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The Library Channel serves as a conduit to the UC San Diego Library’s many outreach activities and events, ranging from author talks, faculty lectures, and special events, to concerts, film screenings, and behind-the-scenes interviews with students, librarians, and friends and supporters. Visit: uctv.tv/library-channel

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Books That Changed America with Jay Parini -- Dinner in the Library

Renowned author and Middlebury College Professor Jay Parini charms his dinner audience with selections from his “Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.” From “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” and “Walden,” through “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and “The Feminine Mystique,” Parini offers a compelling narrative on the evolution of American culture. Parini was the keynote speaker at the UC San Diego Library’s “Dinner in the Library,” which takes...

Oct 14, 2013•29 min

Seth Lerer: Prospero’s Son - QuoteUnquote

Seth Lerer discusses his moving memoir, “Prospero’s Son: Life, Books, Love and Theater,” a record of the tempestuous relationship between Lerer and his father which is later echoed in Lerer’s relationship with his own son. The narrative is framed by elements of literature and performance, with particular reference to Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and its evocation of father as magician. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Humanities] [Show ID: 25531]

Sep 30, 2013•5 min

The Anatomy of Malice: Rorschach Results from Nuremberg War Criminals

Forty years ago, Dr. Joel Dimsdale started researching concentration camp survivors. Little did he know where his journey of discovery would lead him. After a visit from a Nuremberg executioner, he switched from studying victims to perpetrators. His latest research is based on an analysis of Rorschach inkblot tests administered at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. Using extensive archival data, Dimsdale reviews what the Nuremberg Rorschachs can (and cannot) tell us about the Nazi mass murderers. D...

Jun 10, 2013•57 min

Paradise Plundered: Steve Erie Vlad Kogan

Authors and UC San Diego political scientists Steve Erie and Vlad Kogan present a compelling narrative on how San Diego leaders have consistently mismanaged city finances since the 1978 passage of Prop 13. They continue with a bleak assessment on whether the city will ever be able to provide sufficient, equitable services throughout its economically diverse neighborhoods. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22932]

Jan 09, 2012•50 min

Steve Erie: Beyond Chinatown

UCSD political scientist Steve Erie shatters the movie myth about how the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California supposedly stole water rights from the Owens Valley to irrigate Los Angeles and instead holds up the MWD as a model for responsible water management and environmental sustainability. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12063]

Jan 15, 2007•29 min

Dr. Seuss Goes To War: Richard Minear

Historian Richard Minear talks about his new book, Dr. Seuss Goes To War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel at a reception for Friends of the UCSD Libraries. Series: "Library Channel" [Show ID: 4727]

Apr 11, 2000•56 min

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