Ballot recount could be beneficial for Mexico's electoral system
Ballot recount could be beneficial for Mexico's electoral system, says Vanderbilt expert on Latin America
A Vanderbilt political scientist who is writing a book about political transitions in Mexico is closely watching the outcome of the contested presidential election. Listen to an interview with Jonathan Hiskey…
Podcast: "O Heaven Where Art Thou: The Redemptive Power of Bluegrass Music"
Listen to a Nov. 13 podcast of a presentation by Bobby Clark.
Bobby Clark (The Williams and Clark Expedition), spoke on “O Heaven Where Art Thou: The Redemptive Power of Bluegrass” Nov. 13 as part of the "Like a Prayer" series.
The "Like a Prayer" series on popular music and religious identity, part of the Religion and the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program financed by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, meets on select Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Art Room on the ground floor of Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Contact: Jim Patterson (615) 322-NEWS jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu
Listen to a podcast of a Nov. 6 talk by Amy Griffith.
Amy Griffith knows deadlines. She covers the public education beat for the Nashville City Paper, and before moving to Nashville, Amy worked as a business writer and editor for the News-Examiner in Connersville, IN. In this podcast at the Writing Studio, Amy talks about writing under the gun.
Podcast: 'Kampala Flow: Spittin' and Spirituality in Ugandan Rap?"
Listen to a Nov. 4 podcast by Gerald Liu.
Gerald Liu, a Ph.D. student in Homiletics and Liturgics in the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt, spoke about "Kampala Flow: Spittin' and Spirituality in Ugandan Rap" Nov. 4 as part of the "Like a Prayer" series.
Last summer, Gerald travelled to Uganda with Blair school ethnomusicologist Professor Greg Barz and spent time listening to and studying the rap music made and performed there. Gerald played some of the music and interviews and discussed his research.
The "Like a Prayer" series, part of the Religion and the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program financed by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, meets on select Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Art Room on the ground floor of Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Contact: Jim Patterson (615) 322-NEWS jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu
Podcast: Cole Lectures: Randall Balmer on "Keep the Faith: Reclaiming Christianity from the Religious Right"
Listen to a podcast from the 2008 Cole Lectures.
Listen to author Randall Balmer deliver the second of two Cole Lectures at Benton Chapel.
Balmer, professor of American Religious History at Barnard College and visiting professor at Yale Divinity School, spoke on “Keep the Faith: Reclaiming Christianity from the Religious Right.” He is the author of So Help Me God: Faith and the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. The Cole Lectures were established in 1892 by philanthropist E.W. Cole for “the defense and advocacy of the Christian religion. This lecture was recorded Oct. 24, 2008.
Contact: Jim Patterson (615) 322-NEWS jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu
