Wastelands and Wilderness. The central component of Peter Galison's work involves the exploration of twentieth century microphysics (atomic, nuclear, and particle physics). In particular, he examines physics as a closely interconnected set of scientific subcultures: experimenters, instrument makers, and theorists. In this talk he discusses the s...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Galison, Peter
Created:
2009-01-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
River as Place. Part of a symposium entitled The Once and Future River: Imagining the Mississippi in an Era of Climate Change. Richard Mizelle, History, University of Houston: Mississippi River Blues and the Politics of Mobility. Mona Smith, Dakota media artist, Allies: media/art and Healing Place Collaborative: It's All Relative. Shanai Matteso...
River as Frame. Part of a symposium entitled The Once and Future River: Imagining the Mississippi in an Era of Climate Change. Jennifer Browning, Bluestem Communications: One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi: The River as a Connector of Cultures, Histories and Values. Christopher Morris, History, University of Texas-Arlington: Spe...
Imagining the River: The Mississippi Gorge -- Roundtable Discussion. Tucked below the street level and parkways in south Minneapolis and the Highland neighborhood of St. Paul, the Mississippi River Gorge is, literally, often overlooked. Located between the Minnesota/Mississippi River confluence and the Falls of St. Anthony, this reach of the riv...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Baeumler, Christine; Lenhart, Chris; Nunnally, Pat; Vreeland, Scott
Created:
2009-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Mississippi as Earthquake Country: How the surprising history of past disasters can shape future planning. Keynote to a symposium entitled The Once and Future River: Imagining the Mississippi in an Era of Climate Change. Conevery Valencius, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Boston, author of The Lost History of the ...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Valencius, Conevery
Created:
2015-04-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Mississippi as Earthquake Country: How the surprising history of past disasters can shape future planning. Keynote to a symposium entitled The Once and Future River: Imagining the Mississippi in an Era of Climate Change. Conevery Valencius, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Boston, author of The Lost History of the ...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Valencius, Conevery
Created:
2015-04-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Logic and Legacy of American Punitiveness. Recent scholarship from the colonial period to the twenty-first century reveals the archival truths of America's enduring punishment logic, often framed in stark contrast to the nation as a shining beacon of freedom and democracy. This talk will highlight this version of American exceptionalism base...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Muhammad, Khalil Gibran
Created:
2016-12-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rethinking 1633: Writing the Life of Galileo after the Trial. In 1633, astronomer and mathematician Galileo was put on trial by the Church for his heliocentric views. In this presentation, historian Paula Findlen discusses how 17th century biographers and Catholic scholars grappled with the controversy of Galileo's trial in their attempts to wri...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Findlen, Paula
Created:
2010-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rethinking 1633: Writing the Life of Galileo after the Trial. In 1633, astronomer and mathematician Galileo was put on trial by the Church for his heliocentric views. In this presentation, historian Paula Findlen discusses how 17th century biographers and Catholic scholars grappled with the controversy of Galileo's trial in their attempts to wri...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Findlen, Paula
Created:
2010-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America. What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community's and a state's identity for decades. In...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Krueger, David
Created:
2015-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Internet, the Public Intellectual and the 'War on Terror'. Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. The internet has opened up new ways for intellectuals to interact with the ...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Cole, Juan
Created:
2007-04-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Future of History: Would You Like Fries with That?. Steve Elliott is Director of the Minnesota Historical Society. Prior to his Minnesota appointment, Elliott was the head of the New York State Historical Association from 2005-2011.
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Elliot, Steve
Created:
2015-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Future of History: Would You Like Fries with That?. Steve Elliott is Director of the Minnesota Historical Society. Prior to his Minnesota appointment, Elliott was the head of the New York State Historical Association from 2005-2011.
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Elliot, Steve
Created:
2015-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Evolution of River Transport: Watercraft and Migration; Portage and Canals. Human migrations and exchanges on every continent have long relied on inland waterways—rivers and lakes. This presentation narrates the exploitation of inland waterways through the various types of watercraft, their social purposes, and the portages and canals that...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Manning, Patrick
Created:
2015-06-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Florida Everglades: an Entangled Landscape. Laura Ogden discusses her research with alligator hunters in the Florida Everglades, in which she maps the entanglement between the natural and human worlds of bodies, geographies, biota and mythologies. Cultural Anthropologist Laura Ogden guides a rich historical and cultural exploration of the Fl...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Ogden, Laura
Created:
2010-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Florida Everglades: an Entangled Landscape. Laura Ogden discusses her research with alligator hunters in the Florida Everglades, in which she maps the entanglement between the natural and human worlds of bodies, geographies, biota and mythologies. Cultural Anthropologist Laura Ogden guides a rich historical and cultural exploration of the Fl...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Ogden, Laura
Created:
2010-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover: University of Minnesota Veteran Activists Reflect on Black Bodies in Resistance. This roundtable discussion will be one of several events leading up to the fortieth anniversary of the peaceful protest efforts that forced the University to establish a Black Studies unit on campus. The panelists will examine several...
