Tag: BBC

  • Nation & World

    Is war in Ukraine at turning point?

    Putin expert Philip Short discusses escalations of the war by Putin, and says negotiations will be tricky and fraught

    7 minutes
    A Ukrainian soldier stands on a tank
  • Nation & World

    Why ‘truth’ beats facts

    Harvard Kennedy School discussion takes a look at why we can’t agree on facts any more.

    4 minutes
    Gwyneth Williams and Michael Sandel onstage at HKS.
  • Nation & World

    ‘The Global Philosopher’

    Harvard Business School (HBS) and BBC Radio 4 have worked together to produce the first episode of “The Global Philosopher,” a program hosted by Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Democracy, debated in Parliament

    Harvard Professor Michael Sandel led members of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons and House of Lords, along with students and members of the public, through an intense discussion on the nature and importance of democracy, as part of a first-of-its-kind program held in the Speaker’s House in Parliament.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Making a case for democracy

    Michael Sandel, the renowned political philosopher and professor, will debate the meaning of democracy at the Palace of Westminster in London as part of the BBC’s “Democracy Day.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hempton named Divinity School dean

    Harvard University President Drew Faust announced that David Hempton will become dean of Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1. Hempton, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies at the Divinity School, succeeds William A. Graham, who will step down from the post at the end of this academic year.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    “The Young Ones” nominated for BAFTA

    “The Young Ones,” a BBC series filmed with Harvard Professor of Psychology Ellen Langer, which replicates her Counterclockwise study using British celebrities, has been nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    BBC Radio’s prestigious Reith Lectures delivered by Sandel

    Harvard Professor Michael Sandel, chosen by the BBC to deliver its Reith Lectures for 2009, can be heard on the BBC Web site.

    3 minutes