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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/
Episodes
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What is Art? 1
Professor Kozlowski tackles the first half of Tolstoy's aesthetic masterwork (?) What is Art? to isolate and examine (1) Tolstoy's grievances with art in the…
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Tolstoy Essays on Art
Professor Kozlowski reads a wide variety of Tolstoy's essays on art, including his "Schoolboys and Art," "Introduction to Semyonov's Peasant Stories,"…
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TTW SP23 Syllabus
Professor Kozlowski introduces his online section of Troy and the Trojan War for Spring 2023, explaining the rough outline of the course, the expectations for…
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Ethics of Lit: Leaf By Niggle
For the first proper lecture in Ethics of Literature, Professor Kozlowski discusses Tolkien's often-overlooked short story, "Leaf By Niggle." This serves two…
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Intro to Ethics of Literature
Professor Kozlowski begins our discussion of the ethics of literature with a simple question: Is Speaking Ethical? The answer may be simple, but the…
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Replaying Assassins' Creed 4: Black Flag
Though Professor Kozlowski admittedly did not play much further, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remains his favorite game in the franchise, even if it…
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Let's All Kill Bradbury (Constance 2)
Professor Kozlowski concludes his series on Ray Bradbury by eating crow and admitting that his understanding of Bradbury's art and objectives may be biased by…
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Let's All Kill Constance 1
Professor Kozlowski wrestles with the existential horror of realizing that Ray Bradbury, one of his favorite writers, may have turned into a hack and hypocrite…
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 2
Professor Kozlowski contends with the wild second half of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, interrogating the way that Bradbury depicts the good and…
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1
Professor Kozlowski wildly gestures at the irrational logic of Bradbury's novel of boys, dark carnivals, and nightmare happenings: Something Wicked This Way…
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Replaying Assassins' Creed 3
Assassin's Creed 3 was nobody's favorite game in the series. After immense hype and promise, the game released to critical and popular indifference. In this…
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The Illustrated Man 2
Professor Kozlowski continues his fool's errand of discussing many unrelated Bradbury short stories, including the ominous and horrifying "The City", the…
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The Illustrated Man 1
Professor Kozlowski attempts a new feat: talking coherently about nine different Bradbury short stories with different themes, settings, and tones. Fortunately…
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Fahrenheit 451 - 2
Professor Kozlowski turns his attention to the second half of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 to discuss the value of literature, the dire consequences of Bradbury's…
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Replaying Assassins' Creed: The Ezio Sequels
The legacy of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations is that of cash-grab sequels capitalizing on Assassin's Creed 2's success. In…
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Fahrenheit 451 - 1
Professor Kozlowski explores the characters and world of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 as it appears in the first half of the book - and discusses at some…
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The Martian Chronicles 2
The second half of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles is messy, uneven, and occasionally changed from edition to edition. In this lecture, Professor…
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The Martian Chronicles 1
Professor Kozlowski discusses the first half of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, examining how Bradbury deconstructs the typical…
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Replaying Assassins' Creed II
Assassins' Creed II was widely hailed as a dramatic improvement over the first game, fixing many of its faults and delivering an overall better gameplay…
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Why Ray Bradbury?
Professor Kozlowski introduces his Fall 2022 reading project: working through the books of Ray Bradbury! But why this writer, these books, this genre? Bradbury…
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Replaying Assassins' Creed
Relationship status: It's Complicated. If you have questions or topic suggestions for Professor Kozlowski, e-mail him at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com To see what…
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Homer Through the Middle Ages
Professor Kozlowski examines the reception of Homer through the Middle Ages: in the Byzantine Empire, in the Islamicate World, and in Medieval Europe. Along…
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Aeneid 2, 4, 6
Professor Kozlowski reluctantly addresses the epic poem regarded by the Medievals and Renaissance writers as the greatest ever written - Virgil's Aeneid. Does…
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Rome vs. Homer
Professor Kozlowski examines the complicated relationship between Rome and Homer, from Rome's origins as a melting pot of cultures defined and informed by…
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The Trojan Women
Enough of this history nonsense. Professor Kozlowski returns to form with a deep-dive examination of Euripides' The Trojan Women, looking especially at the way…
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Classical Greece
Professor Kozlowski finally reaches the Classical Age of Greece, lightly sketching the role of Homer's epics in the development of Greek culture, including the…
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The Achaeans from the Cycladics to Homer
Professor Kozlowski contextualizes the writings of Homer according to the archaeological and historical evidence of the Greek culture from its earliest origins…
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Troy: From Wilusa to Hisarlik
Professor Kozlowski lightly examines the archaeological excavations in Hisarlik, considered by the academic community to be the most likely site of Ancient…
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Odyssey 12-13, 19
Professor Kozlowski continues his examination of the Odyssey as Odysseus' crew (and the gods) betray him into destroying his ship, as he finally reaches his…
Professor Kozlowski LecturesOdyssey 9-11
Professor Kozlowski follows the narrated adventures of Odysseus through the first three books of his four-book narration. Highlights include cannibal cyclopes…
