Maclean House Lectures Archive

The Maclean House Lecture Series was created in 2004. The success of the Alumni Association's Russian Winterfest and Great Authors on Great Authors lecture series in 2003 and 2004 inspired us to add a themed lecture series to our annual program. We are working to develop topics of interest to a broad, non-specialist audience, and to feature a dynamic mixture of junior and senior faculty.

As part of our effort to make alumni education programming accessible to the widest possible alumni audience, we are videotaping these lectures and making them available online. Lectures that make use of copyrighted material are limited to Princeton University computers or are protected by TigerNet UserID and password to abide by Fair Use regulations.

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Maclean House Lectures 2009: Religion Today

• Tuesday, April 7, 2009
  Religion, Ethics, and Politics Lecture[MP3]
  
  Eric Gregory , Religion
  

• Tuesday, April 14, 2009
  Religion & Business: From Forbidden to Faith-Friendly? [MP3]
  
  
  David Miller, Princeton Faith & Work Initiative
  

• Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  Religion and the Law [MP3]
  
  
  Christopher Eisgruber, Provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values
  
  

• Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  Modern Politics and Ancient Heritages: An Islamicist's Perspective
  
  
  Michael Cook, Near Eastern Studies
  
  
  

Maclean House Lectures 2008: Going Green? The Science and Practice of Conservation and Sustainabilitys
Select faculty members from various departments will talk about cultures, places, species, and habitats that are disappearing in the face of human activity, globalization, and environmental change.  Each faculty member will interpret this theme according to their own background and research interests, which will result in a variety of interesting and provocative perspectives.  

	Technology and Policy for Living in a Greenhouse Robert Socolow, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 56K 350K56K 350K
	The Importance of Carbon Burial in Electricity Generation Michael Celia *83, Civil and Environmental Engineering 56K 350K56K 350K
	Eco-Capitalism and the Power of Worm Poop Dr. William Gillum , TerraCycle, Inc. 56K 350K56K 350K

Maclean House Lectures 2007: Vanishing Treasures
Select faculty members from various departments will talk about cultures, places, species, and habitats that are disappearing in the face of human activity, globalization, and environmental change.  Each faculty member will interpret this theme according to their own background and research interests, which will result in a variety of interesting and provocative perspectives.  

	No Way Home: Why animal migrations are disappearing around the world David Wilcove *85, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs 56K 350K56K 350K
	Global Warming: Irreversible Loss on an Unprecedented Scale Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School 56K 350K56K 350K
	Vanishing Treasures--Business Values and Investment Values John C. Bogle '51, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, The Vanguard Group, Inc. 56K 350K56K 350K
	Cleachd i neo caill i! (Use it or lose it!): Can Gaelic Survive in Modern Scotland? Andrew Gossen ’93, Associate Director for Alumni Education, Office of the Alumni Association 56K 350K56K 350K
	Vanishing Visions: What Ever Happened to the Big City Plan? Sarah Whiting *90, Assistant Professor of Architecture 56K 350K56K 350K

Maclean House Lectures 2006: Turning Points
Select faculty members from the History Department will talk about the events or eras that have played a significant role in shaping the world today. Each faculty member will interpret this theme according to their own background and research interests, which will result in a variety of interesting and provocative perspectives.

	1930: Did it shake things up? Jeremy Adelman, Chair of the Department of History; Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor in Spanish Civilization and Culture 56K 350K56K 350K
	The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire Molly Greene, Associate Professor of History 56K 350K56K 350K
	The Scientific Revolution in Early Modern Europe Michael Mahoney, Associate Chair of the Department of History 56K 350K56K 350K

Maclean House Lectures 2005: The Relationship Between Art and Culture
What can the art and literature of a country tell you about its culture? The speakers in this lecture series will focus on specific art forms and the relationship of those art forms to specific national or local cultures. What do these art forms tell us about the countries in question? Has the relationship between art and culture changed over time?

	Art and Writing in Ancient Mexico John Pohl, Peter Jay Sharp Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas, Art Museum 56K 350K 56K 350K
	Movies and the Middle East L. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs, Emeritus 56K 350K 56K 350K
	Mountains and Water, Shan Shui: What Do We Mean by 'Landscape' in Chinese Landscape Painting? Jerome Silbergeld, P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Professor in Chinese Art. Professor of Art and Archaeology 56K 350K 56K 350K
	From Baghdad to Bengal:Court Paintings of the Medieval Caliphs, Sultans and Rajahs Michael Barry, Lecturer in Near Eastern Studies 56K 350K 56K 350K

Spring 2004: Great Authors on Great Authors

	Geoffrey Chaucer John Fleming *63, Louis W. Fairchild '24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature 56K 350K 56K 350K
	F. Scott Fitzgerald Anne Margaret Daniel *99, Lecturer in English 56K 350K 56K 350K
	William Shakespeare Lawrence Danson, Professor of English 56K 350K 56K 350K
	James Joyce Maria DiBattista, Professor of English and Comparative Literature 56K 350K 56K 350K
	Umberto Eco Vance Smith, Associate Professor of English 56K 350K 56K 350K