Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts recordings, 1999-2006
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Lecturers represented in this collection include Svetlana Alpers (art history), Elaine Scarry (human rights and the humanities), Lynn Hunt (the novel and human rights), Hazel V. Carby (racializing subjects in post-World War II Britain), Wendy Doniger (self-imitation in ancient India, Shakespeare and Hollywood), Merce Cunningham (in conversation with John Rockwell, dance critic for the NY Times), and Douglas R. Hofstadter (analogy as the core of cognition).
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 3.25 |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1999 - 2006 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Stanford Humanities Center |
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Subjects
| Subject | Alpers, Svetlana |
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| Subject | Carby, Hazel V |
| Subject | Cunningham, Merce |
| Subject | Doniger, Wendy |
| Subject | Hofstadter, Douglas R, 1945- |
| Subject | Hunt, Lynn, 1945- |
| Subject | Rockwell, John |
| Subject | Scarry, Elaine |
| Genre | Video recordings |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Administrative transfer, 2006. |
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| Biographical/Historical | The Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts brings the most distinguished scholars, artists, and critics of our time to the Stanford University campus for lectures, seminars, panel discussions, and a variety of related interactions with faculty, students, and the community at large. |
| Location |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/pj361gw9930 |
| Location | Finding aid |
| Location | Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 |
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts Recordings (SC1103). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.