2025 Beatty Lecture
Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents delivered the 2025 Beatty Lecture on October 23.
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To help us understand some of the most significant moments and discoveries of our time, With the World to Choose From spotlights fifteen outstanding Beatty Lectures, spanning seven decades. Discover - or rediscover - these important and inspiring lectures, in print together for the first time.
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About the Lecture
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Beatty Lecture Digital Archive
Welcome to the Beatty Lecture Digital Archive, featuring profiles of all lectures held since its launch in 1954. This rich collection of digitized primary research material includes audio or video recordings of lectures, transcripts, photographs and other unique visuals. Listen to Francis Crick's 1985 Lecture on "The Problem of Awareness". Read the transcript of Barbara Ward's 1955 Lecture on "The Interplay of East & West". Watch Alfred Brendel's 2011 Lecture on "Does Classical Music Have to be Entirely Serious?" and more.
What's the change you want to see in the world? If you have an idea for a future lecturer, or feedback from attending a past Beatty Lecture, let us know.
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