Conversation with Geir Lundestad: The Nobel Prize and International Relations

This interview is part of the Institute’s “Conversations with History” series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley’s distinction as a global forum for ideas.

 

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Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest is Geir Lundestad, who has been Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1990. He is also adjunct professor of international history at the University of Oslo. He has written extensively on international politics and U.S. - European relations.

Conversations with Michael Hardt: Empire

This interview is part of the Institute’s “Conversations with History” series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley’s distinction as a global forum for ideas.

 

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Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today is Michael Hardt, who is a Professor or Literature at Duke University. He is the author, with Antonio Negri, of Empire.

Conversation with John L. Esposito: Islam and the West

This interview is part of the Institute’s “Conversations with History” series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley’s distinction as a global forum for ideas.

 

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Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today is John L. Esposito, who is University Professor of Religion and International Affairs, and Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. A past president of the Middle East Studies Association, he is editor-in-chief of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, editor of the Oxford History of Islam, and the author of numerous books, including Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality, and most recently, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam.

Conversation with Amy Chua: The Myths of Globalization Markets, Democracy & Ethnic Hatred

This interview is part of the Institute’s “Conversations with History” series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley’s distinction as a global forum for ideas.

 

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Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today is Amy Chua, who is a Professor of Law at Yale University and the author, most recently, of World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability.