Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

listworldabout

← back

American lecturers

Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis.

3 episodes

Episodes in this category also belong to the following categories:

CultureHistoryPhilosophyAnglican saintsEnglish male poetsPhilosophers of historyEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersPantheistsBritish male essayistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesPhilosophers of loveAmerican male non-fiction writersCritics of work and the work ethicModernist theatre20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsAnglican poetsAnti-consumeristsSimple living advocates19th-century American poets19th-century male writers19th-century American male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican political philosophersEnglish LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersNaturalized citizens of the United States19th-century American essayists19th-century American philosophers19th-century deaths from tuberculosis20th-century American male writers20th-century English non-fiction writersActivists for African-American civil rightsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordAmerican autobiographersAmerican male journalistsAmerican philosophers of cultureAnarchist writersDeaths from coronary thrombosisEnglish emigrants to the United StatesFormalist poets19th-century American businesspeople19th-century American memoirists, People of the Six Years' War19th-century American non-fiction writers20th-century American essayistsAmerican LGBTQ poetsAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of scienceAmerican spiritual writersGay academicsGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryPhilosophers from MassachusettsUnderground Railroad peopleWriters from Baltimore

  1. Auden

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and poetry from Europe before WWII, reflecting on his travels to Spain, China and Germany and the rise of totalitarianism.

    19 December 2019

    listen ↗

    Featuring: Mark Ford, Janet Montefiore, Jeremy Noel-Tod

    wikipedia article ↗
     
    CultureAmerican literary critics, American male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male dramatists and playwrights20th-century English male writersAmerican male essayists, American male poets20th-century American male writersAmerican male non-fiction writersEnglish LGBTQ poetsGay academics20th-century English poets20th-century English non-fiction writersGay dramatists and playwrights, Gay poetsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersEnglish emigrants to the United StatesAnglican poetsAmerican lecturersModernist theatre20th-century American essayistsEnglish male poetsAmerican LGBTQ poetsEnglish literary criticsAlumni of Christ Church, OxfordNaturalized citizens of the United StatesEnglish essayistsFormalist poetsLGBTQ AnglicansOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayists

  2. Frederick Douglass

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the prominent abolitionist, who in 1845 told his story in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

    9 February 2018

    listen ↗

    Featuring: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Karen Salt, Nicholas Guyatt

    wikipedia article ↗
     
    History19th-century male writers19th-century American memoirists, People of the Six Years' WarAmerican male journalistsUnderground Railroad peopleAnglican saintsActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican lecturersDeaths from coronary thrombosisAmerican autobiographersWriters from Baltimore19th-century American male writers19th-century American businesspeople

  3. Thoreau and the American Idyll

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American 19th century writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau

    15 January 2009

    listen ↗

    Featuring: Kathleen Burk, Tim Morris, Stephen Fender

    wikipedia article ↗
     
    Philosophy19th-century American philosophersAmerican male essayists, American male poetsAmerican philosophers of mind, American philosophers of scienceAmerican spiritual writers19th-century American essayistsAmerican male non-fiction writersUnderground Railroad peopleCritics of work and the work ethicAmerican political philosophersAmerican lecturersAmerican philosophers of cultureHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAnti-consumeristsPhilosophers of lovePhilosophers from Massachusetts19th-century deaths from tuberculosis19th-century American poetsPantheists19th-century American non-fiction writersAnarchist writersPhilosophers of historySimple living advocates