Sidney Greats Lectures (5) Lent 2014: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
The Sidney Greats lectures aims to provide accessible introductions to great books, ideas, questions, and figures. The lectures themselves are designed for undergraduate and graduate members of Sidney Sussex College, but we hope that as Podcasts they will also prove interesting to a wider audience in Cambridge and the world beyond. Lectures this term are on Dickens, Dostoevsky, Environmentalism, and international relations after the age of American hegemony.
Dr Mette Eilstrup Sangiovanni (Sidney and POLIS) gives an introduction to International Relations after the age of American hegemony.
Prof. Andrew Balmford (FRS, Faculty of Zoology) introduces some of the challenges facing
Lord Rowan Williams (Magdalene College) provides an overview of the life, works, and thought of the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Charles Dickens' great novel 'Bleak House' is introduced by David Beckingham (Sidney Sussex College and the Faculty of Geography), who reflects on the evolving city which serves as the backdrop for the novel's plot.