Stanford Humanities Center audiovisual materials, 1989-2006

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Summary

Creators:
Stanford Humanities Center
Abstract:
Collection contains recordings of lectures, panels, round tables, and other events sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. Videotapes include a John Cage concert and lecture, 1992, a teachers' conference, 1992, and the film "Of Mixed Minds: A Portrait of the Stanford Humanities Center." Audiocassettes include the John Cage events, 1992; lectures by Martha Nussbaum, Kathleen Sullivan, Bliss Carnochan, Susan Sontag, J. M. Coetzee, Carlo Ginzburg, Lawrence Weiskrantz, Charles Bernstein, Pina Bausch, Bei Dao, Marjorie Garber, Homi Bhabha, Wolfgang Iser, Larry Levine, Thomas Crow, and Steven Pinker. Other events on audiocassette include the colloquium "What's Left of Enlightenment?," 1997; talks and discussions from "Shape of the Humanities #2: Philosophy and Other Humanities," 1999; and the symposium "Whitehead's Account of the Sixth Day" with Isabelle Stengers, Donna Haraway, and Richard Rorty, 2006 [on CD].
Extent:
3.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Stanford Humanities Center Audiovisual Materials (SC0827). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains recordings of lectures, panels, round tables, and other events sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. Videotapes include a John Cage concert and lecture, 1992, a teachers' conference, 1992, and the film "Of Mixed Minds: A Portrait of the Stanford Humanities Center." Audiocassettes include the John Cage events, 1992; lectures by Martha Nussbaum, Kathleen Sullivan, Bliss Carnochan, Joseph Brodsky, Susan Sontag, J. M. Coetzee, Carlo Ginzburg, Lawrence Weiskrantz, Charles Bernstein, Pina Bausch, Bei Dao, Marjorie Garber, Homi Bhabha, Wolfgang Iser, Larry Levine, Thomas Crow, and Steven Pinker. Other events on audiocassette include the colloquium "What's Left of Enlightenment?," 1997; talks and discussions from "Shape of the Humanities #2: Philosophy and Other Humanities," 1999; and the symposium "Whitehead's Account of the Sixth Day" with Isabelle Stengers, Donna Haraway, and Richard Rorty, 2006 [on CD].

Acquisition information:
Administrative transfers, 2006 and 2011.
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

Stanford Humanities Center Audiovisual Materials (SC0827). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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