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
China and the World
Craig Calhoun; President, Social Science Research Council: "Social Science and the Public Good," 05/7/09
Anson Chan; Chief Secretary of Hong Kong: "Shaping Hong Kong's Future," 1/27/97
Amy Chua; Professor of Law, Yale University; Author of World on Fire: "The
Myths of Globalization: Markets, Democracy, and Ethnic Hatred," 1/22/04; "The
Moment of Empire," 11/16/07
(2004) (2007)
Mark Leonard;
Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations: "What Does China Think?" 5/12/08
Christopher Patten; The Last Governor-General
of Hong Kong: "Ideas,
Political Leadership, and the Lessons of Hong Kong," 4/8/99
John
Pomfret; Foreign Correspondent, Washington Post: "The
Emergence of the New China," 2/8/07
Ruan Zongze; Vice President, Chinese Institute of International
Studies, Beijing: "China, the
United States, and World Order," 9/23/03
Robert A. Scalapino; Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, and Founding Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley: "Reflections on a Life as Scholar, Teacher, and Policy Advisor," 4/21/08
Susan Shirk; Professor at the School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD; and China specialist: "China
and the United States," 11/8/01 and "Domestic
Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.," 6/28/07
(2001) (2007)
Wei Jingsheng; Human Rights Activist: "The
Political Education of a Chinese Dissident," 11/18/98
Martin Wolf;
Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times: "The Causes and Consequences of the Economic Collapse," 02/19/09
Zhou Xingbao; Secretary General for the Chinese
National Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in Asia: "Culture,
Globalization, and U.S.-China Relations," 9/24/03
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