Recordings

Series 1. Director's Files is broken up into four subseries:

A. Administrative
B. Individuals
C. Institutions
D. Subject Files

Series 3. Audio and Video Recordings is broken up into four subseries:

A: Cassette Tapes
B: 1/4 Inch Reels
C: Mini Disks
D: VHS Tapes

Scope and Content Note

The Records of the New York Institute for the Humanities collection offers access for researchers interested in the history of intellectual life and the humanities in the period between 1974 and 2005. While the Institute's mission focused on intellectual activity in New York City, it also brought noted intellectuals to New York from Latin America and Europe, including those supported by the Exiled Writers program.

In addition to materials relating to the operation and activities of the Institute, the collection contains a large number of documents generated by Professor Richard Sennett, founder and former Director of the Institute.

Series I consists of records generated by the Director's Office and its staff. These records are related to both the administration of the Institute as well as non-Institute matters associated with the professional career of the Director. Richard Sennett generated the majority of the documents in this series; many of these relate to his career as an academic and a writer outside of his capacity as Director, such as correspondence with publishers and conference organizers.

Series II consists of seminars, Lectures and Events consists of records generated in the course of organizing and administering internal and public events; these materials include correspondence, reading lists, seminar minutes, posters, and transcripts of talks. Institute seminar leaders and members created many of the documents in this series. Materials for each seminar can range from one page of information, such as a list of attendees, to multiple folders of documents, sometimes including summary notes from each session and reading packets. Materials relating to Institute events, such as public lectures, include correspondence, transcripts of lectures and discussions, guest lists, and advertising flyers.

Significant seminars include Thomas Bender and William Taylor's "Culture of Cities", Richard Sennett and Michel Foucault's "Sexuality and Solitude", and the seminar "Sexuality, Gender and Consumer Culture." The year-long Times Square Conferences which evolved into the book "Inventing Times Square" (1991) are also well-documented. A List of all seminars and lectures held at the Institute between its founding and 1987 can be found in the Institute's Ten Year Report (Series I.A: Box 3 Folder 13).

Series III consists of audiovisual recordings of events sponsored by the Institute ranging from 1974 - 2005. Some of the recordings were previously transcribed, and those transcriptions are contained in Series II.

Subjects

People

Orlov, Yuri, 1924-; Poirier, Richard; Reich, Steve, 1936-; Rieff, David; Rubert de Ventós, Xavier; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015; Safdie, Moshe, 1938-; Sass, Louis Arnorsson; Sassen, Saskia; Sawhill, John C., 1936-; Schorske, Carl E.; Sennett, Richard, 1943-; Sieburth, Richard; Snitow, Ann Barr, 1943-; Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004; Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995; Glass, Philip; Turkel, Gerald; Gitlin, Todd; Turner, A. Richard (Almon Richard), 1932-2011; Habermas, Jürgen; Varnedoe, Kirk, 1946-2003; Gordimer, Nadine; Voinovich, Vladimir, 1932-; Haskell, Francis, 1928-; Hampshire, Stuart; Ward, Eileen; Huxtable, Ada Louise; White, Edmund, 1940-; Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012; Wittig, Monique; Kos, Danilo, 1935-1989; Kamm, F. M. (Frances Myrna); Milosz, Czesław; Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999; Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018; Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990; Nochlin, Linda; Neier, Aryeh, 1937-; Baritz, Loren, 1928-; Bender, Thomas; Calvino, Italo; Derrida, Jacques; Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986; Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996; Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984; Geertz, Clifford; Dorsen, Norman; FitzGerald, Frances, 1940-; Wahl, Nicholas; Rorty, Richard; Breytenbach, Breyten; Kapuściński, Ryszard , 1932-2007

Access Restrictions

Administrative records and unpublished reports of New York University are closed for a period of 20 years from the date of their creation. Access to files spanning multiple years will be opened to researchers based on the date of the most recent materials. Board of Trustees records are closed for 35 years from the date of creation. Materials related to personnel, grievances, job and fellowship searches and applications, and all files that fall under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are permanently restricted. Additional restrictions may apply to other materials in this collection. For questions regarding specific restrictions, please contact the University Archives.

Use Restrictions

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the creator are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from New York University Archives, (212) 998-2646, university-archives@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the New York Institute for the Humanities; RG 37.4; box number; folder number; New York University Archives, New York University Libraries.

Provenance

The bulk of the materials were transferred from the New York Institute for the Humanties to the University Archives in 2002. Additional transfers of audio and video recordings were made in 2007 and 2018.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.

Collection processed by

Lisa Darms. Additional media items processed by Marissa De Simone.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:53:21 -0400.

Language: Description is in English.

Revisions to this Guide

2018: Container list updated by Kelly Haydon and John Zarrillo

January 2019: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2018 accretion

May 2021: Record updated by Rachel Mahre to arrange and describe 2018 accretion.

June 2021: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2021 accretion

Repository

New York University Archives

Series I: Director's Files

Box: 83, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273204

Ten-Year Report, 1987, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 83, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273204

Event Schedules and Speaker Lists, September 2001 - December 2002

Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

barcode#:31142042273204

Annual Report, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board of Trustees Minutes, 1981-1983, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget Working Papers, 1980-1982, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget Working Papers, 1983-1984, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget Working Papers, 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget Working Papers, 1986-1989, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget Working Papers, 1995

Box: 81, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dissolution, 1983-1996, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fellows - Correspondence and Rosters, 1980-1993, inclusive

Box: 81, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fifteen-Year Report, 1992

Box: 81, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Five-Year Report, 1982

Box: 81, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fundraising Activities, 1980

Box: 82, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fundraising Activities, 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fundraising Activities, 1983-1985, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fundraising Activities - National Endowment for the Humanities, 1978

Box: 82, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fundraising Activities - National Endowment for the Humanities, 1978-1981, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Guidelines for the Relationship between NYIH and NYU, 1981-1986, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Humanities Exchange Program, 1981-1984, inclusive

Box: 82, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The New York Institute for Humanistic Studies Prospectus, 1977

Box: 82, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Relocation Planning, 1984

Box: 83, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

barcode#:31142042273246

William Taylor, 1979-1988, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273253

Gerald M. Turkel, undated, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273253

A. Richard Turner, 1982-1986, inclusive

barcode#:31142042273337

Wellfleet Meetings, 1980, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273337

Work in America: A Decade Later (Ford Foundation), 1978, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273337

Series II: Seminars, Lectures and Events

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Eugenia Zukerman/Anthony Newman Concert, undated, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 83, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273485

The Second Sex - Thirty Years Later Conference, September 27 - 29, 1979

Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

City Culture and Urban Design Seminar, 1984

Box: 83, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Event Calendars, 1979-1994, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fellows Lunch Talks, 1982 - 1988, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Internal Events, 1983-1987, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Humanities Network, 1980-1983, inclusive

Box: 83, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Audio and Video Recordings

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Subseries A: Cassette Tapes, 1974-2005, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Lecture on Notions and Perceptions of Community, 27-Sep-74, inclusive

Box: 32a, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 32a, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 23 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 24 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

2 sound cassettes 75 minutes

Scope and Contents

Famed American concert pianist opens the Fall 1978 James Lecture series with a discussion of Memory in Romantic Song Cycles; lecture is followed by 3 minutes of Q&A.

Subjects

Organizations

New York Institute for the Humanities (Role: Sponsor)

People

Ramond, Louis-François, 1755-1827; Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012 (Role: Speaker); Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828; Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856

Topics

Romanticism -- England; Song cycles; Memory

Box: Shared University Archives 119, disk: 1 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 119, disk: 2 (Material Type: Audio)

General

barcode#:31142042273527

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1/8" audiocassette, 95 min.

Communism Session 2, 23-Mar-81, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 2, Cassette: cuid660 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 119, disk: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

General

barcode#:31142042273527

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1/8" audiocassette, 95 min.

Susan Sontag, "On Communism" Tape 2, 6-Apr-81, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 10, Cassette: cuid662 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Digitized Access Files, E-records: cuid662 (Material Type: electronic records)

Box: Shared University Archives 119, disk: 7 (Material Type: Audio)

General

barcode#:31142042273527

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1/8" audiocassette, 4 min.

Susan Sontag, "On Communism" Tape 1, 13-Apr-81, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 11, Cassette: cuid663 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Digitized Access Files, E-records: cuid663 (Material Type: electronic records)

Box: Shared University Archives 119, disk: 8 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: 45, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273626

Italo Calvino Lunch, 1-Apr-83, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

barcode#:31142042273659

Eric Hobsbawm, Literacy and the Tower of Babel, 9-Nov-84, inclusive

Oliver Sacks on Darwin, 1987, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 12, Cassette: cuid473 (Material Type: Audio)

barcode#:31142042277817

Eric Hobsbawm, "Inventing Your Own History", 13-Oct-95, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 25 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

This recording appears to be of conversation over lunch after a lecture. Steve Reich and others discuss music theory and his research for the lecture he has already given. (See related materials note)

Subjects

People

Reich, Steve, 1936- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

New York Institute for the Humanities

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Related materials

Steve Reich gave a lecture shortly before this lunch discussion. It is available as part of this collection (Discussion with Steve Reich: A "New American Music Series" Gallatin Lecture, Box 75, Folder 9).

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 5:25.

War in Bosnia. A Discussion with David Rieff, 25-Feb-93, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 26 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 27 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes; Business card of Jocelyn Eklof Carlson, New York Institute for the Humanities found in case with cassette.

Scope and Contents

David Rieff, just returned from Bosnia, discusses the war conditions and experience of the Bosnian people. A little less than half of the recording is Rieff giving his talk, then it is opened up to questions. While there is some back and forth/conversation from the small group, this Q&A is still predominantly Rieff giving very detailed answers to questions.

Subjects

People

Rieff, David (Role: Speaker)

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDS: ACCESS 5:26 & ACCESS 5:27.

Symposium on Science and the Humanities with Denis Donoghue and Gerald Holton, 31-Oct-86, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 28 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approximately 73 minutes

Scope and Contents

Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics at Harvard University, Gerald Holton and Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University, Denis Donoghue present brief lectures on the measures of progress in their varying fields. The program was designed as a way of bringing prominent members of the science and humanities communities together in a single venue and treat the lectures as a means of conversation between the two which are sometimes seen as oppositional to each other. The program is moderated by a man only once referred to by name as "Will." Holton and Donoghue speak for about 20 minutes each. The remaining half-hour is dedicated to Q&A with them both.

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:12

Symposium on Conservatism, Liberalism, and Intellectualism with Paul Starr and Robert L. Heilbroner, 8-Feb-95, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 29 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 30 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approximately 82 minutes

Scope and Contents

Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University Paul Starr and American economist, historian of economic thought and author of The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (1953), Robert L. Heilbroner give lectures on liberalism, conservatism and intellectualism. Starr speaks for about 30 minutes on the shift of conservative disdain of outright Communisim and Socialism to basic democratic liberalism as being seen as a threat to American ideals. Heilbroner speaks for only about 10 minutes on intellectualism and it's relationships to both liberalism and conservativism. The remaining 30-40 minutes are dedicated to Q&A and conversation between the two. The program is moderated by a man referred to only once as "Michael."

Subjects

People

Heilbroner, Robert L. (Role: Speaker); Starr, Paul, 1949- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Conservatism; Liberalism; Radicalism; Socialism; Health care reform; Welfare rights movement; Contemporary politics

Places

New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on two CDs: ACCESS 5:29 & ACCESS 5:30.

Roundtable on Commercial Culture and the Working Class in 19th Century Paris, 3-Oct-86, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 31 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approximately 73 minutes

Scope and Contents

Round table conversation of unnamed participants, on the working class and its relationship with commercial culture and art in the 19th century. A good portion of the conversation revolves around T.J. Clark's book, The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers. The formal conversation ends about 5 minutes before the recording and that time is filled with layered banter between the participants.

Subjects

People

Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883; Clark, T. J. (Timothy J.) (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Realism in art; Impressionist (style); realism (artistic form of expression); bourgeoisie; Working class; Artists.; Art.; Impressionism (Art)

Places

Paris (France) |x Intellectual life |y 19th century.; Paris (France) -- History.; Paris (France)

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 5:31.

The Operas of Philip Glass, 30-Apr-82, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 32 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Philip Glass discusses his work as a "composer who writes operas" and his incorporation of historical personages such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Eadweard Muybridge.

