4 episodes

Yale Professors talk about their research and studies in world and area studies history.

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    • 3.3 • 68 Ratings

Yale Professors talk about their research and studies in world and area studies history.

    The Rise & Fall of Hyperpowers: Tolerance, Intolerance & Lessons for America

    The Rise & Fall of Hyperpowers: Tolerance, Intolerance & Lessons for America

    Giving her inaugural lecture as the John M. Duff Professor, Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua discusses her work exploring the parallel trends in the historical development of world-dominant empires, highlighting Persia, Rome, Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Mongolian Empire, and the importance tolerance and pluralism played in each establishing a global empire.

    • 2 sec
    Golden Age of Spain: Cross-pollination of Muslim, Jewish and Christian culture in Medieval Spain

    Golden Age of Spain: Cross-pollination of Muslim, Jewish and Christian culture in Medieval Spain

    Golden Age of Spain: Cross-pollination of Muslim, Jewish and Christian culture in Medieval Spain. Recorded May 2, 2006.

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    Empire and Tolerance: The Rise and Fall of World Dominant Powers

    Empire and Tolerance: The Rise and Fall of World Dominant Powers

    Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua gives her inaugural lecture as the John M. Duff Professor. Professor Chua, an expert on international business and globalization, gives a historical overview of world-dominant powers.

    • 2 sec
    The Importance of the Humanities throughout the Middle Ages

    The Importance of the Humanities throughout the Middle Ages

    Bloch talks about the Middle Ages, viewing history through fabric, the importance of the humanities and the expansion from a concentration on the Western Canon to include literature and philosophy of the East.

    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

3.3 out of 5
68 Ratings

68 Ratings

hannibal2ww ,

very average

only one of the four lectures are well organized. Others are more or less like casual talks where I did not learn anything significant from.

Got to say, I am very disappointed.

Fitloca ,

Nice

I thought it was good
The speakers were great
The History from these talks were insightful
5stars

atilla123141 ,

class lectures

I have thoroughly enjoyed to lectures from oxford, uc birkley, harvard,yale.georgetown university were very enlightening. I wish I had teachers like these when I was student. Thank you very much. With god blessing.

Sincerly,

Mark rihani

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