President Bush handed out the National Medals of the Arts and Humanities at the White House on Monday. The annual awards recognize outstanding contributions to art, music, theater, writing and history. VOA's Deborah Block has more.
The School of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg hosts an annual Arts and Literature Experience where the talents of staff students and alumni are showcased. The 2009 event will take place from the 6th of the 9th of May. For more details visit the Humanities website www.wits.ac.za.human ities from early next year
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In this panel on The Future of Radical Scholarship, participants explore meaningful and systematic ways to guide teaching, research, and archive-building that recuperates the radical tradition. Series: Voices [3/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9300]
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Very powerful and outstanding lecture, by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Islam and the West)
Hamza Yusuf Hanson is an Islamic scholar who teaches at the Zaytuna Institute in California, U.S.. He is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding
This is a video project I did for a Humanities class in college. The teacher suggested to bring candy during presentations, so I made a model of Stonehenge out Starburst and then made a video with plastic firemen and stacks of Starburst about how Stonehenge was likely built.
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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is widely recognized for his ability to join economics and philosophy, reflected in his work through ethics and a sense of common humanity. In this Hitchcock Lecture from UC Berkeley he explores the violence of illusion. Series: UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures [5/2005] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9459]
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http://mihanyar.blog spot.com/ A path through Center of Iran to city of Yazd , also Chak Chak where History of Zoroastrians weaving Goodness and Humanity that bonds Earth.
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On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler is joined by linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky to discuss activism, anarchism and the role the United States plays in the world today. Series: "Conversations with History" [6/2002] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 6568]
