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 Guest Name: S
Sachs, Albie;
Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa: "Suffering,
Survival, and Transformation," 2/2/98
Sadjadpour,
Karim;
Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "Iran:
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy" 10/8/07
Sands, Philippe;
Professor of International Law, University College London: "The Rumsfeld Memo and the Betrayal of American Values," 11/18/08
Sané,
Pierre; Secretary General, Amnesty International: "Human
Rights Activism," 10/12/98
Scalapino, Robert A.; Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, UC Berkeley: "Reflections on a Life as Scholar, Teacher, and Policy Advisor," 4/21/08
Scales,
Robert H., Jr; Major General, U.S. Army, ret.: "Military
Strategy and the Future of Land Warfare," 3/9/04
Scanlon,
T.M.; Alford
Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity;
Harvard University: "Freedom
of Expression, Tolerance, and Human Rights," 2/20/07
Scheck,
Barry; Professor of Law, Yeshiva University, and Co-Director of
the Innocence Project: "DNA
and the Criminal Justice System," 7/25/03
Scheper-Hughes,
Nancy; Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley: "Studying
the Human Condition: Habits of an Anthropologist," 12/14/99
Scheuer,
Michael; Former Chief of the CIA bin Laden unit: "America
and Islam After Iraq,” 3/12/08
Schori,
Pierre; Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN: "Sweden
and the United Nations," 4/20/04
Schwebel,
Stephen M.; Judge of the International Court of Justice: "Reflections
on a Career in International Law," 1/22/90
Schwenninger,
Sherle R.; New America Foundation: "Grand
Strategy and American Triumphalism," 2/9/04
Scott, Peter
Dale;
Professor Emeritus of English, UC Berkeley: "Wealth,
Empire, and the Future of America," 8/8/07
Scott, Joan Wallach;
Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study: "The Politics of the Veil," 02/26/09
Searle,
John; Mills Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley: "Philosophy
and the Habits of Critical Thinking," 9/22/99
Segev, Tom;
Columnist for Haaretz: "Israeli
National Identity," 4/8/04; and "Israel
and the 1967 War," 3/22/07
video (2004) (2007)
Sen, Amartya; Lamont University Professor, Harvard University and
1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics: "Reflectons
on Theory in the Social Sciences," 3/4/05
Shafik,
Nemat; Vice President, The World Bank: "The
World Bank and Private Sector Development," 11/13/01
Shapiro,
Harold T.; former President of Princeton University and the University
of Michigan: "The Changing
Role of University Presidents," 3/18/03
Shapiro, Lucy; Professor of Cancer Research, Stanford: "A Microbiologist's Intellectual Odyssey," 04/2/09
Sharansky,
Natan; Minister in the Israeli Government: "Science,
Faith, and Survival," 4/16/04
Shattuck,
John; Chief Executive Officer, Kennedy Library Foundation: "Diplomacy
and the Shaping of a Human Rights Agenda," 4/30/97; and "Inching
Forward: Human Rights Policy in the Clinton Administration," 1/13/04
(1997)
(2004)
Sheehan,
Neil; Author, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America
in Vietnam, winner of the Pulitzer Prize: "Remembering
Vietnam," 11/14/88
Shinoda,
Masahiro; film director (with his wife, actress Shima Iwashita): "The
Movie Experience," 2/27/99
Shirk, Susan;
Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
UCSD; and Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California: "China
and the United States," 11/8/01; (2001)
"Domestic
Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.," 6/28/07; video (2007)
"Addressing National Security Challenges in the Post-9/11 World" 6/5/08 (with Herbert York); (2008)
Shubin, Neil;
Field Museum Provost: "Your Inner Fish," 03/19/09
Simon, Laurence;
Professor of International Development, Brandeis University: "Global Poverty, Development, and Social Change," 11/7/08
Sims, Jennifer;
Former Coordinator for Intelligence Resources and Planning, Department
of State: "Intelligence and National
Security in a Democracy," 2/11/02
Simpson,
Alan K.; former U.S. Senator, Wyoming: "Let
'er Rip: Reflections of a Rocky Mountain Senator," 9/17/97
Slezkine,
Yuri; Professor of History, UCB: "The Jewish Century," 07/18/07
Smelser,
Neil; University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and fomer Director
the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behaviorial Sciences, UCB: "Intellectual
Odyssey," 12/6/05
Smith, Harold
Palmer, Jr., Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley: "Thinking
about the 'Unthinkables' in the Post-9/11 World"; 1/26/06
Smith,
Leighton W.; Admiral, U.S. Navy, (Retired): "The
U.S. Role in Peacekeeping Operations," 4/1/97
Smith, Martin;
Documentary Film Producer: "Documentary
Filmmaking," 1/29/03
Soyinka,
Wole; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature: "Writing,
Theater Arts, and Political Activism," 4/16/98
Speth, James
Gustave; Dean of the School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University: "Capitalism,
the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” 04/02/08
Spethmann,
Dieter; former Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Thyssen:,
A.G. "Continuity and
Change in the German Steel Industry," 3/15/02
Stark, Lawrence,
M.D.; Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Optometry, UC Berkeley: "The
Mind's Eye," 8/16/00
Steel, Ronald;
Professor of International Relations, USC: "The
Wilsonian Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy," 3/1/04
Steyn, Mark; Journalist: "America,
Europe, and the Islamic World, " 3/14/07
Stone, Oliver;
Filmmaker: "History and the Movies," 4/17/97
and 6/27/97
Stover,
Eric; Human Rights Activist and writer: "Human
Rights Work," 2/16/99
Summers,
Harry G.; miltary strategist and commentator: "Military
Strategy," 3/6/96
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