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How Animals Work

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 70:51


Dr. Barbara Block, Professor of Marine Biology at Stanford, discusses how animals stay warm in the Antarctic environment. (January 4, 2010)

Tracking Ocean Giants

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 60:42


Dr. Barbara Block, Professor in Marine Sciences at Stanford, discusses her work studying marine biodiversity in Antarctica, focusing on the importance of technological advances in engineering and genetics. (January 3, 2010)

Buddhism: A Religion or a Philosophy? Implications for Leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2009 61:08


While traveling to Southeast Asia, Travel/Study passengers enjoyed many tours of Buddhist holy sites. To help us better understand this religion of the East, Professor Gerald Fry lectures on the interesting duality of Buddhism. (February 11, 2009)

Vietnam, a Country Not a War

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2009 58:01


Professor Gerald Fry helps us remember that this beautiful gem of Southeast Asia has a rich history prior to the Vietnam War. (February 11, 2009)

Southeast Asian Dynamism: Unity and Diversity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2009 55:35


Professor Gerald Fry begins our tour of Vietnam with a lecture encompassing the current and past dynastic cultures of Southeast Asia. (February 11, 2009)

Alexander in Fiction: The Historical Novels of Mary Renault

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 38:36


Lecture by John L'Heureux (November 3, 2007)

Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 34:27


Lecture on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (November 7, 2007)

Egypt’s Hold on the Greek Imagination: Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripedes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 40:13


Lecture on Egypt's Hold on the Greek Imagination by Marsh McCall. Ma(November 5, 2007)

Myth and Modernism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 68:34


John L'Heureux talks about myths and modernism. (November 3, 2007)

Heroes of Homer’s Iliad and the Warrior Code

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 65:16


Heroes of Homer's Iliad and the Warrior Code by Marsh McCall(October 31, 2007)

Alexander in Fact: History and Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 51:49


Alexander in Fact: History and Biography lecture by John L'Heureux. (October 29, 2007)

Alexander’s Predecessors: The Greek World before Macedonian Dominance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2008 51:42


Alexander's Predecessors: The Greek World before Macedonian Dominance lecture by Marsh McCall. (October 28, 2007)

Morocco’s Foreign Policy, from Independence to Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 59:02


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 29, 2007)

Europeans in Morocco: From Ceuta (1415) to the French Colonial Era (1912-56)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 66:46


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 27, 2007)

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes and Medieval Kingdoms of the Sahel

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 63:47


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 22, 2007)

The “Moors” in Europe, 711-1492: The Arab-Berber Impact on Iberian History and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 63:25


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 25, 2007)

The Arab Arrival and the Spread of Islam

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 65:31


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 20, 2007)

Northwest Africa Before Islam: the Influence of Mediterranean Cultures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2007 58:01


Professor Abernethy lectures on Morocco's historic links with the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe during the SAA Travel/Study Morocco Suitcase Seminar. (April 18, 2007)

A Tale of Two States: Development in Kerala and Karnataka

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 68:23


Professor Abernethy lectures on the political geography of Southern India prior to the arrival of Europeans and competition among European powers for access to the region's wealth, culminating in consolidation of British colonial power.

Britain Consolidates its Hold on South Asia, 1757 - 1911

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 57:46


Professor Abernethy lectures on the political geography of Southern India prior to the arrival of Europeans and competition among European powers for access to the region's wealth, culminating in consolidation of British colonial power.

European "Envasions:" Competition for Wealth and Power, 1498 -1757

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 39:37


Professor Abernethy lectures on the political geography of Southern India prior to the arrival of Europeans and competition among European powers for access to the region's wealth, culminating in consolidation of British colonial power.

Trends in Indian Economic Policy and Economic Performance Since Independence

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 61:47


Professor Abernethy lectures on the political geography of Southern India prior to the arrival of Europeans and competition among European powers for access to the region's wealth, culminating in consolidation of British colonial power.

What Is Distinctive About South India?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 23:24


Professor Abernethy lectures on the political geography of Southern India prior to the arrival of Europeans and competition among European powers for access to the region's wealth, culminating in consolidation of British colonial power.

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