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Catherine Project

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Join us on Friday, 10/25 for our Community Seminar on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar! Seminars will run at: -11am-1pm ET -3-5pm ET -7:30-9:30pm ET Readers from all walks of life are welcome and participation is free! Register:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

9 months

We recently received an incredibly generous anonymous donation that will allow us to realize some long-held plans (for in-person gatherings, etc.). We don't want to accidentally dox our caped crusader by saying much more, but, whoever you are, thank you!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

11 months

Our Spring 2024 catalog of offerings is now available! Browse the courses before registration opens tomorrow at 1pm Eastern Time.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 months

The moment has come! Enrollment is officially open for our Fall 2024 term. This term we're introducing our new Life of the Mind Seminar, which provides a foundation for the shared study of great books. We charge no tuition and all are welcome to apply.

Main Page - Catherine Project

If you seek real learning and real conversation, we invite you to join us in reading and discussing great books. We welcome people from all educational backgrounds and walks of life. We charge no...

catherineproject.org

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 months

Anyone can do this! • Choose a book • Find a local place to meet (library, community center, coffee shop, etc.) • Make a flier and post it in the places mentioned above • Adopt some conversational guidelines to keep things grounded (here are ours: )

Erik Rostad (Books of Titans)

@booksoftitans

3 months

@TheGreatB00ks I’m starting a local reading group going through the Iliad starting next Monday. Largely influenced by you guys and the @CatherineProj . Can’t wait.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

We're organizing an in-person tutorial on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in Boston! See flier below for details. Registration deadline is 9/01. Email study @catherineproject .org to apply.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

After a titanic struggle with spreadsheets, the backend of our website, and a certain misguided cat who insisted on helping with all the typing, enrollment for our fall 2023 session is finally open!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration is OPEN for our Summer 2023 session! Participation is free and we welcome readers from all walks of life. Check out our offerings:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Midnight drop! Spring 2022 catalog of offerings is now available and REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

Our summer catalog of offerings is NOW available! Registration will open later today and close on April 8th. As always, participation is free.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Interested in studying great works of literature, philosophy, etc.? Follow this account for announcements or visit for a list of current offerings!

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If you seek real learning and real conversation, we invite you to join us in reading and discussing great books. We welcome people from all educational backgrounds and walks of life. We charge no...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

We are delighted and proud to announce that our pending application for 501 (c) 3 status is no longer pending! It has been approved! Please consider celebrating with us, by making a donation in accordance with your means!

Donate - Catherine Project

Help make the Catherine Project open to all. The Catherine Project was founded on the principle that learning for its own sake is crucial for human flourishing and ought to be offered at a high level...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural issue of Commonplace, a journal of the Catherine Project. Inside you will find writing from Project readers, as well as an interview with @zenahitz . We encourage sharing it far and wide!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 months

We have a very exciting addition to our regular courses this fall! We'll make a full announcement when registration opens for our Fall 2024 term this Monday, August 5th. Join our mailing list to stay up to date!

Contact - Catherine Project

Contact Us Join our mailing list To volunteer: [email protected] For general inquiries: [email protected] Leave feedback Request that a text/subject be offered 2631 Housley Road,...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration is OPEN for our Fall 2022 session and all are welcome to apply! Check out our offerings at:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 months

You don't have to read alone! If you want some company on your journey through the humanities, we offer free reading groups on many of the texts in Ted's program.

Ted Gioia

@tedgioia

3 months

Can you really teach a full overview of arts and culture in just one year, and only assign 250 pages of reading per week? I decided to try and find out...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

Posting our offerings. Take a look at our reading groups and apply here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration is OPEN for our Spring 2023 session and all are welcome to apply! Courses tend to fill two weeks before their start date, so be sure to apply ASAP if what you’re interested in begins in mid-January. Check out our offerings at:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration for our summer session is NOW OPEN!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

11 months

Registration for our Spring 2024 offerings is LIVE! As always, we charge no tuition or fees and welcome readers from all walks of life to join our community of learning.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Very excited to announce that we're organizing three introduction to ancient Greek tutorials this summer! These will run for between 7-9 weeks and are open to anyone who wants to begin their study of the language. Follow the link to register!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

10 months

Since our founding 3 years ago, the Catherine Project has offered nearly 2,000 readers an intellectual home where they can read/discuss great books and study ancient languages with others—all for free. As 2023 wraps up, we invite you to support our work.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Not only can we help, but we'll do it for free, no experience required!

Agnes Callard

@AgnesCallard

2 years

“I don’t want to go to grad school or become a professional philosopher, but I want more philosophy in my life. How can I get this?” This is the question I hear most. Please help me come up with a GREAT answer to it. Leave your thoughts in the replies so I can steal them.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Interested in philosophical poetry? Poetic philosophy? Suffering, anxiety, and death? Good news! Join us for our upcoming tutorial on Lucretius’ poem “On the Nature of Things” and Cicero’s “Tusculan Disputations." Technical info threaded below:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

We're organizing a 4-week reading group on Athanasius of Alexandria's "On the Incarnation"! The group will meet on Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00pm EST (from 12/13/22-01/03/23). To apply, send a 3-4 sentence statement of interest to study @catherineproject .org.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

We are very excited to share our Annual Report for 2022. Last year we organized 99 courses, served our 1,000th reader, and covered our entire yearly budget with donations from individuals. Thank you to all our readers, volunteers, and donors!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Tomorrow we'll publish our Fall 2023 offerings and open registration on our website. Like Christmas, all the presents will seem to magically appear under the tree at once. When Santa has done his work, we'll announce it here and via our mailing list.

Contact - Catherine Project

Contact Us Join our mailing list To volunteer: [email protected] For general inquiries: [email protected] Leave feedback Request that a text/subject be offered 2631 Housley Road,...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Obviously you, dear reader, are deeply interested in the questions: What is eros? What's the true art of writing?And, of course, why does Socrates have fancy shoes? All three will be explored in our reading group on Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus: Mondays, 8-10am EDT, 5/01-7/31

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Come read two African epics with us this summer! 1. Sunjata: tells the story of the founder of the Mali Empire (~14th century?). -Mondays, 10-11:30am ET (5/8-5/22) 2. Mwindo: a tale of magic and fate (origin UNKNOWN). -Tuesdays, 12-1:30pm (5/30-6/13) Sign-up link in comments

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

We'll be publishing our catalog of offerings and opening registration for the Spring 2023 session next Friday. Join our mailing list to receive the catalog via email and be notified when registration opens. All are welcome to come read with us!

Contact - Catherine Project

Contact Us Join our mailing list To volunteer: [email protected] For general inquiries: [email protected] Leave feedback Request that a text/subject be offered 2631 Housley Road,...

catherineproject.org

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Is there someone in your family who taught themselves and shared their studies with their loved ones? A bookworm uncle or a history geek aunt? A dad who read through the history of philosophy on his own? Post your stories for us!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Our spring registration form has become the target of automated submission spamming and we need to pause submissions temporarily while we try to find a solution. We'll announce it here when the form is open again. Apologies for the inconvenience!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Thank you to all the readers and volunteer discussion leaders who participated in our seminar on Shakespeare's The Tempest! Over 150 people gathered in small groups throughout the day last Friday for serious discussions of this strange and infinitely rewarding text.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

17 weeks reading the Education of Cyrus? Yes please... Register here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Washington Post: $1.06 /month New York Times: $4.24 /month Netflix: $8.99 /month How much a month would you pay to renew the humanities and open them up to everyone?

Donate - Catherine Project

Help make the Catherine Project open to all. The Catherine Project was founded on the principle that learning for its own sake is crucial for human flourishing and ought to be offered at a high level...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Registration is LIVE (and FREE) for our Fall Seminar on The Tempest! Get a taste of what the Project is all about on Friday, 10/27 by participating in a 2 hour seminar at any of the following times (all Eastern Time): •11am-1pm •3-5pm •7:30-9:30pm

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Zena Hitz writing for @Plough : "we help to shape communities that do not depend on the university system alone for their intellectual engagement. Our studies benefit anyone, whatever their career path or lack thereof."

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

11 months

Next Tuesday (12/05), we'll publish our Spring 2024 catalog of offerings. If you've ever wanted to read a great book with a small group of eager, friendly learners, we invite you to join us! No grades or tuition, just serious discussion.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

If your New Year's resolution is to study Biblical Hebrew or read all of Moby-Dick, you're more likely to fulfill it in a community of learners: our spring catalog of offerings is coming very soon!

Ari Lamm

@AriLamm

3 years

@SallyRoundMoon @AJWTheology Believe in yourself! Our Hebrew study group with @CatherineProj meets for only 2 hours a week, but already after only a few months we’re reading, translating (and memorizing!) verses from Genesis in the original Hebrew. You can do it! ❤️❤️❤️

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

We're organizing an in-person reading group on Plato & Greek tragedy in Oakland, CA. See flyer for details. If you'd like to join, write to study @catherineproject .org.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Enrollment for our Summer 2023 session will open this Friday (4/7)! We invite learners from all walks of life to join us this summer in reading Plato, George Eliot, W. E. B. Du Bois, and many more. As always, participation is free.

Main Page - Catherine Project

If you seek real learning and real conversation, we invite you to join us in reading and discussing great books. We welcome people from all educational backgrounds and walks of life. We charge no...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

6 months

Commonplace submissions are due in one month, on May 15th! We publish writing and, occasionally, visual art, that reflects the Project’s guiding principles. We welcome submissions from readers and friends of the Project. Learn more here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

We have two intensive reading groups on offer: Bacon, The Advancement of Learning & Weber, Science as a Vocation – Tu, 6:30-8:30 PM, 9/10-11/19 Cuneiform Law: Codes of Ur-Nammu, Lipit-Ishtar, & Hammurabi – Wed, 12-1:30 PM, 10/16-11/20 Apply here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

Don't overlook these longer jewels: - Farid ud–Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds, 10 wks - Paul Claudel & Manoel de Oliveira, The Satin Slipper (play & film), 7 wks - Geoffrey Hill, Broken Hierarchies, 10 wks - Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, 9 wks

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

Enrollment closes today at 5pm ET for our Fall 2024 term! Don't miss your chance to participate in our new Life of the Mind Seminar or any of the wonderful reading groups and language tutorials on offer.

Main Page - Catherine Project

If you seek real learning and real conversation, we invite you to join us in reading and discussing great books. We welcome people from all educational backgrounds and walks of life. We charge no...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Thanks @AliceFromQueens ! Spring offerings to be announced very soon...

Alice

@AliceFromQueens

3 years

8/ Award for the Best New University-Alternative goes to the Catherine Project, founded by the philosopher @ZenaHitz I'd have quibbles w any reading list. But Hitz et al tutoring the below is such an advance on current elite humanities educations, they're not worth mentioning.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

There's never been a better time to read the great books in a supportive community! • Take the plunge with our Life of the Mind Seminar • Practice the unhurried & serious reading of great books with • Study the trivium+ at

Home - Lyceum Institute

The Lyceum Institute provides a classical education adapted to the digital age. Study the Trivium, Classical Languages, Philosophy, and more!

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Symposium Great Books Institute

@SlowGreatBooks

2 months

Take the leap!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

This closely resembles internal proposals for Catherine Project summer camps...

Christy Lynn Horpedahl

@ChristyHorp

1 year

You guys, I just had the BEST idea for a summer camp.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

We've updated our Fall course listings to include the registration deadlines for each course: . Registration will close this Friday (8/04) for the five courses listed in the attached picture.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

Or apply for one of our subject tutorials in ancient Greek or Latin: - Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound - Homer’s Odyssey, Bks 9-10 - Plato’s Republic, Bk 7 - Ovid’s Metamorphoses - Virgil’s Aeneid, Bk 11

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

A tremendous thank you to all the readers and volunteer discussion leaders who participated in our Fall Seminar on Montaigne. Over 120 people gathered in small groups throughout the day to discuss the essay "Of Pedantry." Magic!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

If you're not sure you're ready to dive in, we encourage you to take the leap! Our Life of the Mind Seminar is free & open to beginners and seasoned readers alike—with meeting times to suit most schedules. Join us! More info:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

We're organizing a reading group on Sophocles' Theban plays (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone). Discussions from 8-10pm ET on Mondays (runs 10/31-12/12). To apply, send a 4-6 sentence statement of interest to study @catherineproject .org.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

What is theology? How is it different from philosophy? What are eternity, soul, and THE ONE? Contemplate these and other sublime mysteries in our reading group on The Elements of Theology by Proclus (meets Tuesdays 7-9pm EST starting 9/06).

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

We have options for engaging with both Persian and ancient Greek thought this fall: Rumi, Selected lyric poetry – Sa, 1-2:30 PM, 10/5-11/29 Plato, Lesser Hippias – Fri, 12-1:30 PM, 10/4-10/25 Apply here: View all offerings here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Thank you to the 133 readers who participated in our day of one-off conversations on James Joyce's short story "The Dead" yesterday! And THANK YOU to the 13 volunteer discussion leaders who facilitated the conversations—nothing we do would be possible without their generosity.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

Enrollment for our Fall 2024 term closes NEXT Friday *8/16* Don't miss the chance to register for one of the many beautiful and FREE courses on offer—from our new Life of the Mind Seminar to reading groups on Kierkegaard, Charlotte Brontë, Rumi, and more

Main Page - Catherine Project

If you seek real learning and real conversation, we invite you to join us in reading and discussing great books. We welcome people from all educational backgrounds and walks of life. We charge no...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration for our Fall Seminar is open! Join us on Friday, November 11th for a one-off conversation on the essay "Of Pedantry" by Michel de Montaigne. Choose the meeting time that fits your schedule. As always, participation is free.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

"Excellence and diversity... can coexist with an education in the classics." @AngelParham illustrates how a great books education rightfully belongs to all.

Opinion | Don’t Cancel the Classics, Broaden and Diversify Them

Black Americans in past centuries fought for the right to be educated in Western civilization.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

10 months

It's last call to apply for our Spring 2024 term! Registration will close this Monday (1/08) at 5pm EST. If we weren't able to accommodate you this term, we invite you to apply again when we open registration for our Spring Seminar or Summer courses.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Enrollment for our reading group on Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus is closing soon! The group starts May 1st and meets from 8-10am EDT. Register at

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

Join us for one of our Life of the Mind Seminars this fall! While we are accepting applications for all meeting times, we're actively seeking readers for the following sections. Apply here: Learn more about the Seminar:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Registration for our Fall 2023 session is closing tomorrow. If you're interested in any of the groups that aren't marked as being "Full" on our Offerings page, you have 24 hours to apply!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Thank you to all the readers and volunteer discussion leaders who participated in our seminar on Plato's Apology. Over 100 people gathered in small groups throughout the day last Friday to discuss the dialogue—the jury's out on Socrates' guilt!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Seeking intellectual fellowship and a chance to build habits of careful reading and thinking? Study two classic accounts of spiritual & physical wandering in our tutorial on Virgil's "Aeneid" & Augustine's "Confessions" (Fridays, 8-9:30pm ET, 1/13-3/03)

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Excited to announce our first in-person Catherine Project events! In partnership with the Berkeley Institute, we're running three 2-week reading groups in downtown Berkeley, CA. First group starts 6/16 and all are welcome! Follow the link for more info!

Summer Reading Groups — The Berkeley Institute

www.binst.org

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Registration for our Spring Seminar on Plato's Apology is now open! The seminar will take place on Friday, April 8th, with time slots open throughout the day to fit your schedule. Participation is free, as always. Sign up now!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

The deadline to apply to our in-person Boston tutorial on Aristotle is this Friday (9/01). If you're in the area and would like to study the Nicomachean Ethics with a band of enthusiastic learners, write to us at study @catherineproject .org.

Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

We're organizing an in-person tutorial on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in Boston! See flier below for details. Registration deadline is 9/01. Email study @catherineproject .org to apply.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

We're organizing one-off discussions on Genesis 1-5 on 11/19. Discussions will be running at 11am-1pm, 4-6pm, and 7:30-9:30pm EST. If you'd like to participate, email your preferred time to info @catherineproject .org.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Registration for our Spring Seminar is open! Join us on Friday, March 10th for a one-off conversation on James Joyce's short story "The Dead". Choose the meeting time that fits your schedule. As always, participation is free.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

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And we have two subject tutorials on offer this fall: Intermediate ancient Greek: Plato, Republic, Bk 8 – Sat, 10AM-12 PM, 9/14-12/14 Intermediate Latin: Deeds of the Romans & History of Apollonius, King of Tyre – Wed, 4-5:30 PM, 9/11-12/18 Apply here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

"What are literature, philosophy, and history for? Such studies[...] preserve modes of reflection on the basic questions of human life and its place in the natural world." @zenahitz writing for @ProfectusM :

Learning For Its Own Sake, For Everyone - Profectus Magazine

Everyone knows that something is wrong with education in the United States, but no one agrees about what it is. Explanations of our difficulties—driven by one agenda or another—fall as fast and thick...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 months

Soon!

Jenny Fisher Savage

@Hillsideviews

3 months

Me, Monday morning.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

7 months

Latin lovers, don't miss the chance to translate Book 11 of Virgil's Aeneid or Ovid's Metamorphoses. Apply here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Catherine Project AMA! We recently added an FAQ page to our website, but we want to hear your burning questions about how the Catherine Project works.

FAQ - Catherine Project

Frequently Asked Questions If you can’t find the answer to your question below, you are welcome to contact us. Who is Catherine? We have several famous namesakes, who inspire us and inform the spirit...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

6 months

Registration for our NYC Symposium closes Friday, April 26th. Newcomers welcome! Register here:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

@AliceFromQueens They're here! Spring 2022 catalog:

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

Enrollment for our Life of the Mind Seminar closes today at 5pm ET! Read great books in great company: Parmenides, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Ptolemy, Descartes, Galileo, Jonathan Swift & Flannery O’Connor. Join us!

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 months

There are 4 in-person groups this fall! NYC: Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo – M, 6:30-8 PM, 9/23-10/21 – Pier 57 CHICAGO: Rousseau, The Social Contract & de Maistre, The Generative Principles of Political Constitutions – Sa, 1-2:30 PM, 9/7-10/19 – W. Loop Public Lib.

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Do you like honor, insults, and/or omens? What about dying in potentially embarrassing ways? If you answered "yes" to any of the above, join our reading group on Njáls saga, the 13th century premiere Icelandic saga. Meets: 7:30-9:30pm (from 09/15-11/17).

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

All are welcome to join us at 6pm ET on Tuesday, November 15th for a digital Town Hall with Catherine Project founder and President Zena Hitz! Register at

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Our only agenda is to support learning for its own sake!

The College Fix

@CollegeFix

3 years

. @CatherineProj , according to one instructor, has ‘no agenda to indoctrinate people in any particular set of social or political values.’

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Registration is now closed for our Fall 2023 session. Nearly 600 readers applied to study with us this fall. If we couldn't fit you in this time, consider applying again when we open registration for our: •Fall Seminar (10/27) •Spring 2024 term (1/16)

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

The Catherine Project exists to make the communal study of great books available to readers from all backgrounds and regardless of financial circumstances. This Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our work by making a donation. All amounts are welcome!

Donate - Catherine Project

Help make the Catherine Project open to all. The Catherine Project was founded on the principle that learning for its own sake is crucial for human flourishing and ought to be offered at a high level...

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Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

2 years

Join us in reading and discussing Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, one of the most influential texts on political life! Tuesday evenings from 8-9:30pm EDT, starting May 2nd. Register:

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Catherine Project

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"‘The real work of the St Louis Movement,’ writes Snider, ‘was done individually, or in little groups and classes … Its life pulsed in the small coteries which met usually in parlours or private rooms for the study of some special book or subject.’"

How prairie philosophy democratised thought in 19th-century America | Aeon Essays

How two amateur schools pulled a generation of thinkers from the workers and teachers of the 19th-century American Midwest

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Or apply to study in one of our summer tutorials: - Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Aristotle (16 wks) - Plato, Laches, Charmides, Greater Hippias (13 wks) - Plato, Gorgias (12 wks) - Plato, Laws (12 wks)

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3 years

Wonderful article by @becky_koenig about us, @Premise_Courses , and @nightschoolbar at @EdSurge !

The Humanities May Be Declining at Universities — But They’re Thriving on Zoom - EdSurge News

The stranger keeps his secrets close. When he arrives at the Phaeacian court, he finds hosts that are generous—and curious about his identity. The king ...

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Interested in a rigorous and thoughtful conversation about bawdiness and wit? Sign up for our tutorial on the comedies of Aristophanes and Shakespeare, Tuesdays, 8-10 pm EST, January 17th to April 4th.

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2 years

While registration for our fall courses doesn't close until October, we'll be finishing enrollment for reading groups and tutorials that start Sept. 1-9 this week. Interested in studying Proclus (for example), which starts 9/06? Apply ASAP!

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2 years

Registration for our Fall 2022 courses will close next Friday (9/16). Many of our reading groups are still admitting readers: see our updated course catalog below and apply at .

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11 months

Since our founding 3 years ago, nearly 2,000 readers have gathered in 305 reading groups and tutorials to think through fundamental texts and questions together. Click the link below to join us in celebrating the Project's continued flourishing!

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2 years

We're cautiously reopening registration, while preparing to retreat gopher-like back into our hole at the first sight of virtual danger!

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2 years

Registration for our summer session is now closed. If you'd like to be the first to know about our fall offerings, you can join our mailing list by following the link!

Contact - Catherine Project

Contact Us Join our mailing list To volunteer: [email protected] For general inquiries: [email protected] Leave feedback Request that a text/subject be offered 2631 Housley Road,...

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2 years

What would you like to read with other eager learners? We keep a list of authors and texts that readers have requested and share it with our volunteers as we plan the next semester's offerings. Check out the list and reply with your requests!

CP_Reader requests (updated 09-14-22).pdf

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@CatherineProj

3 years

Just added to our mid-spring reading groups: a 4 week opera crash course on The Marriage of Figaro! See all 4 of the reading groups launching in April and register for our Spring Seminar at

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Don't forget to sign up for our summer offerings! Registration closes THIS Monday, April 8th, at 5pm. As always, courses are offered at no fixed cost. View our offerings and register here:

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7 months

Dip in to other worlds with these shorter offerings: - The Pearl: A Medieval Poem about Grief (1 wk) - Abu Bakr Ibn Tufayl, The Self-Taught Philosopher (Hayy Ibn Yaqzan) (2 wks) - The Tale of Sinuhe (4 wks)

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3 years

Registration for our spring courses closes this Friday, January 21st. There are still some spaces available in some of our reading groups! See for updated list.

Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

3 years

Midnight drop! Spring 2022 catalog of offerings is now available and REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

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We're organizing an online Intermediate Latin tutorial that will translate Book 1 of Livy's History of Rome! • Mondays from 3-5PM ET starting 9/30 • Registration is first come, first served • Questions: study @catherineproject .org Register for free at:

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1 year

Sorry all! This Tweet should have said "Summer 2023." Registration for our Fall session has not opened yet.

Catherine Project

@CatherineProj

1 year

Registration for our Fall 2023 session is closing tomorrow. If you're interested in any of the groups that aren't marked as being "Full" on our Offerings page, you have 24 hours to apply!

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