Robert Pogue Harrison is the Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of several books, among them&nbsp;Forests: The Shadow of Civilization&nbsp;(1992),&nbsp;The Dominion of the Dead&nbsp;(2003), and&nbsp;Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition&nbsp;(2008).

Robert Pogue Harrison

The Outer Fringes of Our Language: A Conversation with Werner Herzog

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers

Film

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

A Messenger of the Rope: In Conversation with Peter Sloterdijk

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Critical Theory

Robert Pogue Harrison is the Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of several books, among them&nbsp;Forests: The Shadow of Civilization&nbsp;(1992),&nbsp;The Dominion of the Dead&nbsp;(2003), and&nbsp;Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition&nbsp;(2008).