Lecturers
A lecture (from Latin lēctūra “reading” ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories, and equations.
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PhilosophyOntologistsEnglish male poetsPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of literaturePhilosophers of mindTheorists on Western civilizationWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of cultureSonneteersEnlightenment philosophersAge of EnlightenmentAphoristsBurials at Westminster AbbeyCritics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish male non-fiction writersWriters about religion and scienceGerman male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of lawPhilosophers of social science18th-century philosophers19th-century German male writers19th-century German philosophersGerman LutheransMetaphilosophersPhilosophers of mathematics19th-century English poetsBritish male essayistsEnglish AnglicansEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male novelistsGerman male essayistsGerman philosophers of historyGerman political philosophersLogiciansNatural law ethicistsNatural philosophersPhilosophers of logicPhilosophers of sexualityEnglish male short story writersGerman philosophers of artGerman philosophers of cultureLiteracy and society theoristsPhilosophers of artVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists19th-century German essayists19th-century pseudonymous writers20th-century essayistsEnglish satiristsEnglish travel writersGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationLiterary theoristsTheoretical historians18th-century German male writers19th-century English non-fiction writersAnglican writersBritish critics of religionsGerman philosophers of scienceMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesMetaphysics writersPhilosophers of warRationalistsTrope theoristsWriters of Gothic fiction18th-century German philosophers, 18th-century essayists19th-century British philanthropists19th-century British short story writers19th-century German non-fiction writers20th-century translatorsEnglish philanthropistsGerman philosophers of mind, German philosophers of religionMetaphor theoristsPhilosophers of pessimism18th-century German writers19th-century English dramatists and playwrights19th-century English essayists19th-century travel writers20th-century mysticsAnthologistsBlind writersBritish social reformersEnglish historical novelistsEnglish male journalistsGerman agnosticsGerman epistemologistsGerman idealistsGerman nationalistsHaiku poetsHumor researchersIdealistsJerusalem Prize recipientsMagic realism writersPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentPhilosophers of timeSurrealist writersWriters from the London Borough of Camden19th-century British journalists19th-century English historians19th-century Prussian peopleBlind poetsCommanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyEnglish prisoners and detaineesEnglish reformersGerman logicians, Kantian philosophersKantianismPeople from Somers Town, LondonPhilosophers of identityPostmodern writers, Recipients of the Legion of HonourSpanish-language poets
Dickens
Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of Charles Dickens What is his political and literary legacy to our age?
12 July 2001
Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Michael Slater, John Bowen
Critics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish male novelists19th-century travel writers19th-century English dramatists and playwrightsLiteracy and society theoristsPeople from Somers Town, LondonBritish male essayistsEnglish reformers19th-century English historians19th-century English poetsEnglish Anglicans19th-century English novelistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsWriters about activism and social change19th-century pseudonymous writersEnglish male poetsVictorian novelists19th-century British short story writersWriters from the London Borough of CamdenEnglish male journalistsEnglish prisoners and detaineesTrope theoristsEnglish philanthropistsBritish social reformersEnglish male short story writersLecturersBritish critics of religionsAnglican writers19th-century British journalistsEnglish satirists19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century English essayistsEnglish historical novelistsEnglish male non-fiction writersEnglish travel writers19th-century British philanthropistsWriters of Gothic fictionBurials at Westminster Abbey19th centuryJorge Luis Borges
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the Argentinian master of the short story, Jorge Luis Borges.
4 January 2007
Featuring: Edwin Williamson, Efraín Kristal, Evelyn Fishburn
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyPostmodern writers, Recipients of the Legion of HonourPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of timeSpanish-language poetsPhilosophers of mindSurrealist writersBlind poetsLiteracy and society theoristsPhilosophers of pessimismMetaphysics writers20th-century mysticsMetaphor theoristsSonneteersPhilosophers of artJerusalem Prize recipientsMagic realism writersTrope theoristsBlind writersPhilosophers of identityLecturersPhilosophers of mathematics20th-century translatorsHaiku poetsLiterary theoristsAnthologistsAphorists20th-century essayistsPhilosophers of literature20th centuryLanguageMathematicsKant's Copernican Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer.
3 June 2021
Featuring: Fiona Hughes, Anil Gomes, John Callanan
Philosophy18th-century German male writersGerman logicians, Kantian philosophers19th-century German non-fiction writersHumor researchersGerman LutheransPhilosophers of sexualityWriters about religion and scienceGerman nationalistsMetaphilosophersGerman philosophers of historyGerman male non-fiction writers19th-century Prussian peoplePhilosophers of logicGerman idealistsGerman agnostics18th-century philosophersNatural philosophersWriters about activism and social changeMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesPhilosophy writers18th-century German writersGerman political philosophersKantianismPhilosophers of lawGerman philosophers of culture18th-century German philosophers, 18th-century essayistsLecturersGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationGerman philosophers of science19th-century German philosophersTheoretical historiansTheorists on Western civilizationRationalistsGerman philosophers of mind, German philosophers of religionGerman epistemologistsLogiciansIdealistsPhilosophers of social science19th-century German essayists19th-century German male writersGerman male essayistsEnlightenment philosophersOntologistsNatural law ethicistsPhilosophers of warPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentAge of EnlightenmentPhilosophers of literatureGerman philosophers of art18th century19th centuryGermany