The Humanities in a Civil Society

Mar 9, 2009

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Supreme Court Justice David Souter talked about how history explains why current judges see the facts of court cases differently from their predecessors. Following Justice Souter's remarks, he took part in a panel discussion on the state of humanities education and its funding and answered questions from members of the audience. The symposium .. Read More
Supreme Court Justice David Souter talked about how history explains why current judges see the facts of court cases differently from their predecessors. Following Justice Souter's remarks, he took part in a panel discussion on the state of humanities education and its funding and answered questions from members of the audience. The symposium "The Humanities in a Civil Society" was held at George Washington University to coincide with publication by the American Academy of the "Humanities Indicators," the first comprehensive data set about the humanities in America, and a special issue of the Academy's journal Daedalus on the humanities. Includes program ID 284498-2.

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00:00:19 Unidentified Speaker NOW A FORUM ON HOW CHANGES IN SOCIETY ARE AFFECTING THE STUDY OF HUMANITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY. ...
00:00:49 Unidentified Speaker THAT AFTERNOON. ON BEHALF OF FACULTIES AND TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IT'S A PLEASURE...
00:02:42 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, PRESIDENT KNAPP PEERY WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE HUMANITIES. AS MANY OF YOU...
00:07:23 Unidentified Speaker ANDREA QUARTET AND WAS THE OBSERVATION, QUOTE, YOU CANNOT WRITE MORE THAN A DOZEN LETTERS WITHOUT...
00:21:31 Unidentified Speaker AT A MEETING THE ACADEMY SPONSORED HERE IN WASHINGTON TWO YEARS AGO DONE ENCOURAGED QUOTE TALK AND...
00:23:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, LESLIE. THANK YOU, ALL. MY CONTRIBUTION THIS AFTERNOON TO ILLUSTRATE A GRAND THEME AND...
00:32:40 Unidentified Speaker IST THE INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES, THEY HAVE ALREADY REQUIRED RACIAL INTEGRATION IN LAW SCHOOLS...
00:37:00 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ELOQUENT REMINDER OF THE TAPESTRY OF HISTORY IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE AND ARE...
00:37:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, LESLIE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND MANY THINGS TO THE ACADEMY. THANK YOU ALSO TO GEORGE WASHINGTON...
00:49:31 Unidentified Speaker JUST AS YOUR JOURNEY HAS TAKEN HER FROM TECHNOLOGY TO THE HUMANITIES ARE MAX BAKER HAS BEEN A TIRELESS...
00:50:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, LESLIE, AND THANKS TO MY DISTINGUISHED PREDECESSORS TERMITE WHAT ALL THE ISSUES MATTER...
01:03:32 Unidentified Speaker WITH PEOPLE OF ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS OF AGES AND ASPIRATIONS AND MEDIA AND CONTEXT. THE CANNOT...
01:03:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, AND, PLEASE, JOIN IN THANKING ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] I LIKE TO GIVE THE...
01:05:10 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NOT EMPHASIZED THE INSTRUMENTAL ARGUMENT, QUITE THE CONTRARY, I SAID WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND THIS...
01:06:52 Unidentified Speaker DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? PATTY?
01:06:58 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD SECOND WHAT DON SAID, I THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF A MONEY THE IMPORTANCE...
01:08:15 Unidentified Speaker AND PERSONALLY LIKE TO THANK PEOPLE FOR MAKING A STRONG CASE WHICH I NEGLECTED ADDED A SENSE OF ECUMENICAL...
01:08:59 Unidentified Speaker TWO RANDOM THOUGHTS, AND BY THE WAY OF ASHES START WITH A FULL DISCLOSURE. I'M GOING TO TALK FOR A...
01:14:44 Unidentified Speaker TWO ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR EACH OTHER BEFORE I OPEN THIS UP TO THE FLOOR? OK THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN...
