James Bond and Don Juan
To conclude his General Humanities class (again), Professor Kozlowski examines the broad-strokes legacy and theming of the James Bond franchise as an artifact of the Cold War and late Twentieth Centur...
22 Jan 20241h 18min
D&RN - Fathers and Sons 2
Professor Kozlowski concludes his examination of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons with a deep-dive look at Bazarov's painful relationship with his parents, his ignominious final acts (and death), and Turge...
21 Jan 20241h 23min
The Cold War and the Late Twentieth Century
Professor Kozlowski belatedly continues his General Humanities class with a brief-ish (and very insufficient) discussion of the Cold War and the Late Twentieth Century.
20 Jan 20242h 10min
D&RN - Fathers and Sons 1
Today Professor Kozlowski discusses the first eighteen chapters of Turgenev's landmark novel, Fathers and Sons - where Turgenev coined the term "nihilism". We'll discuss some of Turgenev's literary le...
11 Jan 20241h 38min
Dostoevsky and Russian Nihilism - Introduction
Our new series for spring 2024 is on Dostoevsky's Demons and the tumultuous state of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s that brought about some of Dostoevsky's most insightful work. Today we set ...
4 Jan 20241h 21min
Pentateuch - Deuteronomy
Professor Kozlowski closes his discussion of the Pentateuch with an examination of Deuteronomy: its disputed authorship, its review of events past, its new laws, and the conclusion to the story of Mos...
28 Nov 20231h 17min
Pentateuch - Numbers 16-36
Professor Kozlowski recounts and explores the latter half of the book of Numbers, including many new complications in the relationship between God and the Israelites as they wander the desert for fort...
22 Nov 20231h 16min
Pentateuch - Numbers 1-15
Numbers is often maligned as a boring book about censuses and laws. But in this lecture, Professor Kozlowski explains the censuses and laws in terms of the story of God's maturing relationship with hi...
7 Nov 20231h 28min
