LAIH Virtual Luncheons 2021-22: (If you are prompted for a password, please use: LAIH)
September 24: Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. In conversation with LAIH fellow, Henry Jenkins, Turkle will discuss a new focus – herself – in her memoir, The Empathy Diaries (Penguin Press, March 2021), tying together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. https://vimeo.com/635714755/5a6a88d0fb
October 8: In September 2020, Los Angeles Times reporter Angel Jennings became the newspaper’s first assistant managing editor for culture and talent, part of the media company’s efforts to reform hiring practices, increase staff diversity and overhaul how it treats Black and Latino journalists and communities. In the wake of Jennings’s appointment to the masthead, she will discuss the changing tide at the Times and what still needs to come. Introduction by Tom Zoellner. https://vimeo.com/636466260/fa94e74992
October 22: A presentation from 26-year-old filmmaker, Chapman University instructor and surfer, Devyn Bisson, discussing her work-in-progress film about the 80-year-old Japanese women who are part of a group called the Ama who free dive for abalone. Devyn also runs a non-profit organization called the Center for Documentary Progression for emerging filmmakers and she will be centering her talk around the practice of documentary filmmaking through lessons of her projects. Introduction by Dr. Amy Parish. https://vimeo.com/643715258/e57abe71a9
November 12: In addressing the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the literary community, David Kipen, former literature director of the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to revive the Depression-era Federal Writers Project. (No video link available.) December 3: Bina Vekatarman, the head of the editorial page of The Boston Globe, served as Senior Advisor for climate change innovation in the Obama White House, where she forged partnerships across communities, companies and government to prepare for climate disasters. Her 2019 book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age was named a best book of the year by Amazon, Science Friday, and National Public Radio. Moderated by KC Cole. https://vimeo.com/657495216/09cdb50862
LAIH Virtual Luncheons 2020-21:
September 11: A discussion of black male joy by LAIH Fellow Peter J. Harris and founder of the Black Man of Happiness Project, a creative, intellectual and artistic exploration of African American life and history as seen through the lens of happiness. Introduction by Associate Director Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn. https://vimeo.com/464352837
September 24: (rescheduled) LAIH Fellow Tom Zoellner, author of Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire. This discussion of Island on Fire, published in May 2020, provides an account of the 1831-32 slave revolt that unexpectedly made the final case for abolition throughout the British Empire. Introduction by Co-Director Leo Braudy. https://vimeo.com/466630294
October 9: USC Law Professor Jody Armour to discuss his new book, N*GGA THEORY: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law, published in August 2020. “N*gga Theory interrogates conventional assumptions and frames a transformational new way of thinking about law, language, moral judgments, politics, and transgressive art. Introduction by Associate Director Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn. a href=”https://vimeo.com/468203901 ” target=”_blank”>https://vimeo.com/468203901 October 23: LAIH Fellow Jon Wiener presents Set the Night on Fire: L.A. In the Sixties. Co-authored with Mike Davis, Set the Night on Fire (published in April 2020) is the first comprehensive movement history of L.A. in the sixties, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with principal figures, as well as the authors’ storied personal histories as activists. Introduction by Co-Director Louise Steinman. https://vimeo.com/509991605/4599727aa7
