Mark Danner Curriculum Vitae CURRENT AFFILIATIONS Chancellor’s Professor of Journalism and English University of California, Berkeley 2011- present James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs, Politics and the Humanities, Bard College 2007 – present Resident Curator, Telluride Film Festival 2013- present Contributor, The New York Review of Books 1993 - present Contributor, The New Yorker 2001 – present PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor of Politics, Al Quds University Abu Dis, Palestine 2011- 2012 Professor, The Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley 1999 – 2011 Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism and Human Rights, Bard College 2003 – 2007 Director, The Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs, University of California, Berkeley 2002 – 2005 Staff Writer, The New Yorker 1990 – 2001 Writer and Producer, ABC News, Peter Jennings Reporting 1994 - 1995 Story Editor, The New York Times Magazine 1986 - 1990 Senior Editor, Harper’s Magazine 1984 – 1986 -1- www.markdanner.com Editorial Assistant, The New York Review of Books 1981 - 1984 EDUCATION AB, Harvard College Modern Literature and Aesthetics, magna cum laude (Class of 1980) June 1981 Utica Free Academy (Utica, NY) Regents Diploma, National Merit Finalist June 1976 PUBLICATIONS (Books) Torture and the Forever War (Simon and Schuster [Forthcoming, 2016] ) Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War (Nation Books, 2009) The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History (New York Review Books, 2006) Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror (New York Review Books, 2004) The Road to Illegitimacy: One Reporter’s Travels through the 2000 Florida Vote Recount (Melville House, 2004) The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War (Vintage, 1994) AWARDS AND HONORS (SELECTED) 2014 Finalist: Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage, Warsaw, Poland. For The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War (Vintage, 1994). 2013 Longreads Best of 2013: The Best Story About Storytelling, For “In Conversation: Robert Silvers,” Interview with Robert Silvers, New York Magazine, April 7, 2013, pp. 26-29. 2012 The Best American Magazine Writing, For “Torture,” in “Excerpts from The Encyclopedia of 9/11,” New York, in Sid Holt, ed. (Columbia, 2012). 2011 Hellen Ingram Plummer Lecture, “Living With the New Normal: Human Rights, US Foreign Policy and the 2012 Elections,” Georgia State University, Atlanta, April 19 -2- www.markdanner.com 2010 Tanner Lectures in Human Value, “Torture and the Forever War: Living in the State of Exception,” Stanford University, April 15 and 16. 2010 Andrew and Marian Heiskell Visiting Critic, American Academy in Rome 2008 Andrew and Marian Heiskell Visiting Critic, American Academy in Rome 2007 Coldtype.net Best Political Essays of the Year. For “Words in a Time of War,” Tomdispatch.com, May 31, 2007. 2007 Richard Leopold Lecture, “Beyond Endless War: Terror, Iraq and the Growth of American Foreign Policy,” Northwestern University, November 1st . 2007 W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture, “In War’s Dark Shadow: Americans, Terror and the Coming of Endless War,” Northern Illinois University, November 14. 2007 The Best American Essays, For “Iraq: The War of the Imagination,” in David Foster Wallace, ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) 2006 Best American Political Writing, For “Taking Stock of the Forever War,” in Royce Fillipin, ed. (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006) 2006 Carey McWilliams Award. Presented by the American Political Science Association "to honor a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." 2004 Overseas Press Award. The Madeline Dane Ross Award for “Best international reporting in any medium showing a concern for the human condition.” For Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror. 1999 MacArthur Fellow. Named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in June 1999. 1998 Overseas Press Award. The Ed Cunningham Award for best magazine reporting from abroad. For "Yugoslav Wars,” The New York Review of Books. 1995 DuPont Gold Baton. "While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy," ABC News Peter Jennings Reporting. (Writer and Co-Producer) 1994 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. For The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War. 1994 Emmy Award from Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Story (Program), "While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy," ABC News Peter Jennings Reporting, March 17, 1994. (Producer) -3- www.markdanner.com 1994 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Special Media Award For Outstanding Coverage of Latin America. For "The Truth of El Mozote," The New Yorker (December 6, 1993) 1993 Overseas Press Award. The Madeline Dane Ross Award for Best International Reporting in any medium showing a concern for the human condition. For "The Truth of El Mozote," The New Yorker (December 6, 1993) 1990 National Magazine Award for Reporting. "A Reporter at Large: Beyond the Mountains, Parts I, II & III," The New Yorker (November 27, December 4 & December 11, 1989. AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS (SELECTED) Member, Council on Foreign Relations, New York 1988 - present Member, The Century Association, New York 1988- present Fellow, New York University Institute of the Humanities 1993 - present Member, PEN American Center for Poets, Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists, New York 1998 – present Member, Board of Trustees, World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco 2004 - 2008 PRIZE JURIES (SELECTED) 2009 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism Juror 2005 The Lettre Ulyssees Award for the Art of Reportage Juror 2004 The J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Award Juror 1997 The Hammett Prize Juror PUBLICATIONS (Anthologies and Introductions) “State of Siege: Their Torture and Ours,” in The Criterion Collection (2015). -4- www.markdanner.com “Warring With Words: A Conversation with Mark Danner and Michael Hanne,” in Warring With Words: Narrative and Metaphor in Politics (Psychology Press, 2014). “Torture,” in Sid Holt (ed.), The Best American Magazine Writing 2012 (Columbia University Press, 2012). “Now That We’ve Tortured: Image, Guilt, Consequence,” in Biswas and Zalloua (ed.), Torture: Power, Democracy and the Human Body (University of Washington, 2011). “Torture and the Forever War: Living in the State of Exception,” in Tanner Lectures Vol 30 (University of Utah Press, 2011). “US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites,” in Ross Flippin (ed.), Best American Political Writing 2010 (PublicAffairs, 2009) “Introduction,’” in Philippe-Paul de Ségur, Defeat: Napoleon’s Russian Campaign (New York Review of Books, 2008) “Words in a Time of War” in 2007 Coldtype.net Best Political Essays of the Year, www.coldtype.net “War, fear, and truth“ in Andras Szanto, ed. What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics (PublicAffairs, 2007) “Iraq: The War of the Imagination,” in David Foster Wallace, ed. The Best American Essays, 2007 (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) “Taking Stock of the Forever War,” in Royce Fillipin, ed. Best American Political Writing 2006 (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006) pp. 298-322 “You Can Do Anything with a Bayonet Except Sit on It” (interview) in Tom Engelhardt, Mission Unaccomplished:Tomdispatch Interviews with American Iconoclasts and Dissenters (Nation Books, 2006) pp.106 - 128. “Bodies Under Stress,” Catalogue essay accompanying the exhibition “Abu Ghraib: Abuse of Power,” works on paper by Susan Crile. The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York City, September 7 - October 21, 2006. “Humanism and Terror (What Are You Going To Do With That?),” in Gary Willis and Nate Hardcastle (editors) The I Hate the 21st Century Reader (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006) pp. 157-171. “Torture and Truth” and “The Logic of Torture,” in Mark Danner, Barbara Ehrenreich, et al., Abu Ghraib: the Politics of Torture (North Atlantic Books, 2004), pp. 1 - 47. -5- www.markdanner.com "The Massacre at El Mozote," in Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Philippe Bourgois (editors), Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology (Blackwell, 2003) pp. 334 - 338. "Endgame in Kosovo: Ethnic Cleansing and American Amnesia," in William Joseph Buckley, Kosovo: Contending Voices on Balkan Intervention (Eerdmans 2000), pp 56 – 71. "Staying On In El Salvador: An Introduction," in Larry Towell, El Salvador (DoubleTake - Norton, 1997), pp. 11 – 19. “Iran-Contra,” in Eric J. Schmertz, Natalie Datlof, and Alexej Ugrinsky (editors), President Reagan and the World (Greenwood Press, 1997) “Transatlantic Relations - Confronting the Paradigm Change,” in Alton Frye and Werner Weidenfeld (editors), Europe and America: Between Drift and New Order (Bertelsmann Foundation and Council on Foreign Relations, 1993) PUBLICATIONS (Magazines and Periodicals) “The CIA: The Devastating Indictment,” The New York Review of Books, February 5, 2015. “ ‘Guantanamo Diary’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi,” The New York Times, January 20, 2015. “How Robert Gates Got Away With It,” The New York Review of Books, August 14, 2014. “Cheney: The More Ruthless the Better,” The New York Review of Books, May 8, 2014. “He Remade Our World,” The New York Review of Books, March 17, 2014. “In the Darkness of Dick Cheney,” The New York Review of Books, February 14, 2014 “Rumsfeld: Why We Live in His Ruins,” The New York Review of Books, February 06, 2014. “Donald Rumsfeld Revealed,” The New York Review of Books, January 09, 2014. “Rumsfeld’s War and Its Consequences Now,” The New York Review of Books, December 19, 2013, pp. 84-87. “Das Syrische Dilemma,” Lettre International, Winter, 2013, pp. 45-47. “Syria: Is There a Solution,” The New York Review of Books, November 7, 2013, pp. 92-95. “Through the Looking Glass,” Interview with Errol Morris, The Watch, August 29, 2013 -6- www.markdanner.com “In Conversation: Robert Silvers,” Interview with Robert Silvers, New York Magazine, April 7, 2013. “How and What Obama Won,” The New York Review of Books, December 20, 2012. “The Politics of Fear,” The New York Review of Books, November 22, 2012. “Six Powerful Voices Deep inside Israel’s Shin Bet,” Interview with Israeli Director Dror Moreh, The Film Watch (Telluride Film Festival, Colorado), September 2012. “After September 11: Our State of Exception,” The New York Review of Books, September 11, 2011. “Torture: Once Anathema, Now a Choice,” New York Magazine, August 27, 2011. “To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature,” The New York Times, January 21, 2010. ***** “The Red Cross Torture Report: What It Means,” The New York Review of Books, April 30, 2009. “If Everyone Knew, Who’s to Blame?” The Washington Post, April 26, 2009. “US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites,” The New York Review of Books, April 9, 2009 “Tales from Torture’s Dark World,” The New York Times, March 15, 2009 “On Dick Cheney,” The Guardian (UK), January 17, 2009 ***** “Frozen Scandal,” The New York Review of Books, December 4, 2008 “Obama & Sweet Potato Pie,” The New York Review of Books, November 20, 2008 “2008: The Weight of the Past,” The New York Review of Books, November 6, 2008 “Sweet Potato Pie in Philly (Web Dispatch),” The New York Review of Books, October 16, 2008 “Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Imaginative Acts,” The New York Times, August 27, 2008 “Taking Stock of the Terror War,” Tomdispatch.com, March 25, 2008 -7- www.markdanner.com ***** “Bush: entre la fe y la bravunconería,” El Pais, November 10, 2007 “‘The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam’: The Crawford Transcript,” The New York Review of Books, November 7, 2007. “War, fear, and truth,” Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2007. “Words in a Time of War (abridged),” Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2007. “Words in a Time of War,” Tomdispatch.com, May 31, 2007. ***** “Iraq: The War of the Imagination,” The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2006. ***** “Taking Stock of the Forever War,” The New York Times Magazine, September 11, 2005. “Iraq’s Buried History: The Memo, the Press, and the War,” Exchange, The New York Review of Books, August 11, 2005. “The Iraq Pretext: Why the Memo Matters,” Exchange, The New York Review of Books, July 14, 2005. “Humanism and Terror (What Are You Going To Do With That?),” Commencement Address at the University of California, Berkeley, The New York Review of Books, June 23, 2005. “The Secret Way to War,” The New York Review of Books, June 9, 2005. “An Excerpt from ‘The Secret Road to Abu Ghraib’,” Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation, June, 2005. “Iraq: The Real Election,” The New York Review of Books, April 28, 2005. “Bush’s Victory: Second Thoughts,” Exchange, The New York Review of Books, March 10, 2005. “Torture and Gonzales: An Exchange,” Exchange, The New York Review of Books, February 10, 2005. -8- www.markdanner.com “We Are All Torturers Now,” The New York Times, Op-Ed Page, January 6, 2005. “How Bush Really Won,” The New York Review of Books, January 3, 2005. ***** “Seeing the World: James Chace, 1931-2004,” The Lives They Lived, The New York Times Magazine, December 26, 2004. “A Doctrine Left Behind,” The New York Times, Op-Ed Page, November 21, 2004. “The Election and America’s Future,” The New York Review of Books, November 4, 2004. “Abu Ghraib: The Hidden Story,” The New York Review of Books, October 7, 2004. “The Logic of Torture,” The New York Review of Books, June 24, 2004. “Torture and Truth,” The New York Review of Books, June 10, 2004. “Delusions in Baghdad: An Exchange,” Exchange, The New York Review of Books, February 12, 2004. ***** “Delusions in Baghdad,” The New York Review of Books, December 18, 2003. “Iraq: How Not to Win a War,” The New York Review of Books, September 23, 2003. “The Erotic Pull of the Strange: An