Freshman Studies Lectures
Freshman Studies lectures serve two purposes, for in addition to providing a context for class discussions, lectures help to create a sense of intellectual community among the students and teachers at Lawrence. The audience for a lecture usually includes over 300 students and at least 20 instructors. There is a separate lecture for every work on the syllabus, and the lecturers are chosen for their expertise in the fields covered by particular works.
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2007-2008 Lectures
- Albert Einstein, Relativity – Lecture, Megan Pickett, Associate Professor of Physics, October 6, 2008
- Kafka, The Metamorphosis - Lecture, Brent Peterson, Professor of German, September 24, 2008
2007-2008 Lectures
- Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings - Lecture, Professor Karen Carr, Prof. of Religious Studies, March 10, 2008. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Borges, selected stories – Lecture, Rosa Tapia, Assistant Professor of Spanish, February 29, 2008
- Ridley, The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture – Lecture, Nancy Wall, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Biology, February 18, 2008. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism – Lecture, Peter Blitstein, Associate Professor of History, February 01, 2008. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Gilliam, Brazil – Lecture, Timothy Troy, J. Thomas, Professor of Theatre and Drama, January 23, 2008
- Milgram, Obedience to Authority - Lecture, Peter Glick, Professor of Psychology, January 9, 2008. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- John Coltrane, Alabama - Lecture, Mark Urness, Assistant Professor of Music, December 3, 2007. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- King, “I have a dream . . .” – Lecture, Jerald Podair, Associate Professor of History, November 26, 2007
- Albert Einstein, Relativity – Lecture, David Cook, Professor of Physics and Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science, November 7, 2007
- Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems – Lecture delivered by Prof. Faith Barrett, October 22, 2007. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Plato, The Republic – Lecture, John Dreher, Lee Claflin-Robert S. Ingraham Professor of Philosophy, October 8, 2007
- Kafka, The Metamorphosis - Lecture, Brent Peterson, Professor of German, September 26, 2007
2006-2007 Lectures
- Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings - Lecture, Professor Karen Carr, Prof. of Religious Studies, March 5, 2007
- Gilliam, Brazil – Lecture, Timothy Troy, J. Thomas, Professor of Theatre and Drama, February 26, 2007
- Borges, selected stories – Lecture, Rosa Tapia, Assistant Professor of Spanish, February 14, 2007
- Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism – Lecture, Peter Blitstein, Assistant Professor of History, January 31, 2007
- Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene - Lecture, Professor Bart DeStasio, Assoc. Professor of Biology,
and Professor Elizabeth DeStasio, January 17, 2007
- Milgram, Obedience to Authority - Lecture, Professor Peter Glick, Professor of Psychology, January 5, 2007
- John Coltrane, Alabama - Lecture, Mark Urness, Assistant Professor of Music, November 27, 2006
- King, “I have a dream . . .” – Lecture, Jerald Podair, Associate Professor of History, November 13, 2006
- Plato, The Republic – Lecture, Daniel Taylor, Hiram A. Jones Professor of Classics, October 25, 2006
- Woolf, A Room of One’s Own – Lecture, Karen Hoffmann, Associate Professor of English, October 13, 2006
- Leopold, A Sand County Almanac – Lecture, Marcia Bjørnerud, Professor of Geology, October 4, 2006
2005-2006 Lectures
- Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings - Lecture, Professor Karen Carr, Prof. of Religious Studies, March 6, 2006
- Borges, selected short stories - Lecture, Professor Rosa Tapia, Asst. Prof. of Spanish, February 27, 2006
- Gilliam, Brazil - Lecture, Professor Timothy Troy, J. Thomas and Julie Esch Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama, February 17, 2006
- Leopold, A Sand County Almanac - Lecture, Professor Marcia Bjornerud, Prof. of Geology, February 1, 2006
- Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene - Lecture, Professor Bart DeStasio, Assoc. Professor of Biology,
and Professor Elizabeth DeStasio, January 18, 2006
- Milgram, Obedience to Authority - delivered by Professor Peter Glick, Professor of Psychology, January 6, 2006
- John Coltrane's Alabama delivered by Mark Urness, November 28, 2005
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" delivered by Prof. Jerry Podair, November 18, 2005
- Plato's Republic delivered by Prof. Dan Taylor, October 31, 2005
- Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems delivered by Prof. Faith Barrett, October 3, 2005. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, delivered by Prof. Jerzy Jura, September 21, 2005
2004-2005 Lectures
- Hiroshige: Visions of the Floating World, delivered by Frank Lewis, March 9, 2005
- Chuang Tzu's Basic Writings delivered by Prof. Karen Carr, February 15, 2005
- Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, delivered by Prof. Jodi Sedlock, February 14, 2005
- Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, delivered by Professors Bart and Beth De Stasio, January 31, 2005
- Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority, delivered by Prof. Matthew Ansfield, January 19, 2005
- Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, delivered by Prof. Peter Blitstein, January 5, 2005
- Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition delivered by Prof. Michael Kim, November 29, 2004
- Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems delivered by Prof. Faith Barrett, November 12, 2004. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Lila Abu-Lughod's Veiled Sentiments, delivered by Carla Daughtry, November 1, 2004
- Plato's Republic delivered by Prof. John Dreher, October 4, 2004
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, delivered by Prof. Jerzy Jura, September 24, 2004
2003-2004 Lectures
- Hiroshige: Visions of the Floating World, delivered by Prof. Michael Orr, February 25, 2004
- A Sand County Almanac, delivered by Prof. Jodi Sedlock, February 11, 2004
- Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, delivered by Prof. Karen Hoffmann, January 28, 2004
- Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority, delivered by Prof. Matthew Ansfield, January 19, 2004
- Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, delivered by Prof. Peter Blitstein, January 7, 2004
- Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition delivered by Prof. Anthony Padilla, December 1, 2003
- Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems delivered by Prof. Catherine Hollis, November 19, 2003
- Lila Abu-Lughod's Veiled Sentiments, delivered by Carla Daughtry, November 10, 2003
- Plato's Republic, delivered by Prof. Randall McNeill, October 8, 2003
- Karl Marx's and Friedrich Engels, Communist Manifesto, delivered by Prof. Paul Cohen, Sept. 24, 2003
2002-2003 Lectures
- Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, delivered by Prof. Lifongo Vetinde, March 7, 2003
- Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, delivered by Prof. Rebecca Matveyev, February 19, 2003
- Hiroshige: Visions of the Floating World, delivered by Prof. Michael Orr, February 3, 2003
- A Sand County Almanac, delivered by Prof. Peter Fritzell, January 22, 2003
- Frankenstein, delivered by Dean Brian Rosenberg, January 8, 2003
- Duke Ellington, Concerto for Cootie delivered by Prof. Fred Sturm and the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble, December 2, 2002
- Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems delivered by Prof. Catherine Hollis, November 20, 2002
- Plato's Republic delivered by Prof. Randall McNeill, November 4, 2002
- The Communist Manifesto delivered by Prof. Paul Cohen, October 9, 2002
- Chuang Tzu's Basic Writings delivered by Prof. Frank Doeringer, September 27, 2002
2001-2002 Lectures
- Interpreting Gender delivered by Frank Lewis, March 11, 2002
- Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, delivered by Prof. Lifongo Vetinde, March 4, 2002
- Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground, delivered by Prof. Rebecca Matveyev, February 22, 2002
- Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, delivered by Prof. Jeffrey Collett, January 23, 2002
- Frankenstein, delivered by Dean Brian Rosenberg, January 9, 2002
- Chuang Tzu's Basic Writings delivered by Prof. Dirck Vorenkamp, November 30, 2001
- Book of Job delivered by Prof. Kathryn Kueny, November 16, 2001
- Plato's Republic delivered by Prof. John Dreher, October 15, 2001
- The Communist Manifesto delivered by Prof. Paul Cohen, September 26, 2001
2000-2001 Lectures
- Transforming Gender/Picturing Difference delivered by Frank Lewis, March 14, 2001
- Things Fall Apart delivered by Prof. Lifongo Vetinde, March 5, 2001
- A Room of One's Own delivered by Prof. Wendy Nicholson, February 21, 2001
- Structure of Scientific Revolutions delivered by Prof. Matthew Stoneking, February 5, 2001
- The Beak of the Finch, delivered by Jonathan Weiner, January 23, 2001. Access to this lecture is restricted to on-campus users only.
- Frankenstein, delivered by Dean Brian Rosenberg, January 10, 2001
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, delivered by Prof. Bridget-Michaele Reischl, December 4, 2000
- Rashomon delivered by Prof. Birgit Tautz Ramsey, November 20, 2000
- Chuang Tzu's Basic Writings delivered by Prof. Dirck Vorenkamp, November 6, 2000
- Plato's Republic delivered by Prof. John Dreher, October 9, 2000
- The Communist Manifesto delivered by Prof. Michael Hittle, October 2, 2000
1999-2000 Lectures
- The Marriage of Figaro delivered by Prof. Howard Niblock, March 6, 2000
- Things Fall Apart delivered by Prof. Lifongo Vetinde, February 23, 2000
- Pride and Prejudice delivered by Dean Brian Rosenberg, February 7, 2000
- A Room of One's Own delivered by Prof. Wendy Nicholson, January 28, 2000
- Structure of Scientific Revolutions delivered by Prof. John Dreher, January 17, 2000
- Beak of the Finch delivered by Prof. Beth De Stasio, January 5, 2000
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, delivered by Prof. Bridget-Michaele Reischl with the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, November 19, 1999
1998-1999 Lectures
