Study books, ideas, and works of art through live discussion.
A close reading of The Brothers Karamazov, and the questions that refuse to leave us.
Dr. Elena MarkhamGeorgetown UniversityEquality, association, and the habits that sustain a free society.
Dr. Samuel BrooksUniversity of VirginiaJustice, education, and the enduring question of how we ought to live.
Dr. James WhitmoreReed CollegePoetry, theology, and the moral imagination on a journey through the underworld.
Dr. Sofia AlvarezUniversity of ChicagoWhat happened to beauty in art and architecture? A conversation in six parts.
Dr. Daniel ChenOberlin CollegeMemory, desire, and the search for a life that holds together.
Dr. Miriam HayesIndependent scholarReading Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear with fresh eyes.
Prof. Thomas ReedUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonArt, ambition, and a new language of American belonging.
Dr. Ruth OkaforSpelman CollegeAn experiment in government, read on its own terms.
Dr. Samuel BrooksUniversity of VirginiaSlow down, listen, and discover how a poem makes meaning.
Dr. Anna PetrovIndependent scholarSolitude, attention, and learning to live the questions.
Dr. Anna PetrovIndependent scholarHomecoming, hospitality, and the stories we tell to survive.
Dr. Lucas BellSt. John’s CollegeThe extraordinary interior lives of ordinary days.
Dr. Elena MarkhamGeorgetown UniversityFriendship, practical wisdom, and the work of becoming ourselves.
Dr. James WhitmoreReed CollegeLooking closely at a city that changed how we see.
Dr. Daniel ChenOberlin CollegeKierkegaard, Simone Weil, and the courage of uncertainty.
Dr. Miriam HayesIndependent scholar
