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South East Asia

1 Series: CAS Initiative: Mega-Disasters
Title: Was the Bronze Age Volcanic Eruption of Thira (Santorini) a Megacatastrophe? A Geological/Archeological Detective Story
October 26, 2006
Speaker(s): Grant Heiken
Sponsoring Unit(s):
Keywords: Akrotiri, Minoan, volcano, eruption, Bronze Age
Initiative: Social / Policy
File Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 1 minute
Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/cas20061026.rv
2 Series: CAS Initiative: Mega-Disasters
Title: The December 26, 2004, Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami: Field Perspectives on the Impacts to the Peoples, Cultures, Politics, and Economies of One of the World's Most Vibrant Regions
September 26, 2006
Speaker(s): Tom Casadevall
Sponsoring Unit(s):
Keywords: Sumatran earthquake, earth science, USGS, post-disaster studies
Initiative: Social / Policy
File Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/cas20060926.rv
3 Series: Global Studies Initiative
Title: Globalization, Inequality, and Democracy
September 20, 2006
Speaker(s): Palagummi Sainath
Sponsoring Unit(s):
Keywords: rural poverty, economic inequality, globalization, stock market, democracy, India, farmers
Initiative: Social / Policy
File Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes
Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/globalstudies/fall2006/smil/gs20060920_sainath.smil
4 Series: CAS Initiative on Globalization
Title: The Prospects for Peace in South Asia
March 6, 2006
Speaker(s): Rafiq Dossani, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Sponsoring Unit(s): Center for Advanced Studies
Keywords: South Asia, conflict, peace, globalization, India, Pakistan, economics.
Initiative: Social / Policy
File Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1:10:29
Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/cas060306.rv
5 Title: The Tsunami Disaster and the Globalization of Relief
February 1st, 2005
Speaker(s): Chris Silver, Val Beasley, Robert L. Thompson, Uriel Kitron
Sponsoring Unit(s): Center for Global Studies
Keywords: Indian Ocean Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Relief, Preparation
Initiative: Social / Policy
File Format: Real Media
Running Time: 90 minutes
Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/MediaWorks/TsunamiForum050201/PartOne.rm
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