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Draupadī on the Walls of Troy: Reabduction Narratives in Two Indo-European Epics, the Iliad and the Mahābhārata
Audio recording of a lecture given by Stephanie Jamison on April 21, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "A curious episode in Iliad, the Teikhoskopia (viewing from the…
Philosophy and the Cave Wall: Plato and Kant on the Form of the Given
Typescript of a lecture delivered on March 31, 2023, by Matthew Caswell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Caswell describes his lecture: "The lecture will compare inquiries into the nature of sensibility offered by Plato, and by Kant.…
The Concept of Truth in the Book of Genesis
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Phil LeCuyer on April 14, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Join tutor Phil LeCuyer for a lecture on the Book of Genesis…
To Be Forever and Immortal: Struggle and Salvation in the Thought of al-Farabi
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Ahmed Siddiqi on April 7, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In the Muslim world, as in the world at large, there is an…
Sappho I: An Ontological Approach
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 13, 1995, by Joshua Kates as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Machiavelli: A Good Teacher of Goodness
Audio recording of a lecture given by Maurizio Viroli on March 31, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Against current scholarly trends that maintain that Niccolo…
On Motion
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 24, 2023, by Leah Lasell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Lasell describes her lecture: "The new science of motion presented in the last two days of The Two New Sciences is Galileo's last word in…
Remarks on the Inauguration of President Nora Demleitner: Citizenship, Undergraduate Education, and Great Books
Typescript of a lecture delivered on March 24, 2023, by Robert Post as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture was the first President's Law and Society lecture and was part of the events celebrating the inauguration of Nora Demleitner.
What, Then, Is Time?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 4, 1998, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Brann's lecture is based on her book What, Then, Is Time?, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 1999. The typescript of the lecture was…
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.
Dante in Italian Cinema
Audio recording of a lecture given by P. Adams Sitney on February 24, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: Just as all English speakers casually refer to lines by…
1001 Nights of Marcel Proust
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2011, by Patricia Locke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
A Poetry Reading by Rita Dove
Audio recording of a lecture given by Rita Dove on February 21, 2023 as part fo the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: Rita Dove reads a selection of her poetry with commentary.
"Sounding Alarm: (circa 1850)"
Audio recording of a lecture given by Alexander Rehding on February 3, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: The nineteenth century was a time of progress but also of…
Another "Lollere in the Wynd"? Chaucer, His Miller, and Nicholas' Door
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 30, 2007, by Christina von Nolcken as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
From Ancient Agony to Contemporary Ecstasy: The Gospel at Colonus
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 18, 2008, by Theophus "Thee" Smith as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Form and Figure in Greek Art: Ideal Beauty, Individualism, and Political Space in Greek Architecture and Sculpture
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 16, 2007, by Camille Paglia as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Power and Glory of Platonic Dialogue
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 20, 1998, by Carl Page as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Difference and Belonging in the Histories of Herodotus
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 14, 2022, by Angel Parham as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Parham is an associate professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of…
Ms. Parham is an associate professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of…
Understanding understanding
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Peter Pesic on January 27, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "What does it take to understand something, especially…