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Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"
Typescript of a lecture delivered by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Tuck is a Tutor emeritus at St. John's College Annapolis. His talk consists of three parts: (1) a short introduction to Sappho, her…
Mr. Tuck is a Tutor emeritus at St. John's College Annapolis. His talk consists of three parts: (1) a short introduction to Sappho, her…
Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age
Video recording of a lecture by Professory Chad Wellmon of the University of Virginia, held on June 23, 2021 as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Professor Wellmon describes his lecture: "The humanities didn't come into their own,…
Teaching Poetry, Revelation, Mathematics, and Respect for Truth
Video recording of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2020 by Ted Hadzi-Antich as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Ted Hadzi-Antich, chair of the political science department at Austin Community College, presents a talk about…
Ted Hadzi-Antich, chair of the political science department at Austin Community College, presents a talk about…
Community Colleges and Teaching in the Liberal Arts
Video recording of a panel discussion held on July 1, 2020 as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Like St. John’s, community colleges are institutions devoted primarily to teaching and learning. They reach a broad and diverse…
Like St. John’s, community colleges are institutions devoted primarily to teaching and learning. They reach a broad and diverse…
Reading Plato’s Meno Online
Video recording of a lecture delivered on June 24, 2020 by William Braithwaite as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. The final minute of the recording (beginning at 01:02:00) is in audio format only. Mr. Braithwaite describes his…
Ideas: America Rising, A Call for a New Great Awakening
Video recording of a lecture delivered on June 17, 2020 by David Townsend as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Townsend describes his lecture: "The idea of America, the ideal type American, and the Spirit of America depend…
Mr. Townsend describes his lecture: "The idea of America, the ideal type American, and the Spirit of America depend…
Euclid as Teacher
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 10, 2019 by William Braithwaite as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk centers on Euclid's role as an educator…
Mr. Braithwaite is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk centers on Euclid's role as an educator…
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 64: What Can Be Said About a Poem, and What Should Be Said
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 11, 2018, by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Words and Things: Mystical Traditions of Reading Sacred and Secular Books
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 20, 2018, by Mark Delp as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Property, Belief, and the Barbarian in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 13, 2018, by John M. Peterson as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Summer 2018 Lecture Schedule
Schedule of lectures and concerts in Summer 2018, sponsored by the Graduate Institute.
Learning, Knowing, and Remembering in a Digital World
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 26, 2017 by Naomi Baron as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
From Nature to History: The Search for Fundamental Necessities in Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 13, 2017, by Charles Zug as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Why We Should (Still) Read Beauvoir
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 5, 2017 by Rebecca Goldner as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Ms. Goldner is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. Her talk is about the importance and relevance of the work…
Why We Should (Still) Read Beauvoir
Typescript of a lecture delivered on July 5, 2017 by Rebecca Goldner as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Ms. Goldner is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. Her talk is about the importance and relevance of the work of…
A Tale of Two Theodicies: Kant and the Self-Contradictions of Leibnizian Theodicy
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 28, 2017 by Joseph Trullinger as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Trullinger, an assistant professor at George Washington University, examines Leibniz, Kant and the philosophers’…
Trullinger, an assistant professor at George Washington University, examines Leibniz, Kant and the philosophers’…
What is Right? The Fragility of Right and Thomas Aquinas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 14, 2017, by Matthew Reiner as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Reasons without Reason: Anti-rationalism in Heidegger’s Being and Time
Typescript of a lecture delivered on June 29, 2016 by Lee Goldsmith as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.Mr. Goldsmith is an instructor of philosophy at George Washington University. His talk is about the issue of reason and the…
Summer 2016 "Wednesday Night Lecture Series"
Schedule of lectures and concerts in Summer 2016, sponsored by the Graduate Institute.
The Lost Idea of a Liberal Art
Typescript of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2015 by Daniel Harrell as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Harrell is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. His talk delves into the conversation surrounding the liberal…
Mr. Harrell is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. His talk delves into the conversation surrounding the liberal…