UMedia

start over

Description:: Jack Zipes, Professor of German, talks to Peter Shea about his experiences living in Germany. He discusses his how these experiences shaped the way he views and understands the United States, as well as his Jewish heritage. Zipes talks about his varied interests in literature and language, and how these passions have converged throughout his aca...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Zipes, Jack
Created:: 2014-02-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Rhoda Gilman, retired historian, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her parents on her personal convictions, her work in social justice and human rights, and role as an activist for women historians. She also discuesses the surprises she's come across throughout her career, most of which stem from her research of Buddhism. She talks abou...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Gilman, Rhoda
Created:: 2014-02-24
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Chris Citron talks to Peter Shea about The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction, at the Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus College, a retrospective exhibit of artwork by her grandmother, leading abstract expressionist Minna Citron. She talks about her involvement with Minna Citron's art, growing up in an artistic milieu and acting as he...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Citron, Chris
Created:: 2014-02-18
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Joe Amato, author and teacher, talks to Peter Shea about how his interest in history and culture developed, his experiences in Europe and Canada, and his research on the decline of regions. He discusses how his family and his upbringing affected his career and life. He also reads from a poem titled "A Trip to a Detroit Cemetary." He also discuss...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Amato, Joe
Created:: 2014-02-14
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Susan Hawthorne talks to Peter Shea about ADHD. She begins by describing her (late) coming to philosophy,
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hawthorne, Susan
Created:: 2014-02-07
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tim Hoogland, historian, talks to Peter Shea about his work as the coordinator of History Day. He discusses the challenges involved with students learning about history, lack of teacher resources, and the role of the Minnesota Historical Society in solving these conflicts. He talks about how History Day is used as a vechicle for underprivileged ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hoogland, Tim
Created:: 2014-02-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Danny Robinson Clark talks to Peter Shea about his wife, Mattie. He recalls memories of her: their childhood experiences in Mississippi, her personality and determination, her family and upbringing, her love of reading, and her labor in cotton fields. He remembers her exposure to the "southern argot" and recalls her gifted storytelling, beginnin...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Clark, Danny Robinson
Created:: 2014-01-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Jeremy Iggers, journalist and executive director of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, talks to Peter Shea about his career in journalism, as well as his transition from the Star Tribune to the non-profit sector. He discusses the shortfalls of today's journalism, and the mission of the Twin Cities Daily Planet to bring light to underreported storie...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Iggers, Jeremy
Created:: 2014-01-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Elizabeth Erickson and Patricia Olson, directors of the Women's Art Institute, discuss their reasons for founding the Insitute in 1999 at MCAD, recalling an atmosphere increasingly hostile towards women students after the women's movements of the 60s-70s and their belief in the same-sex classroom as an environment where women students' "perceptu...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Erickson, Elizabeth; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2014-01-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Created:: 2014
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Page Count:: 39
Last Updated:: 2018-07-24