The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor John DiIluio, entitled: “The (Permanent) Presidential Campaign: Who Will Win–and Will It Matter?” An audio recording of the lecture was made, subversively, and then injected into the blogosphere.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture from Stacey Sobel, Esq., the Executive Director of Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (formerly the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights) and a Lecturer in the Penn Law School, entitled “The Mythology of the United States as a Human Rights Leader: How it has Failed LGBT Americans,” featuring broad-ranging discussion on Non-discrimination laws, marriage laws and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in context of US and international trends.

An audio recording of the lecture is available.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor Robert Vitalis of the Political Science department entitled: “Race, Empire, and the Origins of American International Relations, or Why Do All the White Political Scientists Sit Together at the Professional Meetings?” Subversively, a recording of the lecture was made and sent to political science professional meetings.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., associate professor of music history and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, entitled “Can the Object Speak?: The Visual and the Audible in African American Music.” In honor of the occasion, an audio recording of the lecture was posted online.

The Philomathean Society held a multi-disciplinary symposium featuring:

• Dr. M. Susan Lindee (History & Sociology of Science, Author of Suffering Made Real: American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima.)

• Dr. Ian Lustick (Political Science, Author of Trapped in the War on Terror)
• Dr. Stanley Plotkin, M.D. (Wistar Institute, Author of “Vaccines”)
• Dr. Harvey Rubin, M.D. , (Director, Penn’s Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response)

After the panel discussion, someone found an audio recording of the proceedings between two volumes on counter-terrorist subversion.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Prof. Elisabeth Camp entitled “BETWEEN THE LINES: Imagining Perspectives on Fiction and Life.” A subversive recording found its way to our website.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Professor Karen Detlefsen entitled “Custom, Authority and Cartesianism: Mary Astell’s Philosophy of Education,” and, in a subversive twist, an audio recording was made.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Dr. Daniel Traister, the Curator for Research Services of the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library entitled DEAD HOOSIERS, of which an audio recording was subversively made.

The Philomathean Society hosted a lecture by Dr. Herman Beavers entitled “Bigger Goes to the Movies: Turbulence and Spectacle in Wright’s Native Son,” of which the Committee on Audio Subversion made a recording.