The Birth of Buddha
Lopez, Donald - University of Michigan
2009-01-28 16:11:34-05:00
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Building 4th Floor Amphitheater
Duration: 00:52:13

Prior to the eighteenth century, the figure that we know today as the Buddha was known to Europeans merely as a pagan idol, called by many names and appearing in many guises across the Orient. By the middle of the nineteenth century, those idols had coalesced into a single figure with a single name, transformed from a stone god into a historical figure, a man of flesh and blood, the founder of a great religion. This extraordinary human would come to be idolized in Europe for his ethical teachings of simple truths that required neither God nor priests. In this lecture Donald Lopez will recount the events that brought about the birth of this Buddha.

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Climate Change Science: Can the Skeptics Ever Be Convinced?
Penner, Joyce E - University of Michigan
2009-02-16 16:11:57-05:00
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Building 4th Floor Amphitheater
Duration: 00:54:10

Distinguished University Professorship lecture.

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How Do You Know that You Know? Making Believe in Mathematics
Bass, Hyman - University of Michigan
2009-03-25 16:14:23-04:00
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Building 4th Floor Amphitheater
Duration: 00:55:57

Distinguished University Professorship lecture.

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Understanding Inequality in China
Xie, Yu - University of Michigan
2009-04-01 16:10:20-04:00
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Building 4th Floor Amphitheater
Duration: 01:19:09

Drawing on past research, Yu proposes that (1) inequality in China has been largely mediated by collective agencies; (2) traditional Chinese political discourse promoted merit-based inequality; and (3) many Chinese today regard inequality as an inevitable consequence of economic development.

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Beauty in Everyday Work
Dutton, Jane - University of Michigan
2009-04-14 16:11:28-04:00
Ann Arbor, MI - University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Building 4th Floor Amphitheater
Duration: 00:57:25

Beauty in Everyday Work: Seeing the Resourcefulness of University Staff Distinguished University Professorship lecture.

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