NOV 2014 • COURSES
Online at GreatDiscourses.com

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.

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SEP 2014 • COURSES
Online at GreatDiscourses.com

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.

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Great Discourses℠ Launches!

I am pleased to announce the launch of my latest venture:
Great Discourses℠.

Great Discourses℠ offers faculty-led Great Books Socratic Method discussion courses for adults that are designed and taught by professional instructors to facilitate students’ critical, collaborative, first-hand engagement with one or more classic texts from the Western and World traditions.


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5 SEP 2014 • LECTURE
“It Can’t Happen Here”? A (Frightening) Look at American Dystopias

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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SPRING 2014 • COURSES
Online at LibertasU.com

I will be a guest instructor online at LibertasU.com during its March-April 2014 and May-June 2014 semesters. LibertasU is a new “independent and nonsectarian private institution, devoted to making high quality, liberal arts courses available to as many people as possible” through a unique, virtual-reality educational environment that supports highly-interactive, real-time Socratic Method seminars — for participants situated anywhere in the world.

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