Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

Join Eliot Cohen, PhD, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, on a 6-week exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This 6 part course consists of self-paced lectures followed by live discussions.

Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Cohen has been a respected member of the school’s faculty since his appointment as the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies in 1990. Over the years Cohen has held several leadership roles at the school including directing the strategic studies program, founding and directing the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, and serving as the Executive Vice Dean this past year. He has twice won the school’s Excellence in Teaching Award and has extensive experience in executive education, including serving as an adjunct professor at the US Army War College. Cohen is a 1977 graduate of Harvard College and earned his PhD in political science from the university in 1982. From 1982 to 1985 he was Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard, and Assistant Dean of Harvard College. In 1985 he became a member of the Strategy Department of the United States Naval War College. In February 1990 he joined the Policy Planning Staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in July of that year he was appointed Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS.

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Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power
  • Session 1: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    Join Eliot Cohen, PhD, on an exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. Session one, "Shakespeare on Politics," is broken intro three sections entitled: "Why Shakespeare" (8.5 minutes), "What Shakespeare knew about politics" (8 minutes), and "Technique: the soliloquy" (9....

  • Session 2: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 2, the first of two sessions on "Acquiring Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Inheritance without wisdom" (10.5 minutes), "T...

  • Session 3: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 3, the second of two sessions on "Acquiring Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Coup" (10 minutes), "Demagoguery" (10 minutes...

  • Session 4: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 4, the first of two sessions on "Exercising Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Inspiration" (9.5 minutes), "Manipulation" (8...

  • Session 5: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 5, the second of two sessions on "Exercising Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "The stagecraft of power" (8.5 minutes), "Uni...

  • Session 6: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 6, "Losing Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Arrogance and overreach" (8.5 minutes), "Fecklessness" (8.5 minutes), and "Bre...