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Some of Yale's finest scholars and most brilliant teachers have prepared videotaped courses especially for you. Each broadcast quality program includes six full lectures. Now you can bring Yale's greatest treasures - her outstanding teachers - into your own home!

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	Mary Miller Among The Maya: Blood, War And Kings For many years, modern investigators portrayed ancient Maya civilizations of Central America as an advanced, peaceful culture. Advanced it is, peaceful not. Mary Miller, Vincent Scully, Jr. Professor of the History of Art, will put before you a civilization more extraordinary than you might think possible.
	Gaddis Smith Turning Points In American Foreign Relations From the 1778 alliance with France to Lyndon Johnson's decision to fight in Vietnam, this country has faced turning points in foreign policy which defined not only its own identity but changed the future of many lands and peoples. Gaddis Smith, Professor Emeritus of History, examines six decisive moments that determined our relations with the world.
	Brian Skinner The Dynamic Earth How does the earth actually work? Just under its surface you will find an intriguing story of complex and dynamic physical forces. Join Brian Skinner, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Geology and Geophysics and one of Yale's most prominent and publicly active scientists, as he opens up the planet for your closer inspection.
	Jaroslave Pelikan Christians Of The East The fall of Rome led to a dark age in the West. We easily forget, however, that a great Eastern empire lived on vigorously for many centuries, with its distinct Christian tradition. Join Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, as he explores the religious and social history of a people at the center of contemporary events.
	Peter Salovey The Intelligent Emotions What activates your emotions? Are your emotions the same as those of others? How do emotions affect health? While we tend to conceive of emotion and intelligence as separate aspects of the mind, the emotions often motivate adaptive thinking and action. Inquire into their role with Peter Salovey, Dean of Yale College and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, and one of Yale's brightest faculty.
	Duncan Robinson British Art And Society's Mirror Just as history provides a context for art, the arts can illuminate history. Duncan Robinson, past director of Yale's Center for British Art, presents works from Yale's incomparable collection of British art that mirror the history and social life of Great Britain between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
	Robin Winks What Some Good Historians Do Historians reach into the past. But how do they do that exactly? The late Robin Winks, who was one of Yale's master historians, laid open the tools of his trade. In this videotape, he presents good historiography as an odd amalgam of superior intelligence work, philosophical insight, a solid grip on human nature, disciplined writing, and indefatigable curiosity.
	Marie Boroff To Hear Their Voices: Chaucer, Shakespeare and Frost Professor Marie Borroff, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, presents three profound poetic voices, those of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Robert Frost, as she explores how the poets' themes find expression in their language and how their language has shaped our own. The program includes Professor Borroff reading of Chaucer in the original pronunciations.
	Richard Brodhead Antebellum Literature: A New Birth Of Freedom Just prior to the Civil War, a new kind of writer burst onto the scene in American arts and letters. Richard Brodhead, former Dean of Yale College, examines the startling changes heralded by Whitman, Douglass, Stowe, and Hawthorne, whose brilliant works anticipated the most important crisis in our national history.
	James Comer, M.D. Changing The American School How must our educational system change in order to thrive in the midst of social upheaval? James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Child Study Center and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the School of Medicine, has spent his life focusing on children, their development and the crisis in our schools. Nationally recognized for his revitalization of troubled urban schools, he explores why his work is relevant to every school and every child.