AKC Podcast
AKC @ King's College London
Welcome to the AKC podcast!
The Associateship of King’s College (AKC) is the original award of King's College London, dating back to its foundation in 1829 and reflecting its first motto: ‘sancte et sapienter’ (with holiness and wisdom). AKC lectures enrich and broaden the academic curriculum at King’s in a unique way.
All AKC lectures are delivered from the perspective of the academic delivering them and do not represent an official position of King’s College London.
The Associateship of King’s College (AKC) is the original award of King's College London, dating back to its foundation in 1829 and reflecting its first motto: ‘sancte et sapienter’ (with holiness and wisdom). AKC lectures enrich and broaden the academic curriculum at King’s in a unique way.
All AKC lectures are delivered from the perspective of the academic delivering them and do not represent an official position of King’s College London.
Episodes
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Feb 2, 2021 • 41min
S04 E02: Religious Leadership: Learning from the Desert Elders
Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King, Dean of King's College London, talks about what good spiritual leadership looks like, drawing on wisdom from early Christianity
Feb 1, 2021 • 45min
S04 E03: The Civic University
Baroness Deborah Bull, Vice President & Vice-Principal (London) at King's College London, discusses the civic university
Jan 18, 2021 • 52min
S04 E01: Leadership in Troubled Times
Dr Daniel DeHanas introduces this semester's lecture series and discusses some different lenses through which we can view leaders past and present
Dec 7, 2020 • 41min
S03 E09: Saying More Than We Have To Say: Poetry and the Procreative Mind
The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley from the University of Cambridge discusses the power of poetry
Nov 30, 2020 • 51min
S03 E08: Mindfulness Meditation: Secular Therapy or Religious Movement?
Dr Matthew Drage from the Warburg Institute discusses the emergence and development of the contemporary mindfulness movement.
Nov 16, 2020 • 47min
S03 E06: Plato’s Tyrant: the Unhealthy Soul and Interpersonal Relationships
Dr Margaret Hampson from Trinity College Dublin discusses Plato's Tyrant
Nov 9, 2020 • 52min
S03 E05: Mental Health Within Holistic Medicine: A History of Alternatives
Dr Ayesha Nathoo explores the history of alternative approaches to mental health within the 20th century anglo-American context.
Oct 26, 2020 • 37min
S03 E04: Addiction: Thoughts, Emotions and Behaviours
Professor John Marsden discusses mental and emotional triggers relating to cocaine addiction
Oct 19, 2020 • 54min
S03 E03: “Inner Lives” – Learning from Literature about Mental Health
Professor Neil Vickers discusses the emerging concept of selfhood and understandings of mental health in the nineteenth century
Oct 12, 2020 • 35min
S03 E02: How is Mental Health Understood in Different Countries and Cultures?
Autumn 2020 Lecture Series: The Life of the Mind: What is Mental Health?
Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft discusses the differing global approaches to mental health issues, treatment gaps, and the problem of stigma
