2007 Stony Brook School Humanities Conference: Keynote
Why Byzantium Matters
Lars Brownworth
This keynote address was delivered at the Stony Brook School's Humanities Conference in June of 2007.
Lars discusses some of the lessons that can be learned from Byzantine history and hence why study of
this seemingly esoteric topic should be taught in Western classrooms.
Our apologies for the quality of the recording as we didn't have professional recording equipment available
at the time.
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Contributors:
- Howard Moskowitz
- Gustavo Fonseca
- Alex Cornwall
- Ernest Lin
- Chris Muller
- Brian Wooton
- MD Lahey
- Peter M Howell
- Pedro Ceron
- Stephen Patrick
- Rena Down
- Tom Tedeschi
- David Looney
- Louis Chios
- Samuel Ryskind
- William Niedenthal
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Once to every man and nation,
comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
for the good or evil side;
Some great cause,
some great decision,
offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever,
'twixt that darkness and that light.
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Once to Every Man and Nation.mp3
~ James R. Lowell - 1845
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"In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our despair, against our will comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."
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| ~ Aeschylus |
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"Some men see things as they are and ask 'Why?'. I dream of things
things that never were and ask 'Why not?'"
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| ~ RFK |
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"In dreams begin responsibilities."
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| ~ U2 / W.B. Yeats |
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"... we do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard!"
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| ~ JFK - on sending man to the moon |
 
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