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Holocaust History: Eyewitness Testimonies & Personal Stories
by Henry Greenspan
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s oral history collection is one of the largest and most diverse resources for Holocaust testimonies in the world.
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Napoleon: Man of the World
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Digital Download
Part of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders.
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Handel As Orpheus
by Ellen Harris
Available on: Online Video
MIT Professor of Music Ellen Harris discusses Handel's chamber cantatas written from 1706-23, from a social point of view, exposing the exclusive and secret homosexual society in which they were created.
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English Historical Tales - The Taking of Pontefract Castle
by Professor Charles Morris
Available on: Digital Download
A story of the taking and retaking of Pontefract Castle, the last castle to be briefly held by King James' men and then retaken by Cromwell's army...
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England: An Elegy
by Roger Scruton
Available on: Online Audio | Online Video
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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Holocaust History: Memory, Representation & Meaning
by John Roth
Available on: Digital Download
In the years immediately following World War II, writers and artists began to confront the daunting task of describing the seemingly indescribable world of the ghettos and concentration camps.
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The Renaissance Perfected
by D. Medina Lasansky
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Medina Lasansky is an assistant professor of the history of architecture and urbanism at Cornell University.
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Magna Carta
by Anonymous
Available on: Digital Download
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content.
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Eulogy for Princess Diana
by Earl Spencer
Available on: Digital Download
"We are all united not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana but rather in our need to do so."
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From October to Brest-Litovsk
by Leon D. Trotsky
Available on: Digital Download
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk treaty with Germany on 3rd March 1918 which took Russia out of the First World War.
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Genocide in International Law
by Diane Orentlicher
Available on: Digital Download
The law is one way to seek justice after genocide. After World War II, both international and domestic courts conducted trials of accused war criminals.
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Genocide: History and Concept
by Yehuda Bauer
Available on: Digital Download
The term "genocide" did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group.
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Tina Brown & Lesley Stahl: Live From B&N
by Tina Brown
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
In our live webcast from the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York, Tina Brown joined Lesley Stahl for a conversation about her buzzed-about book, The Diana Chronicles.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Legacy
by Martin Doblmeier
Available on: Digital Download
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose life spanned the rise and fall of Hitler's Germany, offers us a model of personal morality and conscience in the most troubled and immoral of times.
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Authors & Presenters: Holocaust
by Omer Bartov
Available on: Digital Download
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - and its research wing, the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies - holds lectures, symposia, and other events for the benefit of visiting and local scholars, faculty members from the Washington area, Museum staff, and the public about the latest research in the field of Holocaust studies.
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Authors & Presenters: Genocide
by Alex de Waal
Available on: Digital Download
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - and its Committee on Conscience - regularly hosts presentations related to the prevention and punishment of genocide.
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Mission & Values: Let's Talk About Vincent de Paul
Available on: Digital Download
This weekly series is designed to provide members of the university community with insights into Vincentian history, mission and spirituality.
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Authors@Google: Simon Schama
by Simon Schama
Available on: Online Video
Simon Schama discusses hos book, "Rough Crossings," at Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters. This event took place on April 14, 2006, as part of the Authors@Google series.
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Prosperity and Plunder
by Derek Beales
Available on: Online Video
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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