Different economic systems have been developed to meet the needs and wants of the citizens of a country or society. These systems have distinct advantages and downsides for producers, consumers, and governments.

Sultana Raziya of Delhi - The Woman who ruled the Mamluk Sultanate

Host Shauna, from the Stellat'en First Nation, guides viewers through the heritage of the American Southwest's Indigenous peoples. The video explores the history, resilience, and cultures of tribes like the Hopi, Navajo, and Mojave,...

Primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory University), two historians, Nile Green (UCLA) and David Hollinger (UC Berkeley) and David Goldberg, former Rabbi at Liberal Jewish Synagogue London, discuss different aspects of the sociology of religion.

Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values.



Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity...

Award-winning author Pankaj Mishra describes how many people educated in the Western tradition, himself included, have only recently come to appreciate the intellectual significance of many aspects of Buddhist thought.

Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how, despite being born not far from where the Buddha lived and preached, he had to make a special effort to learn about Buddhism.

Historian Martin Jay (UC Berkeley) discusses how societal purification movements to eliminate truth often have terrible consequences.

University of Oxford historian John Elliott reflects upon the various trends in historical scholarship, and urges young historians to be aware of the dominant themes while sticking with their own orientations.

Different economic systems have been developed to meet the needs and wants of the citizens of a country or society. These systems have distinct advantages and downsides for producers, consumers, and governments.

A video entitled "Defining Art" which discusses the difficulty of defining art.

Described in Diverse Issues in Higher Education as “one of the most exciting scholars of his generation,” Dr. Yohuru Williams is the History Department Chair and the Director of Black Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT....

How can computer models help in the academic study of religion? Today I sit down with Dr. Connor Wood with the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion to find out.

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 7:<b<br/>r/>

The Consequences of Inequality a<br/>nd Wealth Distribution

John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology and Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. His research, which addresses stereotyping, prejudice, political ideology, and system...

Though often ignored, women, such as the ones highlighted here, are critical to remembering the specific way Black people have enacted change in world history.



Their lives reveal the importance of culture in
activism....

In Part 1 (of 2), Alex and Dr. Ryan Bisel answer the question What are Ethics vs Morals, give a definition, look at similarities and differences (i.e., ethics vs morals), and give an explanation of why these terms matter today for both...

This film gives students a broad introduction to Sociology, based around the distinction between social and sociological problems. The latter is then developed in terms of ""Sociology's core concerns"": problems of order; explaining...

Geert Hofstede's Model of National Culture is a study of different cultures to understand how human beings communicate with one another and process information in their minds. The goal is to be able to communicate better with one and...

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 2 Q&A:<b<br/>r/>

What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and <br/>Non-Financial Sectors?

This film examines the concept of ethnocentrism, its social construction, uses and limitations in psychological research.

Europe is failing its Muslims. Murray v Ramadan highlights.

Were the post-Soviet oligarchs thieves? Is Putin right to reassert the authority of the state?

Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....