Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of āOffice Hours,ā Justin A. Jackson, professor of English, discusses _Beowulf._ It is unknown who wrote this epic poem or even when it was written. In fact, it was only through luck that it was not lost to history. Yet Jackson explains that Beowulf has much to teach us about heroism, leadership, and the fleeting nature of our world. This is the twelfth in a series of virtual visits with Hillsdale faculty.
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Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women āgrateful to God for the inestimable blessingsā resulting from civil and religious liberty and ābelieving that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.ā It pursues the stated object of the founders: āto furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological educationā outstanding among American colleges āand to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.ā As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains āby precept and exampleā the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
In this episode of āOffice Hours,ā Justin A. Jackson, professor of English, discusses _Beowulf._ It is unknown who wrote this epic poem or even when it was written. In fact, it was only through luck that it was not lost to history. Yet Jackson explains that Beowulf has much to teach us about heroism, leadership, and the fleeting nature of our world. This is the twelfth in a series of virtual visits with Hillsdale faculty.
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Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
Read Imprimis: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Undergraduate programs: https://www.hillsdale.edu/information-for/undergraduate-admissions/
Graduate School of Statesmanship: https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/
Graduate School of Government: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/School-of-Government/Program-Overview/
Graduate School of Education: https://classicalgrad.hillsdale.edu/
Listen to the Hillsdale College Podcast Network: https://podcast.hillsdale.edu/
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Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women āgrateful to God for the inestimable blessingsā resulting from civil and religious liberty and ābelieving that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.ā It pursues the stated object of the founders: āto furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological educationā outstanding among American colleges āand to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.ā As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains āby precept and exampleā the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
