Kristin Hoelsher-Schacker, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her family, her early interest in art and theater, and her choice of fiber as a medium. She discusses her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, and exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the futur...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hoelsher-Schacker, Kristin; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Conevery Valencius is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she writes and teaches about U.S. environmental history, the history of science and medicine, and the American Civil War. Her recent projects have focused on the history of earthquakes and seismology, the history of the environmental sciences, a...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Valencius, Conevery
Created:
2015-04-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rachel Jendrzejewski is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist. She has written, performed, and otherwise collaborated on performance, film, music, and public art works throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jendrzejewski, Rachel
Created:
2014-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ryland Angel describes the beginnings of creating The Call, which began in the 2015 Spring semester at the Institute for Advanced Study. The project is headed up by Ryland Angel, Ann Waltner, and Nels Cline.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Angel, Ryland; Waltner, An
Created:
2015-07-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
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.
Johanna Kandl is an Austrian painter. Her work seeks to expose myths of religiosity, historical constructions, capitalism, to distort them to the point, as it is neatly put, that they become recognisable.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kandl, Johanna
Created:
2014-08-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Thomas Schmidinger, political scientist, social and cultural anthropologist, and scholar of the Middle East, talks to Peter Shea. He recalls his wealthy, conservative Catholic upbringing as it framed his early awareness of racial and social inequity and prompted his interest in the Middle East and the relationships between religion, state, and s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Schmidinger, Thomas
Created:
2014-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Patrick Hamilton, Director of Global Change Initiatives at the Science Museum of Minnesota, develops projects that explore the challenges and opportunities of humanity as the dominant agent of global change.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hamilton, Pat
Created:
2015-06-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Walter Enloe talks to Peter Shea about the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011, and about his experience as an educator and peace activist in Hiroshima and the Twin Cities.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Enloe, Walter
Created:
2011-03-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Burnham Terrell, long-time U of M philosophy professor, talks to Peter Shea, beginning with his current philosophical and non-philosophical projects, such as translating works on Hume from the German and anti-war activism. He talks about his discovery of philosophy in college and the progression from his initial interest in social philosophy to ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Terrell, Dailey Burnham
Created:
2004-06-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Shirley Nelson Garner talks to Peter Shea about aspects of Shakespeare, including the treatment of female characters and the difficulty of attaining self-understanding.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Garner, Shirley Nelson
Created:
2010-03-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
