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- Collection: St. John's College Lecture Recordings—Santa Fe
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Visual Arts Panel
Audio recording of a tutor panel given by tutors Alison Chapman, Krishnan Venkatesh, and David Carl on April 3, 2026 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “What is a portrait? …
Tutor Panel "On Reading Homer"
Audio recording of a tutor panel given by tutors Chris Cohoon, Claudia Hauer, David McDonald and Sarah Stickney on September 2, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event:…
Some Socratic aspects of Wittgenstein
Audio recording of a lecture given on May 1, 2015 by James Conant as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Beyond reductionism : biology as a liberal art
Audio recording of a panel discussion that took place on April 5, 2013 as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Faustian Phenomena: Goethe on Plants, Animals, and Modern Biologists
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor John Cornell on October 28, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Goethe’s character Faust – based on the medieval legend about…
Parody in Paradise: Dante Takes on Thomas Aquinas
Audio recording of a lecture given by Tutor Emeritus John Cornell on September 12, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: "Dante’s Comedy is widely assumed to champion the…
The Challenge of Heidegger's Approach to Technology
Audio recording of a lecture given by Steven Crowell on April 26, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “Of all the writings Heidegger published after Being and Time, “The…
Hegel's Rhythm: Speculative Thinking and the Relationship between Philosophy and Poetry
Audio recording of a lecture given by Andy Davis on September 6, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "What can poetry teach us about the demands of writing and reading…
Freedom, the liberal arts, and St. John's College
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 28, 2015 by Matthew Davis as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Franklin, autobiography, and the St. John's program
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 26, 2016 by Matthew Davis as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Divided souls : an introduction to The Merchant of Venice
Audio recording of a lecture given on August 25, 2017 by Matthew Davis as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Speaking of the dead : Plato's Menexenus
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 28, 2016 by Michael Davis as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
There's No Place Like Home—in Plato's Republic
Audio recording of a lecture given by Michael Davis on October 3, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: "Those living in the various versions of the best city described…
Krishna versus the British Empire : the Bhagavad Gita during the Indian independence struggle
Audio recording of a lecture given on February 26, 2016 by Richard H. Davis as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
A Timely Untimely Education
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 25, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or…
Family Resemblance: On Knowing and Not Knowing
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 30, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "What do a Greek tragedy and a 20th-century work of philosophy…
Pulling Away from the Bank: Philosophy and Friendship in War and Peace
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Sarah Davis on August 29, 2025 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "St. John’s students often have the experience of coming to…
Atrocity Exhibition: Satan and Redemption in The Brothers Karamazov
Audio recording of an online lecture given on January 29, 2021 by Nicolas de Warren as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series and the Carol J. Worrel Annual Series on Literature. The Dean's Office provided this description of the event :…
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans and the Problem of Original Sin
Audio recording of a lecture given by Erik Dempsey on November 14, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “This talk offers a close reading of St. Paul’s Epistle to the…
Wittgenstein changes his mind
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 28, 2017 by Cora Diamond as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.