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- Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis
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Octaves: The Variety of Sameness
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 19, 1997 by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Moments in the Liberal Education of Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 26, 2022 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. Nelson…
Perceptual and Deliberative Imagination in Aristotle’s De Anima
Video recording of the National Endowment for the Humanities lecture delivered on April 22, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Jason Tipton as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Tipton describes his lecture: "Many animals, Aristotle claims, live by…
Reading Genesis Chapter Three
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 2, 2022, by William Braithwaite as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were punished…
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were punished…
Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Danger of Political Pessimism
Video recording of a lecture delivered on November 19, 2021, by Melvin Rogers as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Professor Rogers is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science at Brown…
Gender, Intersectionality, and Marx’s Value Theory
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 29, 2021, by Sarah Vitale as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Vitale is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Editor of Radical Philosophy Review at Ball State University. Dr. Vitale…
Reading and Teaching the Constitution
Video recording of a lecture delivered on June 29, 2022, by Steve Steinbach as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Mr. Steinbach was a partner at a law firm in Washington, D.C. before leaving the legal profession for teaching. He is…
It’s Just Talking: Legal Advocacy and the Vital Role of Listening
Video recording of a lecture delivered on July 6, 2022, by Gabriela Quercia Kahrl as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Ms. Kahrl is the Associate Director of the Chacon Center for Immigrant Justice at the University of…
Ms. Kahrl is the Associate Director of the Chacon Center for Immigrant Justice at the University of…
Looking in Freshman Lab III – Looking into The Constitution of Bodies:
How Does the Supposition of Particles Help Us to See?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on April 13, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is the third in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lecture: "This is a lecture…
Druecker describes his lecture: "This is a lecture…
Looking in Freshman Lab I: A Path to Experiencing the Blossoming of Things? A Two-Part Lecture
Typescript of two lectures delivered by Robert Druecker, Annapolis tutor on September 11 and 12, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lectures are the first in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Mr. Druecker describes the lectures:…
Mr. Druecker describes the lectures:…
Looking in Freshman Lab II – How Measuring, Weighing, and Counterbalancing Can Inspire Us to See Things in New Ways
Typescript of two lectures delivered on February 25 and 26, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lectures are the second in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lectures: "This…
Druecker describes his lectures: "This…
Looking in Freshman Lab II – Measurement and Equilibrium: How Measuring, Weighing, and Counterbalancing Can Inspire Us to Look at Things Differently
Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 25, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is the second in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lecture: "This will be…
Druecker describes his lecture: "This will be…
"Poet, That’s Just Like You!": Language and the Figure of Echo (Steiner Lecture)
Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2022, by Ange Mlinko as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mlinko is the poetry editor of the Nation, an associate professor at the University of Florida, and a Guggenheim fellow.
Mlinko…
Mlinko is the poetry editor of the Nation, an associate professor at the University of Florida, and a Guggenheim fellow.
Mlinko…
Aristotle on the Impossibility of Defining Life
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 1, 2021, by Christopher Frey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Frey is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Frey describes his…
Dr. Frey is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Frey describes his…
Hiding behind Geometry: Analysis and Synthesis in Descartes and Spinoza
Typescript of a lecture delivered on October 15, 2021, by Joshua Parens as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Parens is the Dean of Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Director of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the Philosophy…
Dr. Parens is the Dean of Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Director of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the Philosophy…
"We the Heroes" or "We the People?" Leadership in the Homeric Epic
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 24, 2021, by Johannes Haubold as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Haubold is a Professor of Classics at Princeton University.
Dr. Haubold describes his lecture: "This lecture…
Dr. Haubold is a Professor of Classics at Princeton University.
Dr. Haubold describes his lecture: "This lecture…
The Female Drama
Video recording of a lecture delivered on November 5, 2021, by Charlotte Thomas as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s…
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s…
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, and the Democratic Catastrophe of the Color Line
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Jared Loggins on April 16, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Loggins is an Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at Amherst University. His research and teaching interests…
Mr. Loggins is an Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at Amherst University. His research and teaching interests…
On the Originals of Fictive Mental Images
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Annapolis tutor Eva Brann on September 3, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Brann describes her lecture: "Most people have 'mental images,' pictures and voices that don't occur through the…
Ms. Brann describes her lecture: "Most people have 'mental images,' pictures and voices that don't occur through the…
The Female Drama
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 5, 2021, by Charlotte Thomas as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s Founding…
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s Founding…