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Odyssey 1-5
Professor Kozlowski embarks on a grand (if heavily abridged) journey through the Odyssey. Now including exclusive footage of Helen of Troy restored to Sparta…
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Iliad 23-24
Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of the Iliad with some aimless ruminating, a recap of the Patroclus Memorial Olympics, some more shade on…
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Iliad 20-22
Professor Kozlowski follows the genocidal Achilles as he cuts his way through the entire Trojan army, at least one god, and his own personal shortcomings...or…
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Iliad 17-19
Professor Kozlowski explores one of the most thematically-rich portions of the Iliad, examining the hubris of Hector, the transformation of Achilles' rage, and…
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Iliad 15-16
Professor Kozlowski finally gets back to Achilles and Patroclus as Patroclus marches off to war in Achilles' armor. What could possibly go wrong? If you have…
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Iliad 10-14
Professor Kozlowski continues his slog through the battle scenes of the Iliad - with a rapid-fire breakdown of twice the usual number of chapters (so he can…
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Iliad 7-9
Professor Kozlowski slogs through the most boring part of the Iliad, and argues that the boring-ness is intentional and deliberate. Still no less boring…
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Iliad 5-6
Professor Kozlowski follows the heroic exploits of Diomedes as he cuts his way through the Trojan lines (and a few gods to boot) before visiting Troy with…
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Iliad 3-4
Professor Kozlowski continues his deep read of the Iliad by walking through the preparations and duel of Books 3-4, stressing the chaotic nature of conflict…
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Iliad 1-2
Professor Kozlowski begins his deep read of the Iliad by examining the themes and characters of Books 1 and 2. Highlights include toxic masculinity between…
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Iliad - Translation, Style, Structure
Professor Kozlowski takes a deep dive into the style and structure of the Iliad - he examines multiple translations to discuss the priorities and pitfalls of…
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The Myth of the Trojan War
Professor Kozlowski tries to contextualize the Iliad of Homer by reading through the Trojan War narrative in the Library of Apollodorus. Along the way, he…
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Troy and the Trojan War - Syllabus FA 22
Professor Kozlowski kicks off a new semester (well in advance) and a new class: Troy and the Trojan War. In this class, he'll look at the Iliad, Homer, and the…
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The Abortion Non-Debate
Professor Kozlowski will NOT be recording his ethics class this summer, alas - but offers this one-off episode about the current state of discourse about…
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Gilgamesh - Analysis
Professor Kozlowski examines and analyzes each of the major characters and themes of the Epic of Gilgamesh, specifically as it is presented and recorded in the…
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Gilgamesh - Context and Provenance
Professor Kozlowski discusses the history of the Gilgamesh story, from fragmentary Sumerian myths to fragmentary Akkadian epic. If you have questions or topic…
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Outlander and the Dearth of Good Chick Lit
Professor Kozlowski deviates from his usual curriculum to entertain his wife's lecture request: Today we are discussing Diana Gabaldon's Outlander - its role…
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The Brothers Karamazov - Epilogue
Professor Kozlowski concludes his series on The Brothers Karamazov and looks forward at the future of his Internet-based endeavors. If you have questions or…
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TBK 12-1 - "A Judicial Error" - The Prosecution
Professor Kozlowski discusses the first half of the conclusion to The Brothers Karamazov, examining the climactic trial, its significance to the various…
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TBK Book 11-2 - "Brother Ivan Fyodorovich" and the Devil
Professor Kozlowski examines the many questions surrounding Ivan's interviews with Smerdykov and the Devil, and concludes that it's all just a dream. Calm…
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TBK Book 11-1 - Where is "Brother Ivan Fyodorovich"?
Dostoevsky (and Professor Kozlowski) once again turns his attention to Brother Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov - but where is he? Three months have transpired and…
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TBK Book Ten - "Boys"
Professor Kozlowski looks at this sudden and seemingly-inexplicable tangent in Dostoevsky's storytelling: a diversion from the main story and characters to…
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TBK Book Nine - "The Preliminary Investigation"
Professor Kozlowski looks at the investigation and interrogation of Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov through three interpretive lenses: that of the popular…
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TBK Book 8-2 - "Mitya": Delirium
Professor Kozlowski discusses the latter half of Mitya's chapter, including his confrontation with (and generosity toward) the two poles, his success with…
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TBK Book 8-1 - "Mitya": Decision
Professor Kozlowski confronts Dostoevsky's Russian Nationalism in the light of Putin's war on Ukraine, as well as the whole of Dostoevsky's legacy - good and…
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TBK Book Seven - "Alyosha"
Professor Kozlowski discusses the funeral of Elder Zosima, and what Dostoevsky reveals about the nature of Christian hypocrisy, as well as tracking the…
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TBK Book Six - "The Russian Monk"
"The Grand Inquisitor" may be the most-discussed passage from The Brothers Karamazov, but the Life, Talks, and Homilies of Father Zosima is almost certainly…
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TBK Book Five - "Pro and Contra"
At last, it's the moment we've all been waiting for: Professor Kozlowski discusses Rebellion and The Grand Inquisitor - Ivan's long speech to Alyosha about…
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TBK Book Four - "Strains"
Professor Kozlowski turns his attention to the villains and victims of Dostoevsky's characters in The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Karamaov at his most terrible…
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TBK Book Three - "The Sensualists"
Professor Kozlowski discusses Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov as it returns to Dostoevsky's comfort zone: Alyosha bustling about, bumping into other…