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Paul V. Turner, Wattis Professor Art, Emeritus, at Stanford University, interviewed by Jessica Holahan about Professor Turner’s new book, Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco, which delves into the entirety of Wright’s built and unbuilt projects in California’s Bay Area.
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Description: YJIA sat down with former Governor of Vermont and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Howard Dean to discuss the US election. With just over two weeks to go, Governor Dean reflects on this explosive campaign and explains why the Democrats cannot be complacent. Governor Dean explains the huge challenges that this election has to revealed to both parties and the media. Whatever the result, he believes this election will be transformative.
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The long-held belief that the Declaration of Independence calls for a small government may not be an accurate assessment. Historian Steve Pincus discusses the meaning of this seminal document as well as its continuing influence in modern politics and American life.
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Many voters in the United Kingdom are having second thoughts about leaving the European Union, and not simply because of the plummeting value of currency or stock markets. The referendum’s outcome instantly transformed the UK’s reputation, from being open to trade and diversity to being isolated and insecure. The message contained in the decision to leave the European Union resonates with a lot of people in other countries, explains Farok Contractor, a professor at Rutgers Business School and expert in foreign direct investment, adding that the vote highlighted growing worldwide anxiety over the impact of globalization.
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Whether locating wire snares in Africa or dyer’s woad in the western United States, dogs are helping conservationists monitor wildlife and eradicate invasive species. In this podcast, Megan Parker, executive director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, visits with invasion biologist and Yale postdoc Sara Kuebbing about the organization, the dogs, and the dog/handler team’s key projects.
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The world’s most troublesome borders for illegal migration have one thing in common, more older people on one side than the other. Large gaps in the median age on either side show a difference of 19 years for Northern Africa and Southern Europe, and 11 years for the United States and Central America. Age differences between sending and receiving nations are a powerful force exerting migratory pressures on borders, argues Joseph Chamie, a demographer and former director of the UN Population Division.
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Rutgers professor Joan Marter discusses the recently-published book she edited: Women of Abstract Expressionism, which delves into the lives and artwork of dozens of women artists in America in the 1940s and 1950s who painted in the style that would come to be known as Abstract Expressionism.
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Psychiatrist Joel Dimsdale discusses the pathology of Nazi war criminals
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YaleGlobal: Turkey No Longer a Democratic Model for the Middle East – Ambitions of Turkey’s President Erdogan are damaging the nation’s standing with regional and international partners.
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YaleGlobal article “Of Two Minds on China” by Terry Lautz – One side of China pursues openness and reforms; another side insists that unity and stability are paramount.