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- Collection: St. John's College Lecture Recordings—Santa Fe
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Liberal education in America and the Cold War
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 19, 2014 by Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
"The tutor and the feeder of my riots" : the problem of friendship in Shakespeare's treatment of Falstaff and Prince Hal
Audio recording of a lecture given on July 19, 2017 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
"Sweet are the uses of adversity" : Hegel's exaltation of comedy and Rosalind's education of Arden in Shakespeare's As you like it
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 24, 2018 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
"Something before her time delivered" : wonder, grace, and time's creation in The winter's tale
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 30, 2019 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Journalism, democratic citizenship, and the public interest
Audio recording of an online panel discussion with alumni Danny Hakim, Elizabeth Harball, and Jane McManus held on April 18, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. Moderated by Dean Walter Sterling and current seniors Nani Detti,…
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself" : Reflecting with Montaigne on liberation of the intellect and education in times of crisis
Audio recording of a lecture given by J. Walter Sterling on September 11, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. Dean Sterling provided this description of his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times of…
“Freedom of the Intellect is a Sacred Thing”: A Brief Exploration of Freedom, Liberal Education, and the St. John’s Program.
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean J. Walter Sterling on August 26, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Mr. Sterling will explore the contested idea of freedom…
Time to Think
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 24, 2012 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
On Friendship
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 26, 2011 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Visibility of Dying in Homer's Iliad
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 1, 2006 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Levinas : Experiments at the Limits of Philosophy
Audio recording of a lecture given on January 23, 2009 by J. Walter Sterling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Incommensurability: Meno and the Diagonal
"Can beautiful speeches give rise to beautiful deeds?"
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Cary Stickney on October 21, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series.
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Cary Stickney on October 21, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series.
I Know You All
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Sarah Stickney on May 8, 2026 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “This lecture will look at Prince Hal’s passage from tavern…
Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Medieval Japan
Audio recording of a lecture given by Jacqueline Stone on April 4, 2025 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Premodern Japanese believed that one's dying thoughts could…
Evils in Our Midst: A Close Reading of Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Audio recording of a lecture given by Jeffrey Stout on December 8, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "What is the movie about? Does the title contain an allusion? When…
To multiple in infinite : the "plultiple" endings of Joyce's Book of the Dark
Audio recording of a lecture given on November 15, 2019 by Enrico Terrinoni as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Nicia's Virtue
Audio recording of a lecture given by Charlotte Thomas on March 5, 2021 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Thucydides gives a scathing account of Nicias’s failures in Sicily…
The swine and the chatterbox : Wittgenstein and Augustine on talking (and not talking) about God
Audio recording of a lecture given on December 7, 2018 by Caleb Thompson as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Aporia on the woman question in Plato's Republic
Audio recording of a lecture given on November 8, 2019 by Mary Townsend as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Truths about quantum mechanics
Audio recording of a lecture given on November 30, 2018 by Bernhardt Trout as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.