Subjects

People

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904; Glass, Philip (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Opera.

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 5:32

Round Table Discussion on Architecture of Urban Cultural Centers, 17-Apr-79, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 33 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 34 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes

Scope and Contents

Philip Johnson (architect of the New York State Theater and Lincoln Center), Richard Gilman (drama critic), Ellen Stewart (founder/director of LaMama tTheater) and Paul Goldberger (New York Times architecture critic) discuss the relationship between cultural spaces, the various "publics" that use them, and the art and cultural materials/identities that are produced as a result of them. Speakers present a brief statement and then engage in discussion with each other and the audience.

Subjects

People

Goldberger, Paul (Role: Speaker); Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011 (Role: Speaker); Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 (Role: Speaker); Gilman, Richard, 1923-2006 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

La Mama Theatre; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Ellen Stewart Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Cultural centers; performing arts centers; Culture.

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 5:33 & ACCESS :5:34

Forum on Public Art in the City, 20-Nov-78, inclusive

Box: 69, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 35 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 108, Item: 36 (Material Type: Audio)

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Participants include sculptor Robert Murray, painter Janet Henry, and architect Kenneth Frampton.

General note

barcode#:31142042277890

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 3:35 & ACCESS 3:36

Creating the book "Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive", Lecture by photographer Joel Meyerowitz, 13-May-2002, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 19 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 20 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 21 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cassettes Approx. 100 minutes.

Scope and Contents

After lengthy introductions by NYU President John Sexton and Lawrence Weschler, the lecture begins about 18 minutes into the recording. Photographer, Joel Meyerowitz discusses his work creating a photographic archive of the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center which culminated with his book, Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive.

Subjects

Genres

Photographs.

People

Weschler, Lawrence (Role: Speaker); Sexton, John Edward, 1942- (Role: Speaker); Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.; Photographers -- United States.; Joel Meyerowitz book; Photography

Access copy

Access copy available on three CDs: ACCESS 7:19, ACCESS 7:20, and ACCESS 7:21.

Episodes of This American Life and All Things Considered (Tony Grafton Discusses Kircher symposium), May 22, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 22 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 23 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Side A has the episode of the NPR show This American Life, "Pimp Anthology". Side B holds a 2004 episode of "All Things Considered," also on NPR. Judging by one of the labels (Tony Grafton on Kircher ATC May 22, 2002), the content that was targeted as the intended recording begins at 18:27 on side B (Or ACCESS CD 7:23). Anthony Grafton discusses a NYIH symposium on the life of Athanaseus Kircher. The story can actually be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143769. (See related materials note for symposium)

Related materials

The Kircher symposium which Grafton discusses was recorded and is available as part of this collection (The Life and Work of Athanasius Kircher, Box 72, Folder 5).

Access copy

Access copy available on two CDs: ACCESS 7:22 and ACCESS 7:23.

The Life and Work of Athanasius Kircher, Symposium, 23-May-2002, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 24 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 25 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 26 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 27 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cassettes Approx 3 hours

Scope and Contents

A NYIH symposium on Athanaseus Kircher. Princeton University professor Anthony Grafton hosts and leads the lectures. Grafton discusses Kircher in general terms, then focuses on how Kircher thought about history, tradition, and the past, particularly Kircher's thoughts on how the Egyptian tradition was recorded in hieroglyphs. Next, Paula Finland discusses Kircher as a global figure, focusing on his deep and intimate connections around the world maintained through correspondence. After Finland, Michael John Gorman discusses Kircher the "engineer and magician", the creater of magnificent machines. Finally, David Wilson "channels" Kircher to close things out.

Subjects

People

Wilson, David Hildebrand, 1946- (Role: Speaker); Finland, Paula (Role: Speaker); Gorman, Michael John (Role: Speaker); Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680; Grafton, Anthony (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Hieroglyphics

Related materials

Tony Grafton discussed the symposium on an episode of "All Things Considered" on NPR. The episode was recorded and is available as part of this collection (Episodes of This American Life and All Things Considered - Tony Grafton Discusses Kircher symposium, Box 72, Folder 4).

Access copy

Access copy available on four CDs: ACCESS 7:24 - ACCESS 7:27.

Rhapsodic Non-Fiction: A Conversation between Ryszard Kapuscinski and Oliver Sacks, 18-Sept-2002, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 28 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 29 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Introduced by Lawrence Weschler, this is a recording of a conversation between Ryszard Kapuscinski and Oliver Sacks that took place at Hemmerdinger Hall on September 18, 2002; an event entitled Rhapsodic Non-Fiction. Weschler explains the title by pointing out a common thread in the seemingly very different authors' works. Kapuscinski's The Emporer, on the surface was about an an anti-communist, Ethiopian regime being toppled, but was allegorical to the situation in Poland in the late 1970s. Oliver Sacks' Awakenings was about his patients with "locked in" syndrome, but could be compared to the result of liberation of nations, such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, previously trapped under strict authoritarian rule.

Subjects

People

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 (Role: Speaker); Kapuściński, Ryszard , 1932-2007 (Role: Speaker); Weschler, Lawrence (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Communism.; Psychology.; Psychology and philosophy; Psychology |x Cases, clinical reports, statistics.

Places

Poland

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Access copy on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:28 and ACCESS 7:29.

Discussing The New York Times design challenge for the World Trade Center site; a lecture by Herbert Muschamp, 27-Sept-2002, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 30 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 56 minutes

Scope and Contents

In June of 2002, the New York Times invited architects from around the world to submit suggestions and ideas on how to rebuild the World Trade Center. In this lecture, the curator of the project, New York Times Architectural critic Herbert Muschamp discusses the proposals and their potential impact on the lower Manhattan area.

The website that was created by the New York Times as a result of the project is still available here: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/20020908_911_PLAN/index.html.

Historical Note

The content of this lecture is based on a design challenge put forth to architects in New York Times Magazine in June of 2002 to imagine the new use of space of the World Trade Center. The responses to that challenge culminated in the creation of a website that is still maintained by the New York Times. It provides a valuable contextualization to this lecture and may be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/20020908_911_PLAN/index.html.

Subjects

Organizations

New York Times Company

Genres

Construction and architecture.

People

Muschamp, Herbert (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Architects and builders.; Architecture; World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.); September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Access copy

An access copy of this tape is available on CD: ACCESS 7:30.

Caravaggio: The Invention of Absorption. A Lecture by Michael Fried, October or November 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

This is a version of the 3rd lecture Michael Fried originally delivered on April 28, 2002 for the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. as part of a six-part lecture series entitled "The Moment of Caravaggio." Because it is the third in a series of six, he begins the lecture with a brief summation of the first two. Introduced by Lawrence Weschler.

Subjects

People

Fried, Michael M., 1939- (Role: Speaker); Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610

Topics

Art.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 10:8

Caravaggio: Loosely, Roughly, Severed Representations. A lecture by Michael Fried, 14-Nov-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 31 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 32 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

This is a version of the 6th and final lecture Michael Fried originally delivered on May 19, 2002 for the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Originally titled "Painting and Violence," this version he calls "Loosely, Roughly, Severed Representations." It was part of a six-part lecture series entitled "The Moment of Caravaggio."

Biographical/Historical note

Michael Fried is a preeminent art historian. He was chosen as lecturer for the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in the Spring of 2002, where he delivered 6 lectures on the theme "The Moment of Caravaggio," one of which serves as the basis for this lecture.

Subjects

People

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 (Role: Artist); Fried, Michael M., 1939- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Art.; Art -- Study and teaching.; Art.

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Access copy exists on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:31 and ACCESS 7:32

Adolph M Menzel: Art and Embodiment in Nineteenth-Century Berlin, a lecture by Michael Fried, 15-Nov-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 33 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Art historian Michael Fried discusses the topic of a book he recently published with Yale University Press about 19th century German artist, Adolph Menzel.

Biographical/Historical note

Preeminent art historian, Michael Fried discusses the subject of a recently published book Adolph Menzel. The book, published by Yale University Press is titled Menzel's Realism: Art and Embodiment in Nineteenth-Century Berlin.

Subjects

People

Fried, Michael M., 1939- (Role: Speaker); Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905 (Role: Artist)

Topics

Painting, German -- 19th century; Art, German -- 19th century

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:33

Public Conversation between Breyten Breytenbach and Lawrence Weschler, 21-Nov-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 34 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

This is a public conversation between artist Breyten Breytenbach and author Lawrence Weschler. The topic is Breytenbach's work, which at the time of the conversation, was being displayed in the United States for the first time, at La Mason Francaise on Washington Mews at NYU.

Subjects

People

Weschler, Lawrence (Role: Speaker); Breytenbach, Breyten (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy is available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:34 and ACCESS 7:35.

Lecture/Conversation about the looming war in Iraq lead by Mark Danner, 6-Dec-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 36 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 72 minutes

Scope and Contents

Recorded in December of 2002, this is a discussion lead by mark danner on the looming war in Iraq. He begins with a quote from an unnamed ambassador on the UN Security Council who recently had said, "What has been decided is that there will be a war. What is being negotiated is the reason." This sets the mood of the rest of the recording.

Subjects

People

Danner, Mark D. (Role: Speaker)

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:36.

To Be Young and On Fire. A Panel Discussion featuring Susan Sontag, Oliver Sacks and Freeman Dyson, 14-Feb-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 37 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 38 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approximately 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

This is a panel discussion about pre-adolescent intellectuals and society's prejudice against precosity featuring Susan Sontag, Oliver Sacks, and Freeman Dyson.

Subjects

People

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker); Dyson, Freeman J. (Role: Speaker); Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Youth.

Access Copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:37 & ACCESS 7:38.

Recent Affirmative Action Legal Cases in Education. A lecture by Derrick Bell, 5-Sept-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 39 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Apparently a dinner/lecutre of some kind, judging by the clinking of flatware in the background of the recording. While Jorge Castaneda had been scheduled to speak at this event, he was stuck in Bogota, Colombia and at the last minute, NYU visiting professor Derrick Bell was slated in his stead. Professor Bell discusses a recently finished book "Silent Conenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Quest for Racial Justice" and the recently decided Supreme Court Cases regarding affirmative action at the University of Michigan, Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger.

Subjects

People

Bell, Derrick A., 1930-2011 (Role: Speaker); Castañeda, Jorge G., 1953-; Gratz, Jennifer; Castaneda Xiu, Jorge Alberto; Bollinger, Lee C., 1946-; Grutter, Barbara

Topics

Affirmative action programs in education; Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka; Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka; University of Michigan; University of Michigan. Office of Affirmative Action Programs

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:39.

Latin America and the First George W. Bush Administration. A lecture by Jorge G.Castañeda, 12-Sept-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 40 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 41 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Fomer Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castañeda discusses the relationship between Latin American countries and the George W. Bush administration between 2000 and 2003.

Subjects

People

Castañeda, Jorge G., 1953- (Role: Speaker); Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

Topics

Places

Latin America.; Latin America -- Politics and government.; Latin America -- Economic conditions.; Latin America -- Commerce.

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:40 & ACCESS 7:41.

Discussion with John Walsh about his book Bill Viola: The Passions., 03-Oct-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 42 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Former Getty directorJohn Walsh discusses a project he worked on with video artist Bill Viola. There is an approximately 10 minute long "silence" on side 1, where the participating conversationalists are watching something silent (20:00-30:00). When conversation resumes, it's harder to make out.

Subjects

People

Walsh, John Joseph, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Viola, Bill, 1951- (Role: Artist)

Access Copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:42

Rough Crossings: Britain, The Slaves, and the American Revolution. A Lecture by Simon Schama, 24-Oct-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 43 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Simon Schama discusses a work in progress that would become his 2005 publication Rough Crossings, a book about the rocky relationship between the United States and Great Britain in the century following America's independence in regard to each nation's stance on slavery.

Subjects

People

Schama, Simon (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Places

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:43

NYIH Danner-Iraq, 05-Dec-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

The volume of this recording is so low it is completely inaudible.

Creating the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Site. A lecture by James Young., October 2003, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 44 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Recorded at NYU's Deutsches Haus the second week of October 2003, Professor of English and Judaic Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and memorial historian/expert, James Young, discusses the ongoing process of creating a memorial at the site of the September 11,2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.

