Podcast appearances and mentions of harry elam

Harry Elam and Lorne had only met casually before we sat down to record this episode of Change Lab. Interestingly, they had spent much of their early careers as two ships passing in the San Francisco Bay. Harry pursued his PhD in theater at U.C. Berkeley while Lorne earned the same degree at Stanford. They then traded places and Harry became a theater professor at Stanford and Lorne took a faculty position in Berkeley’s Dramatic Art department.  Their mirrored movements continue to this day. With Harry’s recent appointment as president of Occidental College, they now both serve as college presidents for venerable institutions located just a few miles apart in Northeast Los Angeles. This past year, maybe more than any other, has called upon them to draw on skills they developed in the theater. They’ve had to improvise and lean into the unfolding drama, responding to challenges with ‘yes and’ rather than ‘no but.’  Harry has written several books and scores of journal articles on how theater has become a vehicle for social change. He and Lorne discussed how those movements might even serve as a model for progress within the very institutions they both lead. Their conversation shed light on the importance of communal spirit—not unlike that of a theater company—in forging the path ahead.  But, in the end, they were just two theater guys connecting around their shared belief in the power of creativity and education as well as in our conviction that, above all else, the show must go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/comforting-conversations-pt2. In troubling, uncertain times, the arts and humanities are more important than ever. Engaging with works of literature can provide both much needed insight into our current struggles and a sense of perspective in a crisis. In what ways do novels or plays help us come to terms with human suffering? Can fictional narratives about past pandemics shed light on our current situation? And how can storytelling or music help bring us together in isolation? Josh and Ray converse with a range of Stanford faculty members about how philosophy, music, drama, and literature can provide comfort, connection, and a sense of community. • Ge Wang on making music across great distances • Laura Wittman on Alessandro Manzoni's "The Betrothed" • Harry Elam on August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" • Antonia Peacocke on the surprising philosophy of meditation

Harry Elam, a senior administrator and humanities professor at Stanford University, joins hosts Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope to discuss how colleges are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Harry Elam, a senior administrator at Stanford University, joins hosts Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope to discuss how colleges are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally aired on SiriusXM on May 16, 2020.

After receiving a degree in Social Studies from Harvard College, Harry Elam believed his next step after graduation would be attending law school. However, his passion for theatre and the arts lead him to Berkeley, where he pursued a PhD in Dramatic Arts. With an excitement for teaching and writing, he eventually made his way to Stanford, where he now serves as Vice Provost for Undergrad Education and VP of the Arts. Fearless First by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-firstLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Harry Elam provides updates on Stanford's undergraduate experience. He discusses Stanford's new freshman curriculum, classes such as "Thinking Matters," and faculty innovations. (October 5th, 2012)

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Harry Elam discusses the role and value of arts in student life on campus at Stanford. He describes the goal of having the arts be inescapable as part of an undergraduate education. (November 11, 2010)

Harry Elam hosts the September 2010 Book Salon discussion on Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. He brings up many of the books themes, most prominently its commentary on race and how it applies in modern times. (September 2010)

Lecture on Dunbar’s writing for and about children by Michele Elam followed by performance by Stanford students of Dunbar’s poems about and for children directed by Harry Elam and assistant director Jo-Issa Diop. (March 10, 2006)

(March 10, 2006) Lecture on Dunbar’s writing for and about children by Michele Elam followed by performance by Stanford students of Dunbar’s poems about and for children directed by Harry Elam and assistant director Jo-Issa Diop.

Harry Elam introduces On Beauty by Zadie Smith.

English professor emerita Diane Middlebrook interviews Harry Elam, professor of drama, about The Bondwoman's Narrative,by Hannah Crafts, ed. by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.