Introduction,” Zoetrope All-Story, Summer 2003. ***** “The Struggles of Democracy and Empire,” The New York Times, Op-Ed Page, October 8, 2002. ***** “The Battlefield in the American Mind,” The New York Times, Op-Ed Page, October 21, 2001. “The Road to Illegitimacy,” The New York Review of Books, February 22, 2001. -9- www.markdanner.com ***** “Scandal and the Road to Deadlock,” The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2000. “The Lost Olympics,” The New York Review of Books, November 2, 2000. “Clinton and Colombia: The Privilege of Folly,” The New York Review of Books, October 5, 2000. “The Shame of Political TV,” The New York Review of Books, September 2, 2000. “Long Memoris: Srebrenica, A Cry from the Grave,” PBS Frontline, Essay, January 2000. ***** “Kosovo: The Meaning of Victory,” The New York Review of Books, July 15, 1999. “The Endgame in Kosovo,” The New York Review of Books, May 6, 1999. “’Members of the Club’: A biography of the Bundy brothers, the brilliant Washington insiders who brought us Vietnam,” New York Times Book Review, April 4, 1999. ***** “Operation Storm,” The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1998. “Bosnien: Warum Der Westen Zuschaute,” Das Magazin/ Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich), October 2, 1998. [entire issue] “In the Killing Fields of Bosnia,” New York Review of Books, September 24, 1998. “Slouching Toward Dayton,” New York Review of Books, April 23, 1998. “Bosnia: The Great Betrayal,” New York Review of Books, March 26, 1998. “Bosnia: Breaking the Machine,” New York Review of Books, February 19, 1998. “Marooned in the Cold War: And Exchange between Mark Danner and George F. Kennan, Strobe Talbott and Lee H. Hamilton,” World Policy Journal, Volume 4, XIV, No1, Spring 1998. “Bosnia: The Turning Point,” New York Review of Books, February 5, 1998. -10- www.markdanner.com ***** “Clinton, the UN, and the Bosnia Disaster,” New York Review of Books, December 18, 1997. “America and the Bosnia Genocide,” New York Review of Books, December 4, 1997. “The US and the The Yugoslav Catastrophe,” New York Review of Books, November 20, 1997. “Marooned in the Cold War: An Exchange between Richard C. Holbrooke and Mark Danner,” World Policy Journal, Volume 3 XIV, No4, Winter 1997. “Marooned in the Cold War: America, the Alliance, and the Quest for a Vanished World,” World Policy Journal, Volume 3 XIV, No3, Fall 1997. ***** “Guardian Angels,” Talk of the Town, The New Yorker, November 25, 1996. “Hypocrisy in Action: What’s the real Iran-Bosnia scandal?” Comment, The New Yorker, May 13, 1996. “Running Free: Mark Danner on an athlete’s trials.” Showcase, The New Yorker, February 26 & March 4, 1996. ***** “Perilous Fight: Haiti’s problems will not yield as easily as its Army,” Comment, The New Yorker, September 26, 1994. “House on Fire: America’s Haitian Crisis,” (hour-long television documentary, cowritten with Peter Jennings), Peter Jennings Reporting, ABC News, July 27, 1994. “Through A Child’s Eyes: The Yugoslav War,” Portfolio Caption, The New Yorker, April 4, 1994. “While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy,” (hour-long television documentary, co-written with David Gelber), Peter Jennings Reporting, ABC News, March 30, 1994. ***** -11- www.markdanner.com “The Truth of El Mozote,” A Reporter at Large, The New Yorker, December 6, 1993. “The Fall of the Prophet,” The New York Review of Books (review-essay, part 3 of 3), December 2, 1993. “The Prophet,” The New York Review of Books (review-essay, part 2 of 3), November 18, 1993. “Haiti on the Verge,” The New York Review of Books (review-essay, part 1 of 3), November 4, 1993. “The Price in Haiti,” Comment, The New Yorker, October 25, 1993. "How The Foreign Policy Machine Broke Down," The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 1993. ***** “During the nineteen-eighties, while Iraqis and Iranians killed one another by the hundreds of thousands...,” Comment, The New Yorker, August 17, 1992. "Postcards From History," Essay, Aperture, Spring 1992. “Less than a year after Americans paraded in the streets to celebrate victory in the Gulf War...,” Comment, The New Yorker, May 25, 1992. ***** "With the publication of Oliver North's memoirs...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, December 30, 1991. "Two weeks ago, when Haitian soldiers deposed their country's President...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, October 21, 1991. "To Haiti, With Love and Squalor," The New York Times Book Review, August 11, 1991. "It is an axiom of governance that power, once acquired, is seldom freely relinquished...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, July 29, 1991. "Like an untreated infection within the political system, the Iran-Contra affair continues to grow...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, June 17, 1991. "Three months after United States Marines liberated Kuwait City, the victors of Operation Desert Storm...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, June 3, 1991. -12- www.markdanner.com "In November, a year after the Berlin Wall was breached, American troops and airmen by the thousand...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, January 21, 1991. ***** "For almost four months, the United States has been sleepwalking toward war...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, December 10, 1990. "A year after the Berlin Wall was breached and the 'post-Cold War era' proclaimed...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, November 19, 1990. "Though the rhetoric surrounding the Middle East crisis has softened somewhat since the threats of mid-August...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, October 1, 1990. "The great public scandals of the last decade are remarkable, above all, for their inconclusiveness, their strange resistance to closure...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, September 24, 1990. "Americans tend to examine distant regimes, and the commitments our government has made to them, only during times of crisis...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, September 10, 1990. "Just past ten on a sunny morning last month in Port-au-Prince...," Notes and Comment, The New Yorker, July 16, 1990. ***** "Beyond the Mountains," A Reporter at Large, The New Yorker, December 11, 1989 (Part III). "Beyond the Mountains," A Reporter at Large, The New Yorker, December 4, 1989 (Part II); "Beyond the Mountains," A Reporter at Large, The New Yorker, November 27, 1989 (Part I) ***** "The Struggle for a Democratic Haiti," The New York Times Magazine, June 21, 1987. "A World Without Nuclear Weapons?" Introductory Essay, The New York Times Magazine, April 5, 1987. -13- www.markdanner.com ***** "Though Duvalier Is Gone, Haiti Still Needs Help," The New York Times, Op-Ed Page, May 19, 1986. "What Does Government Owe the Poor?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, April 1986. "How Not to Fix the Schools," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, February 1986. "Gossiping About Gossip," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, January 1986. ***** "In the Age of Cocaine," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, December 1985. "AIDS: What Is To Be Done?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, October 1985. "Sports: How Dirty A Game?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, September 1985. "Will Books Survive?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, August 1985. "The Nuclear Dilemma (II): Is Arms Control Obsolete?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, July 1985. "Is There A Way Out? Nuclear Strategy and the Plausibity of Hope," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, June 1985. "Images of Fear: On the Perception and Reality of Crime," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, May 1985. "On the Consequences of Vietnam," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, April 1985. "Television Looks At Itself," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, March 1985. "Who Pays For Economic Change?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, February 1985. -14- www.markdanner.com "Can the Press Tell the Truth?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, January 1985. ***** "Prophets of the Holy Land: Scenes From the Future of the Middle East," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, December 1984. "The Place of Pornography," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, November 1984. "Terrorism and the Media," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, October 1984. "Should the CIA Fight Secret Wars?" Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, September, 1984. "Naming the Land: Poetic Variations on An American Theme," Introductory Forum Essay, Harper's Magazine, August, 1984. COURSES TAUGHT Catastrophe, Conflict, Scandal: Longform and the Decoding of Reality, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2015. From Centaurs to Superheroes: Metamorphosis, Monsters and the Supernatural Everyday, UC Berkeley (Department of English), Spring 2015. Terror, Torture, Drones: Trapped in the Emergency State, Bard College, Fall 2014. From Centaurs to Superheroes: Metamorphosis, Monsters and the Supernatural Everyday, Bard College, Fall 2014. Portraits in Black: Dictator, Autocrat, Caudillo, UC Berkeley (Department of English), Spring 2013. Catastrophe, Conflict, Scandal: Long Form and the Decoding of Reality, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2013. Death From the Sky: Drones, Terror and the New Normal in US Foreign Policy, Al Quds University, Fall 2012. Portraits in Black: Dictator, Democrat, Tyrant, Al Quds University, Fall 2012. -15- www.markdanner.com Self Creation: Confession, Memoir, Autobiography, UC Berkeley (Department of English), Spring 2012. Juicy, Juicy Scandal: Sex, Power, Cash and the Dynamics of Disclosure, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2012. In Search of the Arab Awakening: The US and the Modern Middle East, Al Quds University, Fall 2011. From Terror to Counter- Terror: Human Rights in the Wake of 9/11, Al Quds University, Fall 2011. The Long Fact: A Workshop, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2011. Tolstoy and the Birth of Literary Realism, UC Berkeley (Department of English), Spring 2011. War of Heroes, War of Machines: Atrocity, Total War and the Epic Imagination, Bard College, Fall 2010. Taking Stock of the Forever War: Global Jihad, War on Terror, American Power, Bard College, Fall 2010. Power, Violence and Make Believe: Revealing Politics in Fiction, Bard College, Fall 2009. Escaping the State of Exception: Terror, Martial Law and Democracy, Bard College, Fall 2009. Out of the Ruins: Rebuilding US Foreign Policy After Bush’s War on Terror, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2009. Dreaming Utopia: the Theory and Practice of Ideal Worlds, Bard College, Fall 2008. Roguery, Debauchery and War: A Thieves’ Journey Through the Picaresque, Bard College, Fall 2008. How to Tell a Story: Chekhov and the Depiction of Reality, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2007. Covering the Arc of Crisis: Policy Making and Reporting in Asia and the Middle East, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2007. Dostoevsky: The Novelist as Journalist, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2006. -16- www.markdanner.com Covering Conflict in a Dangerous World: Crisis Management and American Power, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2006. Fidelity, Adultery, Promiscuity: In Search of Don Juan, Bard College, Fall 2005. Terror, Torture and Truth: Human Rights after 9/11, Bard College, Fall 2005. Reporting the Iraq War, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2005. Covering Conflict in an Age of Terror: Crisis Management and American Power, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2005. Covering Conflict in an Age of Terror: Crisis Management and American Power, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2004. The Editor as God: Shaping the Words, Guiding the Story, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2004. The Catastrophe of Knowledge: An Exploration of the Faust Legend, Bard College, Fall 2003. The Politics of Terror: Writing about Violent Political Change, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2003. The New World Horror Show: Covering the Crisis and Catastrophe in Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2002. The Nonfiction Novella, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2002. Talk Talk, Fight Fight: Ending Conflict, Limiting Arms, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2002. The Nonfiction Novella, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2001. Editing Workshop, UC Berkeley (Graduate School of Journalism), Spring 2000. APPEARANCES IN DOCUMENTARY FILMS (SELECTED) How the US Created the Islamic State, VICE Films. (2014) Regarding Susan Sontag, Nancy Kates, dir. (2014) -17- www.markdanner.com The Fifty Year Argument, Martin Scorcese, dir. (2014) The Age of Czeslaw Milosz, Juozas Javaitis, dir. (Facets EDU, 2011) The Quake, Marcela Baviria, Martin Smith and Will Cohen, prods. (Frontline/PBS, 2010) Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Rory Kennedy, dir. (HBO/Moxie Firecracker Films, 2007) The Torture Question, Michael Kirk, dir. (Frontline/PBS, 2005) A Few Bad Apples, Morris Karp, prod. (The Fifth Estate/CBC News, 2005) Rush to War, Robert Taicher, dir. (RTW Films, 2004) The War Behind Closed Doors, Michael Kirk, dir. (Frontline/PBS, 2003) PUBLIC APPEARANCES (SELECTED) Roundtable, Rethinking Washington’s Counterterrorism Strategy, with Peter Leyden. 12/8/2015 ReInvent Video Roundtables, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Talk, The Management of Savagery: The Islamic State, Extreme Violence and Our Endless War, Presented by the Human Rights Project at Bard College. 12/1/2015 Reem-Kayden Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Talk, Spiraling Down: Human Rights, 10/22/2015 Eldman Courtroom, Texas Law Endless War, The Frances Tarlton School, University of Texas, "Sissy" Farenthold Inaugural Lecture in Austin, Texas. Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights," Texas Law School. Talk, The Rise of the Terror State, Telluride Film Festival. 9/7/2015 Telluride, CO Dialogue, Evgeny Afeesinov, Winter on Fire. 8/11/2015 Berkeley, CA -18- www.markdanner.com Interview with Michael Ware and Bill Guttentag. 7/23/2015 Berkeley, CA The 50 Year Argument, Q&A with Linda Hollick, American Library Association Annual Conference. 6/28/15 The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Panel Discussion, Shocking Stories, Profound Truths: Two Master Journalists Unpack Mass Murder, with Asne Seierstad, Bay Area Book Festival. 6/7/15 The Brower Center, Berkeley, CA Panel Discussion, The Secret State: The Rise of National Surveillance and the Conflict Between Freedom and Security, with Robert Scheer and Karen Paget, Bay Area Book Festival. 6/7/15 The Brower Center, Berkeley, CA Panel Discussion, Transforming Terror, with Susan Griffin (moderator), Bay Area Book Festival. 6/6/15 The Brower Center, Berkeley, CA Panel Discussion, Fiction and War, with Anthony Marra, Nayomi Munaweera and Anastasia Edel, Oakland Book Festival. 5/31/15 Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA War Correspondents Panel with Adam Hochschild, Elizabeth Farnsworth and Orville Schell. 4/29/15 Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA. Marc Thiessen Debate, Resolved: The US has been a force for good in the Middle East. 3/31/15 Berkeley, CA -19- www.markdanner.com Marc Thiessen Debate, Resolved: The US has been a force for good in the Middle East. 3/31/15 Berkeley, CA Talk, Our Ignorance, Their Pain: Torture and The Forever War, Boalt Law School Torture Symposium. 2/15/15 Boalt Hall, Berkeley, CA NY Times Book Review Podcast, ‘Guantanamo Diary’ with Pamela Paul. 1/29/14 Berkeley, CA KPFK, Conversation with Ian Masters. 12/14/14 Los Angeles, CA KALW Media Roundup, Torture Report. 12/12/14 Red Hook, NY KQED Forum, Torture Report, with Michael Krasny. 12/10/14 Red Hook, NY Conversation with Nuruddin Farah, Bard College 11/17/14 Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, NY VICE, How the US Created the Islamic State. 11/14/14 Brooklyn, NY Talk, Terror Torture Drones: Taking Stock of the Forever War, MacArthur Fellows Forum. 10/24/14 Westin, Chicago, IL -20- www.markdanner.com Conversation with Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari, Rosewater. 10/21/14 UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA. Conversation with Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahrani and Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosewater, Telluride Film Festival. 8/31/14 County Courthouse, Telluride, CO. Q&A with Wim Wenders and Juliano Cabrera Salgado, The Salt of the Earth, Telluride Film Festival. 8/31/14 Herzog Theater, Telluride, CO. Introduction with Joshua Oppenheimer, The Look of Silence, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/14 Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, CO Q&A with Sayed Kashua, Dancing Arabs, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/14 Nugget Theater, Telluride, CO Conversation, Robert Silvers, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/14 County Courthouse, Telluride, CO Intro & Q&A, The Fifty Year Argument, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/14 Nugget Theater, Telluride, CO Introduction and Q&A with Jon Stewart, Rosewater, Telluride Film Festival. 8/29/14 Galaxy Theater, Telluride, CO Introduction, The Fifty Year Argument, Telluride Film Festival. 8/29/14 The Chuck Jones Cinema, Telluride, CO -21- www.markdanner.com Discussion with Nancy Kates, Francisco Spagnolli, Jay Rosenblat, Sontag Film Discussion. 8/2/14 Temple Shoaz, San Francisco, CA Interview with Ian Masters, Background Briefing with Ian Masters. 6/22/14 Berkeley, CA Dialogue on Reporting and El Mozote with Agnieszka Wojcinska. 5/24/14 Warsaw, Poland Dialogue: "War, Terror and the Limits of Reportage," with Remigiuz Grzela and Krzysztof Uminski, Warsaw Book Festival. 5/24/14 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland. Interview with Magda Mikolajczuk Jedynka for Polish Radio First. 5/23/14 Warsaw, Poland Interview with Katarzyna Nowak for Polish Radio. 5/23/14 Warsaw, Poland Dialogue: "State Counterterror and Human Rights," with Andrei Soldatov,, Alexander Tcherkasov, Sergey Kovalev and Varvara Parkhomenko, Sakharov Center. 5/19/14 Moscow, Russia. Seminar Lecture: "Terror and Human Rights," at Dmitri Bubrovskii's class, Smolny Institute. 5/16/14 St. Petersburg, Russia -22- www.markdanner.com Lecture: "After the Wars of Terror: The US 'Light Footprint' in the Post-9/11 World," Smolny Institute. 5/14/14 Interview, “Rumsfeld and Cheney,” for Radio West. 4/14/14 Talk, “Meditation on War”, for Kronos Quartet Beyond Zero: 1914-1918. 4/4/14 Magnus Collection, Berkeley, CA Interview on “Iraq: What’s Known, What’s Unknown, What We Don’t Want to Know”, Radio Open Source, w/Christopher Lydon 4/3/14 Berkeley, CA Dialogue on “Protests in Turkey and The CIA’s torture program”, KALW, w/ Rose Aguilar 3/14/14 San Francisco, CA Interview on “Rumsfeld’s War and Its Consequences Now”, KPFK Radio, w/Ian Masters 12/10/13 Los Angeles, CA Interview on “Rumsfeld’s War and Its Consequences Now” Sunday Morning Edition with Chuck Mertz. 12/1/13 Chicago, IL Interview on Syrian Intervention, KPFK Radio, w/ Ian Masters 9/8/13 Los Angeles, CA Introduction & Dialogue with Errol Morris, The Unknown Known, The Galaxy Theater, Telluride Film Festival. 9/1/13 Telluride, CO -23- St. Petersburg, Russia www.markdanner.com Introduction & Dialogue with Don DeLillo and Errol Morris, The Zapruder Film and The Umbrella Man, The Sheridan Opera House, Telluride Film Festival. 9/1/13 Telluride, CO Introduction & Dialogue, A Tribute to Mohammad Rasoulof & his film “Manuscripts Don’t Burn”, The Chuck Jones Theater, Telluride Film Festival. 9/1/13 Telluride, CO Introduction & Dialogue, Rithy Panh and his film “The Missing Picture”, The Nugget Theater, Telluride Film Festival. 8/31/13 Telluride, CO Dialogue with Don DeLillo, on The Zapruder Film & La Morte Rouge, The Sheridan Opera House, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/13 Telluride, CO Dialogue with Agnieszka Holland, on Burning Bush, The Palm Theater, Telluride Film Festival. 8/30/13 Telluride, CO Introduction, Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known, The Sheridan Opera House, Telluride Film Festival. 8/29/13 Telluride, CO Introduction, Agnieszka Holland’s Burning Bush, The Pierre Theater, Telluride Film Festival. 8/29/13 Telluride, CO Dialogue with Errol Morris, Through the Looking Glass, Telluride WATCH. 8/5/13 Berkeley, CA Interview, America Abroad, Public Radio International, w/ Samantha Fields 6/12/13 Minneapolis, MN -24- www.markdanner.com Forum, What is Terrorism?, KQED. 5/24/13 San Francisco, CA Interview, Radio Krakowskie Przedmiescie, w/ Łukasz Wojtusik. 5/19/13 Krakow, Poland Debate, Czeslaw Milosz International Festival, Evil – Experience and Literature, w/ Stefan Chwin, Juan Gelman, Michael Kruger, and Adam Zagajewski. 5/18/13 Krakow, Poland Event, Czeslaw Milosz International Festival "Czeslaw Milosz in the Land of Ullro," w/Adam Zagajewski, renata Gorczynska, Richard Lourie, Anthony Milosz. 5/16/13 Krakow, Poland Talk, Human Rights in Latin America, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley. 5/2/13 Berkeley, CA Interview, TruthDig Radio, w/ Josh Scheer. 4/18/13 Berkeley, CA Interview on Zero Dark Thirty, Brian Lehrer Show, w/ AO Scott, WNYC. 1/18/13 New York, NY Interview, NOW, MSNBC, w/Ari Melber, "Torture and Zero Dark Thirty," North Gate Hall Studio. 12/27/12 Berkeley, CA -25- www.markdanner.com Seminar, “The US Elections and the Forever War,” Danish Institute for International Studies. 11/9/12 Copenhagen, Denmark Introduction, Mark Danner and Joshua Oppenheimer “The Act of Killing,” Copenhagen Documentary Festival. 11/8/12 Copenhagen, Denmark Panel, “Courthouse Dialogue on Film and Injustice,” Joshua Oppenheimer, Peter Sellars and Mark Danner, The Courthouse, Telluride Film Festival. 9/3/12 Tellruide, CO Introduction and Q&A, Dror Moreh, “The Gatekeepers,” The Sheridan Opera House, Telluride Film Festival. 9/2/12 Telluride, CO Talk, Ben Affleck, Dror Moreh, Michael Winterbottom, Ziad Doueiri, Joshua Oppenheimer and Mark Danner “Injustice, Reconciliation and Cinema,” Telluride Park, Telluride Film Festival. 9/2/12 Telluride, CO Q&A, “No,” Gael Garcia Bernal, Pablo Larrain, Chuck Jones Theatre, Telluride Film Festival. 9/2/12 Telluride, CO Q&A, “The Attack,” Ziad Doueiri and Mark Danner, The Mason’s Theatre, Telluride Film Festival. 9/1/12 Telluride, CO Q&A, “The Act of Killing,” Joshua Oppenheimer and Mark Danner, The Mason’s Theatre, Telluride Film Festival. 8/31/12 Telluride, CO Lecture, Helen Ingram Plummer Lecture, “Living With the New Normal: Human Rights, US Foreign Policy and the 2012 Elections”, Georgia State 4/19/12 Atlanta, GA -26- www.markdanner.com University. Talk, Karen Malpede’s “Another Life”. 3/21/12 Brooklyn, NY Dialogue, Ray Bonner Dialogue, “Anatomy of Injustice”, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley 3/15/12 Berkeley, CA Reading, Story Hour at Morrison Library, UC Berkeley. 3/8/12 Berkeley, CA Talk, “Torture, Obama and the New Normal: Human Rights in the State of Exception,” Kennedy School at Harvard University. 2/16/12 Cambridge, MA Interview, “Mark Danner on El Mozote (El Salvador)”, Al Jazeera English. 1/17/12 Interview, The Brian Lehrer Show, “Indefinite Detention”. 12/22/11 New York, NY. Panelist, Asia Society’s U.S.- China Forum on the Arts and Literature, “The Power of Narrative Story Telling Covering the World through Photography, Film and Print Location”. 11/18/11 Beijing, China -27- www.markdanner.com Lecture, “Living in Milosz’s House”, Milosz in America Conference, Yale University. 11/5/11 New Haven, CT Lecture, “Reporting on Human Rights: The Responsibility of Journalists and NGOs”, Yale Law School. 11/5/11 New Haven, CT Lecture, Houston Law Review’s 16th Annual Frankel Lecture, with Philip Zelikow and David Cole, University of Houston. 11/4/11 Houston, TX Interview, This is Hell with Chuck Mertz, WNUR Chicago. 9/17/11 Chicago, IL Interview with Ian Masters, “September 12 - Saudi Warning to U.S. on Palestinian Statehood and a Real Look Into 9/11; Are Jobs Obsolete?”. 9/12/11 San Francisco, CA Interview, “ Ten Years Later: America’s Role in the World”, KQED Forum with Michael Krasny. 8/24/11 San Francisco, CA Interview with Isabelle Masson, Winnipeg Human Rights Museum. 6/28/11 Winnipeg, Canada Symposium, “George Crumb/ Winds of Destiny”, with Peter Sellars, Ojaj North Festival. 6/18/11 Berkeley, CA Commencement Address, “Remake this America: It Needs It”, UC Riverside. 6/12/11 Riverside, CA -28- www.markdanner.com Symposium, “Music in the Time of War”, The Ojaj Festival. 6/10/11 Ojaj, CA Dialogue, “Haiti: Rebuilding the Shaken Justice System”, w/Jomanas Eustache & Nicole Philips at Hastings School of Law. 4/6/11 San Francisco, CA Lecture, “Libya and the Arab Spring,” KPFA Radio “Evening with Mark Danner”. 4/1/11 Berkeley, CA Dialogue, KALW Media Round Table, “Libya and The Arab Spring”. 4/1/11 San Francisco, CA Interview with Ian Masters, NPR Radio. 3/30/11 Los Angeles, CA Interview with Phillip Maldari, KPFA Radio Sunday Morning Show. 3/27/11 San Francisco, CA Dialogue with Josh Phillips, “Soldiers and Torture”, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. 3/4/11 Berkeley, CA Lecture with Michael Pollan and Gerry Marzorati, "Can Mainstream Journalism Survive? Making the Online Times Pay,” University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. 3/1/11 Berkeley, CA -29- www.markdanner.com Lecture, Haiti Stories/ Istwa Ayiti Conference, University of California Humanities Research Institute 1/28/11 Los Angeles, CA Lecture, "Terror, Torture, Obama: The US and the New Normal in Human Rights," Al Quds University. 1/10/11 Ramallah, Israel/Palestine Lecture, “Terror, Torture, Obama and Us: Trapped in a Forever War?”, Amherst College 11/30/10 Amherst, MA Lecture, “From Anathema to Policy Choice: Torture, Terror and the American Way of Law," Boalt Hall Torture Symposium, 11/4/10 Berkeley, CA Lecture, “Terror, Torture, Obama; Trapped in a Forever War?”, Haverford College 10/21/10 Haverford, PA Marfa Dialogues, Ballroom Marfa 9/18/10 Marfa, TX Seminar, “The US and the World: Obama and the Search for a New Beginning” [Given to a class in International Organizations and Multilateral Diplomacy] 5/21/10 China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China Lecture, “The Double Crisis: Economics, Technology and the Revolution in Journalism” [Given to undergraduate English majors] 5/20/10 China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China -30- www.markdanner.com Lecture, “America and the War on Terror: The Endless Emergency” [Given to class in American Studies taught by Professor Mei] 5/18/10 China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China Lecture, “The Roots of US Foreign Policy: In Search of a New Cold War” [Given to class in Diplomatic Negotiation taught by Professor Liang] 5/17/10 China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China Lecture and signing 04/29/10 Center for Cinematic Arts, Santa Fe, NM Interview, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe 04/29/10 Santa Fe, NM “Readings & Conversations,” Don DeLillo in conversation with Mark Danner 04/28/10 Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Radio Café with host MaryCharlotte Domandi, KSFR 04/28/10 Santa Fe, NM Panel, “Haiti and Recovery from Disaster,” with Amy Wilentz and Rebecca Solnit 04/24/10 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA Panel, “America: In Hope or in Crisis?” with John W. Dean and Tom Hayden 04/24/10 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA Roundtable, “America’s Leadership in the Age of Declinism?” 