November 13: A Post-Election LAIH Virtual Town Hall with LAIH Fellow Marty Kaplan. Introduction by Co-Director Leo Braudy. https://vimeo.com/480839584 January 22: Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood discusses Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration in which she investigates the impact of the carceral state on American life through the lens of art and visual culture. Introduction by Co-Director Louise Steinman https://vimeo.com/505306582/155433c90c
February 12: Paula Yoo’s debut YA nonfiction book, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement (Norton, 2021), is a searing examination of the killing of Vincent Chin, and the trial and verdicts that followed, launching the Asian-American civil rights movement and led to stronger federal hate crime legislation. Introduction by Associate Director Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn https://vimeo.com/513643334/e34e296d3e
February 26: Fellow Alex Ross discusses Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (FSG, 2020), exploring one of the most widely influential figures in the history of music. Introduction by Co-Director Leo Braudy. https://vimeo.com/518314372/68e83a341f
March 12: Fellow and USC Journalism Professor Emeritus KC Cole presents a work-in-progress book titled, The Caterpillar, the Cosmos and the Common Good, about “differences that don’t make a difference.” Introduction by Fellow Dr. Amy Parish https://vimeo.com/527997281/b261806aa9
March 26: Watts Towers Arts Center Campus Director Rosie Lee Hooks and Artist-in-Residence Charles Dickson discuss the life of this living art center during a global pandemic and recession. Moderated by Fellow Charmaine Jefferson. https://vimeo.com/530838333/9c0eee188f
April 9: Historian and heritage conservation consultant Alison Jefferson discusses her book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era (Nebraska, 2020). Introduction by Fellow William Deverell. https://vimeo.com/536861501
April 23: Biological Anthropologist, Primatologist and Darwinian Feminist Dr. Amy Parish discusses our primate relatives. Introduction by Co-Director Leo Braudy. https://vimeo.com/541756655/2dfb968723
- Talks — 2020/2019
in the RealAudio format - Cory Doctorow 2019-10-11
- Talks — 2019/2018
in the RealAudio format - Sasha Anawalt 2018-10-19
- Talks — 2017/2016
in the RealAudio format - Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016-09-16
- Talks — 2016/2015
in the RealAudio format - Albert Litewka 2016-03-25
- Talks — 2014/2013
in the RealAudio format - Zed Adams and Eric Lynxwiler 2014-02-21
Download slides from the talk PDF - Reza Aslan 2014-01-31
- Lynda Obst 2014-01-17
- Hector Tobar 2013-12-06
- Maggie Nelson 2013-11-15
- Leo Braudy on Horror 2013-11-08
Download slides from the talk PDF - Victor Navasky 2013-09-13
Download slides from the talk PDF - Talks — 2013/2012
in the RealAudio format - Steve Ross 2013-05-24
- Jon Boorstin 2013-03-29
- John Romano 2013-02-15
- Don Franzen 2013-02-01
Download slides from the talk PDF - Mia Lehrer 2013-01-18
Download slides from the talk PDF - Carol A. Wells 2012-12-07
Download slides from the talk PDF - Jorja Leap 2012-11-16
- Town Hall meeting led by Marty Kaplan 2012-11-02
- Miles Corwin 2012-10-19
- Talks — 2012/2011