01:15:33 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS DOUG RICHARDSON AND I HAVE A QUESTION THAT IS BOTH FORT JUSTICE SOUTER AND EDWARD AYERS....
01:16:27 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT UNTIL YOU RAISE THE QUESTION AND I DID NOT COME IN EVEN PREPARED IT WITH...
01:17:53 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING THIS UP SINCE I HOSTED A CONFERENCE ON THE HUMANITIES ON VIGIL AS IN THE...
01:19:01 Unidentified Speaker SOME OF THE MOST ANCIENT HUMAN DESIRES AND TECHNOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES LOCATING IMAGINATION...
01:19:22 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTS I AM HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THE HANDS.
01:19:39 Unidentified Speaker I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR SOME OF A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL ABOUT THE HUMANITIES....
01:20:57 Unidentified Speaker DOES ANYONE WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
01:21:02 Unidentified Speaker I AM A BELIEVER IN PRESCHOOL AND, IN FACT, ONE OF THE SAME GOAL GREATEST BEST PREDICTORS OF S.A.T....
01:22:44 Unidentified Speaker THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK.
01:22:47 Unidentified Speaker HAVE ANY OF YOU WITNESSED FIRST HAND A SHARED NEW EXPERIENCE IN THE HUMANITIES CHANGE OR ALTER AN...
01:23:08 Unidentified Speaker [LAUGHTER]
01:23:11 Unidentified Speaker NO. [LAUGHTER]
01:23:18 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ARE MADE IT CLEAR IN DOING THE KINDS OF APPLIED APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND...
01:25:05 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY ALL THE TIME AND ALBEIT IN A LESS DRAMATIC FASHION AND THE RELATIVELY CIRCUMSCRIBED SPHERE...
01:25:54 Unidentified Speaker MOST OF WHAT WE'RE READING ON THE ECONOMIC PAGE IS NOW CAN WE FIND SOME HISTORICAL PRECEDENT THAT...
01:26:11 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY I WANT TO ELABORATE. [LAUGHTER] A MOMENT AGO, IT IS TO THE POINT OF FINDING WHOPPER THE MOST...
01:29:39 Unidentified Speaker HERE HERE, I THINK WE CAN ALL GIVEN A LITTLE TIME A LONG LIST OF SPECIFIC OCCASIONS ON WHICH SOMEBODY...
01:30:04 Unidentified Speaker AND MANY OF OUR SCIENTISTS TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION AND WHO WILL WRITE IN HISTORICAL MATTER, THEY...
01:31:13 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PANELISTS. MY NAME IS LAURA DOYLE AND I AM STRUCK BY THERE BEING TWO...
01:32:49 Unidentified Speaker SHORT ANSWER BACK, GRADUATE STUDENTS IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, THEY'RE LONGING TO DO THAT. I FOUND A COMMON...
01:33:23 Unidentified Speaker ANY OTHER RESPONSES TO THAT QUESTION? OKAY. BACK HERE NEAR THE AISLE. THE GENTLEMAN.
01:33:34 Unidentified Speaker C.P. SNOW'S TWO CULTURES HAVE COME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE DISTINGUISHES...
01:34:38 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO DISAGREE IN SOME MEASURE WITH YOUR DIAGNOSIS OF HOW IT IS THE SCIENTISTS SEEM TO REPRESENT...
01:36:13 Unidentified Speaker QUESTION OVER HERE. WAIT, WAIT.
01:36:18 Unidentified Speaker CAROLYN BROWN, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. TWO THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF STRATEGY. I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT DO...
01:37:23 Unidentified Speaker I USE THE TRAIN HABITS OF MIND SO I WILL SPEAK UP TO THE PLATE ON THAT. AGAIN, IT IS NOT A TERM THAT...
01:40:20 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING HERE THINKING THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY...
01:42:10 Unidentified Speaker AND I EVEN MADE BOLD TO SAY AT ONE POINT THAT A DESIRE TO KNOW ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND SHARE THEIR...
01:42:48 Unidentified Speaker SO AS WE HAVE TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO A CLOSE, JOHN ADAMS, YOU SET UP PERFECTLY FOR ME. YOU SAID...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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