 Video Archive
2008 Reunion Lectures
 Get it? Illustrator and cartoonist David Sipress ’68 discusses the art of cartooning and The New Yorker.
 Williams Alumni in the Military A doctor, a fighter pilot, and a marine commander discuss perspectives on Iraq from the ground and air.
 Regime Change in Iraq Professor of International Relations Michael MacDonald discusses what this concept means and how misunderstanding it has contributed to subsequent problems.
 The Changing Face of Journalism New York Times columnist Kate Stone Lombardi ’78 takes a look at what to do when “all the news that’s fit to print” doesn’t fit.
 Politics, Economics & Power in Ancient Maya Civilizations Director of an archaeological project in Guatemala and Chair of Anthropology/Sociology at Williams, Antonia Foias investigates early Mayan life.
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2008 Faculty Lecture Series
 Reclaiming DaVinci During the Renaissance, art and science were not seen as opposites, but as extensions of each other. Satyan Devadoss explores ways to again bridge the art-science gap.
 What is Iraq? Defining the Nation Magnus Bernhardsson considers the future of the Iraqi nation by exploring how Iraqis have defined their nation and what has formed the basis of Iraqi nationalism.
 Financial Crises: A Hardy Perennial Gerard Caprio examines finance — what it does, why it breaks down, and what can or should be done when it does.
Materializing Metaphor Peter Low considers the meaning and function of public religious art in his lecture “Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art.”
Lectures and Panels
 Cycle or Spiral?: Financial Markets in CrisisWilliams alumni, faculty, and staff discuss implications of the turmoil in world financial markets on Oct. 23, 2008.
 Thoughts on a "Flat World" Author and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman shares his thoughts — and second thoughts — on globalization.
Michael Pollan: Food for Thought Author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire takes us on an eye-opening and entertaining tour of the food we eat.
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