Lectures

Reconciling subjectivity and substance : Hegel's critique of pure personhood

Audio recording of a lecture given on September 2, 2019 by Jonathan Hand as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.

Exploring Aristotle's Poetics through the eyes of a modern novelist

Audio recording of a lecture given on September 13, 2019 by William Kowalski as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.

Philosophic Anthropology and the Emergence of Liberal Constitutionalism

Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Michael Zuckert, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, on September 13, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Zuckert describes his lecture topic as follows: "Constitution Day is intended to honor and cogitate on the Constitution. My talk focuses not so much on the constitution itself but on constitutionalism. To a large degree, I maintain, constitutionalism is a product of developments in political philosophy, especially in the realm of philosophic anthropology. In my lecture I explore the underpinnings of the theory of human nature that supported constitutionalism of the sort the American Constitution embodies."

The United States, China, and Thucydides' many, many traps

Audio recording of a lecture given on September 20, 2019 by Karl Walling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.

"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.

Philosophic Anthropology and the Emergence of Liberal Constitutionalism

Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Michael Zuckert, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, on September 13, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

Zuckert describes his lecture topic as follows: "Constitution Day is intended to honor and cogitate on the Constitution. My talk focuses not so much on the constitution itself but on constitutionalism. To a large degree, I maintain, constitutionalism is a product of developments in political philosophy, especially in the realm of philosophic anthropology. In my lecture I explore the underpinnings of the theory of human nature that supported constitutionalism of the sort the American Constitution embodies."

Age of Illusions: America after the Cold War

Audio recording of a lecture delivered on Apr. 26, 2019 by Andrew Bacevich as part of the LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Lecture Series.
The lecture is part of a joint lectures series between St. John's College and the U.S. Naval Academy to honor the memory of Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Kristensen. An alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and the St. John's College Graduate Institute, Kristensen, a Navy SEAL, was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan in 2005. This lecture series aims to create even greater ties between the two schools, as well as to educate the public about civil-military relations and the place of the liberal arts in education of naval and military professions.

Euclid as Teacher

Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 10, 2019 by William Braithwaite as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.