Subjects

Organizations

National September 11 Memorial & Museum (Organization)

People

Young, James (Role: Speaker)

Topics

World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.); Memorial Center Advisory Committee (New York, N.Y.); September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:44

The Correspondence of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. A Discussion with Saskia Hamilton, 28-Jan-05, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 45 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

American poet Saskia Hamilton discusses her work editing the correspondence of American poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. She reads excerpts from the letters and engages in Q&A with the audience.

Subjects

People

Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 (Role: Correspondent); Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 (Role: Correspondent); Hamilton, Saskia, 1967- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Poets, American.; American poetry -- 20th century.; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:45

Remembering Susan Sontag. Reminiscenses by friends in the wake of her death., 23-Feb-05, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 46 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 47 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Less than two months after her death, friends and admirers of Susan Sontag gather to discuss their memories of her, her works and her legacy. The event is introduced by Lawrence Weschler. Many unidentified speakers contribute. The event was organized by Susan's friend and designer of many of her books, William Drenttel. It is a somber and quiet event, described by one of the participants breaking a heavy silence, as being "like a Quaker meeting."

Subjects

Genres

Eulogies

People

Weschler, Lawrence (Role: Speaker); Drenttel, William (Role: Speaker); Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Honoree)

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:46 and ACCESS 7:47

Lawrence Douglas, 25-Feb-05, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 48 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 49 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Facet

Volume is extremely low. Audio drops at in places. Audibility issues throughout recording, indicating a mechanical problem at the time recording was made.

Scope and Contents

A lecture by Lawrence Douglas - James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College (MA).

Subjects

People

Douglas, Lawrence (Role: Speaker)

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:48 and ACCESS 7:49

Excerpts from Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome. A Reading and Discussion by Leonard Barkam, 22-Apr-05, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 52 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Former NYIH director, Leonard Barkam reads excerpts from and discusses his book Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome.

Subjects

People

Barkan, Leonard (Role: Speaker)

Places

Italy; Rome

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:52

The Rules and Limits of Human Perception in film. A conversation with Walter Murch, 29-Apr-05, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 53 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 65 minutes

Scope and Contents

Walter Murch discusses the limit of human perception and it's relation to editing film, asking "How much is too much?" He uses examples from Chinese characters and Ringling Brothers and his own work on Apocolypse Now and The Conversation.

Subjects

People

Murch, Walter, 1943- (Role: Speaker)

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:53

"Is Pragmatism Good for Us?" A lecture by Alan Ryan, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 1 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Author and professor and lecturer in politics at Princeton University, Alan Ryan, delivers a lecture on pragmatism and the American status quo, entitled Is Pragmatism Good for Us?" It was originally entitled "Is the Pragmatist Revival Bad For Us?"

Subjects

People

Ryan, Alan, 1940- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Pragmatism

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:1.

"The Mother's Consent." A Lecture by Elaine Scarry, ca. 1986

Box: 72, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, disk: 3 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, disk: 4 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 80 minutes

Scope and Contents

Author and University of Pennsylvania Professor of English Literature, Elaine Scarry gives a lecture entitled "The Mother's Consent." The material she discusses was the basis for a project she was then working on. Extensive Q&A follows lecture.

Subjects

People

Scarry, Elaine (Role: Speaker)

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 8:3 and ACCESS 8:4

Sex, Gender, Food Discussion, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 5 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

After introductions an agenda is laid out on this discussion of consumer culture, gender and sexuality. Bill Leach seems to be one of the moderators. Topics discussed are as follows:

The historical significance of food abundance in cultures, focusing on China. Unique features of food abundance and scarcity in the modern period. Characteristics of modern abundance and the narrowing of body type ideals Eating disorders Gender and eating

Subjects

People

Leach, William R., 1944- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Food.; Sex customs.; Sexuality; Gender, sexuality & culture; Genders and sexualities in the social sciences; Eating disorders; Body dysmorphic disorder; Eating disorders in women; Body image in men; Body image in women; Body image -- Social aspects; Body image; Food supply.; Food industry and trade

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Access copy available on 2 CDS: ACCESS 8:5 and ACCESS 8:6

CHCI (Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes) Meeting: Day 1, Around 1988-90

Box: 72, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 7 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 8 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Rather than a lecture, this recording is of a meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. They discuss creating a Humanities Groups directory, funding, education and other topics. The tape is labeled April 28, but no year is given. Logistics are being discussed, making it appear to be early on in the Consortium's existence.

Subjects

Organizations

Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes

Topics

New York Institute for the Humanities; Science and the humanities; Education |x Humanities; Humanities

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:7 and ACCESS 8:8

CHCI (Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes) Meeting: Day 2, Around 1988-90

Box: 72, Folder: 95 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cassettes Approx. 110 minutes

Scope and Contents

With a tape label reading "April 29" with no year, this appears to be day 2 of a CHCI meeting. The discussion on this recording focuses around creating an annual report or publication of some kind - who the audience will be, who will pay for it, etc.

Subjects

Organizations

Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes

Topics

Science and the humanities; Education |x Humanities; Humanities; New York Institute for the Humanities

General note

Tape 2 was formerly logged as a separate intellectual entity: ref2352. The preservation master of the digital surrogate will still bear this ID.

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Access copy available on 3 CDs: ACCESS 10:50 - ACCESS 10:52

Sennett Pt 2 / Barnett Panel, Undated

Historical Note

This lecture may be related to an article Leontief wrote that was published in Scientific American in 1952: "Machines and Man" Scientific American 187, p. 150-160, 1952.

Subjects

People

Leontief, Wassily, 1906-1999 (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:12

Language and the Mind. A Lecture by Jerome Bruner, circa 1985

Box: 72, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 13 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 14 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Cognitive psychologist Jermoe Bruner discusses the problem of the acquisition of language in the human mind.

Subjects

People

Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour) (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Cognition and language; Psycholinguistics; Developmental psychology; Language acquisition; Psychology.; Psychology and philosophy; Language and language learning; Cognitive psychology

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 8:13 & ACCESS 8:14

The Importance of Narrative Explanation. A Discussion with Richard Sennett, circa 1985

Box: 72, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 15 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 80 minutes

Scope and Contents

Richard Sennett discusses the importance of narrative explanation; how narratives have hidden and powerful explanatory effects in social and economic theory etc. He uses Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism as exemplary of the way in which the narrative structure of an argument is inseparable from the nature of the argument itself.

Subjects

People

Weber, Max, 1864-1920 (Role: Author); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

narrative structure

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:15

Ground Zero Antecedents. A Conversation between Joel Meyerowitz and Lawrence Werschler, Probably 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 16 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 35:08

Scope and Contents

Ren Weschler and Joel Meyerowitz discuss Meyerowitz's work photographing the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Labeled April 7, this recorded, one-on-one private conversation probably took place in preparation for the Meyerowitz's public NYIH lecture that took place in May of 2002. (see related materials note)

Subjects

Genres

Photographs.

People

Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- (Role: Speaker); Weschler, Lawrence (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Joel Meyerowitz book; World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.); Photographers -- United States.; Photographers |z United States |v Biography.; Photography |z United States.; Photography

Related materials

Also in this collection is a recording of Meyerowitz's NYIH Lecutre on the creation of his photography book, then in progress, Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive." (Box 72, Folder 2)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:16.

Meeting on Urban Development, with Saskia Sassen, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 17 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 36:16

Scope and Contents

This appears to be a recording of a meeting of people discussing urban development in New York City. Saskia Sassen-Koob is among the people present. The meeting closes by one of the participants listing a number of other groups in the City interested in urban issues and holding meetings in upcoming weeks.

Subjects

People

Sassen, Saskia (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Community development, Urban

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:17

The Hebrew Political Poetry of Aharon Shabtai and English Translations by Peter Cole. Readings and discussion with the author and translator., Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 18 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai discusses political poetry. Peter Cole discusses translating the poems into English. Cole and Shabtai read the poems both in Hebrew and English and then discuss.

Subjects

People

Cole, Peter, 1957- (Role: Translator); Shabtai, Aharon (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Hebrew poetry; Israeli poetry; Hebrew poetry, Modern; Protest poetry, Hebrew

Titles

Cole, Peter, 1957- Poems. Selections; Shabtai, Aharon. Poems. Selections. English

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:18

Harvard GSD (Graduate School of Design) Conference. Talks by Moshe Safdie, Teddy Kollek, and Richard Sennet, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 19 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Three talks by various speakers at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Conference of an unknown year. Talks by Moshe Safdie, Teddy Kollek and Richard Sennett.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:19

Discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972. New Right Seminar., Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 20 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 21 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Barbara Ehrenreich and Allen Hunter act as "co-conveners" of this New Right Seminar on the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 and how the political right reacted to it.

Subjects

People

Hunter, Allen, 1944- (Role: Speaker); Ehrenreich, Barbara (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Equal rights amendments; Conservatism; New Right

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 8:20 and ACCESS 8:21

Untitled Lecture by Richard Rorty, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 22 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 80 minutes

Scope and Contents

Richard Rorty talks for 78 minutes, discussing, among other things, truth, knowledge, science, values, ethics, moral philosophy language and human cognitive capacity.

Subjects

People

Rorty, Richard (Role: Speaker)

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:22

Einstein and Religion Biography Seminar, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 23 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Unidentified speaker discusses Albert Einstein and religion, followed by Q&A. The title of the talk seems to be based on the Einstein quote, "The Lord God is subtle, but malicious he is not."

Subjects

People

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Topics

Astrophysics; Mathematical physics; Physics |x Social aspects.; Physics -- Study and teaching -- United States; Religion

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 8:23

The Use of Narrative in Historical Writing. A Conversation with Tom Bender, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 24 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Thomas Bender leads a conversation (and Q&A) about the use of narrative in historical writing. He bases his talk on the relationship between the history of cities and cultural history.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker)

Topics

narrative structure; Writing history

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Authority Conference: A Three-Day Discourse on Production and the Division of Labor., Feb. 24-26, 1978, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 25 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 26 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

4 sound cassettes Approx. 6 hours

Scope and Contents

Session 1: "The Production of Meaning" lead by Anthony Giddens and Bernard Williams. Session 2: "The Economic and Psychological Conflicts in the Division of Labor" lead by Dick Sennett and Bob Solow. Session 3: TAPES MISSING "On Emerging Conflicts in Patterns of Authority in Modern Capitalism" lead by Claus Offe and Elizabeth Hegeman, summarized by Alessandro Pizzorno. Session 4: PART 1 MISSING - Conference Wrap Up/Next Steps.

Historical note

The Authority Conference brought approximately 20 humanistic scholars together in order to discuss authority, production, and the division of labor and how those topics are treated in thought, theory, and practice in various humanities fields. Intellectual goals stated in a letter of invitation were to better "understand how the productive processes of modern society are changing in ways not anticipated in past social theory" and to "expand the meaning of the term 'production' itself, so that it appears as a cultural, psychological, and epistemological category as well as a category in political economy." The final desired outcome of the conference was to set up an ongoing working group to pursue whatever develops during the sessions.

Subjects

Organizations

Ford Foundation (Role: Sponsor)

People

Hirschman, Albert O. (Role: Speaker); Gendlin, Eugene T., 1926-2017 (Role: Speaker); Giddens, Anthony (Role: Speaker); Hegeman, Elizabeth (Role: Speaker); Kohn, Melvin L., 1928- (Role: Speaker); Morgenbesser, Sidney, 1921-2004 (Role: Speaker); Nagel, Thomas, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Offe, Claus (Role: Speaker); Piore, Michael J. (Role: Speaker); Bickford, Jane (Role: Speaker); Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003 (Role: Speaker); Zuboff, Shoshana, 1951- (Role: Speaker); Solow, Robert M. (Role: Speaker); Unger, Roberto Mangabeira (Role: Speaker); Skinner, Quentin (Role: Speaker); Smith, Jonathan Z. (Role: Speaker); Schrank, Robert, 1917- (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Rollings, Andrew E. (Role: Speaker); Sabel, Charles F. (Role: Speaker); Berger, Suzanne E., 1944- (Role: Speaker); Pizzorno, Alessandro (Role: Speaker); Frampton, Kenneth (Role: Speaker); Birnbaum, Norman (Role: Speaker); Garfinkel, Harold (Role: Speaker); Freidson, Eliot, 1923-2005 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Authority; Division of labor; Economic development.; Capitalism.; Production control; Production functions (Economic theory); Labor supply.

