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On the Philoctetes of Sophocles : the story of a sickness
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 15, 2019 by Richard McCombs as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Pascal’s Conception of ‘Universal Men’
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Richard McCombs on September 23, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Pascal’s almost unrelenting emphasis on the weakness,…
Play and Playfulness in Plato
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Richard McCombs on September 1, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: Plato thinks the serious person has need of much…
Pity as a Civic Virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 8, 2011, by Marina McCoy as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence
Audio recording of a panel given by tutor David McDonald, Curtis Johnson, Patrick Anderson, and Benjamin Scott on September 22, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: The…
Petrarch’s Climb and the Crisis of the New
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor David McDonald on November 18, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In a letter often called “The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux,” the…
"Tel us som moral thing" : moral certainty and the art of story in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 27, 2019 by Maggie Evans McGuinness as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
"Making New Gods?": Reflections on Plato's Symposium
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 21, 2008, by Mitchell Miller as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
"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…
An informal conversation with Scott Momaday
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 31, 2014 by Scott Momaday as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Ecstatic truth in the cinema of Werner Herzog
Audio recording of a lecture given on December 6, 2019 by Ian Moore as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Gorgias Nothings: Dickinson, Plato and the Philosophical Blues
Audio recording of a lecture given by Fred Moten on November 3, 2023 as part of the Dean's Lectura & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has proviced this description of the event: "We will conduct a paraphilological thought experiment in which we…
A short talk by Judge Michael Mukasey
Audio recording of a lecture given on January 27, 2017 by Michael Mukasey as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
An evening with Azar Nafisi
Audio recording of a lecture given on April 17, 2015 by Azar Nafisi as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Returning to Lucretius
Audio recording of a lecture given on April 5, 2019 by Thomas Nail as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Returning to Lucretius
Transcript of a lecture given on April 5, 2019 by Thomas Nail as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
What was the purpose of Archimedes' Floating Bodies? (Steiner Lecture)
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 30, 2018 by Reviel Netz as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
In Defense of Cicero
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on October 31, 2008, by Walter Nicgorski as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Nicgorski describes his lecture: "The tradition of criticism of Cicero as a thinker consists in charges that his rhetorical…
Dr. Nicgorski describes his lecture: "The tradition of criticism of Cicero as a thinker consists in charges that his rhetorical…
Is Schrödinger’s What is Life? Still Worth Reading Today?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2022, by Daniel Nicholson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Nicholson describes his lecture: "Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? (1944) is one of the most celebrated scientific works of the…
Another "Lollere in the Wynd"? Chaucer, His Miller, and Nicholas' Door
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 30, 2007, by Christina von Nolcken as part of the Formal Lecture Series.