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Universalism in Action - The Age of Exhibitions

The ideal of an international world of learning in which knowledge passed freely between scientists, regardless of political frontiers and language, captured imaginations during the second half of…

From  Robert Peckyno 70 plays

Climate Slalom and the Ski Industry

On January 18th, the Horning Endowment for the Humanities sponsored the "Alpine Environments and the Changing Climate Symposium" on the Oregon State University campus. Four researchers,…

From  Robert Peckyno 31 plays

Google Books, the n-gram, and culturomics

Anita Guerrini (Oregon State) examines Google Books, the n-gram, and culturomics On March 1st, 2013, the Horning Endowment for the Humanities and the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at…

From  Robert Peckyno 108 plays

The Online Digital Newton Project

The Newton Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing in full an online edition of all of Sir Isaac Newton's (1642--1727) writings — whether they were printed or not. The…

From  Robert Peckyno 67 plays

Food For Thought / Horning Lecture 1/24/08

Jeffrey Pilcher, University of Minnesota: Planet Taco: The Globalization of Mexican Cuisine

From  Eric Gleske 35 plays

Food For Thought / Horning Lecture 2/25/08

G. David Tilman, University of Minnesota: Getting Biofuels Right: The Biofuel vs. Food and Environment Dilemma

From  Eric Gleske 32 plays

Food For Thought / Horning Lecture 4/10/08

Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University: The Apples of Our Eyes: Innovation, Art, and Ownership in American Fruits

From  Eric Gleske 22 plays

Food For Thought / Horning Lecture 5/15/08

Steven Shapin, Harvard University: Eating Good in the Neighborhood: The Medical and Moral History of Dietary Localism

From  Eric Gleske 18 plays

2009-10 Horning Lecture - Suzanne Jill Levine

"Translation Is Writing: Borges in/on Translation" Suzanne Jill Levine is a leading translator of Latin American literature and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara,…

From  Eric Gleske 175 plays

2009-10 Horning Lecture - Burton Pike

"The Future of Translation" Burton Pike, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and German at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

From  Eric Gleske 32 plays

Food For Thought / Horning Lecture 11/15/07

The Role and Rule of Law in the Global Development of Food Biotechnology" Gary Marchant, Arizona State University

From  Eric Gleske 24 plays

2009-10 Horning Lecture Series: David Luft

"Why Translation Matters" David Luft is the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Professor in the Humanities. Recorded October 15, 2009, by Oregon Wireless Instructional Network

From  Eric Gleske 53 plays

09-10 Horning Lecture Series: Michael Henry Heim

A Life in Translation Michael Henry Heim, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles

From  Eric Gleske 160 plays