On Saturday, 25 April 2015, I will be giving a lecture as part of the Basic Program’s Spring Weekend Retreat on Homer’s Odyssey to be held Abbey Resort in Fontana Wisconsin. My topic will be:
Bringing the Heroic Home:
The Odyssey as Homer’s Guide to
Being a Mensch
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On Friday, 6 March 2015 12:15–1:15 pm, I will be giving the Basic Program First Friday Lecture at the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington Streets). My topic will be:
“We Must Not Be Afraid To Be Free”:
The Trials of George Anastaplo
The lecture is free and open to the public.
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On Saturday, 17 January 2015, I will be participating in a panel discussion at the Edgewater branch of the Chicago Public Library. The topic will be:
The Great Books Idea:
Differing Perspectives
On Sunday, 14 December 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:
From the Ashes of the Second Temple: The Co-Evolution of Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity
Along with other faculty members of Great Discourses℠, I will be teaching Great Book Socratic Method courses online at GreatDiscourses.com during the term that begins November 2014. Great Discourses℠ is a new venture of mine to make high quality adult liberal education available to as many people as possible. We use innovative web-conferencing software to facilitate live, interactive discussion courses online that operate on the same principles as the traditional, in person discussion courses that I have long taught.
On Sunday, 2 November 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:
Universal Monotheism and Its Others in the Late Second Temple Period
Along with other faculty members of Great Discourses℠, I will be teaching Great Book Socratic Method courses online at GreatDiscourses.com during the term that begins September 2014. Great Discourses℠ is a new venture of mine to make high quality adult liberal education available to as many people as possible. We use innovative web-conferencing software to facilitate live, interactive discussion courses online that operate on the same principles as the traditional, in person discussion courses that I have long taught.
On Friday, 5 November 2014 12:15–1:15 pm, I will be giving the Basic Program First Friday Lecture at the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington Streets). My topic will be:
“It Can’t Happen Here”?
A (Frightening) Look at American Dystopias
The lecture is free and open to the public.
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On Sunday, 11 May 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:
The Gospel According to Muhammad:
The Qur’an’s Account of Jesus as a Non-Canonical Gospel
On Sunday, 4 May 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:
Online Socratic Method Seminars in Adult Congregation Education:
A Look at Today’s Realities and Possibilities
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