2024 Beatty Lecture
Laureates of the World Cultural Council's 2024 Awards will deliver the 70th Beatty Lecture at McGill University on October 22.
The Beatty Lecture - now in print
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.
About the Lecture
The Beatty Lecture is McGill’s most distinguished and endowed lectureship and aims to foster the exchange of ideas by bringing the world’s most respected and influential scholars, scientists, and leaders to McGill.
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.
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