Sidney Greats Lectures (2) Michaelmas 2012: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
The Sidney Greats lecture series is designed to provide an introduction to great texts and ideas for all Sidney members -- undergraduate and graduate students, Fellows, staff, and alumni. They are aimed at a general audience. The Lectures for this term were on Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream', the Qur'an, Keynesian economics, and Giotto.
Prof. Robin Kirkpatrick (Robinson College and the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) introduces Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Prof. Paul Binski (Gonville and Caius College and the Deparment of the History of Art) introduces the first painter of the Italian Renaissance, Giotto.
Mr Max Beber (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge), introduces J. M. Keynes' 'The Economic Consequences of the Peace'.