Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen
Kevin McNeilly’s lecture in March 2015 for the Repetition Compulsion theme.
Arthur Miller, The Crucible
Video from the lectures by Robert Crawford and Derek Gladwin for the Repetition Compulsion theme, March 2015.
Derek Gladwin
Instructor with the Repetition Compulsion team.
Beauvoir, The Second Sex, and Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-paper”
Video from Derek Gladwin’s lecture in February 2015.
Recording of lecture on Hacking posted
Here is the recording and a link to the presentation for the lecture by Jill Fellows on Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul: https://artsone-open.arts.ubc.ca/ian-hacking-rewriting-the-soul/. It has been added to the same page as the 2014 lecture.
Freud, Civilization and its Discontents
Christina Hendricks’ lecture on this text for the Repetition Compulsion theme, January 2015.
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Robert Crawford gives what he calls a somewhat unconventional reading of The Tempest, arguing that we can see it as a directly political play in the sense that it may function as a criticism of King James I.
Atwood, The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad rewrites Homer’s The Odyssey, in part from the perspective of Odysseus’ wife, Penelope. In this lecture, Jill Fellows discusses how Atwood’s Penelope responds to and questions Homer’s interpretation of her life, while the twelve hanged maids respond to and question Penelope’s own version of events.
Plato, Republic
Christina Hendricks gives the historical political context in which Plato wrote this text, talks about the Socratic elenchus and how it is exemplified in Book I, and discusses the parallel structure of the kallipolis and the soul.
Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme; also video and Prezi by Derek Gladwin for the “Repetition Compulsion” theme