Publications
Each lecture series is developed into a publication with the University of Chicago Press. This collaboration with one of the premier university presses in the world gives the ideas and words of each lecture continued life in print form.
The Odyssey by Homer
Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Daniel Mendelsohn
(University of Chicago Press, 2025)
Lecture dates: April 23 & 30, 2024
Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
(University of Chicago Press, 2026)
Lecture dates:
April 20, 25, & 26, 2023
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Song & Self: A Singer's Reflections on Music and Performance
(University of Chicago Press, 2023)
Lecture dates:
April 11, 17, & 24, 2021
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Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus
(University of Chicago Press, 2022)
Lecture dates:
May 12, 13, 19, & 20, 2020
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
(University of Chicago Press, 2021)
Lecture dates:
April 8, 15, & 22, 2019
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)
Lecture dates:
Sept. 29–30 & Oct. 6–7, 2015
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America, Compromised
(University of Chicago Press, 2018)
Lecture dates:
Oct. 16, 23, & 30, 2014
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