Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1976) For the month of October, we will discuss Thomas Paine‘s wildly influential American revolutionary tract Common Sense, radically advocating full independence from the British crown. Common Sense has been called “the most incendiary and …
Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition, Prologue and Chapter 1 (1958) For the month of September, we will discuss the Prologue and first chapter of The Human Condition, arguably the most influential work of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt, one …
Register for Event Gabriela Nagy, UWM assistant professor of psychology, will present the 2025 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture. The title of her talk is “Resilience, Resistance, and Rhetoric: What Latino/a Immigrants Teach Us About Health and Humanity.” This talk challenges …
Prepared for the Milwaukee residency of the Violins of Hope project, this exhibit showcases the violins owned and played by Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis before and during the Holocaust. The instruments are paired with visual-art responses by members …
Petronius Satyricon, Volumes 1 & 2. (early 1st century CE) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please …
Richard Feynman “Surely, You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman?“ “A Map of the Cat?“ “O, Americano, Outra Vez!” “Safecracker Meets Safecracker” (1985) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION …
F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-4. (1925) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max …
William Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 2 (ca. 1591) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max Yela …
Selection from Beowulf (ca. 10th/11th century CE) translated by Seamus Heaney (1999) Lines 1-1643 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, …
Alice Munro “Dance of the Happy Shades” 1968 “Boys and Girls” 1968 “The Beggar Maid” 1977 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you …