Cicero In and On Political Crises An enthusiast of the Roman mixed constitution, Cicero was elected...
The Subversive Nude in Modern China The bare, naked, nude, and tradition-defying body constituted one of...
Plato to Polybius on Constitutional Change Plato in the fourth century BCE penned an indelible sequence...
Going Global: Chinese Independent Documentary This lecture focuses on independently-produced Chinese documentary cinema, as it...
The Pill and the Planet: Can We Have Both a Healthy Aging Population and a Sustainable Future? Modern medicine's success in extending lifespans comes at an environmental...
Guantánamo on the Euphrates? Syria in a Time of Opportunity In this lecture, Professor Stafford-Smith looks at current challenges and...
Oligarchs and Their Discontents Oligarchical factions in Athens twice succeeded in taking power within...