Gearing up for the imminent return to academia
I’ve spent the past two days looking for a suitable graphic for this post - but there just isn’t one. Sorry.
Last night i downloaded a bazillion (yes, that’s a lot) ITunesU lectures for my IPod. After listening to Anthony Grafton’s lecture on “The First Theorists of History” and loving it, i was inspired to do some snooping. Another of my all-time favourite academics, Caroline Walker Bynum, also has two lectures available through Stanford’s ITunesU program. I’ve also downloaded quite a bit from Oxford, Cornell and Yale. Hopefully these hours of not-so-easy listening will inspire me to hit the pavement pre-Italy and work off a little of the travelling weight i have put back on. Eep.
Now i just need to download the TED talks as per everyone’s suggestions.
If I had time between my classes, work, and the zillions pages I have to read for both of them, I would download these podcasts. But alas, I seem to be running after time just trying to do everything in my schedule!
Oh well, hope they are interesting! And the TED talks are just so motivating and inspiring when you listen to one! Every time I listen to a speech, there is always two or three cool ideas for projects to do. I really love TED talks!