in the RealAudio format - Dana Gioia 2012-05-18
- Tom Lutz on the LARB 2012-05-18
- Rick Wartzman 2012-04-06
- Jim Leach 2012-03-29
- Howard Rodman 2012-03-02
- Allison Engel 2012-02-17
- Aaron Paley 2012-02-03
- MG Lord 2012-01-20
- Amir Hussain 2011-12-02
- Vanessa Schwartz 2011-11-18
- Mark Allen 2011-11-04
- William Deverell 2011-10-21
- David Kipen at Libros Schmibros 2011-10-14
- Brenda Levin 2011-09-30
- Talks — 2011/2010
in the RealAudio format - Debora Silverman 2011-05-20
- Amy Parish 2011-05-06
- Aimee Bender 2011-04-15
- Andrew Perchuk at the Getty 2011-04-01
- Leo Braudy 2011-03-18
- Laura Trombley 2011-03-04
- Sean Carroll 2011-02-18
- Robert Scheer 2011-02-04
- Zev Yaroslavsky 2011-01-14
- Jack Miles 2010-12-03
- Kate Burton 2010-11-19
- Kevin Starr 2010-11-05
- Town Hall meeting led by Marty Kaplan 2010-10-29
- Vanessa Place 2010-10-08
- Lewis Hyde 2010-09-24
- Talks — 2010/2009
in the RealAudio format - Robin Swicord 2010-05-07
- Sara Lippincott 2010-04-16
- Joyce Appleby 2010-04-02
- Jonathan Kirsch 2010-03-19
- Michael Brand 2010-03-05
- Eric Lax 2010-02-19
- Michael Dukakis 2010-02-05
- D J Hall 2009-12-11
- Dana Goodyear 2009-12-04
- Tom Lutz 2009-11-06
- Josh Kun 2009-10-16
- Bill Boyarsky 2009-10-02
- Reza Aslan 2009-09-18
- Talks — 2009/2008
in the RealAudio format - Warren Bennis 2009-05-01
- Gina Nahai 2009-04-03
- D J Waldie 2009-03-20
- Wim de Wit at the Getty 2009-03-06
- Louise Steinman 2009-02-20
- Marc Cooper 2009-02-06
- Barbara Isenberg 2009-01-23
- Johanna Blakley 2008-12-05
- Jon Boorstin 2008-11-21
- Richard Schickel 2008-11-07
- Election Town Hall with Marty Kaplan 2008-10-17
- Robert Scheer 2008-09-19
- Talks — 2008/2007
in the RealAudio format - Pico Iyer 2008-05-02
- Carol Muske-Dukes 2008-03-07
- David Bomford at the Getty 2008-02-15
- 2008 Election Forum led by Marty Kaplan 2008-02-01
- Barry Glassner 2008-01-18
- Robin D. G. Kelley 2007-12-14
- Manuel Castells 2007-12-07
- Michael Henry Heim 2007-11-16
- Alex Ross 2007-10-26
- Gregory Rodriguez 2007-10-19
- K C Cole 2007-10-05
- John Rechy 2007-09-21
- Talks — 2007/2006
in the RealAudio format - Yvonne Rainer 2007-05-18
- Steven Bach 2007-05-02
- Lorraine Wild 2007-04-20
- Phil Ethington 2007-04-06
- Margaret Wertheim see Hyperbolic Space:Introduction 2007-03-16
- Michael Brand at the Getty Center 2007-03-02
- Steve Ross 2007-02-16
- Richard Reeves 2007-02-01
- Michael Govan 2007-01-19
- Gore Vidal In conversation with Jon Wiener 2006-12-15
- Judith Freeman 2006-12-01
- Jonathan Aronson 2006-11-17
- Sean Faison 2006-11-03
- Debra Greenfield 2006-10-20
- Robert Greenwald 2006-10-06
- Joyce Appleby 2006-09-22
- David L. Ulin 2006-06-09
- Talks — 2006/2005
in the RealAudio format - Douglas Greenberg on the Shoah Foundation Archives 2006-05-05
- Connie Bruck 2006-04-21
- Kit Rachlis 2006-04-07
- Anne Taylor Fleming 2006-03-17
- Alexis Smith in conversation with Barbara Isenberg 2006-03-06
- John Romano 2006-02-17
- Eric Garcetti 2006-02-03
- Vanessa Place 2006-01-20
- Leonard Beerman and George Regas 2005-12-02
- Robert Winter 2005-11-18
- Joan Didion 2005-11-04
- Richard Schickel 2005-10-21
- Douglas McLennan 2005-09-30
- Steve Wasserman 2005-09-23
- Talks — 2005/2004
in the RealAudio format - Michael Kinsley in conversation with Steve Wasserman 2005-05-20
- Joseph Horowitz 2005-05-06
- Robert Alter 2005-04-15
- William Deverell 2005-03-18
- Robert Brustein 2005-03-04
- Carolyn See 2005-02-18
- Thomas Crow 2005-02-04
- Eric Lax 2004-12-03
- Amy Wilentz 2004-11-19
- Peter Sellars 2004-10-15
- Lawrence Weschler 2004-09-24
- Talks — 2000/1999
in the RealAudio format - In memoriam: Susan Sontag 2000-05-01