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Faraday's Galvanometer
Transcript of a lecture given on February 22, 2023 by Howard Fisher as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. The Dean's Office provided this description of the event: "Today we think of the galvanometer as a device that measures electric…
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.
Zena Hitz + David Townsend: What Is Freedom & How Do We Cultivate It?
Zena Hitz + David Townsend: What Is Freedom & How Do We Cultivate It? is episode 6 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on February 15, 2023.
Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of…
Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of…
Louis Petrich + Jonathan Badger: Pursuing the Eternal Present
Louis Petrich + Jonathan Badger: Pursuing the Eternal Present is episode 4 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on February 15, 2023.
Does a contemplative life bring us closer to the divine, as…
Does a contemplative life bring us closer to the divine, as…
The Gadfly, Vol. XLIV, Issue 7
Volume XLIV, Issue 7 of The Gadfly. Published February 6, 2023.
"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…
Energeia, Winter 2022
Issue of the Energeia, published in Winter 2022.
Colloquy, Fall 2022
Volume XI of Colloquy, published in Fall 2022.
Louis Petrich + Michael Grenke: The Limitations & Possibilities of Sight: Euclid’s Optics
Louis Petrich + Michael Grenke: The Limitations & Possibilities of Sight: Euclid’s Optics is episode 1 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on January 19, 2023.
What are the limitations and…
What are the limitations and…
The Gadfly, Vol. XLIV, Issue 6
Volume XLIV, Issue 6 of The Gadfly. Published January 16, 2023.
On the Question of Whether Plato’s Phaedo Displays Philosophy in Two Registers: Benardetean Reflections
Audio recording of a lecture given by Patrick Goodin on December 9, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Quite early in the Phaedo Socrates famously describes philosophy,…
Tribal Nations & Trade: A History and Outlook for New Mexico
Audio recording of a lecture given by Patrick Schaefer on December 7, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "While trade flows inherently serve to unite distant…
Is Schrödinger’s What is Life? Still Worth Reading Today?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2022, by Daniel Nicholson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Nicholson describes his lecture: "Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? (1944) is one of the most celebrated scientific works of the…
The Gadfly, Vol. XLIV, Issue 5
Volume XLIV, Issue 5 of The Gadfly. Published November 21, 2022. The volume number is misprinted as XLV on the front cover.
Petrarch’s Climb and the Crisis of the New
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor David McDonald on November 18, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In a letter often called “The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux,” the…
War and Beefs: Gang Violence in The Illiad
Audio recording of a lecture given by Jill Leovy on November 18, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "The Iliad supplies a detailed and recognizable description of what…
The Epic Narrative of the Book of the Torah: The Story of Creation and the Story of Abraham: Their Literary Character and Teaching
Audio recording of a lecture given by Hillel Fradkin on November 11, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "This lecture will explore the literary character of the Torah…
Walking the First Steps of His Camino with John of the Cross: An Exploration of the Dark Night of Sense
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 11, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Druecker describes his lecture: "According to John a verse from one of the Psalms is saying to us: Learn to be empty…
Druecker describes his lecture: "According to John a verse from one of the Psalms is saying to us: Learn to be empty…
Xenophon’s Cyropaedia: The Limits of Political Excellence
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Janet Dougherty on November 4, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Cyrus, Xenophon tells us in the first chapter of the…
The Gadfly, Vol. XLIV, Issue 4
Volume XLIV, Issue 4 of The Gadfly. Published November 3, 2022.