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Two good men in Aristotle's Ethics, or does a liberal education improve one's character?
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 9, 2016 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Two Good Men in Aristotle's Ethics, or Does a Liberal Education Improve One's Character?
Typescript of a lecture given on August 26, 2016 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Plutarch’s Swarm
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 25, 2017, 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.…
The Gate of Speculation, Is It Open or Closed? On the Possibility of Permanent Questions
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 24, 2018, by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Macfarland's lecture is the first formal lecture of the academic year. Previously referred to as the Dean's Lecture, this…
Mr. Macfarland's lecture is the first formal lecture of the academic year. Previously referred to as the Dean's Lecture, this…
The gate of speculation, is it open or closed? On the possibility of permanent questions
Audio recording of a lecture given on January 31, 2020 by Joe Macfarland as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Our Polity
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2020 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…
Our Polity
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2020 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…
Speaking Freely and the Conversational Virtue
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 23, 2019 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…
Comedy and the Virtue of Divine Puppets
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 27, 2021 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…
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…
Moments in the Liberal Education of Frederick Douglass from ‘My Bondage and My Freedom’
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dean Joseph Macfarland on March 3, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series.
Feeling Ulysses (Steiner Lecture)
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 25, 2016, by Vicki Mahaffey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Mahaffey describes her lecture: "Most of the time, readers who have difficulties with Ulysses complain that it is hard to…
Dr. Mahaffey describes her lecture: "Most of the time, readers who have difficulties with Ulysses complain that it is hard to…
Machiavelli's enterprise
Audio recording of a lecture given on April 4, 2014 by Harvey Mansfield as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Grammar of Eden: A Reading of Genesis 1-3
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Erika Martinez on October 23, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In Genesis, God calls things into being, demonstrating…
Be a Sinner and Sin Boldly: Martin Luther and Christian Freedom
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 10, 2017 by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Be a Sinner and Sin Boldly: Martin Luther and Christian Freedom
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 10, 2017 by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Argument Not Less But More Heroic: Milton's Advent'rous Song in Paradise Lost
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2005, by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Finding Perspective and Staying in One’s Room: Thoughts on Several of Pascal’s Pensées and Latour’s Repentant Magdalene
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 9, 2005, by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Is the Surface Area of a Hedgehog? (Steiner Lecture)
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2011, by Barry Mazur as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mazur describes his lecture: "Well, I don't know the answer to the question of the title and no hedgehog will be harmed, or even…
The telos of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 7, 2016 by Richard McCombs as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.