New! 2022 Big Ideas Series
Live and Online. Exciting Topics. Enriching Discussions. And World-Class Educators!
Open to Students in Grades 6 - 8 & 9 - 12
The Best of Great Books Learning, Friends, and Fun!
Get the best of Great Books learning in this exciting, new series! Favorite faculty and esteemed guests come together for this twice-monthly extravaganza of special topics designed to stoke the intellectual fires throughout fall.
Spend an evening discussing art and poetry with a favorite Great Books Academic Director. Delve into modern ethical dilemmas with an award-winning professor. Talk about science fiction and the media with a tech industry insider. Discuss law with a celebrated former ACLU attorney (who argued and won a famed Supreme Court case!). View and discuss a thought-provoking short film and more!
This series is not to be missed!
Each hour-long session focuses on a different special, topic. Truly a "best of" of everything Great Books has to offer in one fun series designed to fit into any schedule.
Support Great Books learning all year-round and stay connected with our warm community of intellectually curious students!
Program Details:
- Eight 60-minute Special Sessions
- Tuesdays/Thursdays about twice monthly at 8:00pm Eastern
- Oct. 13 & 18, Nov. 3 & 15, Dec. 8 & 20, and Jan. 5 & 17.
- Tuition: $295
- Support Great Books learning all year! Register today!
Distinguished Faculty & Scholars - Live Classes
Meet our Academic Directors! The university instructors who teach these programs are the same distinguished faculty and scholars who teach our hallmark on-campus programs each summer. This autumn's team will be announced soon. Our spring programs included sessions from the following:
- Dr. Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Cultures at Amherst College.
- Dr. Annie Seaton, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities at Bard College.
- Dr. Steve Volk is Professor of History Emeritus at Oberlin College where he taught Latin American history and museum studies for 31 years
- Dr. Dominic Vendell is completing a postdoctoral research associate appointment with the Forms of Law in the Early Modern Persianate World project at the University of Exeter in the UK.
- Eve Houghton, a PhD student in English at Yale University, focues her research on English literature and culture from 1500-1800, the history of reading, and literary procrastination.
- Andrew Sanchez is a DPhil candidate and Ertegun Scholar at the University of Oxford where he studies the future of work and basic income.
See more of our esteemed Great Books Online faculty.
Writer's Workshops Too!
Interested in Writing too? Many Great Books students are budding authors who would benefit from Writer’s Workshop classes to build skills and advance technique while engaging in a supportive community of writers.
Make the most of each week with both the Big Ideas Series and Writing Programs!
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