Lawrence University Freshman Studies

Delivered by Prof. Karen Carr

This lecture on Chuang Tzu's Basic Writings, delivered at Lawrence University on March 10, 2008, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Karen Carr, is professor of Religious Studies at Lawrence. She holds the Ph.D. from Stanford University and has published widely in the fields of 19th- and 20th-century religious thought and the philosophy of religion.

This lecture is only available on-campus.

Delivered by Professor Rosa Tapia

This lecture on Jorge Luis Borges, Collected Fictions, delivered at Lawrence University on February 29, 2008 was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Rosa Tapia, is Professor of Spanish at Lawrence University.

Delivered by Nancy Wall, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Biology

This lecture on Matt Ridley's The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture, delivered at Lawrence University on February 18, 2008, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Nancy Wall, is Associate Dean of the Faculty and an Associate Professor of Biology.

This lecture is only available on-campus.

Delivered by Peter Blitstein, Associate Professor of History

This lecture on Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, delivered at Lawrence University on February 01, 2008, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Peter Blitstein, is an Associate Professor of History.

This lecture is only available on-campus.

Delivered by Professor Timothy Troy

This lecture on Terry Gilliam's Brazil, delivered at Lawrence University on January 23, 2008, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Timothy X. Troy is a director of plays, operas, and musicals throughout the Midwest. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Ideas - modern, from Lawrence University. He earned the Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts/Directing from the University of Iowa, where he directed the original production of five new plays from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Troy refers to himself as "a theatrical omnivore." The opportunities, he says, to express himself in many different facets of theatre -- directing operas, musicals, and plays, as well as writing -- are what he finds personally exciting and professionally invigorating.

Delivered by Prof. Peter Glick

This lecture on Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority, delivered at Lawrence University on January 9, 2008, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Peter Glick, is Professor of Psychology at Lawrence. Glick serves on the editorial boards of four professional journals, including recent appointments to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychology of Women Quarterly. He spent two weeks this past year as a visiting "outstanding psychologist" at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has been invited to give talks at universities and conferences across the United States, as well as in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Chile.

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Delivered by Mark Urness

This lecture on Coltrane's Alabama, delivered at Lawrence University on December 3, 2007, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Mark Urness taught at the University of Iowa, Coe College, and the University of Northern Iowa. He received a Master of Music in double bass performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Northern Iowa, and studied music and computer science at the University of Iowa.
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Delivered by Prof. Jerry Podair

This lecture on Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, delivered at Lawrence University on November 26, 2007, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Professor Gerald Podair, is Associate Professor of History and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies. Professor Podair holds the B.A. from New York University, the J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and the M.A. and Ph.D from Princeton University.

Delivered by Professor David Cook

This lecture on Einstein's Relativity, delivered at Lawrence University on November 7, 2007, was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, David Cook, is Professor of Physics and Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science at Lawrence. Professor Cook holds the Ph.D. from Harvard University. His interests include mathematical physics, computational physics, chaos, physics of musical instruments, and pedagogic applications of computers.

Delivered by Faith Barrett, Professor of English

This lecture on Elizabeth Bishop's The Complete Poems, delivered at Lawrence University on October 22, 2007 was designed for students and faculty in the college's Freshman Studies program. Freshman Studies, a multidisciplinary introduction to the liberal arts, has been the cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum for over fifty years. The lecturer, Faith Barrett, is Assistant Professor of English at Lawrence. Professor Barrett holds the B.A. from Swarthmore College, the M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

This lecture is only available on-campus.