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Session 1.1: ACCESS 11:06 Session 1.2: ACCESS 11:07 Session 1.3: ACCESS 8:26 Session 2.1: ACCESS 8:25 Session 2.2-2.3: ACCESS 10:02 Session 3.1-3.3: TAPES MISSING - NO ACCESS COPY Session 4.1: TAPE MISSING - NO ACCESS COPY Session 4.2-4.3: ACCESS 8:30

Equality, Opportunity and Capability. A discussion with Amartya Sen., Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 27 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 28 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Amartya Sen discusses freedom, equality, opportunity and capability.

Subjects

People

Sen, Amartya, 1933- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Opportunity; capability; Equality; Freedom

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Youth, Race, and Poverty: On Downward Mobility in America. A Lecture by William Finnegan, April 5, 1996

Box: 72, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 111, Item: 29 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 65 minutes

Scope and Contents

New York Times staff writer William Finnegan discusses the topic of a book in progress - youth, race and poverty in America and the trend of downward mobility. Before Finnegan's lecture, Charles Halpern eulogizes W. Hayword Burns, who had been killed in an automobile accident the previous Tuesday.

Subjects

People

Finnegan, William (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Children of minorities; Youth with social disabilities; Youth.; downward mobility; Poverty.; Ethnic groups.

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Gustave Flaubert Discussion Group, Approximately 1972-1982

Box: 72, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

This is a recording of a discussiong group engaging in conversation about the works of Gustave Flaubert, focusing on A Sentimental Education in particular. The recording begins without introduction or preamble. The first several minutes are people arriving and chatting. The only person to be identified in the recording, by way of being greeted is a man hailed as "Professor Falk." The discussion begins at about 9:50, with one participant reading a passage from Sentimental Education.

Subjects

People

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

Titles

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Education sentimentale. English

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The Philosophy of Karl Popper. A Conversation with Jonathan Lieberson, Probably 1982-1983

Box: 72, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 20:19

Scope and Contents

Scholar and author Jonathan Lieberson discusses the philosophy of Karl Popper, focusing on, among other topics, objectivity vs. subjectivity, reification and subjective investments.

Subjects

People

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994; Lieberson, Jonathan (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Philosophy

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Post-911 Israeli/Palestinian Relations, Probably March 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

The moderator introduces the speaker as "Nissim," the author of five books and the editor of a Hebrew critical journal. The speaker is likely Nissim Mishal, a prominent Israeli author and journalist. The discussion is of the Middle East within the post-911 political/military/social sphere. Particular focus is put upon the relationship and forced intimacy between Israelis and pPalestinians in the 18 months following the September 11 attacks.

Subjects

People

Mishal, Nissim, 1949- (Role: Speaker)

Places

Israel |x Arabs.; Israel.; United States -- Foreign Relations -- Israel

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People, Technology, Literature. A lecture by Richard Poirier, November 4, 1982

Box: 72, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 34:13

Scope and Contents

Author and literary critic Richard Poirier delivers a lecture entitled "People, Technology, Literature" or "If they don't buy the appliance, give them the literature." He discusses technology as an instrument of loss in literature. The recording starts without introduction or preamble.

Subjects

People

Poirier, Richard (Role: Speaker)

Topics

American literature -- 20th century.; Literature.; Technology.; English literature.; Literature/literary criticism

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Racial Rival as American Ritual. A Conversation with Derrick Bell, February 1996

Box: 72, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

After introductions from the audience, the moderator briefly eulogizes poet Joseph Brodsky, a founding member of NYIH, who had passed away the previous week. She reads a statement about him and this is followed by one more short eulogy of him entitled "In Remembrance of Joseph Brodsky, Institute Fellow," written by Carl Schorske and read by Jerry Seigel. Derrick Bell is the primary speaker, beginning his talk about 8 minutes into the recording. Professor Bell speaks briefly and generally about the subject "racial rival as American ritual" and engages with the audience.

Subjects

People

Schorske, Carl E.; Bell, Derrick A., 1930-2011 (Role: Speaker); Seigel, Jerrold E. (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996

Topics

Race discrimination.; Race relations.; Race discrimination -- United States.; Race relations -- United States.; Race.; American poetry -- 20th century.

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The Future of the United States Aerospace Industry. A Lecture by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Probably 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 57 minutes

Scope and Contents

Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses his work on the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry and the report the Commission produced, entitled "Anyone, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime." The commission sought to find the reasons behind the decline in the American aerospace industry and suggestions on how to reverse the negative trend.

Subjects

Organizations

Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry

People

Tyson, Neil deGrasse (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Aerospace industries

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Readings and Discussion with Poet John Hollander, Probably mid-1980s

Box: 72, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx 80 minutes

Scope and Contents

John Hollander, reads recent (some unpublished) short poetry and invites the audience to ask questions and and spark discussion between poems.

Subjects

People

Hollander, John (Role: Speaker)

Topics

American poetry -- 20th century.; Poetry.; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Titles

Hollander, John. Poems. Selections

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"Kid Culture," A Sexuality, Gender and Consumerism Seminar talk by David Nasaw (Tape 2), Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes 18:37

Scope and Contents

Recording is the last 18 minutes of David Nasaw's "Sexuality, Gender, and Consumerism Seminar" discussion on Kid Culture. He discusses middle class verus working class children in the early 20th century, focusing on childrens roles in newspaper sales and home delivery.

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Current Practice in Law School Education. A Discussion with David A.J. Richards and others, February 12, 1986

Box: 72, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 47 minutes

Scope and Contents

Discussion and criticism of current practice in law school education. One speaker is NYU Professor of Law David A.J. Burns; the other is identified on the tape label only as "Burns." In the course of conversation it is learned that he attended Yale Law School in the 1960s.

Subjects

Organizations

New York University. School of Law

People

Richards, David A.J. (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Law schools -- United States.; Law teachers -- Cambridge (Mass.); Lawyer.; Law -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Law |x Study and teaching.; Law -- United States.; Law.

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Lecture on post-911 Military Action by Richard Falk, Around 2002 - 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Prolific writer on issues of war, legal theory, and global relations, Richard Falk discusses the current situation in American conflicts in the Arab world. He also discusses the controversy he encountered after publishing a piece in The Nation, in which he endorsed a military response against the Taliban in Afganistan in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Subjects

People

Falk, Richard A., 1930- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.; Afghan War, 2001-

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Necessity, Validity and Opportunities of Culturally Specific Institutions. A Lecture by Thelma Golden, Around 2000-2010

Box: 72, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Thelma Golden poses and discusses the question, "What is the necessity, validity and opportunities for a culturally specific institution?" Depending on the year of this recording, Golden is speaking either as the Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs (2000-2005) or Director and President (2005-present) of the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Subjects

Organizations

Studio Museum in Harlem

People

Golden, Thelma (Role: Speaker)

Topics

African American art museum curators; African American art

Places

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

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Breaking Open the Head. A discussion with Daniel Pinchbeck about his recent book., 22-Nov-02, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Open City founding editor Daniel Pinchbeck discusses his recently published book, Breaking Open the Head. The book explores Pinchbeck's experimentation of psychodelic drugs and world travels, cultural criticism, and philosophy. Q&A after about 35 minutes.

Subjects

People

Pinchbeck, Daniel (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Literature/literary criticism; Literature.; Avant-garde literature.; American literature -- 21st century

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Travels with Herodotus. A Discussion with Ryszard Kapuscinski, Probably 2004

Box: 72, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Ryszard Kapuscinski discusses his work writing about Herodotus. Asked to write a textbook on journalistic reportage, Kapuscinski decided to do it through the lens of an examination of Herodotus, whom he considers to be the best author of reportage in history. The discussion is on Herodotus as the first globalist and his understanding that in order to understand one's own culture's history, one must also try to understand the history of other cultures as well. The book, Travels with Herodotus, was published in 2004.

Subjects

People

Herodotus; Kapuściński, Ryszard , 1932-2007 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Literature |x History and criticism.; History.; History -- Study and teaching; History and criticism.; Writing history; Greek history; Travel journalism; Journalism; Reportage literature

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European Response to September 11. A Lecture by Jane Kramer, Early 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

European correspondent for the New Yorker, Jane Kramer discusses the European response to September 11 from both historical and contemporary aspects.

Subjects

People

Kramer, Jane (Role: Speaker)

Topics

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Titles

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)

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Translating the Poetry of Eugenio Montale. A Discussion with Jonathan Galassi, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 56 minutes

Scope and Contents

President and Publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Jonathan Galassi discusses the life and poetry of Eugenio Montale, and his own work in translating those poems into English.

Subjects

People

Galassi, Jonathan (Role: Speaker); Montale, Eugenio, 1896-1981

Topics

Lyric poetry; Poetry -- Translating; Italian poetry; Poetry.

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A Warning About Good Things. A Discussion with David Rieff, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cartridges Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

David Rieff presents a thumbnail sketch the humanitatrian emergencies such as wars and disasters he has witnessed and written about over the last 10 years. Recently dubbed "Mr. Pessimism" by Time magazine, Rieff tries to offer, not so much pessimism, but "a warning about good things." He argues against the dangerous assumption that "all good things go together."

Subjects

People

Rieff, David (Role: Speaker)

Topics

War stories, Bosnian; Humanitarian assistance; Humanitarianism

Places

Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)

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Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. A Conversation with Todd Gitlin, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 46 minutes

Scope and Contents

Todd Gitlin speaks on the subject of his new book, Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives.

Subjects

People

Gitlin, Todd (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Mass media.; Internet |z United States.

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Discussion on Writing with Novelist Jennifer Egan, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Writer Jennifer Egan discusses her writing process and several of her novels, the most recent of which, Look At Me, published on September 18, 2001, was about Muslim terrorism with a protagonist errily similar to Mohammad Atta, one of the ringleaders and hijackers of teh September 11 attacks.

Subjects

Genres

Fiction.

People

Egan, Jennifer (Role: Speaker); Atta, Mohamed, 1968-2001

Topics

Writing; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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The Importance of Truth and Reconciliation. A Lecture by Albie Sachs, February, 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Activist and a former African National Congress lawyer and Constitutional Court of South Africa Judge Albie Sachs focuses mainly on the importance and success of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and how the South African Commission may be looked at as a model. He also discusses Apartheid, his imprisonment, and the failed assassination attempt that took one of his arms.

Subjects

Organizations

African National Congress; South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission; South Africa. Constitutional Court

People

Sachs, Albie, 1935- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Apartheid

Places

South Africa

Titles

Sachs, Albie, 1935- Jail diary of Albie Sachs

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The Depiction of Clothing in Painting Throughout History. A Lecture by Anne Hollander, Probably 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Art Historian, Anne Hollander takes her audience through a history of garments and depictions of clothing in art - going through Grecian works, biblical oil paintings, Rennaissance works and many other styles and eras.

Subjects

People

Buonarroti, Michelangelo, 1475-1564

Topics

Art, Renaissance; Fashion; Painting, Renaissance; Fashion in art

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Screening and Discussion with Bill Morrison About his Found Footage Film, Decasia, November 2002

Box: 72, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

This is a screening of part of the 2002 film Decasia and discussion with the filmmaker, Bill Morrison. After 10 minutes of introductory remarks, 10:20 -27:15 is just music, being audio from the film. The remaining half hour is a discussion between the audience and Morrison. Decasia was created entirely out of found footage and is intended to be a mediation on the loss and decay of old films. The film features an original score by Michael Gordon.

Subjects

Genres

Film.; Films.; Film materials.; Acetate film -- 16mm; Acetate film -- 8mm -- Super 8

People

Morrison, Bill, 1965 November 17- (Role: Speaker); Gordon, Michael, 1956- (Role: Composer)

Topics

Silent films; filmmaking; Stock footage; Film composers.; Avant-garde films.

Titles

Gordon, Michael, 1956- Decasia

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Hawthorne: A Life - A Discussion on the Man and the Biography, with Author Brenda Wineapple., September 26, probably 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 35 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and contents

Brenda Wineapple discusses the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and her latest book, which is about him.

