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- Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis
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Recognizing Odysseus
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 22, 2017 by Margaret Kirby as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Plutarch’s Swarm
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 25, 2017, 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.…
Johann Sebastian Bach and The Six Suites for Cello Solo - A Fanciful and Extravagant Allegory
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 21, 2017 by Steven Hancoff as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Two Good Men in Aristotle's Ethics, or Does a Liberal Education Improve One's Character?
Typescript of a lecture given on August 26, 2016 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
American Identity in the Age of Trump (Steiner Lecture)
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 31, 2017, by Lydia Polgreen as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
This lecture is also part of the Steiner Lecture Series, which is made possible by a gift from the Steiner family in memory of Andrew…
This lecture is also part of the Steiner Lecture Series, which is made possible by a gift from the Steiner family in memory of Andrew…
Does a Single Photon Exist?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 24, 2017 by Chester Burke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Books of Nature
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 24, 2017, by Elizabeth Yale as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
A Revolution in Higher Education: Tales from Unlikely Allies
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 17, 2017, by Richard DeMillo as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Entropy, the New Caloric
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 12, 2017, by Howard Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is part two of a two-part series.
In Praise of Caloric
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 10, 2017, by Howard Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is part one of a two-part series.
Thinking about Nature
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 20, 2017 by Matthew Linck as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Thinking about nature
Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 20, 2017 by Matthew Linck as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Meaning of Rome
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2016 by Michael Grenke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Ten Commandments
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2016, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Kass describes his lecture as, "a close examination and fresh interpretation of the Biblical text (Exodus 20)."
Talking, reading, writing, listening: a lecture for parents and students
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 04, 2011 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series (during Parents Weekend).
The empires of the sun and the West
Typescript of the homecoming lecture delivered on October 04, 2002 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ways of Naysaying
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 02, 2001 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series (during Parents Weekend).
What, then, is time?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 14, 1998 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Why read books?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 30, 1996 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
For the first time
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 29, 1995 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.