04/23/10 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA -31- www.markdanner.com “America’s Forever Wars: Taking Stock of the War on Terror and its Progeny,” Panel discussion about “America’s National Security Challenge 04/23/10 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA Reading and book signing 04/22/10 City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA “Daniele Mastrogiacomo presents ‘Days of Fear,’” in conversation with Mark Danner 04/21/10 Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco, CA Tanner Lectures Discussion Seminar with Elaine Scarry and Stephen Holmes 04/16/10 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Part II: “Naturalizing the State of Exception: Terror, Fear and the War Without End” 04/15/10 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Tanner Lectures Discussion Seminar with Eric Posner and Col. Steven Kleinman 04/15/10 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Part I: “Imposing the State of Exception: Constitutional Dictatorship, Torture and Us” 04/14/10 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA The Book Show 04/14/10 Interviewed by Sarah L'Estrange for ABC Radio National. City Arts & Lectures 04/12/10 -32- In conversation with Frank Rich, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA www.markdanner.com Letters to Washington 04/12/10 Interviewed by Mitch Jesserich for KPFK Authors@Google 03/11/10 Googleplex, Mountain View, CA ABC Radio National Rear Vision 03/03/10 With David Geggus and Alex Dupuy SBS World View 03/01/10 Special Broadcasting Service ABC Radio National PM 02/26/10 Conversations 02/25/10 Interviewed by Richard Fidler Mark Danner in conversation with Geoffrey Garrett 02/25/10 US Studies Centre, Sydney Mark Danner in conversation with Sandy McCutcheon 02/24/10 Avid Reader Bookstore, Brisbane The Conversation Hour 02/23/10 Interviewed by Jon Faine -33- Interviewed by Marc Colvin www.markdanner.com Mark Danner in conversation with Fran Kelly 02/19/10 RadioNational Breakfast 02/18/10 Interviewed by Fran Kelly Why is Haiti Poor? Politics, Disaster and the Predatory State 02/04/10 Center for Latin American Studies, University of California Berkeley Media Roundtable: State of the Union, Haiti and the London Summit 01/29/10 With Nancy Youssef and Charles Homans on KALW's Your Call Radio Looking Back on the Age of Genocide 01/28/10 Voices on Genocide Podcast, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Haiti's Earthquake and its Aftermath 01/20/10 Conversations at KCTS9 01/18/10 Interviewed by Enrique Cerna Constructing Myths of America with Mark Danner 12/18/09 GRITtv with Laura Flanders University of South Carolina-Beaufort 12/04/09 Discussing Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War, at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. -34- Wheeler Centre, Melbourne GRITtv with Laura Flanders www.markdanner.com 2009 Wellfleet Meetings 10/24/09 With Robert Jay Lifton. Mark Danner on Bill Moyers Journal 10/16/09 Discussing Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War, on Bill Moyers Journal. Stripping Bare the Body: An Evening with Mark Danner and Amy Goodman 10/15/09 In conversation with Amy Goodman at Tishman Auditorium, The New School, New York. Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War: Mark Danner on Democracy Now! 10/14/09 Interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! Investigating CIA Abuses 09/01/09 With Mark Mazzetti and Reuel Marc Gerecht on On Point Radio with host Jacki Lyden, WBUR Boston. The Red Cross Report and What It Means 06/09/09 Interviewed by Gene Burns, KG0-AM 810 Radio, San Francisco. Torture and Security: The Speeches of President Obama and Dick Cheney 05/21/09 With David Gergen on "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN. The Red Cross Report, the Torture Memos and Political Accountability 05/13/09 Interviewed by Harry Kreisler, "Conversations with History," the Institute for International Studies, University of California Berkeley. Tortured Reports: Mark Danner and Dafna Linzer 05/08/09 Bloggingheads, excerpted on nytimes.com. -35- www.markdanner.com Torture on Trial 05/05/09 LinkTV documentary with featured commentators Mark Danner and Jane Mayer Torture: What is to be Done, Now? 05/01/09 With Liz Holtzman at the New York Institute for the Humanities, New York University The Paradoxes of Torture 05/01/09 With Bruce Fein on Bill Moyers Journal Torture Memo Backlash 04/17/09 With David Gergen on "Anderson Cooper 360" Red Cross Report: Medics Grossly Violated Ethics 04/10/09 Interviewed about the ICRC Report by Michele Norris, "NPR All Things Considered" Black Sites Exposed 04/07/09 The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC Now that We've Tortured: Violence, Morality and Politics After Bush 04/02/09 Institute for Religion and Culture, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Torture at the "Black Sites": An Interview with Mark Danner 03/27/09 Interviewed about the ICRC Report by Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Philadelphia, "Radio Times." Torture at the "Black Sites": Mark Danner on KQED Forum 03/18/09 Interviewed by Michael Krasny on Forum about the ICRC Report. -36- www.markdanner.com Bush Lied About Torture 03/18/09 Interviewed by Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now!" about the ICRC Report. Torture and the Press 03/17/09 C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" about the ICRC Report and torture coverage in the press. Torture at the "Black Sites" 03/17/09 The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC. The Man Who Discovered the Secret Torture Papers 03/17/09 Interviewed by Scott Horton about the ICRC Report on Treatment of "High Value Detainees" at CIA 'Black Sites' Shedding Light on the CIA's "Black Sites" 03/15/09 "All Things Considered," National Public Radio US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites 03/14/09 With Hugh Eakin at the New York Review of Books. "The Judge and the General: A Discussion of the Film", Elizabeth Farnsworth and Mark Danner discuss Farnsworth's film about the Chilean judge who investigated Augusto Pinochet. 03/04/09 Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA A Historic Day 1/23/09 Darryl Pinckney and Mark Danner on Barack Obama's historic presidential Inauguration. A New York Review of Books podcast. -37- www.markdanner.com "The 2008 Presidential Election: A Discussion'" with Mark Danner, Michael Tomasky, Peter Galbraith and Frances Fitzgerald 10/15/08 Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA "The Consequences to Come": A Discussion of the 2008 Election with Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Ronald Dworkin, and Darryl Pinckney, moderated by Robert Silvers, The New York Review of Books 9/14/08 St. Francis Theater, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Book Festival The Media, Accountability and the Iraq War: A discussion with Mark Danner, Greg Mitchell, Joan McCarter, and Samantha Power, moderated by Ari Melber. Netroots conference 2008. 7/19/09 University of Texas, Austin, TX "House Judiciary Hearings on Torture, Post Game Show" 6/26/08 Mark Danner and Scott Horton interviewed by Larry Bensky, KPFA radio, Berkeley, CA Now that We've Tortured: Violence, Morality and Politics After Bush 04/02/09 Institute for Religion and Culture, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA Torture at the "Black Sites": An Interview with Mark Danner 03/27/09 Interviewed about the ICRC Report by Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Philadelphia, "Radio Times." Torture at the "Black Sites": Mark Danner on KQED Forum 03/18/09 Interviewed by Michael Krasny on Forum about the ICRC Report. Bush Lied About Torture 03/18/09 Interviewed by Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now!" about the ICRC Report. -38- www.markdanner.com Torture and the Press 03/17/09 C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" about the ICRC Report and torture coverage in the press. Torture at the "Black Sites" 03/17/09 The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC. The Man Who Discovered the Secret Torture Papers 03/17/09 Interviewed by Scott Horton about the ICRC Report on Treatment of "High Value Detainees" at CIA 'Black Sites' Shedding Light on the CIA's "Black Sites" 03/15/09 "All Things Considered," National Public Radio US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites 03/14/09 With Hugh Eakin at the New York Review of Books. "The Judge and the General: A Discussion of the Film", Elizabeth Farnsworth and Mark Danner discuss Farnsworth's film about the Chilean judge who investigated Augusto Pinochet. 03/04/09 Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA A Historic Day 1/23/09 Darryl Pinckney and Mark Danner on Barack Obama's historic presidential Inauguration. A New York Review of Books podcast. "The 2008 Presidential Election: A Discussion'" with Mark Danner, Michael Tomasky, Peter Galbraith and Frances Fitzgerald 10/15/08 Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA -39- www.markdanner.com "The Consequences to Come": A Discussion of the 2008 Election with Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Ronald Dworkin, and Darryl Pinckney, moderated by Robert Silvers, The New York Review of Books 9/14/08 St. Francis Theater, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Book Festival The Media, Accountability and the Iraq War: A discussion with Mark Danner, Greg Mitchell, Joan McCarter, and Samantha Power, moderated by Ari Melber. Netroots conference 2008. 7/19/09 University of Texas, Austin, TX "House Judiciary Hearings on Torture, Post Game Show" 6/26/08 Mark Danner and Scott Horton interviewed by Larry Bensky, KPFA radio, Berkeley, CA "The United States, China and the 'Asian Century'" "After Bush: The Future of US Foreign Policy" 4/24/08, 4/29/08 Main Building, Chinese Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China 4/22/08, 4/25/08 Main Building, Chinese Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China 4/17/08 Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin 4/10/08 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia 2/28/08 Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy "The Salvadoran Option": Iraq, Memory, and the Death Squad War, "Lost in the 'War on Terror': Iraq, Afghanistan and the Politics of Endless War" “Iraq and the War on Terror”: Speech as the Andrew and Marian Heiskell Visiting Critic at the American Academy in Rome -40- www.markdanner.com “Taking Stock of the Global War on Terror”: Speech at the 10th Asia Security Conference 2/6/08 “Congressional Oversight of the CIA?”: Mark Danner interviewed by Jerome McDonnell 12/13/07 “Beyond Endless War - Terror, Iraq and 12/3/07 the American Search For Solvency”: Inaugural Lecture for the James Clarke Chace Chair in Foreign Affairs and the Humanities Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India “Worldview” with Jerome McDonnell, WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago Làszlò Z. Bitò ’60 Auditorium, Bard College, Annandaleon-Hudson, NY “What Really Happened at El Mozote?” Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner in conversation 11/17/07 The Guild Theatre, Sacramento, CA “Beyond Endless War: Iraq, Terror and American Power”: A Commonwealth Club Lecture by Mark Danner 11/15/07 The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA “In War’s Dark Shadow: Americans, Terror, and the Coming of Endless War”: The W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture 11/14/07 Altgeld Hall Auditorium, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL “Beyond Endless War: Terror, Iraq, and 11/1/07 the Growth of American Foreign Policy” The 18th Annual Richard Leopold Memorial Lecture “’The Crawford Transcript’ and Bush’s March to War”: Mark Danner interviewed by Lionel 10/25/07 -41- Harris Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL “The Lionel Show,” Air America Radio www.markdanner.com “Judge Mukasey as Attorney General,” A discussion with Abraham Sofaer, Reed Amar, et al. 10/23/07 “Forum” with Michael Krasny, KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco “Anticipating the Petraeus Report”: A Discussion with Clifford May, Megan Greenwell, Rep. Tom Lantos, and Mark Danner, moderated by Michael Krasny 9/6/07 “Forum” with Michael Krasny, KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco "Making American Foreign Policy: Promoting Democracy": Talk by Mark Danner 7/5/07 The American Center, Rangoon, Myanmar Interview with Mark Danner 6/2/07 “This is Hell” with Chuck Mertz, WNUR 89.3 Chicago “Words in a Time of War”: Commencement Address by Mark Danner at Department of Rhetoric and Film Graduation 5/10/07 Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Bush's State of Emergency: Touching the Bars of the Cage": Talk by Mark Danner in "Consequences of the War on Terror," a Discussion with Mark Danner, George Lakoff and Maureen Webb 5/5/07 World Affairs Council of Northern California Annual Conference: “Rethinking the War on Terror: New Strategies in U.S. Foreign Policy”, Asilomar, CA "Being Provoked: The Costs of Creating a 'War on Terror'": Talk by Mark Danner on “Military Solutions” Plenary with Daniel Benjamin 5/5/07 World Affairs Council of Northern California Annual Conference: “Rethinking the War -42- www.markdanner.com on Terror: New Strategies in U.S. Foreign Policy”, Asilomar, CA "Reporting on Iraq, Living in Terror”: Conversation with Carolin Emcke & Mark Danner" 4/28/07 PEN World Voices Festival, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY "Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention, Kidnapping and Rendition": Reading by Mark Danner, Nadine Gordimer, Breyten Breytenbach, Francine Prose et al. 4/26/07 PEN World Voices Festival, Joe’s Pub, New York, NY "David Halberstam": Interview with Mark Danner, Orville Schell and Sandy Tolan 4/25/07 “Open Source” radio program with Chritopher Lydon, National Public Radio "The Making of a Quagmire: Iraq and The War on Terror": Public Lecture by Mark Danner 4/25/07 Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN "America and Torture": Panel Discussion with Mark Danner, Eric Stover and Michael Posner 4/21/07 North Gate Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Living Literature: From Reading the Iliad to Covering Iraq": Interview with Mark Danner by Muriel “Aggie” Murch of “Living Literature” 4/20/07 American Zoetrope, San Francisco, CA -43- www.markdanner.com “Iraq and the War on Terror”: Interview with Mark Danner 3/28/07 Swedish National Radio “Legal Limbo at Guantanamo”: Interview with Mark Danner, Col. Dwight Sullivan, and Lee Casey 3/6/07 “Open Source” radio program with Christopher Lydon, National Public Radio “The Undeclared War” and “Iraq in Fragments”: Introduced by Mark Danner 3/4/07 “Witness to War Documentary Perspectives,” Koret Auditorium, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA Interview with Mark Danner 2/14/07 KALW Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Bush's State of Emergency: Human Rights and the War on Terror": Keynote Address by Mark Danner 2/10/07 Amnesty International West Coast Conference, San Francisco, CA “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights and the War on Terror”: Public Lecture by Mark Danner 1/18/07 Campbell Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Public Radio Interview with Mark Danner on upcoming lecture, “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights and the War on Terror.” 