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- Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis
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The Perfections of Jane Austen
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 31, 1975, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Is a Book?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 30, 1991, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Leibniz's New Geometry
Typescript of a lecture delivered November 30, 2007, by Annapolis tutor Brendon Lasell as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Leibniz's New Geometry
Audio recording of a lecture delivered November 30, 2007, by Annapolis tutor Brendon Lasell as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Music: The Representative Liberal Art
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 2, 1988, by Wye Allanbrook and Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Music: The Representative Liberal Art
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 2, 1988, by Wye Allanbrook and Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Footnotes to Aristotle
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 13, 2024, by Graham Harman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Professor Harman is an alum of the Annapolis campus of St. John's. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and…
Professor Harman is an alum of the Annapolis campus of St. John's. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and…
The Political Foundations of Modernity
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 24, 2003, by Henry Higuera as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Listen, Love, and Learn: The Formative Power of Singing without Paper
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 1, 2023, by Paul Vasile as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Vasile describes his lecture: "We'll explore practices of musicking rooted in the oral tradition and the ways they enrich and…
Mr. Vasile describes his lecture: "We'll explore practices of musicking rooted in the oral tradition and the ways they enrich and…
Phenomenology of Nature
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 20, 2024, by Ryan Shea as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ryan Shea taught at Providence College for eight years, including courses in philosophy of science, environmental philosophy, and…
Ryan Shea taught at Providence College for eight years, including courses in philosophy of science, environmental philosophy, and…
The One and the Many in Psalm 42: Sicut Cervus
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 23, 2024, by Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Paalman offers the following description: The motet by Palestrina based on Psalm 42:1 is beloved at St. John's College. If one…
Ms. Paalman offers the following description: The motet by Palestrina based on Psalm 42:1 is beloved at St. John's College. If one…
The Ethics and Aesthetics of Sympathy in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 11, 2024, by Dr. Ellwood Wiggins as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Professor Wiggins (SJC Annapolis, 1998) is an associate professor in the German department at the University of Washington,…
Professor Wiggins (SJC Annapolis, 1998) is an associate professor in the German department at the University of Washington,…
Tragic Pharmacy: the "Noble" Lie and the Fall of Kallipolis
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 3, 2023, by Kevin Kambo as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Professor Kambo describes his lecture: "In Plato's Republic, Socrates suggests that the best regime is doomed to fail. This failure is…
Professor Kambo describes his lecture: "In Plato's Republic, Socrates suggests that the best regime is doomed to fail. This failure is…
Argument Not Less But More Heroic: Milton's Advent'rous Song in Paradise Lost
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2005, by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Caesars: From Plutarch to Shakespeare—and Beyond
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 22, 2002, by Christopher Pelling as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek emeritus at the University of Oxford.
Note: the recording started slightly after Dr. …
Note: the recording started slightly after Dr. …
Know Thyself in Dialogue with Others: A Case for Cross-Cultural Philosophy
Video recording of a lecture delivered on November 1, 2024, by Bret Davis as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Bret W. Davis is Professor and Higgins Chair in Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland, where he teaches courses in Asian, Western, and…
What's Wrong with History?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 27, 2024, by Annapolis tutor Zena Hitz as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Hitz offers this description of her lecture: “In a St. John's seminar, we do not approach the readings historically,…
Ms. Hitz offers this description of her lecture: “In a St. John's seminar, we do not approach the readings historically,…
What's Wrong with History?
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 27, 2024, by Annapolis tutor Zena Hitz as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Hitz offers this description of her lecture: “In a St. John's seminar, we do not approach the readings historically,…
Ms. Hitz offers this description of her lecture: “In a St. John's seminar, we do not approach the readings historically,…
History and Existentialism in the Raj Quartet
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Paul Ludwig on November 5, 2004, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.