Subjects

People

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Wineapple, Brenda (Role: Speaker)

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Contemporary Chinese Culture, Economics, and Politics. A Lecture by Peter Kwong, probably 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 36 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 63 minutes

Scope and Contents

Scholar and documentary filmmaker Peter Kwong discusses contemporary Chinese politics, economics, and society, focusing on the governments recent acceptance of certain capitalistic practices, while maintaining a communistic regime.

Subjects

People

Kwong, Peter (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Chinese.; China |x Foreign relations |y 1976-

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Every Exit is an Entrance: A Praise of Sleep. Readings and Discussion with Poet Anne Carson, 21-Feb-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 37 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 65 minutes

Scope and Contents

Poet Anne Carson reads and discusses her work, focusing on a poem "Every Exit is an Entrance: A Praise of Sleep," which would be published two years later in 2005 as part of the collection of her work entitled, Decreation.

Subjects

People

Carson, Anne, 1950 December 16- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Poets, American.; American poetry -- 21st century; American poetry -- 20th century.; Poetry.

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Discussion with Argentine Legal Scholar and Moral Philosopher, Carlos Santiago Nino, Around 1985-88

Box: 72, Folder: 79 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

In the 1980s, Carlos Santiago Nino was assistant to Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín and active as chair of the Council for the Consolidation of Democracy (Consejo para la Consolidación de la Democracia) in Argentina and became assistant to the president of that country. He was a legal scholar and moral philosopher. In this talk he discusses Argentina's upheaval through moral and legal lenses.

Subjects

Organizations

Consejo para la Consolidación de la Democracia (Argentina)

People

Nino, Carlos Santiago (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Ethics

Places

Argentina.

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Democratic Possibilities for a post-war Iraq. A Discussion with Entifadh Qanbar, 28-Feb-03, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 38 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 75 minutes

Scope and Contents

Kanan Makiya, was originally scheduled to talk on this date, but was in Iraq. Entifadh Qanbar speaks in his stead. Qanbar is an Iraqi Air Force veteran of the Iraq/Iran War, former prisoner of the Saddam Hussein regime and the Washington Director of the Iraqi National Congress. He came to the US under political asylum in 1990. This discussion, just three weeks prior to the US invasion of Iraq is directed toward answering questions about democratic possibilities that might result from a, then still speculative, Iraqi invasion.

Subjects

Organizations

Muʼtamar al-Waṭanī al-ʻIrāqī

People

Makiya, Kanan; Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006; Qanbar, Entifadh (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988

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A Conversation with Richard Sennett about his new Memoir "Respect", 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 39 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 80 minutes

Scope and Contents

Founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities, Richard Sennett returns to discuss his latest book, Respect - a memoir that chronicles his life from the very beginning in the Cabrini Green projects of Chicago. He discusses some of the writing project and then is engaged in conversation by Jerry Bruner and Todd Gitlin.

Subjects

People

Gitlin, Todd (Role: Speaker); Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour) (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker)

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Literary and Spontaneous Autobiography. A Discussion with Jerry Bruner, circa 1979-83

Box: 72, Folder: 82 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 40 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 47 minutes

Scope and Contents

Jerome Bruner discusses the topic of autobiographical writings and what he refers to as "literary autobiography" and "spontaneous autobiography." He reads from a preliminary opening chapter of what would eventually become his 1983 book, "In Search of Mind: Essays in Autobiography."

Subjects

People

Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour) (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Autobiography

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Discussion of Poetry with Derek Walcott, Joseph Brodsky and Seamus Heaney, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 83 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Poets Derek Walcott, Joseph Brodsky, and Seamus Heaney discuss their own and each others work between themselves and with the audience in this casual lunch panel. The last 1:20 of side two is different content (discussion of religious understanding in children) that had been taped over.

Subjects

People

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Walcott, Derek (Role: Speaker); Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Poetry.; American poetry -- 20th century.

Related materials

Likely related to another recording in this collection Entitled "Brodsky, Heaney, Walcott - Fellows Lunch" (ref779)

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Readings and Discussion with Poet Joseph Brodsky, circa 1980-85

Box: 72, Folder: 84 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 41 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 45 minutes

Scope and Contents

Joseph Brodsky reads and discusses some of his poems in both Russian and English. A number of the poems he reads is part of what he refers to as a "road show" - an attempt to encapsulate the most important events of the 20th century in poems. He wrote one poem for each year. Here he shares the poems for 1900 to 1914.

Content changes near the end of tape.

Subjects

People

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

American poetry -- 20th century.; Poetry.; Russian American Poetry

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South African Culture. A Discussion with Nadine Gordimer, December 3, 1981

Box: 72, Folder: 85 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 47 minutes

Scope and Contents

Hungarian scholar and novelist, George Konrad discusses Hungarian Literature before and during the Cold War.

Subjects

People

Konrád, György, 1933- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Slavic literature; Hungarian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Hungarian literature -- 20th century; Cold War.; Hungarian literature

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Mitterand's France. A Lecture by Nicolas Wahl, Oct. 22, (probably) 1983

Box: 72, Folder: 133 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 50 minutes

Scope and Contents

Director of NYU's French Institute Nicolas Wahl discusses the government of France under Francois Mitterand. He also reviews the recent history of France's government and various socialist tendencies.

Subjects

Organizations

France. President (1981-1995 : Mitterrand)

People

Wahl, Nicholas (Role: Speaker); Mitterand, François, 1916-

Topics

Socialism; France -- Politics and government -- 1958-

Places

France.

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Discussion of "Les Freres Goncourt," with Richard Howard, Around 1984-87

Box: 72, Folder: 89 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

Richard Howard discusses the literary works of the "enigmatic" Goncourt brothers, Jules and Edmond, and their strange relationships with notable contemporaries such as de Maupassant and Flaubert, Balzac, Gautier, and Renan.

Subjects

People

Ernest, Renan, 1823-1892; Goncourt, Jules de, 1830-1870; Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896; Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872; Howard, Richard (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Prix Goncourt; Literature (French)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:03

History of Fashion: A Sex, Gender and Consumer Culture Lecture by Anne Hollander, Around 1982-83

Box: 72, Folder: 90 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 43-45 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound cassettes Approx. 140 minutes

Scope and Contents

Anne Hollander discusses the history of fashion, gender and consumer culture. Going back to Europe in 1300, Hollander narrates a slide show, illustrating how fashion evolved over time. The last half hour (approximately) is dedicated to question and answer.

Subjects

People

Hollander, Anne (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Fashion; Fashion -- History; Fashion in art; Genders and sexualities in the social sciences; Gender, sexuality & culture; Culture.; Sexuality

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Access copy available on 3 CDs: ACCESS 10:43 - ACCESS 10:45.

Inventing Times Square Lecture Series (I). "The Urban Face of Capitalism." A Lecture by David Harvey, Oct. 27, 1988, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 92 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 58 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 60 minutes

Scope and Contents

David Harvey gives the innagural lecture in the Inventing Times Square Conference/Lecture series. The theme of this first session in the series is "Developing a Place: The Dynamics of Commercial Culture." His lecture, "The Urban Face of Captialism" discusses political and economic processes in general and more specifically their relationship to urban and commercial development. This leads to themes of the organization of space and time in societies in general and capitalist societies in particular.

Historical Note

During the 1988-89 academic year, the NYIH held the monthly conference series, Inventing New York. This consisted of day-long sessions with lectures, panels of scholars and commissioned papers discussing different themes in the "emergence of modern American commercial culture" using Times Square as a representative focal point.

The proposal describes the the various themes, stating, "Panels one and two deal with the economic context in which entrepreneurial development was made possible, and with the roles of particular promoters and entrepreneurs. The next two panels examine the spatial and aesthetic forms of this new world of cultural consuption (i.e. the architecture, interior design and aesthetic character of the major institutional stores), and the performance dimension of theatre, deance and show that created the excitement and drew the crowds. The concluding sessions challenge to existing moral conventions, and the efforts of these new forces in the culture to give their energies protective coloration -- first by flying the flag and then by appealing to new kinds of cosmopolitan sophistication."

This proposal became manifest in the following themed conferences:

I. Developing a Place: The Dynamics of Commercial Culture II. Producing a Place: Promoters, Politicians, Entrepreneurs III. Imaging a Place: The Aesthetics of the Commercial World IV. The Life of a Place: Performance and Pleasure V. Policing a Place: The Politics of Respectability VI. Remembering a Place: From Patriotism to Cosmopolitanism

Subjects

People

Harvey, David, 1935- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Popular culture -- American influences; Commercialism; Urbanization.; Community development, Urban; urban development; Sociology, Urban.

Places

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 10:58

Inventing Times Square Lecture Series (III). "Urban Tourism and the Commercial City." A Lecture by Neil Harris., Dec. 15, 1988, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 97 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 53-54 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 115 minutes

Scope and Contents

The third in a series of six monthly lecture/conferences on Inventing Times Square, Neil Harris gives a lecture entitled "Urban Tourism and the Commercial City." The them of this session is Imaging A Place: The Aesthetics of the Commercial World. Harris discusses the development of tourism in New York City and the modern-day tourism industry more generally.

Historical note

This proposal became manifest in the following themed conferences:

Subjects

People

Harris, Neil (Role: Speaker)

Topics

urban development; Sociology, Urban.; Community development, Urban; Tourism.; Popular culture -- American influences; Commercialism; Urbanization.

Places

Times Square (New York, N.Y.)

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 10:53 & ACCESS 10:54

A Tribute to W.H. Auden, October 18, 1983

Box: 72, Folder: 98 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 55-56 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 90 minutes

Creator

New York Institute for the Humanities (Role: Sponsor)

Scope and Contents

Recording of A Poet's Tribute to W.H. Auden. Co-sponsored by the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Academy of American Poets, the event is introduced by the directors of those institutions (Mrs. Hugh Bullock and Mr. Richard Sennett. Prominent poets read their favorite Auden poems on the 10th anniversary of his death. With the exception of Christopher Isherwood who read first, the participants read in alphabetical order as follows: John Ashbery, Joseph Brodsky, Amy Clampitt, Alfred Corn, Marilyn Hacker, Anthony Hecht, John Hollander, Richard Howard, James Merrill, Howard Moss, May Swenson, Mona Van Duyn, and Derek Walcott.

Subjects

Organizations

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Role: Host); Academy of American Poets (Role: Sponsor)

People

Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 (Role: Honoree); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Clampitt, Amy (Role: Speaker); Ashbery, John, 1927- (Role: Speaker); Corn, Alfred, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Hacker, Marilyn, 1942- (Role: Speaker); Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004 (Role: Speaker); Hollander, John (Role: Speaker); Howard, Richard (Role: Speaker); Moss, Howard, 1922-1987 (Role: Speaker); Merrill, James, 1926-1995 (Role: Speaker); Van Duyn, Mona (Role: Speaker); Swenson, May (Role: Speaker); Walcott, Derek (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Bullock, Marie, 1911-1986 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; American poetry -- 20th century.; English poetry.; Poetry.

Titles

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Poems; Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Poems. Selections

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 10:55 & ACCESS 10:56

Transitions for de Tocqueville's Tapes, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 99 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 113, Item: 57 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 8 minutes

Scope and Contents

During the de Tocqueville conference, which was recorded on 1/4" open tape reels, this tape was used to record the portions of the event that took place while the reel was being changed. These are the ends of sides 1 and 2 of tape 1. Recorded back to back, each section is approximately 4 minutes.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

Related materials

The other reels from this event are available as part of this collection (Box 75, folders 45 & 46).

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 10:57

Depression Too Is a Thing with Feathers, Sept. 21, 2001

Box: 72, Folder: 101 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 70 minutes

Scope and Contents

Author Andrew Solomon discusses the topic of depression, a subject on which he first wrote an influential piece that was published in the New Yorker. He subsequently wrote an acclaimed book on the subject entitled The Noonday Demon.

Subjects

People

Solomon, Andrew, 1963- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Depression, Mental

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:36

In the Name of Picasso., Around 1998

Box: 72, Folder: 102 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 68 minutes

Scope and Contents

Rosalind Krauss discusses the life and works of Pablo Picasso. She had recently written a book entitled The Picasso Papers. While the tape itself is labeled "William Finnegan", he only introduces Krauss.

Subjects

People

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973; Krauss, Rosalind E. (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Art.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:37

Mid 19th Century Urban American Commercial Culture, Probably 1986

Box: 72, Folder: 103 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 95 minutes

Scope and Contents

Author and Columbia University Professor of History Betsy Blackmar leads a discussion about commercial culture in the United States. There were a number of seminars on Commercial Culture during the fall of 1986; while there is no date on the tape label, the age of the cassette itself indicates that this recording may be from part of a series at this time.

