1810 ~ 1910 ~ 2010 Mexico's Unfinished Revolutions
Session V: 1810, 1910, and the Idea of Mexico
Moderated by Estelle Tarica, UC Berkeley
Erika Pani, Colegio de Mexico, The Weight of the Past: History and the Invention of Mexican Identity
Claudio Lomnitz, Columbia University, The Partido Liberal Mexicano and the Idea of Mexico
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This panel of climate scientists describes the state of scientific knowledge regarding changes in the global climate system, the role of humans in causing these changes, and the likely impacts on earth's ecosystems. Panelists include:Inez Fung, University of California at Berkeley and LBNL; John Harte, University of California at Berkeley; Xiangming Xiao, University of New Hampshire. The China-U.S. Climate Change Forum was organized by the Berkeley China Initiative, which is forging closer ties between U.C. Berkeley and China by bringing together key experts on important international and bilateral issues. Growing concern over climate change makes this topic an obvious choice for the first of this...
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Berkeley political scientist Ron E. Hassner for a discussion of his book, War on Sacred Grounds. Hassner discusses the challenges facing international relations scholars and policy makers as they address political conflict in which religion plays a central role. He emphasizes understanding religion on its own terms in order to move toward rationally addressing the religious processes at work in conflict situations. Hassner defines the essential features of sacred places and describes the factors making holy places so contentious an issue in many parts of the world. He then focuses on two case studies where political leaders worked with religious leaders to resolve conflict: the Israeli solution for access to the Temple Mount after the 1967 War and the Saudi solution to the seizure of Mecca by radical extremists in 1979. Hassner concludes with advice for students as they prepare for a future world in which religious conflict will be a continuing reality.
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"Communication as a Tool for European Democracy"
Margot Wallström, Vice President of the European Commission
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Margot Wallstrom, Vice President of the European Commission, for a discussion of the European Union's communication strategy. Reflecting on her experiences in Swedish
politics and in the private sector, she discusses the ways that the communications revolution can enhance European democracy.
Recorded September 30, 2008
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