Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
African Voices
Kofi Annan; UN Secretary General: "Leading
the United Nations," 4/19/98
Oronto Douglas; Nigerian Environmental Activist:
"Environmental Justice,"
5/4/01
Shari Eppel; Human Rights Activist:
"Healing Community Trauma: Exhumation
and Ritual in Zimbabwe," 4/24/01
Justice Richard J. Goldstone; former Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia:
"Law and the Search for Justice,"
4/14/97
Alice Karekezi; Human Rights Activist: "Justice
in Rwanda: The Rights of Women," 10/5/99
Interview en français
Ahmed Kathrada; former political prisoner
of Apartheid: "Alongside Nelson Mandela," 11/8/96
Kenneth
D. Kaunda;
First President of Zambia (1964-1991): "Reflections
on Empire, Nationalism, and Globalization," 11/3/06
Julius G. Kiano; Director of the Kenya Broadcast
Corporation and former Kenyan cabinet minister: "Kenyan
Independence: The Early Years," 9/14/89
Norman Myers; environmental scientist: "The
Journey of an Environmental Scientist," 11/11/98
Norman
Myers's Wildlife Photography from Kenya,
from the 1960s
Albie Sachs; Justice, Constitutional Court
of South Africa: "Suffering, Survival,
and Transformation," 2/2/98
Pierre Sané; Secretary General, Amnesty
International: "Human Rights Activism,"
10/12/98
Nemat Shafik; Vice President, The World Bank:
"The World Bank and
Private Sector Development,"
11/13/01
Wole Soyinka; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature:
"Writing, Theater Arts, and
Political Activism," 4/16/98
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba ; Senator, Democratic
Republic of Congo: "Building Democratic
Institutions," 3/17/04
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