Tag Archives: History
Casting the Internet
“The Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program and Soundings collaborate to present cyberspace pioneer Robert Metcalfe. Inventor of the Ethernet and executive correspondent for InfoWorld Magazine, Metcalfe talks about the history, evolution, and culture of the Internet and the World Wide Web.” … Continue reading
Cussin’, Fightin’ & Rarin’
“For Women’s History Month, historian Stephanie Shaw [NHC Fellow 1995-96] talks […] about her study of gender and slavery in 19th-century America. How did slaves, especially women, resist their oppressors? How successful were they?” [Wayne Pond] 806 – Cussin’, Fightin’ & … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, History
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Black Workers Remember
“During his fellowship year at the National Humanities Center [1995-96], Michael Honey, the author of a prize-winning book on labor and civil rights in the American South, is at work on a new project — an oral history of black … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, History, Human Rights, Humanities
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Warfield Stories
“William Warfield, the distinguished performer and teacher of music and one of the most important contributors to 20th-century African American culture, talks with music historian and critic Mark Tucker [NHC Fellow 1991-92] of Columbia University.” [Wayne Pond] 801 – Warfield … Continue reading
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Home Again
“Novelist Anderson Ferrell reads from and talks about his new book, Home for the Day. Macky Alston discusses Family Name, his documentary film about the search through the complicated history of his white Southern family and its relationship to slavery … Continue reading
Mystery Woman
Patricia Cline Cohen [NHC Fellow 1994-1995] uses the story of the murder of a young prostitute, Helen Jewett, as a lens to view gender, youth, and sexuality in the 19th century United States. Cohen situates issues of gender within the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, History, United States, Victorian
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Learning Online
Part of the series of discussions on the history, culture, and ethics of information technology with the cooperation of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program. 779 – Learning Online
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Tagged Ethics, History, Internet
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The Sixteen Pleasures
Robert Hellenga talks about his first novel, The Sixteen Pleasures, a tale of Renaissance erotica, modern love, family history, and artistic restoration which offers the reader a luxurious feast of pleasures – many, many more than sixteen according to writer … Continue reading
Fire and Light
Mississippi fire-fighter turned novelist, Larry Brown, describes the heat of life and death encounters in his memoir, On Fire. Arthur Zajonc discusses Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind. 739 – Fire and Light
War and Democracy
A discussion of the Nazi occupation of Greece and its impact on that country’s social and economic culture and a reflection on the history of democracy in 20th-century Europe. 720 – War and Democracy