1/17/07 KCBX-FM Radio (NPR) Santa Barbara, CA -44- www.markdanner.com ‘Reporting from Iraq” Interview with Mark Danner 1/10/07 “War News Radio” syndicated program with Marty Goldensohn, Swarthmore College Radio “Iraq: The War of the Imagination” Interview with Mark Danner 1/10/07 CBC Radio, Toronto, Canada. Conversation with Walid Khalizziha’s 12/7/06 class on "US Policy in the Middle East in the Post Bush Era." American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt “Iraq’s Third Act”: Interview with Mark Danner and John Mearsheimer 12/6/06 “Open Source” radio program with Christopher Lydon, National Public Radio Conversation with Walid Khalizziha’s 12/6/06 class on "US Policy in the Middle East in the Post Bush Era." American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt "Bush in Winter: Democracy, the Elections, and Bush's Iraq War": Public Lecture by Mark Danner 12/5/06 Oriental Room, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Seminar with Professor Joel Benin and Mark Danner on "Comparative Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia and Iraq" 12/4/06 American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Conversation with Walid Khalizziha’s 12/4/06 class on "US Policy in the Middle East in the Post Bush Era." American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt -45- www.markdanner.com Interview for "Ian Masters' Background Briefing," on Mark Danner’s New York Review article, "The War of the Imagination" 11/26/06 KPFK Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Conversation with Peace and Conflict Studies Students 11/17/06 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah "Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights and the New State of Exception": Lecture by Mark Danner 11/16/06 Salt Lake Library, Salt Lake City, UT New Yorker College Tour with Hertzberg and Danner 11/15/06 Wheeler Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "The Politics of the Forever War: Terror, Rights and George Bush's State of Exception": Lecture by Mark Danner 11/14/06 The 2006 Remarque Lecture, Kimmel Center, New York University, New York NY Interview for Midday Metro on upcoming lecture: “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights and the New State of Exception.” 11/14/06 KCPW Utah (phone interview), Salt Lake City, UT "A Tragic Choice: The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War": Lecture by Mark Danner 11/8/06 Butler University, Indianapolis, IN "A Tragic Choice: The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War": Lecture by Mark Danner 11/3/06 Macarthur Fellows Reunion, Chicago, IL -46- www.markdanner.com "Into the Light of Day: Human Rights after Abu Ghraib": Lecture by Mark Danner 10/20/06 Tressider Union, Stanford University, Stanford, CA "Taking the Gloves Off: Terrorism, Torture, and Executive Power," with John Sullivan and Mark Danner 10/19/06 RAND Terror Conference, Los Angeles, CA "The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War": with Ivan Eland, David Theroux, and Mark Danner 10/17/06 Independent Institute, Oakland, CA "America at War: Iraq, Al Qaeda and the Politics of Terror," with Lawrence Wright and Mark Danner 10/11/06 “Litquake” literary festival, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA "The Erotic Pull of the Strange," hosted by Benjamin Tarnoff 9/29/06 The Harvard Advocate, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Kiely Symposium, “Why Words Matter”: Conversation with Andrew DelBanco, Cass Sunstein and Jeffrey Rosen 9/29/06 Barker Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA “Washington's response to torture and warrantless wiretapping”: Conversation with Jeffrey Klein, founding editor of Mother Jones, Lisa Hajjar, professor at the University of California-Santa Barbara and Mark Danner. 9/24/06 KPFA 94.1FM "Sunday Salon" with Larry Bensky “Consequences of the War on Terror,” a 9/19/06 discussion with George Soros, Lowell Bergman, Dana Priest, Christopher Edley and Mark Danner, moderated by Orville Schell. Zellerbach Hall, the University of California, Berkeley -47- www.markdanner.com Consultation with Iraq Study Group, James Baker and Less Hamilton, chairs. Thomas Friedman, George Packer, Tom Ricks, and Mark Danner. 9/19/06 “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History” book-talk by Mark Danner. Broadcast on C-SPAN2 Book TV. 7/11/06 “The War Tapes,” discussion with the director and Mark Danner 6/26/06 “The Road to Guantanamo” postscreening discussion with Mark Danner 6/20/06 “The Making of US Foreign Policy,” lecture by Mark Danner and Peter Tarnoff 6/2/06 The Iraq Study Group, United States Institute for Peace, Washington, DC The Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, CA The Castro Theater, San Francisco, CA 1 Embarcadero Center Cinema, San Francisco, CA Chinese Foreign Affairs University, International Center Beijing, China “Iraq, Iran, and the Future of the Middle East,” lecture by Mark Danner and Peter Tarnoff 6/1/06 Chinese Foreign Affairs University, International Center Beijing, China “History of American Foreign Policy: It’s Trends and Tendencies,” lecture by Mark Danner and Peter Tarnoff 5/31/06 Chinese Foreign Affairs University, Main Administration Building, Beijing, China -48- www.markdanner.com “The Fundamentals of American Foreign Policy,” lecture by Mark Danner and Peter Tarnoff 5/30/06 Chinese Foreign Affairs University, International Center, Beijing China “Wrestling with the Iraq War” a discussion with Haifa Zanguna, Rod Barton, Whit Mason and Mark Danner 5/26/06 Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, Australia Sydney Writers’ Festival, “How To Think About Iraq” a discussion with Haifa Zanguna, and Mark Danner 5/25/06 “The Media and the Iraq War,” a discussion with Anna Politkovskaya, Hendrik Hertzberg, Steven Poole, Wendy Bacon and Mark Danner 5/25/06 Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Theatre, Sydney Australia “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History,” Mark Danner interviewed by Steve Scher 5/11/06 “The Weekday Show” KUOW 94.9 FM, NPR. Seattle, WA. “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History,” book-talk by Mark Danner. Tape-delay Broadcast by KUOW 94.9 FM, 7/5/06 5/10/06 Town Hall, Seattle, WA “The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War,” Mark Danner interviewed by Alan Jones. 5/7/06 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA. “The Forum” with Alan Jones “The Iraq War: Past, Present, Future” Mark Danner interviewed by Pratap Chaterjee, Black Oak Books, Global Exchange, sponsors, live broadcast on 5/3/06 Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, Berkeley, CA Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia -49- www.markdanner.com KPFA 94.1 FM “The Secret Way to War: the Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History” Mark Danner interviewed by Eileen Javar, KPFA 5/3/06 “The Morning Show” KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA “The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War (and will Iran be next?)” lecture by Mark Danner, introduced by Peter Tarnoff 5/1/06 Sibley Hall, The University of California, Berkeley “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History,” Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny 5/1/06 “Forum” with Michael Krasny, KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco “Iraq: What Next?” a discussion with Robert Scheer, John Arquilla, Mark Danner, and Scott Ritter. Marjorie Miller, moderator. 4/29/06 The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. UCLA, Los Angeles “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights and Bush’s State of Exception” lecture by Mark Danner 4/27/06 Linfield College, McMinnville, OR “The Age of Frozen Scandal: Power and the Press after 9/11” lecture by Mark Danner 4/27/06 Willamette University, Salem, OR “Human Rights in a Dark Time: From Salvador to Iraq and the War on Terror,” lecture by Mark Danner 4/26/06 Willamette University, Salem, OR -50- www.markdanner.com “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights, and Bush’s State of Exception,” lecture by Mark Danner 4/21/06 The University of Miami, Miami, FL. The Appignani Foundation Lecture on Science, Reason, and Secular Ethics “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History,” book-talk by Mark Danner 4/20/06 City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA “The Greatest Story Ever Sold,” lecture by Frank Rich, introduced by Mark Danner 4/10/06 Zellerbach Hall, The University of California, Berkeley. “Strictly Speaking” lecture series “The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History,” book-talk by Mark Danner (in association with Looking Glass Books, Portland) 4/7/06 First Unitarian Church of Portland, Portland, OR “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights, and Bush’s State of Exception,” lecture by Mark Danner 4/6/06 The Portland Center for Cultural Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR “US Foreign Policy and the Future,” Mark Danner and Michael Pillsbury in conversation with Peter Schwartz 4/6/06 The Global Business Network, “Czeslaw Milosz: A Tribute,” with Robert Hass, Robert Faggen, Jane Hirshfield, Brenda Hillman, Mark Danner, Michael Palmer, Anthony Milosz, Lillian Valle, et al. 4/2/06 Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco -51- The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA www.markdanner.com “The Poetry of Czeslaw Milosz,” Lillian Valle and Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny 3/30/06 “Forum” with Michael Krasny, KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco “Iraq: Reports from the Frontlines,” a discussion with Orville Schell, John F. Burns, Jackie Spinner, Mark Danner, and Anna Badkhen 3/13/06 The Goldman Forum on the Press and International Affairs, University of California, Berkeley. Wheeler Hall “Meet the Author: The Erotic Pull of the Strange - Writing Fictional NonFiction,” solo session, Mark Danner introduced by J.M. Coetzee 3/9/06 The Adelaide Writers’ Festival, “Writing About War” panel discussion, Robert Fisk, Sandy McKutcheon, Robert Nash and Mark Danner 3/8/06 The Adelaide Writers’ Festival, Adelaide, Australia “Staying in Print: Literary Magazines We Live By,” panel discussion, James Bradley, Mary Kay Wilmers, Malcolm Kmnox, Ivor Indyk and Mark Danner 3/6/06 The Adelaide Writers’ Festival, Adelaide, Australia “On Covering A Very Dirty War: Remarks on Marcel Ophuls’ ‘The Troubles We’ve Seen,’” introduction by Mark Danner 2/19/06 The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, Human Rights Film Festival “Into the Light of Day: Torture, Human Rights, and Bush’s State of Exception,” lecture by Mark Danner 2/15/06 University of Californi-San Diego, the Dewitt Higgs memorial lecture Adelaide, Australia -52- www.markdanner.com “The Politics we Live Now,” Mark Danner in conversation with George Lakoff 2/8/06 College Preparatory School, Oakland, CA, CPS “Livetalk” lecture series “Can Democracy Tame Raw Power? Thoughts on Mick Jackson’s ‘A Very British Coup’ (1988),” film presentation and lecture by Mark Danner 12/12/05 “Love and Terror” film series, Weis cinema, Bard College “A Man Is a Man: Coming to Grips with Ryszard Bugajski’s ‘Interrogation’ (1982),” film presentation and lecture by Mark Danner 12/5/05 “Love and Terror” film series, Weis cinema, Bard College “A Policier ‘Don Juan’: Mike Figgis’ ‘Internal Affairs’ (1990),” film screening and lecture by Mark Danner 11/28/05 “Love and Terror” film series, Weis Cinema, Bard College “A Don Juan of the Working Class: ‘Alfie’ (1966),” film screening and lecture by Mark Danner 11/21/05 “Love and Terror” film series, Weis Cinema, Bard College “Fidelio,” introductory remarks by Mark Danner, Donald Runnicles and Peter Sellars 11/19/05 The San Francisco Opera, “Hope and Fear” Symposium, keynote lecture by Mark Danner 11/18/05 Wayne State University, Center for the Humanities, Detroit, Michigan “Human Rights in a Dark Time: From Salvador to Iraq and the War on Terror,” lecture by Mark Danner, sponsored by the Detroit Province Order of Jesuits 11/17/05 University of Detroit-Mercy, Detroit, Michigan War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California -53- www.markdanner.com “The Future of Iraq” Mark Danner and George Packer in conversation 11/16/05 University of Washington, Seattle. The New Yorker College Tour “Humanitarian Intervention and the Clinton Years” a panel with Roy Gutman, Gen. William Nash, and Michael O’Hanlon, moderated by David Green 11/11/05 Hofstra University, New York. “The Age of Frozen Scandal: Torture and Truth after Abu Ghraib” lecture by Mark Danner, sponsored by Amnesty International, Peace Now, Democracy for America, Unitarians of America. 