UW-Madison Center for the Humanities
University Place lecture series.
Jedediah Purdy discusses different ways to look at and understand landscapes.
Justice, Power and Landscape
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Eric Cline explores the environmental and social events that caused the Bronze Age to end.
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Living in the Extreme in Sierra Leone
Thierry Cruvellier focuses on the history, politics and difficult times in Sierra Leone.
Living in the Extreme in Sierra Leone
Our Declaration: In Defense of Equality
Danielle S. Allen discusses equality as it relates to the Declaration of Independence.
Our Declaration: In Defense of Equality
The Medieval Battlegrounds of the First World War
Carol Symes explores the use of medieval structures as symbols during World War I.
The Medieval Battlegrounds of the First World War
Panel discussion on science fiction featuring author Kim Stanley Robinson.
Imagining Possible Worlds
Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk discusses where he finds ideas for his novels.
