Video & Audio

In this lecture, Michael J. Abramowitz discusses why protecting democracy and combating authoritarianism must be a shared responsibility.

Lawrence Douglas offers a synthetic understanding of law’s response to the worst human rights violations.

Lauren Benton traces the history of representations of “endless war” to patterns of violence in European empires, arguing that various kinds of chronic violence were structural features of the age of empire.

Sir Ronald Cohen discusses the leadership potential of Germany's corporate sector -- and his vision for its future.

Olafur Eliasson discusses some of his prominent and lesser-known artworks.

In this talk, Kimmelman discusses his hopes to enlist a wide public, across political, social, and geographic spectrums, to help to define progress, how we measure and make it, and to imagine, collectively, a future we can hope to build.

Christopher Gibbs discusses how music programs were curated in Germany and Austria during the so-called long nineteenth century.

A panel of experts convenes to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks into the battle.

Lauren Benton investigates the legal foundations of violence in European empires and how they help us understand aspects of the "war on terror."

Javiera Barandiarán examines past and current debates about lithium and its extraction in North and South America.