11/9/05 Unitarian Universalist Church, Princeton, New Jersey “Torture, the Press, and Human Rights after Abu Ghraib,” lecture by Mark Danner 11/9/05 Woodrow Wilson School for Pubic Policy and International Affairs, William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Conference Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey “Neofascism and the Cold War: CostaGavras’ ‘Z’” Z (1969), Screening and discussion presented by Mark Danner 11/7/05 Love and Terror” film series, Weis Cinema, Bard College Guest lecture by Mark Danner in “World Politics” class, Prof. Pavel Machala, Department of Political Science 11/3/05 Amherst College, Amherst, MA -54- www.markdanner.com “Power, the Press, and the Iraq War: Torture and Human Rights after Abu Ghraib,” lecture by Mark Danner 11/2/05 Converse Hall Amherst College, Amherst, MA Guest Lecture by Mark Danner in “The State and Violence” class, Prof. Sayres Rudy, Department of Political Science 11/2/05 Amherst College, Amherst, MA “All Stress, no Love?: ‘Shampoo,’ Don Juan, and the Anti-Heroism of the Sixties”: Shampoo (Ashby 1975) Screening and discussion presented by Mark Danner 10/31/05 “Love and Terror” film series, Weis Cinema, Bard College “The Secret Histories: Hidden Truths that Challenged the Past and Changed the World,” Morley Safer, Philip Gourevitch, Mark Danner, and John S. Friedman: a discussion of investigative journalism and role of journalists in uncovering hidden truths. 10/26/05 The Cooper Union, Wollman Auditorium, 51 Astor Place, New York, New York “Colonialism, Counter-Insurgency, and Pontecorvo’s ‘Burn!’”: Burn! (Pontecorvo 1969) Screening and discussion presented by Mark Danner 10/20/05 “Love and Terror” film series. Weis Cinema, Bard College Nicholas Rizopulis Foreign Policy Roundtable: Mark Danner’s “Taking Stock of the Forever War,” Mark Danner, discussant 10/19/05 Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City “The New Yorker Town Hall Meeting on Iraq,” with James Woolsey, Douglas Feith, Mark Danner, Ren al-Rahim, George Packer, and Robert Baer, moderated by Jeffery Goldberg 9/23/05 The New Yorker Festival, Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street New York, New York -55- www.markdanner.com Interview with Mark Danner 9/22/05 “The Al Franken Show” radio program, AirAmerica Radio “The War on Terror, four years on,” Mark Danner interviewed by Al Franken on New York Times Magazine Danner cover-story “Taking Stock of the Forever War” 9/11/05 9/15/05 “On Point” Radio Program WBUR 90.9 FM Boston “The War on Terror, four years on,” Mark Danner interviewed by Tom Ashbrook on New York Times Magazine Danner cover-story “Taking Stock of the Forever War” 9/11/05 9/12/05 Fox News Radio, “The Alan Colmes National Radio Program” “The War on Terror, four years on,” Mark Danner interviewed by Alan Colmes on New York Times Magazine Danner cover-story “Taking Stock of the Forever War” 9/11/05 9/9/05 The Charlie Rose Show, PBS Channel 13, New York, NY “The War on Terror, four years on,” Mark Danner interviewed by Charlie Rose on New York Times Magazine Danner cover-story “Taking Stock of the Forever War” 9/11/05 9/9/05 KVON-1440 AM Napa, California, “Morning Edition” Radio Program “Taking stock of the War on Terror four years on,” Mark Danner interviewed by Jeff Schectman on New York Times Magazine Danner coverstory “Taking Stock of the Forever War” 9/11/05 9/8/05 Emerson College, Center for Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies, Boston Massachusetts “On the Battle of Algiers”, keynote address by Mark Danner at opening symposium, “Enacting Freedom: Individual Choice and Collective 7/10/05 CBC Radio, Toronto Canada “Sunday Edition” -56- www.markdanner.com Responsibility” “Torture Policy and the age of Frozen Scandal” Mark Danner interviewed on Canadain Radio 6/23/05 Washington DC “The Massacre at Srebrenica: 10 years 6/7/05 Memorial” Mark Danner with Jan Willem Honig and Srebrenica survivors “Abu Ghraib One Year on” Mark Danner interviewed by Kathleen Dunn The National Holocaust Museum, 6/1/05 WPR Wisconsin Public Radio “Ideas Network” The New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, New York City “Live at the NYPL: The Question of Torture” A conversation with Mark Danner, Mark Bowden, Darius Rejali, and Elaine Scarry, moderated by Aryeh Neier 6/1/05 Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City Nicholas Rizopulis Foreign Policy Roundtable: David Hendrickson’s “The Curious Case of American Hegemony,” guest appearance by Mark Danner 5/15/05 UC-Berkeley Department of English Commencement, The Hearst Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA “Humanism and Terror (What are you going to do with THAT?)” Commencement address by Mark Danner 5/13/05 Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley -57- www.markdanner.com “Being Opinionated in America” Thomas L. Friedman and Maureen Dowd in conversation with Mark Danner and Cynthia Gorney 5/12/05 Corpus Christi Church, Park Blvd. Piedmont-Oakland, California “Torture, Truth, and Democracy,” lecture by Mark Danner, hosted by Kevin Kelly 5/12/05 The Al Franken radio program, “The Downing Street Memo and the Secret Way to War” Mark Danner interviewed by Al Franken 5/2/05 Harry Kreisler International Affairs Class, University of California, Berkeley “Human Rights and the War on Terror” Mark Danner, John Yoo, and Tom Farer 5/1/05 “Sunday Monitor” Radio Program, KPFT FM Houston, Texas “Torture and Truth”. Mark Danner interviewed by Mark Vallely 4/30/05 Asilomar, California, Annual Conference of the World Affairs Council of Northern California “The Iraq Elections and the Future,” plenary: Judith Miller and Mark Danner in conversation 4/28/05 Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan “Torture, Truth, and Democracy,” Mark 4/27/05 Danner lecture, hosted by the Reverend Harry T. Cook, respondents Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Hassan Qazwini, and Shareef Overseas Press Club Gala Awards Dinner, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City AirAmerica Radio, broadcast live from San Francisco City Hall, California -58- www.markdanner.com Acceptance speech for the 2005 Madeline Dane Ross Prize, awarded to Mark Danner for the best nonfiction book on international affairs of the year (for Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror) 4/27/05 Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs New York City Nicholas Rizopoulis Foreign Policy Roundtable, guest appearance by Mark Danner 4/25/05 University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, “The History of Documentary Film” class with Jon Else Pontocorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers” guest lecture by Mark Danner 4/23/05 The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Ackerman Hotel Grand Ballroom, Los Angeles, California “Are We all Torturers Now? Human 4/8/05 Rights after 9/11” A panel discussion with Mark Danner, Angelo Codevilla, and Robert Scheer, moderated by Steve Wasserman Yale Law School The Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights New Haven, Connecticut “Are we all Torturers Now” Guest workshop by Mark Danner, sponsored by the Schell Center for Human Rights The John F. Kennedy School of Government, 4/7/05 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts -59- www.markdanner.com “Are We all Torturers Now? Power, the Press, and Human Rights after Abu Ghraib” Lecture by Mark Danner. Sponsored by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (HSPH), the University Committee on Human Rights Studies, and the Center for Public Leadership 4/3/05 The Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas The Oscar Romero Human Rights Prize 3/13/05 Ceremony. Keynote address by Mark Danner, award to Sister Dianna Ortiz and Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition Inernational (TASSC) Fort Wayne Cinema Center, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana “Gunner Palace” [film] Introductory remarks by Mark Danner 3/11/05 “Morning Edition” Radio Program, NPR “Church Report Fails to Examine Links Between Policy, Abuse” Mark Danner interviewed by Renee Montagne 3/11/05 The Progressive Radio Program, Mark Danner interviewed by Matt Rothschild 3/10/05 Madison, Wisconsin (www.progressive.org) The University of Wisconsin, Madison, The Media of Conflict and the Cultural Imaginary conference, Presented by the Legacies of Violence Research Circle “Torture—Learning to Live with it: 3/9/05 Power, the Press, and the Double-Sided Photograph” Lecture by Mark Danner, introduced by Matt Rothschild, the Progressive Magazine “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” (Booktalk, Q&A, signing) 3/8/05 -60- A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books 601 Van Ness San Francisco, California “Forum” with Michael Krasny, KQED 88.5 FM San www.markdanner.com Francisco Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny on the politics of torture 3/7/05 Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” (Booktalk, reading, and Q & A) 3/6/05 “Weekend Daybreak” Television program, KRON-TV San Francisco Mark Danner on torture and the future of the Iraq War 3/5/05 The Dolby Chadwick Gallery, 210 Post Street San Francisco. Benefit for St. Mary’s School. Readings by Mark Danner, Robert Hass, Bharti Mukherjee, Clarke Blaise, Chester Aaron, hosted by Brenda Hillman 2/17/05 University of San Francisco, Center for the Pacific Rim, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA “What Went Wrong?: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror,” a conversation with Mark Danner and Jeffrey Brand moderated by Patrick Hatcher 2/17/05 Launch Radio Networks, National “Tour”: WBSM Springfield Ma., WPRO Providence, WINK Fort Myers, WOWO Fort Wayne, KDKA Pittsburgh, KMED Medford OR, WCCO Minneapolis, WKBN Youngstown, OH -61- www.markdanner.com “Torture and Truth,” Mark Danner interviewed by Pete Braley, Ron St. Pierre, Dave Elliott, Charlie Butcher, Mike Pintek, Bill Meyer, Jack Rice, Dan Rivers, and Marc Bernier 2/13/05 “Background Briefing” Radio Program, KPFA 90.7 FM Los Angeles (Pacifica Radio Network) “The Future of Iraq” Mark Danner interviewed by Ian Masters 2/11/05 “Media Roundtable with Laura Flanders” KALW 90.7 FM San Francisco “The Iraq Elections, The Bush Administration, and the Politics of the Press” Mark Danner in conversation with Laura Flanders and Albert Krebs 2/10/05 “Uprising” Radio Program, KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles (Pacifica Radio Network) “Torture and Truth” Mark Danner interviewed by Sonali Kolhatkar 2/9/05 Goldman Salon, University of California Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA North-Gate Hall “Report from Baghdad: What Really Happened in the Iraqi Election—and what does it mean?” Lecture by Mark Danner 2/4/05 Boulder International Humanist Institute 2005 Speaker Series, Millennium Harvest House Hotel, 28th Street, Boulder, CO “Torture—Learning to Live with It? Power, the Press, and the Lost Art of Outrage” keynote address by Mark Danner, full program titled, “Humanist Ethics: A Roadmap to Personal and World 2/3/05 Tattered Cover Bookstore 1628 16th Street Denver, CO -62- www.markdanner.com Peace” “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” (book talk and signing, Q& A) 1/23/05 C-SPAN II Book TV Olsson’s Books & Records, Arlington, Virginia “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” (book talk, Q & A, taped 1/13/05) 1/18/05 Columbia University School of Law New York, NY “Detainee Abuse: A Crisis in International Human Rights Law,” Professor Scott Horton, guest lecture by Mark Danner 1/18/05 “Earthwatch” Radio Program with Robert Knight, WBAI 99.5 FM New York, NY “The Gonzales Hearings and the upcoming Iraqi Election” Mark Danner interviewed by Robert Knight 1/16/05 “Background Briefing” with Ian Masters Radio Program, KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, CA “On torture and the approaching elections in Iraq” Mark Danner interviewed by Ian Masters 1/14/05 “Newsnight with Aaron Brown” CNN “Torture and Truth: Alberto Gonzales’ confirmation hearings” Mark Danner interviewed by Aaron Brown 1/12/05 “Majority Report” with Janeane Garolfalo, Air America Radio Network “Torture and Truth: Alberto Gonzales’ Confirmation Hearings” Mark Danner interviewed by Janeane Garolfalo 1/12/05 Coliseum Books, 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY -63- www.markdanner.com “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror” (book talk, Q & A) 1/12/05 “Steve Rendell Radio Program” FAIR Radio Network, New York, NY “Torture as American Policy?: On the Confirmation Hearings of Alberto Gonzales” Mark Danner interviewed by Steve Rendell 1/11/05 “The O’Franken Factor” Radio Program, Air America Network “The Confirmation Hearings of Alberto Gonzales” Mark Danner interviewed by Al Franken 1/10/05 “To the Point” with Warren Olney, WNYC Radio 93.9 FM New York, NY “Torture and the Gonzales Hearings” Mark Danner interviewed by Warren Olney 1/9/05 “Sunday Salon” with Larry Bensky, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA “Breakthrough on Capitol Hill? The 1/8/05 Ohio Election and The Gonzales Hearings” Mark Danner interviewed by Larry Bensky “The Big Talker” Joe Martin Radio Program WPHT 1210 AM Philadelphia “We are All Torturers Now” Mark Danner interviewed by Joe Martin 1/7/05 “Democracy Now!” with Amy Goodman, Pacifica Radio Network “Gonzales Grilled on Role in Torture at Confirmation Hearing” Analysis of the hearings by Mark Danner, interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez 1/6/05 “On Point” Radio Program WBUR 90.9 FM Boston -64- www.markdanner.com “The Confirmation Hearings of Alberto Gonzales” Mark Danner in conversation with Tom Ashbrook, Jack Beatty, and David Rivkin 1/6/05 CBC Radio, Toronto “The Confirmation Hearings of Alberto Gonzales” Mark Danner interviewed by Thomas Rose 1/6/05 “Democracy Now!” with Amy Goodman, Pacifica Radio Network “Alberto Gonzales’ Role in Torture Memos like a “Mafia Lawyer Whose Job it is to Help the Don stay out of Jail” Mark Danner interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez 12/17/05 “Politics with Rachel Robson” Radio Program, KJHK 90.7 FM Kansas “Abu Ghraib, the War on Terror, and the Second Term of George W. Bush” Mark Danner interviewed by Rachel Robson 12/9/04 The Carnegie Council on International Affairs, New York, NY “The Indispensable Nation: A Tribute to James Chace” Remarks by Mark Danner, David Frompkin, et al. 11/26/04 The Charlie Rose Show, PBS Channel 13, New York, NY “A Discussion of the 2000 and 2004 Elections” with Mark Danner, Dennis Johnson, and Renata Adler, hosted by Charlie Rose (program taped 11/5/04) 11/15/04 “Morning Sedition” Air America Radio Network with Marc Maron and Mark Riley Mark Danner in conversation with Marc Maron and Mark Riley 11/14/04 The Century Club New