Nor are our trend-mad scholars so very different; "The Artist Grows Old," a thoughtful and provocative lecture by Kenneth Clark published in 1972, is the only monograph of its kind that I know.
In some of his work, in particular his provocative lecture on "The Nation State and Economic Policy" delivered in 1895, Weber criticises the immigration of Poles and blames the Junker class for perpetuating Slavic immigration to serve their selfish interests.
In a provocative lecture, Ruth Muschel (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA) challenged the mainstream view of the mechanism by which metastases form.
It is a natural segue for the ideas part of an arts festival to be linked with provocative theater: lectures, conferences, symposiums and classes on such issues as political assassinations, Shakespeare in the real world take place throughout the festival, all admission free.
One day, I saw a man I recognized from a provocative political lecture he had given in Amherst, at the time when Mona and I were living together there.
I encourage you to watch the provocative and important lecture above by Peter Kareiva, the much-lauded chief scientist of the world's biggest environmental group, the Nature Conservancy.
Even the stuffy Prado Museum is making room for children's workshops, lectures and provocative exhibitions by uncharacteristic artists, like a recent hit show on Manet.
The provocation proved provocative.
But baseball and football are the sports he concentrates on in "A Level Playing Field: African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports," a provocative and lively collection of lectures and essays.
