Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"

A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on 21 January 2016.

Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses whether humanities are important in a time when they are most pervasive in society, and when there seems to be a shrinking of public support for them.

Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.

Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (Strand Releasing, 1994), Old Joy (Kino International, 2006), Wendy and Lucy (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008), Meek’s Cutoff (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010) and Night Moves (Cinedigm, 2013); and the short narrative Ode (1999). Kelly has taught at School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York University and is currently an artist-in-residence at Bard College.

The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).

Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Islamism

Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies

Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing

Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow

Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey