St. John's College (Annapolis) Lectures
Episodes
Vergil's Aeneid and Augustine's Confessions: Reading, Writing, Being Human (Sarah Ruden)
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered by Sarah Ruden, author, poet, and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, on January 17, 2020, as part of...
Ptolemy’s Bisection of Mars’ Eccentricity (Khafiz Kerimov)
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 22, 2023, by Khafiz Kerimov as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Kerimov describes his lecture: &q...
Tragic Pharmacy: the "Noble" Lie and the Fall of Kallipolis (Kevin Kambo)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 3, 2023, by Kevin Kambo as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Professor Kambo describes his lecture: &qu...
Circles of Sorrow: Dialectic and Grief in Go Down Moses (Lael Gold)
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 16, 2001, by Lael Gold as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The First Amendment: Freedoms, Civil Peace, and the Quest for Truth (Murray Dry)
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 3, 2000, by Murray Dry as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Place of Astrology in the Classical Tradition (Anthony Grafton)
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 8, 2000, by Anthony Grafton as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Metaphysics of Practical Reason (Richard Velkley)
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 9, 1999, by Richard L. Velkley as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What the Heck is Hell? Divine Judgment in the Gospel of Matthew (Ron Haflidson)
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 27, 2023, by Ron Haflidson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Haflidson describes his lecture: &quo...
How Shall I Live? Plutarch's Timoleon and Aemilius (Keith Whitaker)
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 13, 2000, by Keith Whitaker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Memories and Memory (Samuel Kutler)
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 22, 2000, by Samuel S. Kutler as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Speech: Its Strength and Its Weaknesses (Jacob Klein)
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 23, 1973, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
On Thomas More's Utopia (Eva Brann)
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on May 5, 1972, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Vital Exuberance: Goethe on What Plants Want (Daniel Carranza)
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 15, 2023, by Daniel Carranze as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture conducts a close reading ...
An Introduction to Maimonides (Ralph Lerner)
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 30, 2004, by Ralph Lerner as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Quantum Mechanics of Global Warming (Brad Marston)
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 22, 1999, by Brad Marston as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Might We Learn from Alfarabi about Plato and Aristotle? (Charles E. Butterworth)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 24, 1999, by Charles E. Butterworth as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Socrates on Trial: Courtroom Procedures and Fictive Apologies in Athenian Literature (Josiah Ober)
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 19, 1999 by Josiah Ober as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Political Music of Plato's Timaeus (Peter Kalkavage)
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 24, 2000, by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Listen, Love, and Learn: The Formative Power of Singing without Paper (Paul Vasile)
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 1, 2023, by Paul Vasile as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Vasile describes his lecture: "W...
The Moment and the Drone (Elliott Zuckerman)
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 4, 2003, by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
On Parts and Wholes in Living Things: Harvey, Descartes, and The Heartbeat (Suzy Paalman)
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on August 25, 2023, by Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series. William Harvey and René Descartes famous...
The Gate of Speculation, Is It Open or Closed? On the Possibility of Permanent Questions (Joseph Macfarland)
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on August 24, 2018, by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Macfarland's lecture is the fi...
Who Is the "Human" in Human Rights? The Claims of Culture and Religion (Peter Danchin)
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on July 12, 2023, by Peter Danchin as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Mr. Danchin describes his...
A Grecian Urn (Howard J. Fisher)
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 6, 1984, by Howard J. Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Myth as Exemplum in Homer (Gregory Nagy)
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 25, 1991, by Gregory Nagy as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Platonic Incommensurables: Reflections on the Unspeakable Wholeness of Socrates (Jacob Howland)
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 17, 2023, by Jacob Howland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Professor Howland describes his lectur...
On Motion (Leah Lasell)
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 24, 2023, by Leah Lasell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Ms. Lasell's lecture...
Remarks on the Inauguration of President Nora Demleitner: Citizenship, Undergraduate Education, and Great Books (Robert Post)
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 24, 2023, by Robert Post as part of the Formal Lecture Series.The lecture was the first President's Law...
Teleology as Death Wish : A Nietzschean Critique of Aristotle (David Roochnik)
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 7, 2014, by David Roochnik as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Best of the Achaeans? Patroclus in the Iliad (Sherman Clark)
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on June 21, 2023, by Sherman Clark as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Professor Clark describ...
What Is the Surface Area of a Hedgehog? (Barry Mazur)
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2011, by Barry Mazur as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mazur describes his lecture: "Well...
Tocqueville's American Odyssey (Steven Crockett)
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on July 1, 2015, by Steven Crockett as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Mr. Crockett is a tutor...
Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion (Steven Gimbel)
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on July 11, 2012, by Steven Gimbel as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.Gimbel's lecture is o...
Is Schrödinger’s What is Life? Still Worth Reading Today? (Daniel Nicholson)
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2022, by Daniel Nicholson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Dr. Nicholson describes his lecture: &...
Race and Social Justice: On W.E.B. DuBois' The Conservation of Races (Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr.)
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 20, 1991, by Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr. as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Hegel's Reading of Antigone (Patricia Locke)
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 1988, by Patricia Locke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Is a Philosophic Question? (Samuel Kutler)
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 28, 1989, by Samuel S. Kutler as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Soul's Choice of Life (Greg Recco)
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 30, 2012, by Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture was also called, "The Con...
Why I Still Scan Verse: Or, How to Sleep in a Procrustean Bed (Elliott Zuckerman)
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 19, 2013, by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Paternity and Piety: Noah and His Sons (Leon Kass)
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 30, 1998, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Against Time, Part 2 (Eva Brann)
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of part two of a two-part lecture delivered on August 25, 1983, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The first part of the le...
Against Time, Part 1 (Eva Brann)
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of part one of a two-part lecture delivered on August 18, 1983, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The second part of the...
Agonizing Over a Decision: What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About the Relationship Between Thought and Emotion (Julie Fiez)
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 6, 2007, by Julie Fiez as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
"Making New Gods?": Reflections on Plato's Symposium (Mitchell Miller)
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 21, 2008, by Mitchell Miller as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Two Good Men in Aristotle’s Ethics, or Does a Liberal Education Improve One’s Character? (Joseph Macfarland)
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture given on September 9, 2016, by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Macfarland's l...
A Many Headed Beast (Jason Tipton)
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered by Jason Tipton on November 16, 2018, as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Old and New Testament in American Grand Strategy (Karl Walling)
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 7, 2018, by Karl Walling as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Walling is an alumnus of St. John...
Words and Things: Mystical Traditions of Reading Sacred and Secular Books (Mark Delp)
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on June 20, 2018, by Mark Delp as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
What is a Question? (Daniel Harrell)
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 16, 2015, by Daniel Harrell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Harrell's lect...
Leibniz's Monadology and the Philosophical Foundations of Non-Locality in Quantum Mechanics (James Beall)
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on December 4, 2015, by James Beall as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Beall's lecture i...
Francis Bacon and the Conquest of Nature (Laurence Berns)
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 25, 1975, by Laurence Berns as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Berns' lecture is...
Galileo Agonistes (Curtis Wilson)
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 1, 1999, by Curtis Wilson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Mr. Wilson's lecture...
Sappho I: An Ontological Approach (Joshua Kates)
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 13, 1995, by Joshua Kates as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dante and Ulysses: A Reading of Inferno XXVI (Peter Kalkavage)
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 27, 1989, by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Baudelaire's Swan Song (Jonathan Tuck)
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 13, 2006, by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Tuck's lecture is al...
The Anger of Achilles, and Its Source: A Reading of Book One of the Iliad (Adam Schulman)
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 7, 2012, by Adam Schulman as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Schulman's lecture...
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 64: What Can Be Said About a Poem, and What Should Be Said (Elliott Zuckerman)
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on July 11, 2018, by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
The Female Drama (Charlotte Thomas)
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 5, 2021, by Charlotte Thomas as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Dr. Thomas is Professor of Philosophy ...
Interpretations of the Magic Flute (Beata Ruhm von Oppen)
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 4, 1978, by Beate Ruhm von Oppen as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Beyond Point-and-Shoot Morality: Why Cognitive Science Matters for Ethics (Joshua Greene)
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 11, 2011, by Joshua Greene as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Greene describes his lecture: "How ...
Schiller's Drama: Fulfillment of History and Philosophy in Poetry (Gisela Berns)
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 26, 1982, by Gisela Berns as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Berns' lecture is a...
What, Then, Is Time? (Eva Brann)
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 4, 1998, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Brann's lecture is based on her book Wha...
Pity as a Civic Virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes (Marina McCoy)
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 8, 2011, by Marina McCoy as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Learning to Read Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed (Judy Seeger)
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 29, 2016, by Judy Seeger as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of the lecture is also availab...
Are Individuals Beings? (Hannah Hintze)
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 20, 2018, by Hannah Hintze as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
American Identity in the Age of Trump (Lydia Polgreen)
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 31, 2017, by Lydia Polgreen as part of the Formal Lecture Series. This lecture is also part of the Steiner L...
