231. Is there life after death? Fifty years of research at UVA (1:02:10)

Date:
2017-02-22
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Does some aspect of our personality survive bodily death? Long a philosophical and theological question, in the 20th century this became the subject of scientific research. Fifty years ago, in 1967, Ian Stevenson, then chair of UVA's Department of Psychiatry, created a research unit—now named the Division of Perceptual Studies—to study what, if anything, of the human personality survives after death. Dr. Stevenson's own research investigated hundreds of accounts of young children who claimed to recall past lives. In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships? History of the Health Sciences Lecture Co-presented with Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, UVA

237. John Hessler : Video Ergo Scio - Computational Reconstruction of Ancient Ceramics and Inscriptions (1:11:58)

Date:
2021-04-08
Main contributors:
Will Rourk
Summary:
Invited speaker, John Hessler of the Library of Congress, discusses the use of artificial intelligence for the reconstruction of ceramics and inscriptions in archaeology for the Scholars' Lab speaker series, University of Virginia, Spring 2021. Recorded via Zoom web video communications interface in the presence of a live audience of 60+ attendees.

239. John Warner Papers Donation (16:53)

Date:
1976-09
Main contributors:
Warner, John W., 1927-2021, Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
Summary:
Elizabeth Taylor, who had recently married John Warner, appears at the podium and they answer questions together.