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Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State

Certain that physical fitness produced citizens better prepared for the managerial revolution in America business, the Victorians promoted revitalization through sports. Harvey Green explains how this focus on social and individual health led to the now familiar emphasis on physical fitness in sports and games. Harvey Green investigates the cultural history of the United States. He teaches courses on that general subject as well as courses in the history of sport, the material culture of the U.S., public history, and the history of western North America. He is currently working on a book on the development of popular historical consciousness in the U.S. between 1820 and 1920, emphasizing the intersection of popular historical fiction and domestic material culture. He has also published articles and essays on the history of photography, the history of health and fitness, the craft revival movements in the US in the 1930s, and everyday life in the U.S. between 1915 and 1945. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Show 241 Part 2 of 2. Islam: What the West Needs to Know. Audio version of the film documentary. To see the free video visit Google Video - Islam: What the West needs to know. ACU highly recommends this documentary. Documentary description-An examination of Islam, violence, and the fate of the non-Muslim world. Virtually every major Western leader has over the past several years expressed the view that Islam is a peaceful religion and that those who commit violence in its name are fanatics who misinterpret its tenets. This claim, while widely circulated, rarely attracts serious public examination. Now, the question is finally being asked, Is Islam itself violent? Through an examination of the Koran, other Islamic texts, and the example of the prophet Muhammad, this documentary establishes, through a sober and methodical presentation, that violence against non-Muslims is and has always been an integral aspect of Islam. Jihad, while best translated as struggle, as represented in the Koran and the life of Muhammad, means nothing less than organized warfare against unbelievers. Relying primarily on Islam's own sources, this documentary demonstrates that Islam is a violent, expansionary ideology that seeks the destruction or subjugation of other faiths, cultures, and systems of government. The documentary consists of original interviews, citations from Islamic texts, Islamic artwork, computer-animated maps, footage of Western leaders, and Islamic television broadcasts. Its tone is sober, methodical, and compelling. Features interviews with noted experts on Islam including Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, and former terrorist Walid Shoebat.

Fareed Zakaria, author, The Post American World

Misha Glenny, journalist and historian who has covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans since the mid-1980s.

George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management LLC; Author, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means

Dr. William Owen, President of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, offers a sweeping assessment of the present status of health care in New Jersey, and articulates his vision of the public medical university`s role in the provision of care, research and education.

Speaker: Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State. Presider: Richard E. Salomon, Managing Partner, East End Advisors, LLC, Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

This day-long symposium addresses new ways of understanding diasporic identity, cultural, political boundaries and exchanges between Europe and North Africa through critical discussions and performances by writers, cultural critics, and musicians.

This day-long symposium addresses new ways of understanding diasporic identity, cultural, political boundaries and exchanges between Europe and North Africa through critical discussions and performances by writers, cultural critics, and musicians.

Student presentations in the final round of the LBJ School competition for ingenious entrepreneurial ideas that will change the world.

If you feel that your documentary project is almost there but don't know what would make it great, watch documentary story consultant Fernanda Rossi analyze Gino Del Guercio's work in progress Abandoned in the Attic. With this real life "before and after" example, Fernanda Rossi (known as "the Doc Doctor") will explain story structure models and what to look for to make your film excellent. This event is part of the 2008 Making Media Now conference, presented by the Filmmaker's Collaborative. More information about Fernanda Rossi, Story Consultant can be found at http://www.documentarydoctor.com Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

A conference highlights the environmental justice initiative led by the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Center for African American Studies.

A conference highlights the environmental justice initiative led by the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Center for African American Studies.

A conference highlights the environmental justice initiative led by the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Center for African American Studies.

A conference highlights the environmental justice initiative led by the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Center for African American Studies.

A conference highlights the environmental justice initiative led by the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Center for African American Studies.

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

British Parliamentary Debate Lectures on Resolutions and Point of Information

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Civil Rights Attorney, past adviser to President Clinton, past Exec. Dir. of the United Negro College Fund

Judge Ra`id Al-Sa`edi, Cornell Law School`s Clarke Middle East Fellow

Musician and educator Emmett Price III examines the connections between jazz, hip hop and other music forms. Price discusses the importance of music as a means of communication and its capacity to bridge generational and other interpersonal gaps. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Richard W. Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University

Hear Professor Stephen J. Toope talk about what the University has been doing over the last few years followed by Head of the Voice and Opera Division Nancy Hermiston during Focus UBC: New York featuring Opera 101. Don’t miss the opera performances by UBC student and New York Met award recipient Simone Osborne. (Sponsored by UBC Alumni Affairs, originally presented on 22-Apr-2008)