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On the Originals of Fictive Mental Images
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Annapolis tutor Eva Brann on September 3, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Brann describes her lecture: "Most people have 'mental images,' pictures and voices that don't occur through the…
Ms. Brann describes her lecture: "Most people have 'mental images,' pictures and voices that don't occur through the…
What would Kepler say to Einstein?
Transcript of a lecture given on November 5, 2021 by William Donahue as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. The Dean's Office provided this description of the event: "Einstein once wrote that there is little value, other than the…
The Female Drama
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 5, 2021, by Charlotte Thomas as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s Founding…
Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy from Mercer University in Atlanta and Co-Director of the McDonald Center for America’s Founding…
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…
The Questions of Lear and Cordelia
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 7, 2007, by Louis Petrich as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ulysses: Does Your Life Matter? The Conspiracy Against Knowing Who You Are and How to Fight This Conspiracy with Amor-Matris
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Annapolis tutor David Townsend on March 26, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr Townsend describes his lecture: "Ulysses names Amor Matris—mother-love—as the passion most strongly opposing the…
Mr Townsend describes his lecture: "Ulysses names Amor Matris—mother-love—as the passion most strongly opposing the…
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…
Self-Consciousness in Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories: What do we Understand when we Understand?
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Kit Slover on February 26, 2021 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In the Preface to the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant confesses…
Observing Black Holes Large and Small
Audio recording of a lecture given by Daryl Haggard on March 12, 2021 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "It’s been a fantastic decade for black hole studies, highlighted by…
The Problem of Language in King Lear and Confessions
Audio track from the video recording of a lecture delivered by Kim Paffenroth on February 12, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language…
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language…
The Problem of Language in King Lear and Confessions
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Kim Paffenroth on February 12, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language is both necessary but…
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language is both necessary but…
Tutor Panel on Photography
Audio recording of an online panel with panelists David Carl, David McDonald, and Krishnan Venkatesh. The panel was held on September 25, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the…
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.
Learning to Love Lincoln: Frederick Douglass's Journey from Grievance to Gratitude
Audio recording of a lecture given by Diana Schaub on December 4, 2020 as a part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Having originally been a severe critic of Abraham Lincoln, the…
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…
The True Embodiment of Everything that's Excellent: Law and Philosophy
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Martha Franks on November 13, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "'What is Justice?' we ask at St. John’s, and do careful…
Invention: The Art of Liberal Arts
Audio recording of a lecture given by J. Scott Lee on November 6, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Liberal education is in deep trouble. The path to rescue lies…
Poetry, Prosperity and the gods in Hesiod's Works and Days
Audio recording of a lecture given by Steven Forde on September 4, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series with student panelists Alejandro Ross, George Stengren, Bridget Lynch, and Seungyoun Bang. The Dean's Office has provided this…
A Conversation with Alfredo Corchado on "Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration" and Border and Immigration Politics and Journalism
Audio recording on an online discussion with Alfredo Corchado held on October 2, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series and the Carol J. Worrell Annual Series on Literature with student and alumni co-moderators David Adah-Ogoh, Onysha…
Constitution Day Panel Discussion: Grutter v. Bollinger
Audio recording of an online panel discussion with Benjamin Baum, Caroline Randall, Piér Quintana, Cesar Cervantes, Martha Franks, Guillermo Bleichmar, and Walter Sterling on September 16, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The…