Subjects

People

Blackmar, Elizabeth, 1950- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Commercialism; urban development; Community development, Urban; Urbanization.

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 11:39 & 11:40

Carol Vance, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 104 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Content is so faint that it is nearly inaudible and cannot be discerned.

Russian Avant-Garde and Abstract Painters, Probably around 1979-81

Box: 72, Folder: 105 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 56 minutes

Scope and Contents

George Costakis discusses the history of Russian art and artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He touches on Russian avant-garde and abstract movements and includes artists such as Alexander Rodchenko and Wassily Kandinsky. He mentions feeling empathetic toward contemporary art movements in Poland because of the Soviet imposed government, indicating the recording was made sometime during the Cold War. Given the year of the tape's manufacture, it was likely the mid-late 1970s.

Subjects

People

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944 (Role: Artist); Costakis, Georgi (Role: Speaker); Rodchenko, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich, 1891-1956 (Role: Artist)

Topics

Art.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics)

Places

Russia.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:41

Poverty and Economics Through the Religious Lens, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 106 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 34 minutes

Scope and Contents

Economist Samuel Bowles examines poverty and economics through a religious and philosophical lens, referring specifically to Latin American poverty. He also touches on the work of Gustavo Gutiérrez.

Subjects

People

Bowles, Samuel (Role: Speaker); Gutiérrez, Gustavo, 1928

Topics

Economics.; Economic development |z Latin America.; Economic assistance, American |z Latin America.

Places

Latin America.; Latin America -- Economic conditions.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:42

Brazil Classics Vol. 1: Beleza Tropical (Various Artists), October, 1989

Box: 72, Folder: 107 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

This is actually a commercially released compilation album entitled "Brazil Classics, Vol. 1: Beleza Tropical." Full of Latin and Tropicalia songs by artists such as Milton Nascimento and Nazare Pereira, this album was compiled by the Talk Heads front man David Byrne and released in October of 1989.

Subjects

Places

Brazil.

On the South African Apartheid System

Box: 72, Folder: 108 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 53 minutes

Scope and Contents

South African painter and writer discusses the system of South African Apartheid.

Subjects

People

Breytenbach, Breyten (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Apartheid

Places

South Africa

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:43.

Physical/Technical notes

Recorded on both sides of a TDK Normal Bias 120 us EQ D90 Audiocassette, manufactured between 1982 and 1984.

New Directorial Methods for King Lear, 2003 or 2004

Box: 72, Folder: 109 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 64 minutes

Scope and Contents

British theater director and actor Jonathan Miller discusses his upcoming production of King Lear at Lincoln Center in New York City. He speaks directly for about 15 minutes and then engages in Q&A with the audience.

Subjects

People

Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019 (Role: Speaker); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Topics

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Depiction of Fashion and Dress in Early Cinema, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 110 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 89 minutes

Scope and Contents

This tape is labeled "Censorship Seminar 2/25, SCAMMEL," which may have been referencing a talk given by author and translator Michael Scammell during the February 25 session of the NYIH 1982 Censorship Seminar. However, on listening to the tape, the content is of a discussion and slideshow lead by art historian Anne Hollander. Hollander, an art historian whose focus is on the pictorial depiction of dress and fashion in works of art throughout history discusses fashion and clothing in early cinema.

Subjects

Genres

Film.

People

Hollander, Anne (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Fashion -- History; Fashion; Fashion in art; Silent films

Related Materials

Other recordings from the Censorship Seminar are located in Box 39, folders 13 and 14.

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Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 11:45 & 11:46

Live Scriptreading of an Unidentified Play, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 111 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 26 minutes

Scope and Contents

Recording is a section of a play reading. Consists mostly of dialog between a younger man and and older man about their trust or distrust of women. The younger man appears to have feelings for the older man's wife. The younger man is leaving soon for Australia, a trip which will first take him by train and then by ship, indicating that it is a period piece or written during the days of ocean liners. A Google search for quotes from the script yielded no identifying results.

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:38

Coma and After: The Experience of Consciousness, 06-Apr-01, inclusive

Box: 72, Folder: 112 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 66 minutes

Scope and Contents

Psychologist Martin Kace discusses consciousness and emerging from a coma after a spinal accident that left him paralyzed. He was struck by a falling tree, breaking several vertabrate. He was in a coma for four weeks. He (and his doctor) discuss consciousness and coma from medical, psychological, neurological, and philosophical perspectives.

Subjects

People

Kase, Martin (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Consciousness; Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries; Paralysis; Loss of consciousness

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:47

Light and Life in Los Angeles., After 1998

Box: 72, Folder: 115 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 63 minutes

Creator

Waldie, D.J. (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

Husband and wife collaborators, Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett discuss their work on a photography book about Tuscany, Italy. Meyerowitz also makes references to his creating a photographic historic record of Ground Zero in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which he was working on simultaneously. While they started this project in 2001, the book was not published until 2010, making it difficult to date the recording.

Subjects

People

Barrett, Maggie (Role: Speaker); Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Photography

Places

Tuscany (Italy); Italy

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Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:26

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West., Probably 2004

Box: 72, Folder: 120 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 59 minutes

Scope and Contents

Author Rebecca Solnit discusses the work of photographer Eadward Muybridge, paying particular attention to his photos of Native Americans and the Modoc War in the 1870s. She had recently written a book about Muybridge and his work in the American West, entitled River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.

Subjects

People

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904; Solnit, Rebecca (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Modoc Indians -- Wars, 1873; Indians of North America.; Photography; Photography |z United States.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:27

Cultural Shock from Traumatic Events, About 2003

Box: 72, Folder: 121 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 67 minutes

Scope and Contents

Former NYIH Fellow, Wolfgang Schivelbusch discusses the nature of shock taking into consideration both recent and distant events, specifically referencing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 as well as World War I. He goes into events as "raw events" and then what the media portrays and creates in its wake.

Subjects

People

Scope and Contents

Journalist and author Edwin Diamond discusses his recently published book, Behind the Times: Inside the New York Times.

Subjects

Organizations

New York Times Company

People

Diamond, Edwin (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Journalism

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 11:31

Freud and Foucault, Undated

Box: 72, Folder: 126 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound cassettes Approx. 19 minutes

Scope and Contents

This recording appears to be the very end of a seminar or round table discussion about sexuality and Freudian principles in the work of Foucault.

Subjects

People

Whut's Up When Birds Sing Symposium, April 16, 2005

Box: 80, audiocassette: 37-4.0067, 37-4.0068, 37-4.0069, 37-4.0070, 37-4.0071, 37-4.0072, 37-4.0073, 37-4.0074, 37-4.0075, 37-4.0076 (Material Type: Audio)

Scope and Contents

Five copies of Tape 1 (37-4.0067 - 37-4.0071) and five copies of Tape 2 (37-4.0072 - 37-4.0076).

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels; Psychology and philosophy

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:11

James Lecture: Richard Wollheim "On Persons and Their Lives" II, 29-Sept-77, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 12 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Wollheim, Richard, 1923-2003 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Inauguration of the James Lectures. British philosopher Richard Wollheim discusses the relationship of philosophy and psychology in his lecture "On Persons and Their Lives." Good audio.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Psychology and philosophy; tape reels

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:12

James Lecture: Wollheim "On Person and Their Lives" III, 29-Sept-77, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 13 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 8 minutes

Creator

Wollheim, Richard, 1923-2003 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Inauguration of the James Lectures. British philosopher Richard Wollheim discusses the relationship of philosophy and psychology in his lecture "On Persons and Their Lives." Good audio.

Box: 73, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 8 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Susan Sontag lectures on a topic that would become the title of her non-fiction work the following year, Illness as Metaphor.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:8

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Tuberculosis; Cancer; tape reels

James Lecture: Susan Sontag "Illness as a Metaphor" II Master, 13-Oct-77, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 9 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Susan Sontag lectures on a topic that would become the title of her non-fiction work the following year, Illness as Metaphor. Good Audio.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Tuberculosis; Cancer; tape reels

Access copy

Access Copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:9

James Lecture: Susan Sontag "Illness as a Metaphor" III Master, 13-Oct-77, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 10 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Susan Sontag lectures on a topic that would become the title of her non-fiction work the following year, Illness as Metaphor. Good Audio.

1 sound tape reels

Subjects

People

Offe, Claus (Role: Speaker); Schroyer, Trent (Role: Speaker); Gintis, Herbert (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access Copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:25

Rationalization and Civilization II Master, 16-Mar-78, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 26 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Subjects

People

Gintis, Herbert (Role: Speaker); Schroyer, Trent (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Offe, Claus (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access Copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:26

Rationalization and Civilization I Master, 17-Mar-78, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 27 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:27.

Rationalization and Civilization II Master, 17-Mar-78, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 28 (Material Type: Audio)

First lecture in the James Lecture series for fall semester, 1978. American concert pianist and music writer Charles Rosen delivers a lecture entitled "Memory in Romantic Song Cycles." He discusses landscape imagery as a setting of both permanence and change, in paintings, poetry, and musical composition. Q&A at 01:14:10.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

People

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 -- History (Role: Composer)

Topics

tape reels; Song cycles; Landscapes.; Memory

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:14

"Biography and Creativity" A James Lecture by Roland Barthes, 6-Nov-78, inclusive

Box: 73, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 15 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

French.

Scope and Contents

Roland Barthes lectures in French on "Biography and Creativity"Before introducing Barthes, the "chair of the James lectures" mentions that Paul Ricœur, who was scheduled to lecture the following week had had a heart attack in Chicago and would be unable to give his talk. Ricœur came back to speak the following year.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

People

Barthes, Roland (Role: Speaker)

Topics

tape reels

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:15

"Marxism: For and Against" a Gallatin Lecture by Robert L. Heilbroner, 8-Feb-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Part of the Spring 1979 Gallatin lecture Series, Robert Heilbroner argues for and against Marxism. Introduced by Tom Bender.

Subjects

People

Heilbroner, Robert L. (Role: Speaker); Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Marxism -- History.

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 9:11 and ACCESS 9:12.

"Democracy and 'The Competition of Ideas'" a Gallatin Lecture by Charles E. Lindblom, 22-Feb-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx. 98 minutes

Scope and Contents

Introduced by Thomas Bender, economist, political scientist and professor of economics and political science at Yale University Charles E. Lindblom delivers the second lecture in the Spring 1979 Gallatin Lecture series. The lecture is entitled Democracy and "The Competition of Ideas," subtitled "How much competition and what kind?" Q&A session after lecture (around the 65th minute) lasts for about a half hour.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Lindblom, Charles E., 1917-2018 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Political science.; Democracy; Economics.

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Access copy available on 3 CDs: ACCESS 9:29, ACCESS 9:30, and ACCESS 9:31.

"The Sacred and the Body Social in Sixteenth Century Lyon" a Gallatin Lecture by Natalie Zemon Davis, 18-Mar-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Part of the Spring 1979 Gallatin Lecture series, Natalie Zemon Davis discusses life in sixtenth century Lyon. Introduced by Tom Bender.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928- (Role: Speaker)

Places

Lyon (France)

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 9:13 and ACCESS 9:14.

"John Dewey and the Kingdoms of Light" a Gallatin Lecture by Quentin Anderson, 22-Mar-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 77 minutes

Scope and Contents

The final lecture in the Spring 1979 Gallatin Lecture series. Columbia University Professor in the Humanities, Quentin Anderson, best known for his work The Imperial Self, turns his sights to "John Dewey and the Kingdoms of Light." Introduced by Tom Bender.

Subjects

People

Anderson, Quentin, 1912-2003 (Role: Speaker); Dewey, John, 1859-1952; Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 9:15

Readings and Discussion of Recent Work. A James Lecture by V.S. Naipul, 24-Apr-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 24 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Nobel Laureate author V. S. Naipul reads four pieces of his work, explaining and describing the selections as he goes.

Selections read: 1. "Jasmine" - story published in Times literary supplement in 1964. - about the act of reading and writing in colonial Trinidad. 2. Excerpt from In A Free State. 3. One Out of Many - about an Indian servant brought to Washington by his employer. 4. Excerpt from A Bend In The River

No Q&A

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels

Titles

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Bend in the river.

