Taught by Jonathan Steinberg University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., Cambridge University
Thirty-five of the most influential people who lived during the 200 most difficult years in the history of the West form the subject of this dramatically different course. Who were these artists, writers, scientists, and leaders in the context of history? How and why did their lives shape our times and reflect their own?
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by William R. Cook State University of New York at Geneseo Ph.D., Cornell University
Mentioning the name Niccolò Machiavelli can unleash a powerful response, even among people who have never read a word of his writings. Our language even has a word—Machiavellian—that encapsulates the images those responses conjure up: An indistinct figure quietly making his way through the darkest corridors of power, hatching plots to play one rival against another A cold-blooded political liar, ready to justify any duplicity undertaken in the name of a noble end that will ultimately justify the most malignant means
The nature of Tocqueville's liberalism is the main focus of this book, in which Ossewaarden argues that Tocqueville seeks to reconcile the Christian & the citizen in the context of modernity, & explores the question of how Tocqueville's work synthesizes religion & politics.
The Acquizition of Sociolinguistics Competence in a Study Abroad Context
Drawing on cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of a range of sociolinguistic variables in L2 French, this volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation patterns by the advanced second language learner. Within a variationist paradigm, the findings illuminate a number of issues in relation to the role of speaker identity, gender, and L2 exposure and contact.
(36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Machiavelli in Context 
