The Education Channel's Lecture Series
| The Education Channel's The Lecture Series is a multi-part series of more than 150 lectures on diverse topics, ranging from art to politics and philosophy to science, presented by some of the world's most noted experts in their fields. Catch a new lecture every Monday at 8 PM or see the replay every Thursday at 12 PM. |
Lecture: Conversations on Consciousness with Bokara
Legendre: David Orr, Environmental scholar
Monday, September 6, 8:00 PM (replays: 9/9- 12 PM)
Join artist and television host Bokara Legendre as she explores the global crisis of climate change with leading environmental scholar David Orr. Orr compels us to urgent action, including raising environmental consciousness throughout the world and achieving carbon neutrality. David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and a James Marsh Professor at the University of Vermont. His career as a scholar, teacher, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur spans fields as diverse as environment and politics, environmental education, campus greening, green building, ecological design, and climate change.
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Lecture: Asia’s Young Achievers
Monday, September 13, 8:00 PM (replays: 9/16- 12 PM)
Harold Stevenson, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and well known expert in child development and education, compares public education in the US with Asia, especially as it pertains to math and science.
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Lecture: Jose Marti in Ybor City
Monday, September 20, 8:00 PM (replays: 9/23 12 PM)
Jose Yglesias, author, playwright and native of Tampa, discusses Ybor City’s most famous resident, Jose Marti
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Lecture: Contemporary Latin American Art
Monday, September 27, 8:00 PM (replays: 9/30- 12 PM)
Paulo Herkenhoff, Adjunct Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, at the Museum of Modern Art, has written extensively about Latin American artists, especially Brazilian artists, including Lygia Clark, Cildo Meireles, Adriana Varejão, Waltercio Caldas, and Ernesto Neto. In this lecture at the University of South Florida, Herkenhoff looks at contemporary Latin American art from a local, national and global perspective.
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