Books of Nature (Elizabeth Yale)
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 24, 2017, by Elizabeth Yale as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Resentment, Injustice, and the Appeal to Providence in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (John T. Scott)
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 10, 2014, by John Scott as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Lucretius on the Nature of Things (Margaret Kirby)
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 13, 2012, by Margaret Kirby as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of the lecture is also availa...
1001 Nights of Marcel Proust (Patricia Locke)
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 11, 2011, by Patricia Locke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Thought, Image, and the Printed Page in Early Modern Europe (Daniel Selcer)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 26, 2012, by Daniel Selcer as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dwelling in the Land of the Confessions (Michael J. Brogan)
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 22, 2013, by Michael Brogan as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of Brogan's le...
Of Gods, Dice, and Spooky Action at a Distance: Introduction to Bell's Inequality (David Branning)
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 10, 2006, by David Branning as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Another "Lollere in the wynd"? Chaucer, his Miller, and Nicholas' Door (Christina von Nolcken)
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 30, 2007, by Christina von Nolcken as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Wealth, Virtue and Corruption: Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy (Lauren Brubaker)
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 21, 2011, by Lauren Brubaker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Musical Universe and Mozart's Magic Flute (Peter Kalkavage)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 28, 2012, by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series. A typescript of the lecture is ...
From Ancient Agony to Contemporary Ecstasy: The Gospel at Colonus (Theophus "Thee" Smith)
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 18, 2008, by Theophus "Thee" Smith as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Form and Figure in Greek Art: Ideal Beauty, Individualism, and Political Space in Greek Architecture and Sculpture (Camille Paglia)
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 16, 2007, by Camille Paglia as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Difference and Belonging in the Histories of Herodotus (Angel Parham)
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on October 14, 2022, by Angel Parham as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Parham is an associate professor of S...
Courage, Insight, Sympathy, Solitude: The Genealogy of the Noble Type in Part Nine of Beyond Good and Evil (Lise van Boxel)
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on August 1, 2012, by Lise van Boxel as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Ms. van Boxel was a t...
Is Man the Measure of All Things? Plato's Analysis of Relativism (Matthew Davis)
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 13, 2012, by Matthew Davis as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Virtuality Is Its Own Reward (Sven Birkerts)
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 12, 1997, by Sven Birkerts as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Talking, Reading, Writing, Listening: A Lecture for Parents and Students (Eva Brann)
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 4, 2011, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Politics According to Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky (with Emphasis on The Brothers Karamazov) (Donna Orwin)
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 31, 2000, by Donna Orwin as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Note: the audio cuts out briefly at 00...
Aristotle on Respiration: The Origins of Functional Anatomy (James Lennox)
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 22, 2013, by James Lennox as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Getting Things Together Again in Kant (Laurence Berns)
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 14, 2000, by Laurence Berns as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Homer on Military Leadership (Jonathan Shay)
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 10, 2015, by Jonathan Shay as part of the LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Lecture Series. The lecture is the third i...
Great Books as a Tool for Liberating African Americans (Anika Prather)
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered by Anika Prather, Founder of The Living Water School, on September 18, 2020, as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr...
The Significance of Quantum Mechanics (Bernhardt Trout)
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on December 1, 2017, by Bernhardt Trout as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Student, by Anton Chekhov: A Story About Us Told and Glanced At (Louis Petrich)
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on November 3, 2017, by Louis Petrich as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Intellectual Sin: Three Case Studies (Philip LeCuyer)
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on April 12, 2013, by Philip LeCuyer as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Battle of the Gods and Giants (Joe Sachs)
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 6, 1992, by Joe Sachs as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Entropy, the New Caloric (Howard Fisher)
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 12, 2017, by Howard Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is part two of a two-p...
In Praise of Caloric (Howard Fisher)
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 10, 2017, by Howard Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is part one of a two-part se...
Dante's Ontology: What the Florentine Poet Can Teach Contemporary Philosophers (Graham Harman)
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on February 21, 2014, by Graham Harman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dante's Beatrice: Between Idolatry and Iconoclasm (Gabriel Pihas)
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2011, by Gabriel Pihas as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
From Nature to History: The Search for Fundamental Necessities in Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche (Charles Zug)
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on July 13, 2017, by Charles Zug as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
On Thucydides (Caleb Thompson)
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on January 15, 2016, by Santa Fe tutor Caleb Thompson as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Thompson says of his lec...
Reading Genesis Chapter Three (William Braithwaite)
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on September 2, 2022, by William Braithwaite as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Braithwaite offers this descr...
How Opera Began: And Why It Began in Florence (Barbara Hanning)
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recording of a lecture delivered on March 25, 2011, by Barbara Hanning as part of the Formal Lecture Series.