Harry Kreisler

Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of Conversations with History, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.

In 2010, The New Press released the book “Political Awakenings: Conversations with History,” based upon 20 of Mr. Kreisler’s interviews with thinkers who have changed the world—including Howard Zinn, Amira Hass, and Ron Dellums.

Conversations with History Web Site

Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley

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Videos

Intellectual Journey from Reform to Activism with Paul Butler - Conversations with History (11/15/2019)

Put Down the Phone, Allow Yourself Some Boredom (4/6/2019)

Unraveling CRISPR-Cas9 with Jennifer Doudna - Conversations with History (4/3/2019)

Embrace Solitude and Connect with Other People (3/16/2019)

Identity in a Cyber World with Sherry Turkle - Conversations with History (2/26/2019)

Leadership and Change with Jennifer Granholm - Conversations with History (12/27/2018)

Defending Science with Eugenie C. Scott - Conversations with History (10/29/2018)

Reflections on War with Sir Lawrence Freedman - Conversations with History (5/22/2018)

Publics and Counterpublics with Michael Warner - Conversations with History (5/7/2018)

Political Activism and Constitutional Law with David Cole - Conversations with History (4/23/2018)

Anger and Mourning on the American Right with Arlie Hochschild - Conversations with History (12/11/2017)

A Moment in Time: The Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the End of the Cold War with Harold Smith - Conversations with History (7/10/2017)

Food and Politics with Marion Nestle - Conversations with History (5/15/2017)

Releasing Phantom Limb Pain (1/26/2017)

Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination (12/26/2016)

World Order: Brexit, Populism, and Kissinger with Niall Ferguson - Conversations with History (12/19/2016)

Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History (11/14/2016)

Movies, Politics, and History with Oliver Stone - Conversations with History (6/6/2016)

Ethnography and Theory with Didier Fassin - Conversations with History (5/16/2016)

Science, Climate Change, and Leadership with Ralph Cicerone - Conversations with History (4/18/2016)

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