WorldCanvass

Series produced by Joan Kjaer

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Image by: Benjamin Partridge 

Intriguing, internationally focused conversations on issues with global impact featuring renowned scholars and thought leaders.

WorldCanvass explores topics that are international in scope and central to our understanding of ourselves as part of the global landscape.

WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer leads discussions of culture, history, literature, language, politics, and art in an effort to illustrate and illuminate the complexities that make us distinct from one another while celebrating our common humanity.

Each WorldCanvass program embraces a different theme and is taped before a live audience at MERGE in Iowa City, Iowa.

WorldCanvass is produced by International Programs at the University of Iowa. Programs are recorded by Kyle Marxen.


226 Pieces

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A discussion of the evolution of film over the last hundred years, both as a vehicle for imaginative storytelling and a genre for commentary, the p...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 24:16
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A discussion of the evolution of film over the last hundred years, both as a vehicle for imaginative storytelling and a genre for commentary, the p...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 26:03
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A discussion of the evolution of film over the last hundred years, both as a vehicle for imaginative storytelling and a genre for commentary, the p...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 23:17
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 24:24
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 23:40
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:59
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:02
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests discuss teaching innovation with a focus on creative and high-impact ways teachers are engaging the minds of Univers...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 22:12
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests discuss teaching innovation with a focus on creative and high-impact ways teachers are engaging the minds of Univers...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:15
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests discuss teaching innovation with a focus on creative and high-impact ways teachers are engaging the minds of Univers...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:06
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests discuss teaching innovation with a focus on creative and high-impact ways teachers are engaging the minds of Univers...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 23:40
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:52
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:53
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 33:04
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 26:18
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Leading scholars from the field of Chinese public opinion research discuss the influence of public opinion on political reform, political trust, an...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 23:57
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Leading scholars from the field of Chinese public opinion research discuss the influence of public opinion on political reform, political trust, an...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 24:08
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Leading scholars from the field of Chinese public opinion research discuss the influence of public opinion on political reform, political trust, an...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:52
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Leading scholars from the field of Chinese public opinion research discuss the influence of public opinion on political reform, political trust, an...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 22:41
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A discussion of ways in which the arts--both the performing and creative arts--serve as critical communicators on issues of human rights and freedo...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 22:49