10-03-2010, 05:10 PM
I do not have a television, but I remember the BBC TV series "I, Caesar". If I recall correctly, there is one part on Constantine, in which a famous British professor (Keith Hopkins perhaps?) explained all kinds of trivialities. My girlfriend, sitting next to me on the coach, said: "Well, that's what I learned at school - have those great historians nothing better to say?"
Lovely sarcasm, and a bit exaggerated. Nevertheless, she had a point. If, say, Stephen Hawking would be explaining some basic physics on TV, I'd be tempted to ask why science budgets are so incredibly high.
Next month, I have to lecture on popular scholarship, and I want to use that fragment of "I, Caesar" to illustrate what can go wrong. This type of talk can better be left to students, while the really big scholars ought to be on TV only when they have really something important to tell.
The trouble is that I do not have this on video or DVD. Is there someone who has, and who can make a screen capture of this professor telling about Constantine?
Thanks.
Lovely sarcasm, and a bit exaggerated. Nevertheless, she had a point. If, say, Stephen Hawking would be explaining some basic physics on TV, I'd be tempted to ask why science budgets are so incredibly high.
Next month, I have to lecture on popular scholarship, and I want to use that fragment of "I, Caesar" to illustrate what can go wrong. This type of talk can better be left to students, while the really big scholars ought to be on TV only when they have really something important to tell.
The trouble is that I do not have this on video or DVD. Is there someone who has, and who can make a screen capture of this professor telling about Constantine?
Thanks.
hock: ) and it was very enjoyable with a nice change of perspective for Tiberius.
