{"id":1325,"date":"2018-08-23T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T09:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:38:04","slug":"4-edward-mendelson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/4-edward-mendelson\/","title":{"rendered":"4: Edward Mendelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1325\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1325-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1325-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-parallax panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1325-0-0-0\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" data-siteorigin-parallax=\"true\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836-fading-600x406.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;color: #800000\">Public lecture 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rse.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Royal Society of Edinburgh<\/strong><\/a>, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">26 November 2018<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">h 18:00-20.00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1713 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/Mendelson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Edward Mendelson<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Columbia University<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #800000\">Why Achilles Was Right about Honour<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The project is delighted to welcome as its fourth public lecturer <a href=\"https:\/\/english.columbia.edu\/people\/profile\/394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Edward Mendelson<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at <a href=\"https:\/\/english.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Read Professor Mendelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2018\/10\/29\/what-thucydides-knew-about-the-us-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> on Trump and Thucydides.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-1325\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk\/\"\n\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/AMS-272x182.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"182\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1325-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The lecture was introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander McCall Smith<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Mendelson spoke on <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Why Achilles Was Right about Honor<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Video of the event:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1325-4-0-1\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player\" 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class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Professor <strong>Edward Mendelson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">in the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 10pt\" href=\"https:\/\/english.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of English and Comparative Studies at Columbia University<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1325-7-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Edward Mendelson\u00a0is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at\u00a0Columbia University.\u00a0He\u00a0is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu\/cgi-bin\/columbia?a=d&amp;d=cs19820913-01.2.7&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literary executor\u00a0of the Estate of\u00a0W. H. Auden<\/a>\u00a0and the author or editor of several books about Auden's work, including\u00a0<i>Early Auden<\/i>\u00a0(1981) and\u00a0<i>Later Auden<\/i>\u00a0(1999), as well as of Auden\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/6182\/collected-poems-by-w-h-auden-edited-by-edward-mendelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Collected Poems<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(1976; 2nd edn 1990; 3rd edn 2007),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/6197\/selected-poems-by-wh-auden-selected-and-edited-by-edward-mendelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Selected\u00a0Poems<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(1979, 2nd edn 2007),\u00a0<i>As I Walked Out One Evening<\/i>\u00a0(1995). His edition of the\u00a0<i>Complete Works of W. H. Auden<\/i>\u00a0is in progress\u00a0(1986\u2013 ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Among many other books, he has published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/113276\/the-things-that-matter-by-edward-mendelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(2006)\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/239456\/moral-agents-eight-twentieth-century-american-writers-by-edward-mendelson\/9781590177761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(2015).\u00a0With Michael Seidel he co-edited\u00a0<i>Homer to Brecht; The European Epic and Dramatic Traditions<\/i>\u00a0(1977). He was elected to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amacad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/a>\u00a0in 2015. He is a Fellow of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsliterature.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Society of Literature<\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">\u00a0and was the first Isabel Dalhousie Fellow\u00a0at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iash.ed.ac.uk\/isabel-dalhousie-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities\u00a0at the University of Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1325-8\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1325-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1325-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erc.europa.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88\" src=\"http:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/logo-erc-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1325-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1325-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/index_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/01\/logo-eu-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public lecture 4 Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ 26 November 2018 h 18:00-20.00 Edward Mendelson Columbia University Why Achilles Was Right about Honour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1325\/revisions\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shca.ed.ac.uk\/honour-in-greece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}