St. John's College (Annapolis) Lectures

Recording of a lecture delivered on September 23, 2022, by Mary Townsend as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Townsend is an assistant professor of philosophy at St. John’s University in New York. She is the author of  The Woman Question in Plato’s Republic  (2017) and a graduate of Tulane University (PhD, 2015) and St. John’s College (BA, 2004).

Recording of a lecture delivered on November 2, 2012, by David Stephenson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Stephenson's lecture is available in the College's Digital Archives: https://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/show/58.

Recording of a lecture delivered on February 8, 2013, by Dylan Casey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on April 1, 2011, by Douglas Casson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on January 13, 2023, by Carl “Tripp” Young as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Young is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Hillsdale College. He offers this description of his lecture: "In the  Symposium , Plato staged a contest in which the philosopher, Socrates, competes with the poets, Aristophanes and Agathon, concerning their respective claims to...

Recording of a lecture delivered on November 21, 1997, by Steven Crockett as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on November 6, 2015, by Annapolis tutor Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of the lecture is available on the college's Digital Archives .

Recording of a lecture delivered on September 9, 2005, by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on November 7, 1997, by Samuel S. Kutler as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 6, 1996, by Patricia Locke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on February 16, 2024, by Alexandra Horowitz as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Prof. Horowitz is the Senior Research Fellow in the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College in New York, and is also an Associate Professor in Psychology and English. Along with being a dog-cognition expert, she is the author of many academic journal articles and several books including,...

Recording of a lecture delivered on March 21, 2014, by Daniel Harrell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Harrell describes his lecture: "What is time? It is tempting to look straightaway to some theory or philosophy of time for an answer to this question, even though we 'tell the time' by watches, clocks, and nowadays even phones. And I think that our telling of time indeed tel...

Recording of a lecture delivered on August 31, 2001, by Adam Schulman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on April 13, 2001, by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on December 1, 2023, by Enrique “Kiko” Galvez as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Professor Galvez describes his lecture: "Phenomena at the microscopic level or at low light levels challenge our understanding because they are unlike anything that we are used to in our macroscopic (classical) world. Quantum mechanics explains  all  of it, but not without leav...

Recording of a lecture delivered on November 17, 2023, by Rebecca Goldner as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Goldner describes her lecture: " In Search of Lost Time  is, in a very general way, the story of a young boy growing up to become an author. This boy, the narrator of the book, is presented throughout in the first person, an 'I' who appears in different and interwoven ag...

Recording of a lecture delivered on September 9, 1994, by Stephen Scully as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on October 7, 1994, by Curtis Wilson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Wilson's lecture is also available in the St. John's College Digital Archives .

Recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2005, by Thomas May as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on October 15, 2004, by Henry Higuera as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on February 9, 1996, by Beate Ruhm von Oppen as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on April 10, 1998, by Santa Fe tutor David Bolotin as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on January 12, 2001, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Recording of a lecture delivered on December 6, 1967, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Happy New Year from the Greenfield Library staff! Thank you for listening to the podcast this year.

Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 20, 2001, by Daniel Kolb as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Kolb's lecture is also available in the St. John's College Digital Archives .