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Euclid vs. the Indivisible: The Mathematical Battle over the Shape of Modernity
Audio recording of a lecture given by Amir Alexander on February 21, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “On August 10, 1632, the Revisors General of the Society of Jesus…
St. John's Collegian, February 20, 2025
Volume 2, issue 13 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 20, 2025.
On Written Speech
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 7, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Mary Elizabeth Halper as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Halper offers this description: "There are two kinds of speech: the speech we speak and the speech we read. This…
The Politician as Opthalmologist of the Soul: Aristotle's Conceptions of the Soul and the Aims of Inquiry
Audio recording of a lecture given by Rory Hanlon on February 7, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “In Nicomachean Ethics (NE) I.13, Aristotle asserts that a politician…
St. John's Collegian, February 6, 2025
Volume 2, issue 12 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 6, 2025.
Colloquy, Fall 2024
Volume 15 of Colloquy, published in Fall 2024. The theme of the issue is On Being.
St. John's Collegian, January 30, 2025
Volume 2, issue 11 of the St. John's Collegian, published January 30, 2025.
Gertrude Stein and the End(s) of Literature
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor David Carl on January 24, 2025 as part of the Dean’s Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean’s Office has provided this description of the event: “Tender Buttons is a kind of love story which leads us to ask,…
St. John's Collegian, January 16, 2025
Volume 2, issue 10 of the St. John's Collegian, published January 16, 2025.
Foundational Urgency and Institutional Inertia
Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 10, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Recco offers this description: This lecture will examine the difficulty of sustaining collective action. In working…
Colloquy, Spring 2025
Volume 16 of Colloquy, published in Spring 2025. The theme of the issue is On Becoming.
Socratic Philosophical Legacies: Creating Philosophers of the Future
Audio recording of a lecture given by Anne-Marie Schultz on December 13, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “I will examine portions of two Platonic dialogues, the…
St. John's Collegian, November 17, 2024
Volume 2, issue 7 of the St. John's Collegian, published November 17, 2024.
On Parts and Wholes in Living Things: Harvey, Descartes, and the Heartbeat
Audio recording of a lecture given by Annapolis Dean Suzy Paalman on November 15, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "William Harvey and René Descartes famously…
The Philosophical Challenge of Early Art
Video recording of a lecture delivered on November 8, 2024, by Allen Speight as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Professor Speight (SJC Annapolis, 1984) is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Admissions at Boston University, with a…
Modern Geometry
Audio recording of a lecture given by Jesse Wolfson on November 8, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "One hundred and seventy years ago, the German mathematician…
The Gadfly, Vol. XLVI, Issue 4
Volume XLVI, Issue 4 of The Gadfly. Published November 7, 2024.