2025 • ONLINE COURSES
Great Books, Great People, Great Fun

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For Those Who Want to be Challenged

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be offering nine private online courses during 2025. Topics range from the comedies of Aristophanes to Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, Brothers Karamazov. I’m particularly excited about reading Percival Everett’s new novel James alongside Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The courses can be taken individually or as short sequences.

  • Comedies of Aristophanes (Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk)
    7 Weeks Online | Starting January 6
  • Huck / James: Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and
    Percival Everett’s James
    6 Weeks Online | Starting March 3
  • Three Social Contracts: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
    6 Weeks Online | Starting April 14
  • Reflecting on What We Do: Robert Hutchins and
    “The Great Conversation”
    1 Week Online | Starting June 9 or June 7
  • Milton’s Paradise Lost
    8 Weeks Online | Starting June 16 or June 14
  • How to Read and Discuss Great Books
    1 Week Online | Starting September 2
  • Reading Beckett’s Waiting for Godot . . . Twice!
    3 Weeks Online | Starting September 8
  • Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov
    8 Weeks Online | Starting September 29
  • The Meaning of Life in a Meaningless Universe:
    Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus
    3 Weeks Online | Starting December 1

Most courses meet on Mondays from 6:00p – 7:30p CT. Some have an additional section on Saturday mornings from 9:30a – 11:00a CT.

Contact me to inquire about costs and possible participation (mentioning “2025 Online Courses” in the Subject line).

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