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  • Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis

Recording of a lecture delivered on April 17, 2026, by Annapolis tutor Louis Petrich, as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Petrich offers the following description of his lecture: "To think that Shakespeare felt Iago deeply, as he felt Othello…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on April 8, 2026, by Edward Luttwak as part of the LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Lecture Series. The Kristensen special lecture series, jointly sponsored by St. John’s College and the United States Naval Academy,…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 13, 2026, by Annapolis tutor Brendon Lasell, as the 2026-26 NEH lecture.Mr. Lasell offers the following description of his lecture: "Diophantus begins his Arithmetica by saying that he has 'tried to…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 6, 2026, by Annapolis tutor Janet Dougherty, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Ms. Dougherty offers the following description of her lecture: "Usbek, the most prolific writer in Montesquieu’s…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on January 9, 2026, by Annapolis Assistant Dean Ron Haflidson, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Haflidson offers the following description of his lecture: "In Genesis, when the Man first meets the Woman,…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on November 14, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Matthew Linck, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Linck offers the following description of his lecture: "Our encounter with Matisse will be an occasion to think…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 24, 2025, by Professor Mark Shiffman, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mark Shiffman (A89) is Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Saint Patrick’s Seminary in California and Director of…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 10, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Khafiz Kerimov, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Kerimov offers the following description: The final lines of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit are not his own.…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 26, 2025, by Annapolis Dean Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Macfarland offers the following description: "According to Galileo, the grand book of the universe standing…

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Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 22, 2025, by Annapolis President Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Ms. Paalman offers the following description: 'We learn as young children that multiplication is taking a number a…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 22, 2025, by Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Ms. Paalman offers the following description: 'We learn as young children that multiplication is taking a number a certain number of…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 19, 2025, by Santa Fe Dean Sarah Davis. Ms. Davis offers the following description: "I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.” Nietzsche…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 12, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Nicholas Bellinson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Bellinson offers the following description of his lecture: "What kind of relationship to time underlies the…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 5, 2025, by Professor Thomas Merrill as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Thomas Merrill is an associate professor for American University’s School of Public Affairs, and the associate director for…

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Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2026, by Annapolis Dean Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Ms. Paalman offers the following description: "The main story of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice concerns Elizabeth…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on March 28, 2025, by Dr. Emily Austin as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Dr. Austin is an Associate Professor of Classics and the College at the University of Chicago, with research interests in Greek…

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Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 7, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Mary Elizabeth Halper as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Halper offers this description: "There are two kinds of speech: the speech we speak and the speech we read.…

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Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 7, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Mary Elizabeth Halper as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Halper offers this description: "There are two kinds of speech: the speech we speak and the speech we read. This…

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Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 10, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Recco offers this description: This lecture will examine the difficulty of sustaining collective action. In working…

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Video recording of a November 20, 2024 lecture and Q&A session by Karl Walling of the U.S. Naval War College.

The conversation with Dr. Walling centers on the problem of peacemaking in the Peloponnesian War, and Thucydides’ preference to often…

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