The pulse of the erotic forms an important sub-theme of the lectures, and he must have alternately thrilled and provoked his Harvard audience with his evocation of homoeroticism in The Charmides or in Stefan George, or of straight sex (frustrated) between Abelard and Heloise, all the way through to its unambiguous consummation in Philip Roth's recent variation on the theme in The Dying Animal.
The theme of these lectures is to construct a linguistically informed theory of education, providing a linguistic interpretation of how people learn.
I made this a theme of the Reuters Memorial Lecture on Friday, focusing on what the right relationship is between Silicon Valley companies and journalism.
Following in line with what was a flowing theme throughout the entirety of the lecture, the young DJ and producer stressed the importance of having a sound that is unique to oneself.
The anecdote, one of several Mr. Cosby told the professors, students, teachers and trustees of Teachers College of Columbia University, bolstered a primary theme of his lecture: that when teachers recognize the failings of the educational system, they should challenge them.
Every session was planned with the same general outline: feedback on homework from previous session, introduction to today's theme of the session, a short lecture on the theme, problem-solving exercises and training of new skills (i.e. applied relaxation training) [ 18].
Hughes continued this instructional theme right into the end of the lecture, when she read poems about poetry, including one by Billy Collins which earned applause.
Darling was understood to be particularly concerned because he feared that the MoD's proposals for Faslane would undermine the central theme of a major lecture he gave at the University of Glasgow on Thursday on the referendum.
Sometimes images "seem more authentic than what they represent": this is a theme of his filmed lecture, Cinema-in-the-Round, part of the Turner prize show.
