Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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A Conductor's Point of View

A lecture by Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies 2015-2016 Christian Thielemann discusses the commonalities and differences between Wagner and Strauss at a lecture on 21 January 2016. 

Humanities. Are they important?

Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important. Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries, and Libraries 2015-2016, Stephen Greenblatt, discusses whether humanities are important in a time when they are most pervasive in society ...  Show more

Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"

Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson. 

Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation"

Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (Strand Releasing, 1994), Old Joy (Kin ...  Show more

Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum"

The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).