Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst sat down with influential campus guests during the past several months and engaged in videotaped discussions about their areas of expertise.
As a political scientist, Herbst maintains a keen interest in world affairs and sought out these opportunities to hold thoughtful conversations in the video studios of Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. Please enjoy the videos below, which also can be viewed in full-screen mode or through Colgate's
video console.
Michael Watts, a professor at University of California, Berkeley, is an expert on the politics of oil in the Niger Delta.
Daniel Mendelsohn, professor and cultural critic, is the author of the acclaimed memoir The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million.
William Twaddell, who served as ambassador to Nigeria during the Clinton administration, discusses African politics and statehood.
Sydney Schanberg, one of America’s most-respected and best-known war correspondents, talks with President Herbst.
Toyin Falola talks about the history, culture, and economics of sub-Saharan Africa.
Professor and author Jonathan Laurence talks about the integration of Muslims into politics and society around the world.
Alumna Jane Kozinski '82 discusses climate-change policy in the U.S. and Britain.
Scott Straus discusses his book -- The Order of Genocide, Race, Power, and War in Rwanda -- and about genocides throughout history.
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah talks about his book Cosmopolitanism, and the ethics of identity.
Leading Africanist Greg Mills discusses statehood and impediments to economic development in that continent.
Digital media expert Glenn Platt discusses "the inverted classroom" and ways technology can enhance teaching.