York, NY “James Chace: A Celebration” Remarks by Mark Danner delivered at the memorial service for James Clark Chace 11/8/04 -65- NYU Law School Open Forum on Law and Security, New York, NY www.markdanner.com "The Trial of Saddam Hussein: Legal and Poltiical Visions" A conversation with Mark Danner, Noah Feldman, Gary Bass, and Tom Parker, moderated by Stephen Holmes 10/29/04 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC ‘Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” A book-talk by Mark Danner, sponsored by The Open Society Insitute, Washington DC office 10/29/04 “On Point” Radio Program, WBUR 90.9 FM Boston, MA “Is America Ready to Vote?” Mark Danner, Greg Palast et al. interviewed by Tom Shbrook 10/25/04 UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Wheeler Hall, Berkeley, CA "Has the Press Failed Iraq? - War, Torture, Accountability" A conversation with Mark Danner, Michael Massing, and Bob Silvers, The New York Review of Books. Moderated by Orville Schell, Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley, CA 10/24/04 J CA "The Media and Iraq: What Went Wrong?" A conversation with Mark Danner, Michael Massing, Robert Silvers, and Steve Wasserman (moderator), The Morrison Lounge, Johnson Student Center, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles 10/23/04 “Reporting on Iraq an d Exposing Torture: The Failures," a conversation with Mark Danner and Michael Massing, Elliot Bay Book Company , 101 S. Main Street, Seattle, WA, 10/21/04 -66- Occidental College, Los Angeles, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA The Open Society Institute New York, NY www.markdanner.com “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” A book discussion with Mark Danner and Aryeh Neier, president, the Open Society Institute: 10/12/04 Oran Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY “On the Limits of Power: Terror, Iraq, and the American Dream” Lecture by Mark Danner 10/10/04 Napa “Democracy in a Time of War: Elections 2004” Lecture by Mark Danner, Napa Valley Arts and Lectures Series 10/07/04 Gold International Rescue Committee, 2nd Annual San Francisco Dinner, San Francisco, CA “ On Power, Humanity, and Intervention: Dreaming Iraq, Thinking Afghanistan,” Keynote Address by Mark Danner 10/04/04 “Does America Need a New President?” A Debate between Mark Danner and William Kristol 10/02/04 The New Yorker Festival (telecast, C-SPAN II Book TV) “The Future of Neo-Conservatism” A 10/01/02 Panel Discussion/Debate featuring Mark Danner, Katha Pollit, David Frum, and Ken Adelman Political Thought Radio Program with Igor Volsky, Marist College Radio, Albany, NY “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” Mark Danner interviewed by Igor Volsky Bard Program on Globalization and International Affairs, New York City Napa Valley Opera House Napa, CA Goldman School of Journalism University of California Herb Caen Lecture Series Berkeley, CA 09/21/04 -67- www.markdanner.com “Iraq and After” A Debate between Mark Danner and Max Boot 09/13/04 C-SPAN II Book TV Housing Works Cafe New York, NY Interview with Mark Danner 08/30/04 KQED Forum with Michael Krasny Radio Program, San Francisco, CA “The 2000 Presidential Election and Its Aftermath,” Mark Danner in discussion with Renata Adler and Dennis Johnson, moderated by Danny Schechter. 08/12/04 The Thom Hartmann Radio Program “The Schlesinger Report: Forum discusses US detention practices in Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan” Mark Danner and Abe Sofaer in conversation with Michael Krasny 08/09/04 The Jeff Rense Radio Program “The Road to Illegitimacy: Vote, Fraud 08/06/04 and the Coming Election,” Mark Danner interviewed by Thom Hartmann. Link TV Interview, Mosaic and PBS Interview 07/29/04 The Majority Report Radio, Air America Network with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seeder “Bush in the Middle East: A Conversation,” Mark Danner in conversation with David Michaelis 07/23/04 The Majority Report Radio, Air America Network with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seeder “The Press and The Democratic 07/09/04 Convention,” Mark Danner interviewed by Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seeder. -68- National Public Radio, WBUR On Point with Tom Ashbrook, Boston, MA www.markdanner.com “Whitewashing Torture: On Politics and Abu Ghraib,” Mark Danner interviewed by Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seeder. 06/23/04 KRON-TV Interview with Phil Matier, San Francisco, CA “The US Intelligence Failure in Iraq: Debating the Senate Committee’s Report,” Mark Danner in conversation with John Fund, The Wall Street Journal, and former CIA officer Ray McGovern. 06/21/04 KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA Mark Danner interviewed by reporter Phil Matier. 06/09/04 Pacific Council on International Policy, San Francisco, CA “The Logic of American Torture: A Discussion of Abu Ghraib and After,” Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny. 06/03/04 The Century Association, New York, NY “A Conversation on American Policy,” Mark Danner and Warren Christopher, Omni Hotel. 05/27/04 University of California, KALX Soap Box Derby with Dave Rasmussen, Berkeley, CA “On the Realities of Power: Iraq, Haiti and the War on Terror.” 05/17/04 World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA “Haiti and Regime Change: The Fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,” Mark Danner interviewed by Dave Rasmussen. 04/30/04 Travers Conference, “Media, Democracy, and the Informed Citizen,” Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA "The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People," Mark Danner in conversation with Jonathan Schell. 4/26/04 UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, “History of Documentary Film” Class with Jon Else “War and the Media,” Mark Danner in conversation with Amy Gurowitz, Debra Saunders, John Koopman, 04/25/04 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA -69- www.markdanner.com Federico Rampini, and Peter Breslow. “The Battle of Algiers” Guest Lecture by 04/26/04 Mark Danner Council on Foreign Relations, National Program Meeting, San Francisco, CA “U.S. and Iraq One Year Later: Right to Get In? Wrong to Get Out?” Mark Danner debates Christopher Hitchens, Michael Ignatieff, and Robert Scheer. Moderator: Steve Wasserman. 04/28/04 Knight Fellowships Program at Stanford University, Stanford, CA “The United States and Latin America: Setting Priorities in the 21st Century,” Mark Danner in conversation with Kenneth Maxwell. 04/20/04 The Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley, CA “Trapped in Haitian History: The Rise, Fall, Rise and Fall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.” 04/07/04 KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA “Our Own Worst Enemy: Seeking a Better Way to Fight the War on Terror,” Mark Danner in conversation with John Arquilla, North Gate Hall Library. 04/07/04 Global Lecture Series Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA “Condoleezza Rice and the 9/11 Commission: Who’s to Blame for the Intelligence Failure?” Mark Danner in conversation with Abraham Sofaer and Vic Amar. 04/05/04 The Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley, CA “The Delusions of Nation-Building: Iraq, Haiti and American Power.” 03/18/04 The Media at War Conference, “Understanding the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq,” UC Berkeley, CA “At the Mercy of the Saudis: Bush’s Failed Energy Policy,” Mark Danner in conversation with David Goldwyn, 03/18/04 The Media at War Conference, “Understanding the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of -70- www.markdanner.com North Gate Hall Library. Iraq,” UC Berkeley, CA "Iraq, Weapons and the Responsibilities of the Press," Mark Danner in conversation with Michael Massing. 03/03/04 Great Decisions Series, World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA “Reporting on the Occupation,” Mark Danner in conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, John Burns, Robert Collier, Theola Labbe, Hania Mufti, and Ed Wong. 02/19/04 World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA "Media and Foreign Policy: Iraq, Haiti and the American Way of War.” 02/18/04 Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley, CA “The Iraq War, One Year On: Defending Democracy or Creating Quagmire?” 02/04/04 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley, CA “The NY Times at War,” Mark Danner in conversation with Gerald Marzorati, North Gate Hall Library. 01/30/04 New School University, New York, NY “The Fog of War: Vietnam, Iraq and the Lessons of the Past,” Mark Danner in conversation with Robert S. McNamara and Errol Morris, Zellerbach Hall. 12/30/03 The Bardian, Bard College Alumni Magazine "Iraq & Beyond,” Mark Danner debates 12/26/03 Christopher Hitchens, Samantha Power and David Frum. The Media Education Foundation, Documentary “American Imperialism and Iraq,” Mark Danner in conversation with James Chace. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 12/04/03 -71- www.markdanner.com “Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and 11/14/03 the Selling of American Empire,” Mark Danner interviewed by Jeremy Earp. Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY “Are we Safer? Justice, Security and the 11/10/03 War in Iraq,” Mark Danner debates Leon Wieseltier. Bard College, Annandale OnHudson, NY “Post-War Iraq: A View from the Ground,” Mark Danner interviewed by James F. Hoge. 11/06/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “Report from Baghdad,” Mark Danner interviewed by David Gelber. 11/04/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “Politics as Theatre/Theatre As Politics: Recalls, Primaries, Terror and Other Political Animals,” Mark Danner in conversation with David Edgar, North Gate Hall Library. 11/03/03 KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA “Has Bush Made Us Safer? Iraq, Terror 10/27/03 and American Power,” Mark Danner debates Christopher Hitchens, Wheeler Auditorium. CBS Evening News with Dan Rather “Travels in the Ramadan Offensive: A Report from Iraq,” Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny. 09/30/03 Bard College, Annandale OnThe Hudson, NY “International Red Cross Bombing: First on the Scene,” Mark Danner interviewed in Baghdad by Kimberly Dozier. 09/20/03 WNYC Radio’s, The Next Best Thing, NY “U.S. Foreign Policy Today,” A conversation between Mark Danner 09/09/03 Council on Foreign Relations, General Meeting, New York, NY -72- www.markdanner.com and James Chace. “Battle for Algiers: Commentary on a Contemporary Classic,” Mark Danner interviewed by Dean Olsher. 09/04/03 The Open Society Institute, New York “New York Book Reception for Kenneth 08/30/03 Maxwell,” Mark Danner in conversation with Kenneth Maxwell, Richard Haass, and Fouad Ajami. 2003 Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, CO “OSI Forum: A Turning Point in Human Rights,” El Mozote Panel, Mark Danner in conversation with Mimi Doretti, Ann Nelson, Maria Julia Hernandez, Susan Mieselas, and Cluadia Hernandez. 07/18/03 KALW Working Assets Radio with Laura Flanders, San Francisco, CA “The Fog of War: Film, Politics and History,” Mark Danner interviews Robert S. McNamara with Errol Morris, Galaxy Theatre. 07/15/03 KPFK Free Forum Radio with Terrence McNally, Los Angeles, CA “The Press’ Coverage of Iraq and the California Recall,” Mark Danner, in conversation with Ian Williams, and John McChesney. 06/17/03 Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA “The Press and The Necons: How the Iraq War Happened,” Mark Danner interviewed by Terrence McNally. 05/15/03 Yale University, Rethinking Latin America’s Century of Revolution, New Haven, CT "The Writing Life: Writers on How they Live and Work," Mark Danner in conversation with Michael Chabon, moderated by Marie Arana. 05/02/03 KALW Radio, Media Roundtable, San Francisco, CA “From Ordinary Men to the State’s Executioners: Explaining Episodes of Mass Killings in Latin America and 04/30/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of -73- www.markdanner.com Europe,” Mark Danner in conversation with Christopher Browning. Journalism “The End of Hostilities in Iraq?” Mark Danner in conversation with Mufid Jazairi, and Jim Puzzenghera. 04/26/03 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “Weapons of Mass Destruction in an Age of Terror: Living in the Second Nuclear Age,” Mark Danner in conversation with Frances Fitzgerald, Michael Nacht, and Jonathan Schell, Sibley Auditorium. 04/26/03 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “American Power and The War in 04/14/03 Iraq,” Mark Danner debates Christopher Hitchens, Samantha Power and Bob Scheer. The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “How We Fight Now: The American Way of War,” Mark Danner in conversation with Jonathan Schell. 03/17/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “Spoils of War? Deciding the Future of Iraqi Oil,” Mark Danner in conversation with David Goldwyn, North Gate Library. 03/15/03 The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (CSpan) “War, The Press & U.S. Power: Diplomacy & Conflict in the Post 9/11 World,” Mark Danner in conversation with Strobe Talbot and Peter Tarnoff, Sibley Auditorium. 03/11/03 Council on Foreign Relations, San Francisco, CA “American Power and The Crisis Over Iraq,” Mark Danner debates Christopher Hitchens, Michael Ignatieff, and Robert Scheer. 03/05/03 Swarthmore College, War on Iraq Debate, Swarthmore, PA and -74- www.markdanner.com on CBS News Sunday Morning “Iraq and the War on Terrorism,” Mark Danner in conversation with Max Boot. 02/28/03 Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, Public Broadcasting System, San Jose, CA “How Should We Use Our Power: Iraq and the War on Terror,” Mark Danner debates Leon Wieseltier. 02/20/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “Empire State Building: Is America Becoming an Empire?” Mark Danner debates Niall Ferguson. 02/20/03 PBS Frontline Documentary “The New York Times Goes to War: Terror, Truth and the American Way of War,” Mark Danner in conversation with Gerald Marzorati, North Gate Hall Library. 