Arts & Humanities

  • A man with a beard and glasses wearing a turban, standing with folded arms in front of a large tree. Manvir Singh is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UC Davis.

    Manvir Singh - UC Davis

    Shamanism, Psychedelics, and Our Shared Humanity

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  • Black and white professional portrait of a smiling man wearing a suit and patterned tie. Grant Cornwell is a Professor of Philosophy and the 15th President of Rollins College.

    Grant Cornwell - Rollins College

    The Need for Liberal Arts Education and Freedom of Inquiry in American Universities

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  • A black and white photo of a man smiling, wearing a jacket, with a body of water and a cloudy sky in the background. Darren Zook is a Professor of Political Science and International Studies at UC Berkeley.

    Darren Zook - UC Berkeley

    From India to North Korea - The Academic Traveler's Guide to Trust, Identity and Dialogue Across Cultures

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  • Black and white portrait of a smiling older man with a bald head, wearing a button-up shirt, standing in front of a wooden wall. David Riemer is a lecturer for Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

    David Riemer - UC Berkeley Haas

    Transforming Business, Brands, and Creativity Through Storytelling

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  • A black and white portrait of a man with a beard and mustache, wearing a button-up shirt, standing against a plain background. Adam Zientek is an Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis.

    Adam Zientek - UC Davis

    Wine, War, and Mutiny – The French Army’s Drinking Culture in WWI

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  • A smiling man in a suit with blurred foliage in the background. Lerone Martin is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Chair and Director of the MLK Research and Education Institute at Stanford

    Lerone Martin - Stanford University

    How J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI Used White Christian Nationalism to Undermine Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • A woman with glasses and long dark hair, wearing a striped shirt. Jodie Sun is a Senior Lecturer in Modern African and Global History at Fudan University and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for African Studies.

    Jodie Sun - Fudan University

    From Mao to Xi - The Evolution of China’s Influence in Africa

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  • Black and white photo of a man smiling, wearing glasses, a flat cap, a zipped sweater, and a collared shirt with small dots, standing against a plain background. Jesse Gates is a Post-Doc at Nankai University studying Linguistics.

    Jesse Gates - Nankai University

    Linguistics, Cultural Understandings & the Stau Language

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  • A black and white photo of a middle-aged man with short, spiky hair, wearing a collared shirt, smiling slightly, indoors with a blurred background. Herman Cappelen is a Professor and the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong.

    Herman Cappelen - University of Hong Kong

    Philosophy, Conceptual Engineering & Artificial Intelligence

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  • A black and white portrait of a man standing against a plain background. Andrew Bailey is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale College in the National University of Singapore.

    Andrew Bailey - Yale NUS

    Resistance Money, Bitcoin & Environmental Impact of Cryptocurrency Mining

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  • Black and White Image of Peter Sahlin

    Peter Sahlins - UC Berkeley

    French History, National Identity & Animal Symbolism

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  • A woman dressed in traditional Indonesian batik fabric. Dewi Cahya Ambarwati is a Professor of Arts and Cultural Management in the Department of Languages at Gadja Mada University in Indonesia.

    Dewi Cahya Ambarwati - Gadja Mada University

    Indonesian Culture & Traditional Performance Arts

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  • Black and White image of Michael Yonan

    Michael Yonan - UC Davis

    Rococo & the Vital Role of Art History Today

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  • A smiling man sitting in a chair in front of a handwritten sign that says "Resist!" in the background. Flagg Miller is the Chair of and Professor in the Religious Studies department at UC Davis, focusing primarily on the Middle East and South Asia.

    Flagg Miller - UC Davis

    Exploring Islam's History, Cultural Impact, and the Yemeni Civil War

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  • Black and white photo of a man standing in front of a textured wall and some electronic equipment, including a vintage television and a speaker. Jesse Drew is a video-maker, multimedia artist and professor of Cinema and Digital Media at UC Davis.

    Jesse Drew - UC Davis

    Technoculture, Electronics and Our Relationship with Digital Media

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  • A woman with long dark hair smiling against a plain wall background. Tina Rulli is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy department at UC Davis. She works in normative and applied ethics, and bioethics, with a focus on reproductive ethics.

    Tina Rulli - UC Davis

    Moral Duty to Adopt, Race & Genetics, & Pro-Life Anti Vaxxers

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  • Black and white portrait of a man with short hair, wearing a collared shirt under a sweater, standing against a plain wall. Simon Sadler is the Chair of the Design Department at UC Davis.

    Simon Sadler - UC Davis

    Accumulation of the Artificial & the Dance of Life

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