World Affairs: Colgate Conversations (Video-Large)

President Jeffrey Herbst speaks with Michael Watts, a professor at University of California, Berkeley, is an expert on the politics of oil in the Niger Delta.

A conversation between Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst and Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith, and founder of the Interfaith Youth Core.

President Jeffrey Herbst talks with Carolyn R. Nordstrom, professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame.

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst speaks with William Twaddell, who served as ambassador to Nigeria during the Clinton administration, about African politics and statehood.

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst speaks with Daniel Mendelsohn, professor, cultural critic, and author of the acclaimed memoir The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million.

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst speaks with Sydney Schanberg, one of America’s most-respected and best-known war correspondents.

Colgate University President Jeffrey Herbst speaks with Toyin Falola, authority on the history, culture, and economics of sub-Saharan Africa.

Scott Straus talks about his book -- The Order of Genocide, Race, Power, and War in Rwanda -- and about genocides throughout history.

Africanist Greg Mills discusses statehood and impediments to economic development in Africa, and the war in Afghanistan.

Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah about his book Cosmopolitanism, and the ethics of identity.

Digital media expert Glenn Platt about "the inverted classroom" and ways technology can enhance teaching and learning.

Professor and author Jonathan Laurence talks about the integration of Muslims into politics and society around the world.

Jane Kozinski '82 discusses climate-change policy in the U.S. and Britain, and prospects for the 2010 Climate Change Summit in Cancun.