ArtsSciences

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Afterschool
Filmspotting hosts & cinephiles and Graham School instructors Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson culminate their Cannes Golden Palm Marathon with an exclusive screening of the 2009 Un Certain Regard selection, Afterschool, written and directed by Antonio Campos. Chicago Public Radio Presents…Cannes Comes to Chicago.
Jane Austen's House
Jane Austen's House Museum is celebrating the 200th year anniversary of Jane living in Chawton. The final stages of the redevelopment project are almost complete ready for the reopening in July 2009.
Franz Kafka Intl Airport
Prague’s Franz Kafka International named most alienating airport in the world.
At the Movies
Michael Phillips, co-host of At the Movies
Monty Python - Philosophers' World Cup
Hilarious.
Allan Bloom gives his ''Thoughts on Machiavelli'' 1
In this series of lecture segments, if one has the patience and the time - and reads Machiavelli's text along with Bloom here - one will learn what it means to read a genuine masterpiece of politic...
University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies Berlin Tour
Join the University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies on a tour of Berlin, tracing the cultural and literary transformations of this great city. Tour dates are from April 25--May 1 2010; ...
Allan Bloom on Plato's Apology of Socrates 2
This is part 2 of 18 segments to be placed on YouTube.
Allan Bloom on Plato's Apology of Socrates 1
This is a lecture on the portico to the Platonic corpus. It is also partly a discussion with several very informed professors from Harvard and Boston College who participated in this series, for wh...
Salman Rushdie - Machiavelli's Bad Rap
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A...

Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie discusses Niccolo Machiavelli, arguing that the infamous Italian political philosopher does not deserve the ...