02/12/03 The World Affairs Council, San Francisco, CA “The War Behind Closed Doors.” 02/06/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “The Future of American Policy in Iraq, The Middle East and The Persian Gulf,” Mark Danner in conversation with William Burns, Asst. Sec of State for Near Eastern Affairs. 01/28/03 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “Why We Can’t Win the War on Terror 01/28/03 (…and how we might still avoid loosing),” Mark Danner in conversation -75- KQED Radio Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA www.markdanner.com with John Arquilla, North Gate Hall Library. “How Should We Use our Power? Iraq and the War on Terror,” Mark Danner debates Christopher Hitchens, Zellerbach Hall. 01/24/03 KALW Working Assets Radio with Laura Flanders, San Francisco, CA “Debating the Iraq War,” Mark Danner and Christopher Hitchens interviewed by Michael Krasny. 01/24/03 World Link TV Forum with Holly Kernan, San Francisco, CA “The Press and The Coming of the Iraq War,” Mark Danner in conversation with Mark Hertsgaard and Patrick Jarreau. 12/06/02 The Institute of Humanities, New York University, NY “America Alone? An Encounter Between Americans and the World,” Mark Danner in conversation with Ken Jowitt, Shafeeq Ghabar and Reinhardt Schiekler. 11/21/02 “The Two Strategists: Bush, Bin Laden and the Coming Iraq War.” 11/18/02 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism “The American Empire: Can it Endure?” Mark Danner debates David Fromkin and James Chase. 11/18/02 KQED Radio Forum with Angie Coiro, San Francisco, CA “Setting the Agenda? The New York Times and America’s View of the World,” Mark Danner in conversation with Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Howell Raines of the New York Times, Zellerbach Hall. 10/25/02 The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -76- The World Policy Institute and The New School University, Swayduck Auditorium, New York, NY www.markdanner.com “Propaganda Radio in The Middle East,” Mark Danner in conversation with Norman Pattiz and Don Jensen. 10/18/02 KQED Radio Forum with Angie Coiro, San Francisco, CA "War: What Is It Good For? Conflict, Human Rights and the Uses of Suffering," Mark Danner in conversation with Chris Hedges, David Rieff and Rone Tempest, North Gate Hall Library. 06/26/02 World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA "How We Talk About Terror," Mark Danner interviewed by Angie Coiro. 04/28/02 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “Covering the War: How Free is our Press?” Mark Danner in conversation with Reese Erlich, Mary Jo McConahay, and Norman Soloman. 04/28/02 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “Thinking Local, Writing Global,” Mark Danner in conversation with Alex Cockburn, Hamilton Fish and Samantha Power. 03/05/02 KQED Radio Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA “The Story Behind the Stories: Mayhem, Drugs and Atrocities,” Mark Danner in conversation with Mark Cooper, Mark Bowden, and Edward Humes. 02/25/02 UC Berkeley’s International and Area Studies Department, Berkeley, CA “Afghanistan and The War on Terror,” Mark Danner, Tom Lantos, Marshall Windmiller and Abraham Sofaer interviewed by Michael Krasny. 11/9/01 Boston University and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Pardee Center, Boston University, MA “The New American Empire: US Foreign Policy after 9/11,” Mark Danner in conversation with Harry 10/18/01 The Russian-American Center Conference, University of California at Berkeley, CA -77- www.markdanner.com Kreisler. “Changing and Unchanging Values in the World of the Future: Does Pericles Point the Way?” Mark Danner in conversation with Roger Kimball and Ralph Buultjens, 09/24/01 KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA "The Battlefield in the American Mind," 09/17/01 A talk given by Mark Danner, Little House. KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, San Francisco, CA Military Response to Terror 09/12/01 University of California at Berkeley, North Gate Hall Library “Terrorism: Where To Now?” Mark Danner interviewed by Michael Krasny. 08/31/01 2001 Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, CO “Making Sense of the Incomprehensible: The Terrorist Attacks on New York and Washington,” Mark Danner in discussion with David Rieff, Peter Tarnoff, Orville Schell, and others. 04/28/01 LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “‘No Man’s Land’: Filming the Bosnia War,” Mark Danner in conversation with director Danis Tanovic. 03/08/01 University of California at Berkeley, North Gate Hall Library “Reporting Wars: The Moral Dimension,” Mark Danner in conversation with Ron Haviv, David Rieff, Tim Judah and Siobhan Darrow. 12/01/00 Colombia-U.S. Relations: The War on Drugs, The Peace Process and Prospects for Human Rights, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT “Election 2000: A View of the Deadlock,” Mark Danner in conversation with E.J. Dionne. 06/14/00 The John Adams Institute in cooperation with The Atlantic Association, American Focus Lecture Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands -78- www.markdanner.com “Colombia’s Importance for Latin 04/19/00 America,” A talk given by Mark Danner. The Human Rights Center, Townsend Center and the University of California at Berkeley “A Helpless Giant! America and the Post-Cold War World,” A lecture given by Mark Danner. 02/28/00 The University of Montana, Missoula, MT “Human Rights in Political Transitions: Gettysburg to Bosnia,” lecture by Mark Danner 02/28/00 The University of Montana, Department of Journalism, Missoula, MT "From Kosovo to Kashmir: What Does Post-Cold War America Owe The World?” A Chancellor’s lecture given by Mark Danner. 02/17/00 University of California at Berkeley, CA "Writing About A Dangerous World: America After The Cold War," A seminar led by Mark Danner. 11/03/99 Medal of Honor Conference, University of California at Riverside "Documenting War: Field Methods in 11/04/99 Historical Context," Mark Danner talks to Harvey Weinstein's and Eric Stover's class, Stephens Hall. University of California at Berkeley, CA “War, Combat and Heroism: The Medal 09/21/99 of Honor,” Mark Danner in conversation with Tim O’Brien, Robert Bush, Walter Ealers, Paul Fussell, Lewis Millet, Joe Rodriguez, and Bruce Cumings. Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA “Human Rights in the Field: From Theory to Practice,” An introduction given by Mark Danner, Faculty Club. 09/20/99 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA “Leadership in Politics and Diplomacy: The Crisis in Kosovo,” Mark Danner 09/20/99 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA -79- www.markdanner.com speaks in the Ethnic Conflict in Modern World Series, at the Athenaeum. “El Mozote,” Mark Danner talks to literature students from Claremont McKenna College, Parents Library. June/July 1999 The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Public Broadcasting System “The Future of World Politics,” Mark Danner talks to Edward Haley’s class. 05/05/99 The World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA “The Genius Awards,” Mark Danner interviewed on The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. 05/03/99 Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley, CA “War and Genocide in Kosovo: A Look at the Present Conflict.” 04/28/99 University of California at Berkeley, North Gate Hall Library “Conversations with History: Foreign Policy Debate,” Mark Danner interviewed by Harry Kreisler. 04/14/99 The Center for Latin American Studies, University of California at Berkeley “Editing the New York Review of Books: A Conversation with Robert B. Silvers,” Mark Danner in conversation with Robert Silvers. 03/05/99 Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley "Haiti's Twin Legacies: Duvalier and Aristide," A talk given by Mark Danner. 03/03/99 Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley, CA “PEONY PAVILION,” A Pre-Performance Talk with Peter Sellars. May/June 1998 The TK Lecture, Portland, OR “Conversations with History: Being A Writer,” Mark Danner interviewed by Harry Kreisler. 04/08/98 WBNI Public Radio, Ft. Wayne, IA “Betrayal in the 20th Century.” 04/12/98 Ft. Wayne Cinema Center, -80- www.markdanner.com Ft.Wayne, Indiana “Welcome to Sarajevo: On Film and Foreign Reporting,” Mark Danner with Catherine Lee. 12/01/97 Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY “Welcome to Sarajevo: On Filming— And Reporting--The Balkan Civil War,” A talk given by Mark Danner 05/22/97 The Overseas Press Club of America, New York, NY “The Outlook for NATO Enlargement: The Debate in the U.S. Senate,” Mark Danner in conversation with Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and William H. Luers. 04/16/95 Ft. Wayne Cinema Center, Ft. Wayne, Indiana “Debate on NATO Expansion,” Mark 02/24/95 Danner debates Richard Perle, moderated by Jacqueline Albert-Simon, at the Princeton Club. Human Rights Resource Center, Newman Center, Minneapolis, MN “Death and the Maiden: Latin America, Torture, and the Recreation of Justice,” A talk given by Mark Danner. 02/24/95 University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis, MN “Haiti and El Salvador and the Role of the U.S. Media,” A lecture given by Mark Danner. 02/23/95 Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, Iowa City, Iowa “America and the Post Cold War World: 02/23/95 The Future of Our Foreign Policy,” A lecture given by Mark Danner. University of Iowa School of Journalism, Iowa City, Iowa “Navigating the Post Cold War World: How to Rebuild U.S. Foreign Policy,” A lecture given by Mark Danner. 02/23/95 WSUI Prairie Lights Radio with Julie Englander, University of Iowa, “On Covering Wars: Central America, Haiti and The Balkans,” A talk given by Mark Danner. 02/08/95 Common Ground Radio with Mary Gary Davidson -81- www.markdanner.com “Massacre At El Mozote: The Roots of Atrocity,” Mark Danner interviewed by Julie Englander. 11/27/94 The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, Public Broadcasting System “Haiti’s Challenge,” Mark Danner interviewed by Mary Gary Davidson. 09/19/94 National Public Radio, WHYY Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Philadelphia, PA “Occupying Haiti: A Report from the Scene,” Mark Danner interviewed by Charlayne Hunter-Gault. 07/27/94 Peter Jennings Reporting, ABC News Special, Documentary “US Troops Occupy Haiti: A Report from Port-au-Prince,” Mark Danner interviewed by Terry Gross. 05/28/94 America and The World, National Public Radio with Richard Hottelet “House on Fire: America’s Haitian Crisis,” Mark Danner, writer and coproducer. 05/27/94 WIBX, At Your Service Radio, Utica, NY “America and The World: Elections in El Salvador,” Mark Danner in conversation with Alvaro De Soto. 05/21/94 KGNU, Latin American News Radio, Boulder, CO “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed on At Your Service Radio. 05/20/94 Focus 580 Radio, Ottawa, Canada “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/19/94 KEXP, Mind Over Matters Radio, Tacoma, Olympia “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/11/94 WFMT, The Studs Terkel Program with Studs Terkel, Chicago, IL “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/11/94 WBEZ, Midday Radio Program, Chicago, IL -82- www.markdanner.com “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed by Studs Terkel. 05/10/94 WORT, 89.9 FM Radio, Madison, WI “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/10/94 Second Opinion Radio with Erwin Knoll, editor of The Progressive “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/06/94 The Capital Times, Madison, WI “The Massacre At El Mozote and US Policy in Central America,” Mark Danner interviewed by Erwin Knoll. 05/05/94 WSUI, Public Radio with Julie Englander, from the University of Iowa “Cutting Through the Fabrics of Lies: On El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed by John Nichols. 05/04/94 The Charlie Rose Show, Public Broadcasting System, New York “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 05/01/94 The Book Channel, with Marc Strassman, Random House, Santa Monica, CA “Turmoil in Haiti,” Mark Danner in conversation with Jocelyn McCalla, Thomas Carothers and Charles Kernaghan. 03/30/94 Peter Jennings Reporting, ABC News Special, Documentary “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed by Marc Strassman. 03/21/94 KGNU, Latin American News Radio, Boulder, CO “While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy,” Mark Danner, writer and coproducer. 12/03/93 America and the World with Richard Hottelet, National Public Radio “The Massacre At El Mozote,” Mark Danner interviewed. 12/01/93 Cable News Network Interview “Haiti, Its Military Dictators, and The Hope of Democracy,” Mark Danner 12/01/93 Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY -83- www.markdanner.com interviewed by Richard Hottelet. “Central America, The US and Clinton’s Trade Initiative,” Mark Danner in conversation with President Bill Clinton, Rep. Robert Torricelli, Former President Jimmy Carter, and Bernard Aronson. 11/28/93 Prime News with Bruce Morton, CNN Television “The Haiti Stalemate: How it Happened and What Can We Do?” 11/05/93 ABC World News Now “The Massacre at El Mozote: Looking Back at A War Crime,” Mark Danner interviewed by Bruce Morton. 05/1992 Bertlesmann Founation, The Council on Foreign Relations, Bonn, Germany “The Massacre at El Mozote: The Meaning of Uncovered History,” Mark Danner interviewed by Thalia Assuras. 05/22/86 The Morning, C-Span “Confronting the Paradigm in Shift,” The Transatlantic Relationship, Mark Danner speaks to the Bertlesmann Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations. 02/1986 The Harvard Club, New York, NY “Haiti and The Legacy of Duvalier: A Transition to Democracy?” Mark Danner interviewed by Carl Rutan. 12/1985 The University Club, New York City, NY “How Not to Fix the Schools,” Mark Danner moderates Harper’s Forum ant the Harvard Club. 06/25/85 The Morning Show, C-Span “In An Age of Cocaine,” Mark Danner moderates Harper’s Forum at the University Club. -84- www.markdanner.com “Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control and US Policy,” Mark Danner interviewed by Susan Swain. -85-