From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers For many modern thinkers, the lawgiver has been important as...
The Operatic Showstopper: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ This lecture considers ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ from Carousel (1945)...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
Unwrapping Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas" This festive lecture explores the unusual roots of the song...
Why Writing Women Back into History Matters Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman...