You can’t see us, but we’re giving that statement a standing ovation. It’s from “The Man Who Could Make Your Kids Less Ignorant,” a Daily Beast article about Robert Maynard Hutchins, one of the founders of the Great Books Foundation. …
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“Making Connections,” the second annual conference for the Alliance for Liberal Learning, will take place October 27 and October 28 in Chicago, Illinois. The ALL conference brings together representatives from institutions both academic and outside the academy—schools and colleges …
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Last month I spent fifteen hours, spread over five days, leading a group of thirteen people discussing a 151-year-old novel. And doing Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend for the Classical Pursuits program is number one on the list of fun, mind-expanding …
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Staff member Bill Siegel on his recent work at the Minnesota Humanities Center
Earlier this month, I was honored to represent the Great Books Foundation as a training instructor working in partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center’s “Echoes of War” …
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