Access copy

Access Copies available on CD: ACCESS 2:24; Additional CD copy in box 77.

"Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age" AJames Lecture by Dame Frances Yates, 8-May-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 23 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Yates, Frances Amelia (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Renaissance historian, Dame Frances Yates delivers lecture entitled, "Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age."

Good audio.

No Q&A.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Occultism; Elizabethan; tape reels; occult; occult sciences

Access copy

Access copy available: ACCESS 2:23.

"The Origins of Universal History in Greece and Rome," a Humanities Council Lecture by Dr. Arnaldo Momigliano, 15-May-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Emminent historian and professor of history at University of London and University of Chicago, Arnaldo Momigliano, delivers a lecture on the origins of universal history in Greece and Rome, touching on many early writers, philosophers, and historians.

Subjects

People

Momigliano, Arnaldo (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Roman history; Greek history; Historiography.

Places

Rome

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 9:26

"Body Consciousness and the Modern Writer" A James Lecture by Jean Starobinski, 22-May-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Starobinski, Jean (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Jean Starobinski, "one of the leading humanist scholars of Western Europe," lectures on "Body Consciousness and the Modern Writer."

Good Audio.

No Q&A.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Somesthesia; tape reels

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Film as False Sociology Symposium, 13-Oct-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx. 2.5 hours

Scope and Contents

The thesis put forth for this small symposium is that Film is a type of false sociology. Panelists are invited to speak on that topic, either supporting or refuting the statement. Stanley Cavell, who helped organize the event was unable to attend because of an illness in his family. Present panel members include film critic, author and Johns Hopkins Professor of English Leo Braudy, and novelist and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas.

Subjects

Genres

Film.

People

Cavell, Stanley, 1926-; Eszterhas, Joe (Role: Speaker); Braudy, Leo (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Sociology.; Film criticism.

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"What Should Intellectuals Do?" A James Lecture by Theodore Zeldin, 6-Nov-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 4 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Zeldin, Theodore, 1933- (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

French historian, Theodore Zeldin gives "counter-disciplinary" lecture on how intellectuals view themselves and possible alternative definitions and roles.

Good audio. Q&A begins at 48:30. Questions are distant from mic, quiet but audible.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels

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"Is History Still Narrative?" A James Lecture by Paul Ricouer, 15-Nov-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 5 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Ricœur, Paul (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

French professor of Philosphy Paul Ricœur lectures on the role of narrative form in historical writing.

Good audio.

No Q&A.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels

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"Contemporary German Poetry" A Ross Institute Conference with discussion and readings by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, 27-Nov-78, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 82 minutes

Scope and Contents

Hans Magnus Enzensberger reads a number of his own poems (in English and German) and engages in a discussion on contemporary German poetry and the atmosphere of the country and other influences on contemporary German poetry. Readings are interspersed with explanations of the work. There is a Q&A session at the end.

The recording starts with about two minutes of the host instructing people to gather closer together along with the sounds of scuffling chairs and general motion, followed by a five minute introduction of Enzensberger.

Subjects

People

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Epic poetry, German; German poetry -- 20th century; German poetry; Poetry.

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Bronx Developmental Center Panel Discussion: Session I of the Architecture of Confinement Symposium, 28-Nov-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx. 2 hours, 6 minutes

Scope and Contents

This is the first session of the Symposium on the Architecture of Confinement. The topic of discussion is the Bronx Developmental Center. Introduced by Tom Bender, each of the panelists speaks on the subject, followed by general discussion. The first speaker and moderator of the panel is David Rothman, professor of history at Columbia University, who gives historical background on the topic being discussed. Second is Dr. Herbert Cohen, professor of pediatrics and rehabilitative medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Director of the Bronx Developmental Center. The third panelist is Chris Hansen, a lawyer with the New York Chapter of the ACLU who acted as a key litigator in NYSARC v. Carey (the Willowbrook case), which had a significant impact on the care of intellectually disabled people and influenced the design of the Bronx Developmental Center. Fourth is Richard Myer, the architect who designed the Bronx Developmental Center. Finally, the last panelist is Arthur Drexler, curator of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art.

Subjects

Organizations

Willowbrook State School; American Civil Liberties Union; Bronx Developmental Center; New York Civil Liberties Union; Staten Island Developmental Center; Bronx State Developmental Center

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Drexler, Arthur (Role: Speaker); Meier, Richard, 1934- (Role: Speaker); Cohen, Herbert Jesse, 1935- (Role: Speaker); Hansen, Chris (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Developmental psychology; Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.; Architecture |z United States |x History |y 20th century.; Architecture

Related Materials

This is the first of two panel discussions in the Architecture of Confinement Syposium. The second may be found in this series (Box 74, folder 21).

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Metropolitan Correctional Center Panel Discussion: Session II of the Architecture of Confinement Symposium, 12-Dec-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx 1 hour, 50 minutes

Scope and Contents

Introduced by Tom Bender, this second session of the Architecture of Confinement Symposium focused on the Metropolitan Correctional Center a federal administrative detention facility opened in 1975, located in lower Manhattan. As with the first session, each of the panelists speaks on the subject, followed by general discussion. The participants are listed below in the order in which they spoke.

Former ACLU director and fellow of New York Institute for the Humanities Aryeh Neier speaks first and acts as moderator. Paul Silver, the architect of the Metropolitan Correctional Center speaks next. Silver is followed by Alvin J. Bronstein, the founder and director of the National Prison Project. After Bronstein is Judge Morris Lasker, a federal district judge who was in the litigation concerning conditions in the Tombs. The last panelist to speak is Kenneth Schoen, a program office at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, who is speaking more from his role as the former Corrections Commissioner of Minnesota.

Subjects

Organizations

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; Minnesota. Department of Corrections; Manhattan Detention Complex (New York, N.Y.); Halls of Justice (New York, N.Y.); United States. Bureau of Prisons

Genres

Construction and architecture.

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Schoen, Kenneth (Role: Speaker); Lasker, Morris E. (Role: Speaker); Bronstein, Alvin J. (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Prisons.; Imprisonment; Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.; Architecture |z United States |x History |y 20th century.; Architecture

Related Materials

This is the second of two panel discussions in the Architecture of Confinement Syposium. The first may be found in this series (Box 74, folder 18).

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A James Lecture by Joseph Brodsky, 21-Nov-79, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 16A-16B (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

Russian.

Creator

Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Russian American poet & essayist, Joseph Brodsky gives an untitled lecture that the introducer says will demonstrate why Brodsky had said "Not all James lectures are alike." Brodsky speaks mostly in Russian. Barry Rubin, a lecturer in the Slavic Languages department at Queens College reads Brodsky's poems in English, throughout the lecture.

Good audio.

No Q&A.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels; Russian American Poetry

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The Act of Censoring: Session I of the Censorship and Writers Conference, 1-Feb-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approximately 2 hours

Scope and Contents

Recording of the introduction to and the first session of the Writers and Censorship Conference hosted by the New York Institute for the Humanities on February 1-2, 1980. This first session took place on the evening of February 1, is lead by Bob Silvers and Aryeh Neier and deals with the act of censoring, itself. Richard Sennet introduces the theme of the conference (described below) and welcomes the leaders of the first session.

This conference focuses on the question "What does censorship do in terms of the act of writing?" The premise of this two day conference is the complicated relationship between writer and censor and between writing and censorship. This involves discussion on how the two are not necessarily diametrically opposed. Questions of complicity between the two are explored, looking at how the writer may serve as his own censor, creating a grey area between the act of expression and the act of repression. Rather than formal presentations, each session was started by one or two people "put some ideas on the table" and then a general discussion among the participants.

The conference comprised three sessions; an evening session on February 1, 1980 and then morning and afternoon sessions the following day. Session 1 (evening, 2/1/80) was lead by Bob Silvers Aryeh Neier discussing the act of censoring, itself. Session 2 (morning, 2/2/80) was lead by Arthur Miller and Dick Sennet, discussing cultural censorship. Miller focused on cultural censorship in China, while Sennet lead the discussion toward "etherial cultural censorship." Session 3 (afternoon, 2/2/80) was lead by Joseph Brodsky and touched on the ambiguities involved in self-censorship involved in the very act of creating.

See names and subjects for a list of participants.

Subjects

People

Sullivan, Rosemary, 1947- (Role: Speaker); Silvers, Robert B. (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Rieff, David (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Navasky, Victor S. (Role: Speaker); Morrison, Toni (Role: Speaker); Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker); Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012 (Role: Speaker); Shulan, Michael (Role: Speaker); Scammell, Michael (Role: Speaker); Hardwick, Elizabeth (Role: Speaker); Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (Role: Speaker); Kennerley, Karen (Role: Speaker); Wieseltier, Leon (Role: Speaker); Wästberg, Per (Role: Speaker); Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 (Role: Speaker); Morgenbesser, Sidney, 1921-2004 (Role: Speaker); Arndt, Richard T., 1928- (Role: Speaker); Baritz, Loren, 1928- (Role: Speaker); Bernstein, Robert L., 1923- (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Buch, Hans Christoph, 1944- (Role: Speaker); FitzGerald, Frances, 1940- (Role: Speaker); Gilman, Richard, 1923-2006 (Role: Speaker); Eder, Richard (Role: Speaker); Leonard, John, 1939-2008 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Writing; Censorship

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Cultural Censorship: Session II of the Censorship and Writers Conference, 2-Feb-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx. 2 hours

Scope and Contents

Dick Sennet starts this discussion on cultural censorship using Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1758 letter to Jean le Rond d'Alembert on the Theater as a jumping off point. Arthur Miller, who was scheduled to co-lead the discussion, is absent for reasons unknown.

See names and subjects for a list of participants.

Subjects

People

Morgenbesser, Sidney, 1921-2004 (Role: Speaker); Morrison, Toni (Role: Speaker); Leonard, John, 1939-2008 (Role: Speaker); Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 (Role: Speaker); Rieff, David (Role: Speaker); Scammell, Michael (Role: Speaker); Navasky, Victor S. (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Buch, Hans Christoph, 1944- (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Gilman, Richard, 1923-2006 (Role: Speaker); FitzGerald, Frances, 1940- (Role: Speaker); Arndt, Richard T., 1928- (Role: Speaker); Kennerley, Karen (Role: Speaker); Bernstein, Robert L., 1923- (Role: Speaker); Baritz, Loren, 1928- (Role: Speaker); Sullivan, Rosemary, 1947- (Role: Speaker); Wästberg, Per (Role: Speaker); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783; Wieseltier, Leon (Role: Speaker); Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Eder, Richard (Role: Speaker); Hardwick, Elizabeth (Role: Speaker); Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (Role: Speaker); Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker); Silvers, Robert B. (Role: Speaker); Shulan, Michael (Role: Speaker); Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Writing; Culture.; Theater.; Censorship

Titles

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Lettre sur les spectacles

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Self Censorship: Session III of the Censorship and Writers Conference, 2-Feb-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

2 sound tape reels Approx. 1.75 hours

Scope and Contents

Joseph Brodsky leads the final conference session, discussing the self-censorship involved in the act of creation.

See names and subjects for a list of participants.

Subjects

People

Eder, Richard (Role: Speaker); Buch, Hans Christoph, 1944- (Role: Speaker); Kennerley, Karen (Role: Speaker); Hardwick, Elizabeth (Role: Speaker); Morrison, Toni (Role: Speaker); Morgenbesser, Sidney, 1921-2004 (Role: Speaker); Scammell, Michael (Role: Speaker); Navasky, Victor S. (Role: Speaker); Shulan, Michael (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker); Leonard, John, 1939-2008 (Role: Speaker); Arndt, Richard T., 1928- (Role: Speaker); Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004 (Role: Speaker); Wieseltier, Leon (Role: Speaker); Bernstein, Robert L., 1923- (Role: Speaker); Sullivan, Rosemary, 1947- (Role: Speaker); Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012 (Role: Speaker); Wästberg, Per (Role: Speaker); FitzGerald, Frances, 1940- (Role: Speaker); Baritz, Loren, 1928- (Role: Speaker); Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (Role: Speaker); Gilman, Richard, 1923-2006 (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 (Role: Speaker); Silvers, Robert B. (Role: Speaker); Rieff, David (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Writing; Censorship

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"Revival of Narrative in Historical Writing" a Gallatin Lecture by Lawrence Stone, 20-Feb-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 52 minutes

Scope and Contents

First lecture in the Spring 1980 Gallatin Lecture series. Author and Professor of History at Princeton University Lawrence Stone - gives a lecture on the revival of the narrative method in historical writing. Stone argues that there is a growing trend among a small but prominent group of contemporary historians who were noticeably shifting away from analytical to more narrative writing styles in their works.

Subjects

People

Stone, Lawrence (Role: Speaker)

Topics

narrative structure; Writing history; Writing

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"Pornography, Obscenity and Freedom: Part I" A James Lecture by Bernard Williams, 20-Mar-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx 32 minutes

Creator

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

English moral philosopher Bernard Williams lectures on the relationship between pornography and freedom.

Good audio.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels; Pornography |z Great Britain.; Pornography.

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"Pornography, Obscenity and Freedom: Part III" A James Lecture by Bernard Williams, 20-Mar-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 7 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

English moral philosopher Bernard Williams lectures on the relationship between pornography and freedom.

Good audio.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

tape reels; Pornography |z Great Britain.; Pornography.

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"Pornography, Obscenity and Freedom: Part IV" A James Lecture by Bernard Williams (DEACCESSIONED - NO AUDIO), 20-Mar-80, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Australian Poets I, 24-Apr-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 01:04:30

Physical Facet note

Box label: Humanities - 4/24/80 I, Australian Poets

Scope and Contents

Symposium featuring three Australian poets: Vincent Buckley, David Malouf and Les Murray. Symposium is entitled English as the Language of World Literature." Discussion of English language and aboriginal poets/poetry and the impact of British culture, imperialism and colonialism on the poetry of Australia. Symposium continues on second tape (ref2382).

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Solidarity; tape reels

Places

Poland; Communist countries

Titles

Campaign in Solidarity with Workers in the Eastern Bloc

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"Acting In Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Acting" A James Lecture by Victor Turner, 19-Nov-80, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 22A-22B (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Turner, Victor W. (Victor Witter), 1920-1983 (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

University of Virginia, Professor of Anthropology, Victor Turner delivers lecture entitled, "Acting In Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Acting."

Q&A Begins at 28:45 on Disc 22B.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Acting; Anthropology.; tape reels; Theater.

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"Modernity vs Post-Modernity" A James Lecture by Jürgen Habermas:, 4-Mar-81, inclusive

Box: 74, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 20 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Habermas, Jürgen (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Lecture by German sociologist and philosopher, Jürgen Habermas on "Modernity vs. Post-Modernity."

Audio a bit quiet.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

Topics

Modernism (Aesthetics); Postmodernism; Post-Modernity; Modern Civilization; tape reels

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Vladimir Voinovich Lecture, 21-Apr-81, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 5 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Lecture by Vladimir Voinovich, introduced by Aryeh Neier. The lecture was given in Russian and translated into English by a woman from a translation firm.

Subjects

People

Voinovich, Vladimir, 1932- (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker)

Places

Russia.

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Gallatin Lecture: June Goodfield I, 23-Apr-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Subjects

People

Goodfield, June (G. June), 1927- (Role: Speaker)

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Gallatin Lecture: June Goodfield II, 23-Apr-81, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Subjects

People

Goodfield, June (G. June), 1927- (Role: Speaker)

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Gallatin Lecture: Jane Kramer, 7-May-81, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 3 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

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De Tocqueville I, 11-May-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

This conference discusses what de Tocqueville said about america and de Tocqueville as philisophical analyst. As a nod to the structure of "American Democracy" the conference is in two parts, discussing issues from Volume I in the first part and issues from Volume II in the second. This being Part I, the discussion is tied to "specifically American issues and Institutions" as was Tocqueville's first volume of American Democracy. Panelists include Tom Bender, Daniel Rothman, Aryeh Neier, Frances Fitzgerald, and Bill Taylor.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 (Role: Artist)

Related materials

Reel 1 of 2 from this event. Reels from this event are Box 75, Folders 45 & 46. There is also an audiocassette that recorded the sections of the event that took place while the 1/4" reel was being changed (Box 72, Folder 99).

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De Tocqueville II, 11-May-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 4 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 62:10

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Neier, Aryeh, 1937- (Role: Speaker); Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 (Role: Artist)

Related materials

Reel 2 of 2 from this event. Reels from this event are Box 75, Folders 45 & 46. There is also an audiocassette that recorded the sections of the event that took place while the 1/4" reel was being changed (Box 72, Folder 99).

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Panel Discussion with Cseslaw Miloscz I, 22-Sept-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

This event was a panel discussion on politics and writing featuring Czesław Miłosz, Joseph Brodsky and Robert Silvers. This is the first of two tapes from this event. President Brademus gives brief introductory welcome. This is one of the first academic occassions Brademas participated in as NYU's 13th president.

Subjects

People

Brademas, John, 1927-2016 (Role: Speaker); Miłosz, Czesław (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker); Silvers, Robert B. (Role: Speaker)

Topics

Politics and government.

Related materials

Tape 1 of 2 from this event. Tapes from this event are in Box 75, folders 1 & 2.

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Panel Discussion with Cseslaw Miloscz II, 22-Sept-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 00:01:13

Scope and Contents

This event was a panel discussion on politics and writing featuring Czesław Miłosz, Joseph Brodsky and Robert Silvers. This is the second of two tapes from this event. President Brademus gives brief introductory welcome. This is one of the first academic occassions Brademas participated in as NYU's 13th president.

This is the very end of the symposium. The tape cuts out before the last question can be asked.

Subjects

People

Brademas, John, 1927-2016 (Role: Speaker); Milosz, Czesław (Role: Speaker); Silvers, Robert B. (Role: Speaker); Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 (Role: Speaker)

Related materials

Tape 2 of 2 from this event. Tapes from this event are in Box 75, folders 1 & 2.

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"Second Thoughts On Consistency" A James Lecture by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, 6-Oct-1981, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 17 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Creator

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (Role: Speaker)

Scope and Contents

Transatlantic magazine "Godfather" Hans Magnus Enzensberger delivers lecture entitled "Second thought On Consistency, beginning with a discussion of black revolutionary Eldridge Cleaver and the maxim "you're part of the solution or you're part of the problem."

Q&A begins at 50:19.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

People

Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998 -- History (Role: Author in quotations or text abstracts)

Topics

tape reels

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Tom Bender - On Charles Beard I, 22-Jan-82, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 7 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Tom Bender explores the activism of Charles Beard. Five Themes persist: 1. Beard's Activism (Industrial City) 2. Professionalizing Context of Social Science 3. Beard's involvement with the Bureau of Municipal Research. 4. City Planning Profession & Movement 5. Beard's different kinds of activism over time with his changing philosophy of history.

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Beard, Charles H.

Related materials

Reel 1 of 4 from this event. Reels from this event are in Box 75, folders 4-7.

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Tom Bender - On Charles Beard II, 22-Jan-82, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 8 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Beard, Charles H.

Related materials

Reel 2 of 4 from this event. Reels from this event are in Box 75, folders 4-7.

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Tom Bender - On Charles Beard III, 22-Jan-82, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 9 (Material Type: Audio)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 10 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Subjects

People

Bender, Thomas (Role: Speaker); Beard, Charles H.

Related materials

Reel 3 of 4 from this event. Reels from this event are in Box 75, folders 4-7.

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Tom Bender - On Charles Beard IV, 22-Jan-82, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 11 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Subjects

People

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels Approx. 90 minutes

Scope and Contents

Part of the 1982 Gallatin Lectures "New American Music Series," composer Philip Glass discusses theater and his work and music in theater. Glass plays and discusses some of his works. Introduced by Richard Sennett.

Subjects

People

Glass, Philip (Role: Speaker); Sennett, Richard, 1943- (Role: Speaker)

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James Lecture: "Jorge Luis Borges in Conversation" I, 29-Sept-1982, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 18 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Conversation between Jorge Luis Borges,Louisa Valenzuela (distinguished Argentinian novelist), and Chairman of NYU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese Literature, Alexander Coleman.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

People

Coleman, John Alexander (Role: Speaker); Valenzuela, Luisa, 1938- (Role: Speaker); Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

tape reels

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James Lecture: "Jorge Luis Borges in Conversation" II, 29-Sept-1982, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 107, Item: 19 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Conversation between, Jorge Luis Borges,Louisa Valenzuela (distinguished Argentinian novelist), and Chairman of NYU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese Literature, Alexander Coleman.

Subjects

Genres

Audiotapes.

People

Coleman, John Alexander (Role: Speaker); Valenzuela, Luisa, 1938- (Role: Speaker); Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 (Role: Speaker)

Topics

tape reels

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 2:19

Nadine Gordimer Humanities Lecture, 14-Oct-1982, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 01:05:24

Scope and Contents

Nadine Gordimer lectures. She is introduced by Edmund White.

Subjects

People

White, Edmund, 1940- (Role: Speaker); Gordimer, Nadine (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 6:56

Economic Rights. A Lecture by Amartya Sen, 15-Nov-1982, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

This lecture on Economic Rights was conducted by Amartya Sen on November 15, 1982.

Subjects

People

Sen, Amartya, 1933- (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 6:57 and ACCESS 6:58

Sir Edmund Leach, 25-Feb-83, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 12 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Subjects

People

Leach, Edmund Ronald (Role: Speaker)

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:12

Italo Calvino I, 30-Mar-83, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 14 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 32:04

Scope and Contents

Italo Calvino discusses writing. (First tape of two from this event)

Subjects

People

Calvino, Italo (Role: Speaker)

Related materials

Tape 1 of 2 from this event. Tapes from this event are in Box 75, folders 16 & 17.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:14

Italo Calvino II, 30-Mar-83, inclusive

Box: 75, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 13 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels 17:11

Scope and Contents

Italo Calvino discusses writing (second tape of two from this event.).

Subjects

Subjects

People

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995 (Role: Speaker); Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 (Role: Speaker); Niebuhr, Ursula (Role: Speaker); McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018 (Role: Speaker); Mendelson, Edward (Role: Speaker)

Related materials

Tape 1 of 3 from this event. Tapes for this event are in Box 75, Folders 24-26.

Access copy

Access copy available on 2 CDs: ACCESS 7:15 & ACCESS 7:16

Auden Festival: Symposium on "Auden's Legacy" II, 20-Oct-83, inclusive

Box: 76, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 17 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Participants include Christopher Isherwood, J.D. McClatchy, Dr. Ursula Niebuhr, Sir Stephen Spender, and Edward Mendleson as moderator.

Subjects

People

Mendelson, Edward (Role: Speaker); Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995 (Role: Speaker); McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018 (Role: Speaker); Niebuhr, Ursula (Role: Speaker); Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 (Role: Speaker)

Related materials

Tape 2 of 3 from this event.Tapes for this event are in Box 75, Folders 24-26.

Access copy

Access copy available on CD: ACCESS 7:17

Auden Festival: Symposium on "Auden's Legacy" III, 20-Oct-83, inclusive

Box: 76, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared University Archives 110, Item: 18 (Material Type: Audio)

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

1 sound tape reels

Scope and Contents

Participants include Christopher Isherwood, J.D. McClatchy, Dr. Ursula Niebuhr, Sir Stephen Spender, and Edward Mendelson as moderator.

Extent

76 videocassettes (vhs)

Art and Optics, December 1, 2001

Box: 77, VHS: Tape 1, 37-4.0077, 37-4.0078, 37-4.0079, 37-4.0080 (Material Type: video)

Box: 77, VHS: Tape 2, 37-4.0081, 37-4.0082, 37-4.0083, 37-4.0084 (Material Type: video)

Box: 77, VHS: Tape 3, 37-4.0085, 37-4.0086, 37-4.0087, 37-4.0088 (Material Type: video)

Box: 77, VHS: Tape 4, 37-4.0089, 37-4.0090, 37-4.0091, 37-4.0092 (Material Type: video)

6 copies of the same recording.

Videoconference between NYU's Institute for the Humanities and Open Society Institute, February 2, 2000

Box: 77, VHS: 37-4.0154 (Material Type: video)

Light Shadow Therapy Institute: Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid, William McClelland, Undated, inclusive

Box: 77, VHS: 37-4.0155 (Material Type: video)