Rustow describes the contents of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo. Most of what the materials are from 950-1250. About 10% of the total are archival documents. Some of these documents reveal a "lost archive" of an Islamic Empire.; Further reading: The lost archive : traces of a caliphate in a Cairo synagogue (Princeton Princeton University Press: 2020)
Margaret Jacob's lecture focuses on the Enlightenment of the 18th century of Europe. How did Christianity, Judaism, and Islam respond to this major intellectual movement?; Further reading: Jacobs, M. The Enlightenment : a brief history with documents (St. Martin's: 2001)
RICHARD A.F. PENROSE LECTURE; Bright Sheng introduces Yang Wei, a world reknowned pipa player. He also discusses Chinese musical history and the 2000 year evolution of the musical instrument, the Pipa.
RICHARD A. F. PENROSE LECTURE; Awarded the Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities in 2007, the lecture focuses on Judge Wald's 2 years in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Dr. Wallace's talk is read by Martin Levitt. It describes the importance of the treaties between the United States and Native Americans printed by Franklin.
Regna Darnell examines how the professionalization of science has made it hard to conduct inter-discipilnary study. She focuses on the American archeological tradition and its future.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 162, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 1-14
Andrew Garrett talks about lanugage diversity, specifically in Indo-European languages.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 1 (March 2017) pp. 25-38.
Natalie Davis discusses the theatrical traditions of the Arab Muslim world. She tells the story of Leo Africanus and Jacob Mantino and this encounter between two traditions of theatre and poetry in the early 16th century.; Further reading: Davis, N. Trickster Travels A Sixteenth-century Muslim Between Worlds. (Faber and Faber 2008)
Professor Reich discusses human migration. By studying the migration patterns through ancient DNA, Reich explains what this can tell us about language migration.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 162, No. 1 (March 2018) pp. 39-55.
