Zimbardo Speaks DVD
March 4th, 2008 | by Mark Holah |
Uniview have announced today that they are to film Zimbardo’s talk at the Emmanuel Centre in London. The talk is on the afternoons of Tuesday 18 March and Wednesday 19 March 2008. The DVD ‘Zimbardo Speaks’, will be available shortly afterwards.
Below is the press release.
South West Conferences present a unique opportunity for A level Psychology students to hear legendary Professor Zimbardo talk about his research and new book, and it’s all being caught on film!March is an exciting time for UK students of psychology as The Emmanuel Centre in London welcomes Professor Philip G. Zimbardo to discuss his past research and current book. The revision conference is organised by South West Conferences, a small consultancy company specialising in psychology A level students conferences and Teacher INSET courses, run by psychology teacher and author Cara Flanagan.Professor Zimbardo has previously taught at Yale, Columbia and NYU but was a professor at the Stanford University from 1968 up until his recent retirement. Zimbardo has won many awards for his work and has become a media personality as a result of his captivating studies. He has also been president of both the Western Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association.Zimbardo is probably best known for his fascinating 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, whereby college students were assigned the role of guard or inmate in order to study the psychological and behavioural effects of imprisonment. Those selected at random to be ‘guards’ became so sadistic and those acting as ‘prisoners’ so depressed, that the two-week study was stopped after just six days. The study has created such public and media interest that a feature-length film is currently being made by Maverick Films and directed by Oscar winning director, Christopher McQuarrie.
Much of Zimbardo’s research focuses on the transformation of character that occurs when normally good people are led to engage in evil actions. This is what Zimbardo calls “The Lucifer Effect” and is the name of his latest book and a theme of his lecture in London this March. In April of last year, The Sunday Times described The Lucifer Effect as “an important book; if enough people absorbed its argument, we might find ourselves in a better polity”.
The lecture is particularly exciting as it is being filmed by educational production company Uniview Worldwide Ltd, under the working title of Zimbardo Speaks. Uniview began 15 years ago as a production company and is now the leading supplier of psychology resources in the UK. Uniview have had a long lasting relationship with Zimbardo, being the only UK distributor of his DVD, Quiet Rage: A Stanford Prison Experiment.
The director of Zimbardo Speaks, former psychology teacher and examiner and founder of Uniview Worldwide, Helen R. Staveley-Taylor, says she is delighted to be involved with the project. “As a psychology student when Zimbardo was carrying out his classic Stanford Prison Study, it is very exciting for me to be filming him 35 years later. An inspirational speaker, Zimbardo will be providing an entertaining, informative and important talk which marks an advance in our understanding of social interaction.”
The conference will take place on the 18th and 19th of March at The Emmanuel Centre in London. Tickets are sold out but Zimbardo Speaks will be available to buy from Uniview in the near future. Visit Uniview for more information or visit South West Conferences for details of future conferences including Professor Elizabeth Loftus speaking in March next year.
Uniview Worldwide Ltd is an educational production company specialising in the production and distribution of multimedia resources across a wide range of subject areas.
Contact: Sarah Maddox sarah@uniview.co.uk 0151 625 3453
2 Responses to “Zimbardo Speaks DVD”
By Nat on Oct 18, 2008 | Reply
Dear Sarah,
Has the DVD ‘Zimbardo speaks’ been released yet?
If not, when will it be?
Thank you.
Nat
By Francesca on Mar 11, 2009 | Reply
Dear Nat.
We are pleased to announce that Zimbardo Speaks has now been released for general sale. Please follow the link for more information on this title or contact one of our support team on 0151-625-3453.
http://www.uniview.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2euniview%2eco%2euk%2f&WD=1300&PN=psychology%2dresources%2ehtml%23a1300#a1300
Many Thanks,
Uniview