Professor Kozlowski Lectures
Professor Kozlowski lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Theology, and the Humanities.
For a list of courses and projects, visit his website at: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 91 minutes
- Episodes
- 280
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Patreon and The Future (of PK Lectures)
Today we're talking about...money. A lot has happened in the past few months, and Professor Kozlowski Lectures has a very uncertain future. Today we'll discuss that uncertainty, what projects we hope…
Armchairs and Anarchists
Professor Kozlowski produces an odd, unfocused lecture for an odd, unfocused topic.
L&F SU24 Syllabus
Professor Kozlowski goes over the syllabus for the online Summer '24 session of Love and Friendship.
The Sorrows of Young Werther 2
CW: Suicide and Mental Illness
Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther by examining the causes (and the effects) of Werther's death. Goethe's treatme…
The Sorrows of Young Werther 1
CW: Mental Illness and Suicide
Professor Kozlowski discusses the first half of Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther, including character introductions, an examination of typically Romantic charac…
Plato's Symposium 4 - Alcibiades
Professor Kozlowski examines the final speech of Plato's Symposium and examines some of the *many* ways it might be interpreted as a contribution to Plato's understanding of love.
Plato's Symposium 3 - Socrates
At long last, it's time to hear Socrates' justly-famous theory of love.
Plato's Symposium 2 - Eryximachus, Aristophanes, Agathon
Professor Kozlowski takes on the justly famous speech-myth of Aristophanes and how it appeals to modern audiences. (Also Eryximachus and Agathon...)
Plato's Symposium 1 - Phaedrus and Pausanias
Professor Kozlowski discusses the opening and first two speeches of Plato's Symposium, examining not just the content of the speeches, but the context Plato offers to provide depth to the characters'…
Christians and Rights
In our first Patron-requested topic of the summer, Professor Kozlowski throws caution to the winds and addresses the contemporary state of American Christianity in politics and society: How did we ge…
The Future of Professor Kozlowski Lectures
A brief discussion of what you can expect from Professor Kozlowski Lectures in the coming months and years.
To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlows…
D&RN - Demons Destroyed
Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Dostoevsky's Demons and his series on Russian Nihilism.
To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wo…
D&RN - The Demons' Fete
Time to party with the Demons.
To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at [email protected].
D&RN - Demons Bustle About
Finally we get to see Pyotr Stepanovich bustle about and put his dubious plans into motion. Today Professor Kozlowski contrasts the careers and adventures of Pyotr Stepanovich and Stavrogin, examines…
D&RN - Demons Unmasked
Professor Kozlowski continues his discussion of Dostoevsky's Demons by deeply examining the newly-revealed characters of Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin and Pyotor Stepanovich through their interacti…
D&RN - Undercover Demons
Professor Kozlowski continues his discussion of Dostoevsky's Demons with an examination of many of the minor characters introduced so far, and how their relationships are revealed, piecemeal, through…
D&RN - Introducing Demons
Today Professor Kozlowski discusses the first two chapters of Dostoevsky's Demons, introduces three of our primary characters, and connects them to their archetypes in 1860s Russian society. Also jok…
D&RN - Crime, Punishment, Debts, and Devils
Professor Kozlowski attempts to recount the developments in the Russian literary world between 1864 and 1871 (when Demons is written), including a brief summary of Crime and Punishment and its releva…
D&RN - Apropos of the Wet Snow
Professor Kozlowski tackles the second half of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, with special attention to exploring the references to 1840's Russian literature (and to Chernyshevsky's What is to …
D&RN - Underground
At long last, Professor Kozlowski confronts Dostoevsky's most widely discussed and controversial creation: Notes from Underground. Come for the tortured consciousness of the underground man, stay for…