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01:10:29 Innovation's Shadow Innovation's Shadow	Innovation's Shadow W. Patrick McCray Faculty, History Department, University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. W. Patrick McCray discusses how revolutions – technological, political, or otherwise – are… industrial entrepreneur industrial revolution infrastructure technology in society mass media twentieth century From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 12 views
01:04:37 Steampunk on Film: Reinventing the Present Steampunk on Film: Reinventing the Present	Steampunk on Film: Reinventing the Present Dr. David Pike Faculty, American University Steampunk is a contemporary genre of speculative fiction, performance, and maker culture with roots in alternate nineteenth century technologies. Its… comics adapted into films cold war postmodern writers science fiction genres century city physical cosmology v.h.s.culture art media time machine steampunk films technology time travel From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 25 views
01:24:16 Chinese Porcelains of the 17th Century Chinese Porcelains of the 17th Century	Chinese Porcelains of the 17th Century Dr. Stephen Little Curator of Chinese and Korean Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dr. Stephen Little explains that the Chinese were the first people to produce porcelain, and that they… chinese early seventeenth central asian countries white porcelain sixteenth century imperial family arts in china decorative arts chinese porcelain tang dynasty chinese culture chinese art tea ceremony japanese culture roman empire east india porcelain china art museums and galleries domestic chinese pottery ming dynasty glass bottles japanese pottery From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 36 views
01:22:46 Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles	Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Dr. John Mack Faragher, Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of History & American Studies, Yale University Dr. Faragher makes the case for mid-19th century Los Angeles as one of the most… homicide homicide rate mexican vigilantes century justice divorce populated coastal places in california law enforcement community crime criminal justice violent indian california spanish language los angeles angeleno divorce cases From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 30 views
50:27 Monastic Archaeology at the Cistercian Abbey of… Monastic Archaeology at the Cistercian Abbey of Ourscamp	Monastic Archaeology at the Cistercian Abbey of Ourscamp Dr. Kyle Killian Faculty, Anthropology Department, CSU, Chico Dr. Killian shares some results from his recent excavations at the Cistercian Abbey in Ourscamp, France. He briefly describes monastic… monastic site monastic archaeology romanesque architecture episcopacy in anglicanism construction middle ages church architecture archaeologists eighteenth century religious buildings monastic From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 26 views
42:47 Costumes Optional: Halloween's… Costumes Optional: Halloween's Transformation from Pagan Ritual to American Party Night	Costumes Optional: Halloween's Transformation from Pagan Ritual to American Party Night Kevin Dalton Anthropology Department, CSU, Chico Halloween wasn’t always trick or treating, costumes, and alcoholic beverages. In this presentation, Kevin Dalton shows how Halloween is a… tattooing subcultures evolution halloween food torture carnivals celtic nation harvest festivals twentieth century pagan celebration holy week halloween events paganism archaeology middle ages souls day From Jeff Layne 2 Years ago 0 likes 65 views