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"
Interviews by Date: 2009
Interviews are listed in reverse chronological order. Professional titles listed are as of the date of the interview.
Sadjadpour, Karim; Fellow, Carnegie Endowment: "US Policy Toward Iran," 10/2/09
Baer, Robert; author and former CIA operative: "Dealing with Iran," 7/28/09
Basri, Gibor; Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley: "Reaching for the Stars," 6/14/09
Khalilzad, Amb. Zalmay; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003-2005, Iraq 2005-2007, and the United Nations(2007-2008): "Responding to Strategic Challenges Post 9-11," 05/12/09
Mark Danner; Professor of Journalism, UC Berkeley: "The Red Cross Report, Torture Memos and Political Accountability," 05/8/09
Craig Calhoun; President, Social Science Research Council: "Social Science and the Public Good," 05/7/09
Jeremy Waldron; University Professor, New York University School of Law: "Dignity, Human Rights and Torture," 04/23/09
Leslie Gelb; President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations: "Power, Ideas and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century," 04/3/09
Stewart Patrick; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: "Building a Multilateral International Order," 04/3/09
Lucy Shapiro; Professor of Cancer Research, Stanford: "A Microbiologist's Intellectual Odyssey," 04/2/09
Neil Shubin;
Field Museum Provost: "Your Inner Fish," 03/19/09
James Leach;
Former Congressman: "Congress, Leadership and the Economic Collapse," 03/17/09
John Perry;
Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University: "Identity," 03/12/09
J. Clifford Wallace;
Senior Judge, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit: "Judges and the Rule of Law," 03/11/09
Roya Hakakian;
Author: "Identity, Freedom and Revolution," 03/04/09
Jacques Bouchard;
French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA): "Nuclear Power, Proliferation and the Challenges of Global Climate Change," 02/27/09
Joan Wallach Scott;
Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study: "The Politics of the Veil," 02/26/09
Martin Wolf;
Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times: "The Causes and Consequences of the Economic Collapse," 02/19/09
David M. Kennedy;
McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University: "Lessons from FDR's New Deal," 02/03/09
John Harte;
Professor of Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley: "Understanding the Global Environmental Crisis," 01/27/09
Barry Eichengreen;
Economic Historian, UCB: "Historical Perspective on the Global Economic Crisis," 01/22/09
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