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On Parts and Wholes in Living Things: Harvey, Descartes, and the Heartbeat
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 25, 2023, by Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Paalman describes her lecture: "William Harvey and René Descartes famously disagreed in their accounts of what the heart is doing…
Ms. Paalman describes her lecture: "William Harvey and René Descartes famously disagreed in their accounts of what the heart is doing…
A Timely Untimely Education
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 25, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or…
Moments in the Liberal Education of Frederick Douglass from ‘My Bondage and My Freedom’
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Joseph Macfarland on March 3, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series.
“Freedom of the Intellect is a Sacred Thing”: A Brief Exploration of Freedom, Liberal Education, and the St. John’s Program.
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean J. Walter Sterling on August 26, 2021 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Mr. Sterling will explore the contested idea of freedom…
Moments in the Liberal Education of Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 26, 2022 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the "Dean's Lecture", but now called the "Christopher B. Nelson…
Comedy and the Virtue of Divine Puppets
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 27, 2021 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the Dean's Lecture, but now called the Christopher B. Nelson…
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself" : Reflecting with Montaigne on liberation of the intellect and education in times of crisis
Audio recording of a lecture given by J. Walter Sterling on September 11, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. Dean Sterling provided this description of his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times of…
Our Polity
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2020 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the "Dean's Lecture", but now called the "Christopher B. Nelson…
Something before her time delivered : wonder, grace, and time's creation in The winter's tale
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 30, 2019 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Speaking Freely and the Conversational Virtue
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 23, 2019 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the "Dean's Lecture", but now called the "Christopher B. Nelson…
Convocation Address, Graduate Institute, Spring 2019
Typescript of the Graduate Institute convocation address given by Emily Brooker Langston for the Spring 2019 semester on January 7, 2019 in Annapolis, MD. Entitled "The Joy of Recognition".
Sweet are the uses of adversity : Hegel's exaltation of comedy and Rosalind's education of Arden in Shakespeare's As you like it
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 24, 2018 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Gate of Speculation, Is It Open or Closed? On the Possibility of Permanent Questions
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 24, 2018, by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Macfarland's lecture is the first formal lecture of the academic year. Previously referred to as the Dean's Lecture, this…
Mr. Macfarland's lecture is the first formal lecture of the academic year. Previously referred to as the Dean's Lecture, this…
Convocation Address, Graduate Institute, Summer 2018
Typescript of the convocation address for the Graduate Institute given by Emily Langston on June 11, 2018 for the Summer 2018 semester in Annapolis, MD. The address is titled "Parts and Wholes."
Convocation, Graduate Institute, Summer 2018
Audio recording of the convocation for the Graduate Institute given by Emily Langston for the Summer 2018 semester in Annapolis, MD. Introduction by Panayiotis Kanelos.
"We shall be monsters" : Frankenstein and the ugliness of enlightenment
Audio recording of a lecture given on March 2, 2018 by Jeff Black as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
"We shall be monsters" : Frankenstein and the ugliness of enlightenment
Transcript of a lecture given on March 2, 2018 by Jeff J.S. Black as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Convocation Address, Graduate Institute, Spring 2018
Typescript of the Graduate Institute convocation address given by Emily Brooker Langston in January 2018 in Annapolis, MD.
Inauguration Ceremony of Panayiotis Kanelos
Audio recording of the Inauguration Ceremony of Panayiotis Kanelos held on October 28, 2017 in Annapolis, MD.
Inauguration Ceremony of Panayiotis Kanelos
Program for the Inauguration Ceremony of Panayiotis Kanelos as the 24th President of St. John's College, Annapolis.