Violence & the Sacred

René Girard giving an informal talk with Q&A at Gil Bailie's Florilegia Institute, Sonoma, CA in  1991

A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community.

This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard given at the 1992 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Stanford University.

This is an address given by René Girard at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University in 1993.

This is an address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1992.

An address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1997. Professor Girard is introduced by James Williams.

This is a presentation of René Girard given at the 1993 meeting of the Colloquium of Violence and Religion held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University.

For over twenty years René Girard held episodic Friday afternoon seminars on the campus of Stanford University to discuss and debate aspects of his mimetic hypothesis with visiting scholars, graduate students, and interested community members. This session from 2006 provides the listener a perspective on the implications and scope of his mimetic theory at that time.  

This is an interview Gil Bailie made with René Girard recorded in Los Angeles in 1997.

This is a recording made in 1994 of René Girard giving a presentation to a group of lay people from Sonoma who had been participating in weekly talks by Gil Bailie. Professor Girard had been invited by Gil Bailie to come to Sonoma and informally present his work and answer questions from the group.