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  • New video reordings will be included in the Video Catalog roughly 10 days after being recorded.
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Thursday Morning Lecture Series
Folkloric Music of Cuba: Clave is the Key!
Folkloric Music of Cuba: Clave is the Key!
Dr. Michael Gould
Fall 2017-18
(10/12/2017)
Michael Gould will help explain some of the styles of music from Cuba and the context in which they are found. Styles will include the three types of rumba: Yambu, Guaguanco, and Columbia as well as the styles associated with Son such as Cha Cha Cha. 
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What Populism Is
What Populism Is
Professor Elizabeth Anderson
Fall 2017-18
(11/09/2017)
This talk will explain what populism is and trace its origins to tensions in democracy going back to Rousseau. The speaker will show how populism can be either left-wing or right-wing, highlight the characteristic messages of populist leaders, and argue that populism, although cast as a fulfillment of democracy, is a threat to it as well as to sound public policy formation.
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The Future LIES EAST: Post-Communist Party System as Laboratories and Harbingers
The Future LIES EAST: Post-Communist Party System as Laboratories and Harbingers
Professor Kevin Deegan-Krause
Fall 2017-18
(12/07/2017)
We have come to associate the word populism with the right in Western Europe and with the left in Latin America, but in Eastern Europe new political movements advance not from the left or the right but from the outside, as dissatisfied citizens rally around non-political celebrities to challenge what they see as corrupt status quo. As the trend-setter in this new political style, Eastern Europe offers insights into an increasingly widespread variation on populism.
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The Architecture of Minoru Yamasaki
The Architecture of Minoru Yamasaki
Professor Dale Allen Gyure
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(01/18/2018)
This presentation will provide an overview of architect Minoru Yamasaki’s most celebrated buildings and his significance to modern architecture.
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Other Ways of Doing Things: Architecture and Urban Activism
Other Ways of Doing Things: Architecture and Urban Activism
Anya Sirota
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(02/08/2018)
In the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.
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Plausible Futures: Approaching Architecture and Urban Design from a Complete Systems Perspective
Plausible Futures: Approaching Architecture and Urban Design from a Complete Systems Perspective
Professor Geoffrey Thun
Fall 2017-18
(02/15/2018)
Drawing from examples of Thün’s work, contemporary practice, and what he perceives as the frontiers of research in architecture and urban design, this talk will outline a manifesto for a future of design for the built environment based upon principles of ecological and complex systems.
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Negativity in Democratic Politics
Negativity in Democratic Politics
Stuart Soroka, Ph.D.
Fall 2017-18
(03/08/2018)
News about politics is predominantly negative, during and outside of election campaigns. This has been especially evident in the recent past. What accounts for the prevalence of negativity in politics? Is this negativity problematic for political knowledge and engagement? This lecture explores the prevalence of negativity in modern politics, and offers some explanations – based on survey data and psycho-physiological experiments – for the power of negative over positive information in politics.
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The Why and How of Behavioral Economic Strategies to Promote Healthy Decisions
The Why and How of Behavioral Economic Strategies to Promote Healthy Decisions
Jeff Kullgren, M.D.
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(03/29/2018)
he field of behavioral economics – which combines insights from economics and psychology to better understand and shape human behavior – has recently offered new solutions to longstanding problems in our health care system. In this talk, Kullgren will examine the underpinnings, promise, and perils of behavioral economic strategies to improve patient and clinician decisions about health and health care.
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Managing Chronic Pain Without Opioids
Managing Chronic Pain Without Opioids
Daniel Clauw, M.D
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(05/03/2018)
Marijuana is becoming decriminalized or legalized in many states, often because of continued evidence that it may be an effective treatment for certain medical conditions, especially chronic pain. However, in addition to marijuana there are other options to exhaust before prescribing an opioid.
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Distinguished Lecture Series
Exposing Fake News: But It Is Not What You Think
Exposing Fake News: But It Is Not What You Think
Leana Hosea
Fall 2017-18
(09/12/2017)
A Knight Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ms. Hosea was a BBC correspondent for twelve years, one of the most trusted news organizations in the world with a worldwide audience of forty million people. Ms. Hosea spent almost three years based in the Middle East.
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Redistricting in Michigan and Other States: Should Politics Choose the Voters
Redistricting in Michigan and Other States: Should Politics Choose the Voters
Dr. Susan Smith
Fall 2017-18
(10/10/2017)
In Michigan and most states redistricting is done by the state legislatures. Why is this a problem and what can citizens do about it?
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Stand Up for the Power of Skillful Teaching
Stand Up for the Power of Skillful Teaching
Professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Fall 2017-18
(11/14/2017)
The speaker will focus on what is required to prepare beginning teachers and why everyone needs to stand up for the power of skillful teaching.
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An Update on Health Reform
An Update on Health Reform
Dr. Helen G. Levy
Fall 2017-18
(12/12/2017)
This presentation will provide an overview of the Affordable Care Act and recent efforts to “repeal and replace” and potential consequences.
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Brain Aging and What You Can Do About it
Brain Aging and What You Can Do About it
Professor Thad Polk
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(01/09/2018)
Aging is associated with subtle declines in some cognitive function, but not others. As we age, we become a little more forgetful, we get distracted more easily, and we can’t process information quite as quickly. At the same time, world knowledge, emotional processing and what’s sometimes called wisdom tend to remain stable and may even improve with age. Why is that? 
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Getting Into Musical Theater
Getting Into Musical Theater
Vince J. Cardinal
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(02/13/2018)
The new Chairman of the University of Michigan Musical Theater Department will speak about the path that brought him to Michigan, as well as the journey a high school student takes to be accepted into the Department, which is regarded as one of the top Musical Theater training programs in the world.
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Special Events
Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for a long, Active Life
Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for a long, Active Life
Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH
Winter/Spring 2017-18
(05/11/2018)
Dr. Larson’s presentation draws from decades of research, leading the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, one of the world's largest and longest studies aimed at preventing dementia. He will offer practical advice for growing old with resilience and foresight. He will also share inspiring stories from his experiences with his patients, study participants, family, and friends. 
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