Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Oxford University
Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.
Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.
Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 18, 2012 • 1h 15min
Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future.
Joseph Volpe (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies) in conversation with William Conner (former Director of Development for the San Fransisco Opera).
Jun 18, 2012 • 1h 2min
Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century?
Inaugural address by Joseph Volpe, Visiting Professor in Opera Studies. Joseph Volpe is best known for being General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990 to 2006. He spent 42 years working at the Metropolitan Opera in various capacities and was the first head of the Met Opera to advance from within the ranks of the company's management. During his tenure he significantly expanded the Met repertory resulting in more new works than under any other General Manager since the 1930's. In 1998, he instituted an education project for young children to emphasise direct experience with music and opera for students in New York City schools. After leaving the Met, Volpe worked briefly as a consultant to Giuliani Partners and then joined Theatre Projects Consultants, a leading theater design firm in 2008 where he Volpe advises clients on all aspects of a project. Volpe has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He taught a course entitled "Managing in the Performing Arts" at New York University's Stern School of Business and has honorary degrees from, among others, Georgetown University, Fordham University, and Hamilton College. He is the author of The Toughest Show on Earth, My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera (Random House, 2006).
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 56min
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Symposium - Making Space (does the Judaic model make sense in Christianity and Islam?)
Symposium following the lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 17min
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The face of the other - the curious nature of biblical narrative
Third of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 19min
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Truth and translatability
Second of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 4min
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: After Babel - A Jewish theology of interfaith
First of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 17min
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.2) Antony and Cleopatra
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 22min
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.1) Antony and Cleopatra
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
Apr 24, 2012 • 58min
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.2) King Lear - Panel Discussion
Panel discussion following Vanessa Redgrave's first lecture focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
Apr 24, 2012 • 1h 6min
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.1) King Lear
Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the first of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.
