Royal Ontario Museum Podcasts
90 Episodes of this Podcast:
Celebrating the ROM
Published: 2009-11-18 01:00:00Renaissance ROM became the most successful cultural fundraising campaign in Canadian history with over $282 million raised in support of the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Landry vs Granatstein Debate: Battle on the Plains of Abraham
Published: 2009-11-11 01:00:00Was General Wolfe's victory over General Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 ultimately good for New France? Listen as William Thorsell, Director and CEO of the ROM, as he moderates a lively debate between Bernard Landry, former Quebec premier, and Jack Granatstein, distinguished Canadian historian. Introduction by Desmond Morton, Professor of History at McGill University.
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Lewis Lapham on 'Celebrity in Contemporary Culture'
Published: 2009-10-27 01:00:00The Institute for Contemporary Culture presented the fourth annual Eva Hotby Lecture on Contemporary Culture on October 27, 2009. Celebrated American writer and publishing magnate Lewis Lapham, explores the theme of celebrity in modern society. This lecture was inspired by the ICC exhibition, Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 - 2008.
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An Evening with Meryl Streep
Published: 2009-10-07 01:00:00Meryl Streep, one of today's true Hollywood icons, visited the ROM for an evening of thoughtful reflection and discussion. Interviewed by Johanna Schneller, the Globe and Mail's film critic, this lecture was associated with The Question of Celebrity programming series which explores fame and the evocative allure of celebrity. Audio of the film clips shown at the lecture are not included in this podcast.
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Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series: Dr. Steve Mason
Published: 2009-09-16 16:00:00Dr. Steve Mason (Professor, Department of History, and Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction, York University, Toronto) takes a closer look at the Essenes, a group known since antiquity from Greek and Latin historians and largely accepted as the inhabitants of Quamran and the creators of the Scrolls during the 1950s.
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Iconic - The Death of General Wolfe
Published: 2009-09-12 01:00:00This iconic painting recreates the pivotal moment in 1759 when Britain defeated France on the Plains of Abraham. As one of only five original versions painted by Benjamin West, it hangs in the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada and is one of the Iconic 15: The Must-See Treasures of the ROM.
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Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series: Yuval Peleg
Published: 2009-07-02 02:00:00Yuval Peleg, Israel Antiquities Authority District Archaeologist for the Jordan Valley, discusses the most recent excavations at the site of Qumran, and their effect on the understanding of the site in the second of the Anne Tananbaum Lecture Series.
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Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series: Eugene Ulrich
Published: 2009-06-23 02:00:00Dr. Eugene Ulrich discusses the similarities and discrepancies between the Massoretic Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls in the first of the Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series.
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Directors Signature Lecture Series: A.J. Jacobs
Published: 2009-06-10 16:00:00For three evenings of discussion and debate, noted authors and thinkers analyze the Ten Commandments and share their ideas for a moral code for our own time. Listen to A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible.
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Director's Signature Lecture Series: Christopher Hitchens
Published: 2009-06-02 01:01:00For three evenings of discussion and debate, noted authors and thinkers analyze the Ten Commandments and share their ideas for a moral code for our own time. Listen to the opening lecture with Christopher Hitchens, author of the New York Times bestselling book God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
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